WHO SHE IS: Jewish Student Life Coordinator, Penn Hillel at Steinhardt Hall
TIME AT PENN: Two months
WHAT SHE DOES: Dennis helps students with Jewish programming, from Holocaust education to social events like Hannukah parties. A lot of what Hillel does is very student focused so students come to us and we assist them, says Dennis. My job is as busy as the students make it.
WHY IT'S NOT 9 TO 5: Because it's student-driven, and they seem to wake up after 5 p.m. Also, a lot of meetings and events take place in the evening and on weekends and I really try to take an active role in being part of that.
WHY SHE LIKES IT ANYWAY: Before, I worked with Holocaust survivors in New York City. That was very rewarding but this is a little more life affirming.
Materials in the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives include thousands of TV scripts, the first issue of TV Guide, and interviews about the early days of HBO—which help to chronicle TV’s 100-year story.
Centering joy in AI development and implementation
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton—of Annenberg and SP2—and collaborators introduce a joy-informed framework designed to initiate conversations among engineers, designers, and researchers.
Winter Storm Fern brought icy and snowy conditions to the Northeast and other parts of the country over the weekend. Penn Today asks physicist Robert Carpick about the unique properties of ice, the science of curling, and how close we are to ‘nonslip’ ice.
Organizations like Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships foster collaborations between Penn and public schools in the West Philadelphia community.
Penn receives national distinction for community engagement
The recognition by the American Council on Education and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching acknowledges Penn’s long-standing commitment to community-engaged scholarship and partnerships in West Philadelphia and beyond.
