WHO SHE IS: Operational assistant, Pottruck Center
YEARS AT PENN: 1.5
WHAT SHE DOES: Allen-Sheppard makes sure Pottruck patrons are supplied with towels, locks and fitness equipment.
WHY EARLIER IS BETTER: “I’m the 6 a.m. shift. I interact with the early birds. I enjoy it because you know the people coming through the doors are committed to what they’re doing.” Plus, she says, “They’re so very pleasant.”
AFTER HER SHIFT:“I’m doing the elliptical and the weights. I’m up to two days a week. My goal now is three days a week and to focus more on the elliptical. Everyone’s very helpful if I go out on the floor after work. We talk about diets, lightening up on myself. They say ‘Just go for it.’”
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.
