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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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New Penn Museum exhibit adds context to Jewish history
The new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery at the Penn Museum expands the context of Jewish history, with quotes from Director Christopher Woods and Lauren Ristvet of the School of Arts & Sciences.
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Jewish Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan speaks at Penn
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan spoke with President Liz Magill at Penn about her beliefs on the legal system and her experience working with conservative justices.
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U of Pennsylvania to rename design school for Stuart Weitzman
Alumnus Stuart Weitzman and his wife Jane were highlighted for their contributions to the School of Design. The gift, commemorated by the school’s new name, will go toward financial aid and academic programming as well as a redesign of the School’s central plaza.
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Penn Katz Center Director Wins Book Award
Steven Weitzman of the School of Arts and Sciences is highlighted for his book The Origin of the Jews: The Quest for Roots in a Rootless Age, which won the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in the Education and Jewish Identity category.
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National Jewish Book Awards Cite Philly Authors
Kathryn Hellerstein of the School of Arts & Sciences is featured for winning the Barbara Dobkin Award for Women’s Studies for her book A Question of Tradition: Women Poets in Yiddish, 1586-1987.