In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Digital media artist Paul Pfeiffer has been named the Keith L. and Katherine S. Sachs Visiting Professor in the Department of Fine Arts for the 2023–2024 academic year.
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Mann is one of the world’s leading voices on climate change. The John Scott Award is given to “the most deserving” individuals who have contributed to the “comfort, welfare and happiness” of humankind.
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First-prize recipient Sarah Pallivalapil-Karerat, second-year recipient Jennifer Bulcock, and third-prize recipient Jaclyn Spiegel won with papers that began as class assignments for SP2 Lecturer Sarah Trotta.
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Amid wartime destruction following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its museums, theaters, and other cultural institutions central to national history and identity have been looted, vandalized, or destroyed. Ukrainian cultural workers and heritage professionals are working in partnership with PennCHC and other U.S. institutions to safeguard their country’s cultural memory and identity from erasure.
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The award recognizes distinguished historians whose scholarship has shaped the broad discipline of legal history and influenced the work of others.
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Penn’s Presidential Associate Professor History of Art was awarded at The Driskell Center for Black Modernisms in the Transatlantic World.
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Social Justice Scholars receive full tuition benefits, are supported through an enriched structure of mentorship and additional training opportunities, and are part of a dynamic cohort of scholars.
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The Eternal Soldier initiative uses the power of stories—ancient and modern, alike—to empower veterans.
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Doctoral student Nya Mbock and a crew of Annenberg School for Communication staff members made a short film about life as a first-year Ph.D. student.
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The University of Pennsylvania will serve as an education partner in support of workforce development efforts MACH2, a partnership that will receive up to $750 million in U.S. Department of Energy funding through the historic Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program.
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