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Who, What, Why: Literacy advocate Meresa García
Meresa García.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Literacy advocate Meresa García

    The Penn Graduate School of Education student, who earned her bachelor’s from the College of Arts and Sciences in the Spring, talks about her work with the Penn Libraries Community Engagement team and her aspirations of becoming a teacher.

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    Hard at work, crews make progress during summer construction
    vagelos laboratory exterior

    (On homepage): The Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology, pictured in July 2023, features innovative sunshades designed to increase daylighting while blocking approximately 40% of light. A similar design of shades was recently used in London’s U.S. embassy building.

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    Hard at work, crews make progress during summer construction

    Ahead of the arrival of students, summer on campus bustles with construction teams advancing various building projects and maintenance work. Here, a look at what’s happening now.
    A Book a Day inspires young readers with inclusiveness and representation
    Two people holding up children’s books written in Spanish.

    Image: Courtesy of A Book a Day

    A Book a Day inspires young readers with inclusiveness and representation

    A Book a Day, a nonprofit run by Penn GSE’s Sibylla Shekerdjiska-Benatova, has partnered with medical providers like the Puentes de Salud clinic to provide books to children, including titles in Spanish and other languages.

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    Sigal Ben-Porath named the faculty director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Paideia Program
    Sigal Ben-Porath

    Sigal Ben-Porath is the MRMJJ Presidential Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education with secondary appointments in the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Political Science in the School of Arts & Sciences.

    (Image: Kyle Kielinski)

    Sigal Ben-Porath named the faculty director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Paideia Program

    World-renowned scholar of democratic theory and practice Sigal Ben-Porath, who has been a professor at Penn since 2004, will assume the role Sept. 1.