Professors
Mariangela Bernardi, Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Teaching at Penn since 2005
Research Interests: galaxies, super-massive black holes, observational Cosmology, large-scale structures and peculiar motions
Samir Nurmohamed, Professor of Management
Teaching at Penn since 2013
Research Interests: adversity, resilience, motivation, behavioral ethics, power, expectations, stereotypes, stigma
Robert Vitalis, Professor of Political Science
Teaching at Penn since 1999
Research Interests: state & market formation in Saudi Arabia, political & cultural economy of the world oil industry, history of international relations & development studies, race & American international relations theory
Students
Class of 2023: Devin Ma, Gabrielle Gillen, Armaan Somani, Derek Nhieu
Class of 2024: Anh Ago, Jamie Cayo
Representation
Majors represented: management, marketing, physics, music, computer science, PPE, economics
Schools represented: College, Wharton, Engineering
Reflections
Franklin Dinners: Faculty-Student Dinners With a Twist - SNF Paideia Program at the University of Pennsylvania
That's the question we wanted to answer by creating Franklin Dinners. Each month, the Franklin Dinner brings together 3 professors from vastly different fields and 5 undergraduate students to engage in an interdisciplinary conversation that is unlikely to happen anywhere else at Penn.
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Administered by NSO Office and SNF Paideia Program
Franklin Dinners are jointly administered by Office of New Student Orientation & Academic Initiatives and SNF Paideia Program.