Penn Program on Race, Science, & SocietyCollege Magazine recently ranked Penn the #1 college for African American Studies and named the Program on Race, Science, and Society as one of Penn Africana Studies' main strengths.
Our Mission
The Program on Race, Science and Society (PRSS) is an initiative at the University of Pennsylvania devoted to transformative and interdisciplinary approaches to the role of race in scientific research and biotechnological innovations, aiming both to promote social justice and to dispel the myth that race is a natural division of human beings.
Events
Wed
4/3
· symposium ·
Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 6th floor, 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Fri
4/5
· lecture ·
Hall of Flags, Houston Hall
Wed
4/17
· colloquium ·
103 McNeil Building,
3718 Locust Walk
Wed
4/17
Slought, 4017 Walnut Street
News
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2/26
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2/16
PRSS Director Dorothy Roberts To Receive Honorary Degree, Give Commencement Speech at Rutgers-Newark
Congratulations to PRSS Director Dorothy Roberts, who will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Rutgers University-Newark in May 2019.
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2/5
The Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society (PRSS) invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate to work with PRSS and the Penn and Slavery Project, July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020.
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1/18
Professor Sebastián Gil-Riaño recently published an article in The British Journal for the History of Science.