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  • Energy Week at Penn 2024

    In March, the Kleinman Center and Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology hosted Penn’s fourth annual week of energy-focused events across campus.

    FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center →

  • Featured Books and DVDs: Women’s History Month

    Learn more about female politicians, rock stars, and other significant figures who haven’t been fully recognized in history classes with these stories.

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  • Featured Books and DVDs: Black History Month

    From music journalism to activism to mountain climbing, the topics of Black History Month picks run the gamut, while also highlighting significant historical figures and communities.

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  • New director of Penn’s LGBT Center announced

    Eric Anglero (they/them) has been appointed as the new director of University of Pennsylvania’s LGBT Center, and Wesley (Wes) Alvers (they/them) will serve as the newly appointed associate director.

    FULL STORY AT Penn University Life →

  • Penn Sustainability FY23 annual report released

    The reports shows continued progress toward the goals of Penn’s Climate & Sustainability Action Plan 3.0.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Sustainability →

  • Diversity in the Stacks: Writing to create change

    Penn Libraries offer an array of “esoteric” texts, many written for authors to avoid persecution. 

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  • University of Pennsylvania Libraries will provide comprehensive access to American Institute of Indian Studies Image Collection

    The collection documents a range of Indian art through black and white photography, with an emphasis on premodern temple architecture and sculpture. An initial batch of 2,300 images is now available through Colenda.

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  • Perry World House announces Marie Harf as incoming executive director

    Harf comes to Penn from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and previously held a positions at the U.S. Department of State, as a foreign policy director for the Obama reelection campaign, as well as positions in Serve America and the CIA.

    FULL STORY AT Perry World House →

  • Perry World House announces expansion to prestigious visiting fellows program

    Perry World House has announced its inaugural class of non-resident senior advisors: Melissa Flagg, Lolita K. Jackson, Mauricio Rodas, Robert M. Scher, Alexander Vershbow, and Koko Warner.

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  • Diversity in the Stacks: Collecting as resistance: Khajistan and the shaping of Pakistani cultural histories

    For the past two years, the Penn Libraries has been collaborating with Khajistan, an organization committed to the preservation of cultural production from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, sourcing and documenting a wide variety of ephemeral materials from South Asia and the Middle East.

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