In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Danielle Cavalcanto, associate director of Interiors with the Perelman School of Medicine, was recognized for instilling sustainable factors in her interior designs, frequently matching inventory in storage to newly configured workspaces.
FULL STORY AT Penn Sustainability →
Since 2021, a group of catalogers has been seeking ways to improve the language used in the Penn Libraries catalog to ensure it reflects principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Kenneth and Joyce Robbins have amassed a collection of more than 100,000 items relating to the history of South Asia, Africans in the greater Indian Ocean world, and the Jewish diaspora in India and beyond. This year, they designated the Penn Libraries as the recipient of the Kenneth and Joyce Robbins Collection of South Asia History in their estate planning.
FULL STORY AT Almanac →
Cultivating spaces and creating programming that address the needs of the whole student is the aim of the Penn Libraries Learning Enrichment team at the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center.
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Penn’s hub for global affairs has announced its new cohort of visitors for 2022-2023, which includes a Distinguished Global Leader, the inaugural Thakore Family Global Justice and Human Rights Visiting Fellow, and the 2022-23 visiting fellows and scholars.
FULL STORY AT Perry World House →
The 15 Penn students who are members of the fellowship’s fifth cohort this year will connect in person with city leaders in Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, D.C. in dialogues and site visits.
FULL STORY AT Penn IUR →
Books and films for all ages exploring the many cultures and identities of the Latinx and Hispanic population both within and outside of the United States are on display for National Latinx Heritage Month, which began on September 15.
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During an ongoing renovation at the Folger Shakespeare Library from late 2021 to 2023, a selection of 29 of the library’s pre-modern manuscripts are being cared for by Libraries’ Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts.
FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →
The 20th-century history of photography in Japan has disproportionately emphasized the work of male photographers. To challenge this, scholars have been illuminating the role of Japanese women photographers throughout the decades.
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The work of Central American scholars and writers rarely leaves the borders of their own countries. Outside of specialized vendors who work primarily with academic libraries, there is not an established international market for Central American authors. Despite this, university presses, independent presses, and community presses featuring work by and for Indigenous audiences have endured or emerged.
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