Children at the gardens of the Centro de Cultura, Arte, Trabajo y Educación’s new location at 1246 West Main St. Norristown, Pennsylvania, in fall 2021. The organization, founded by Obed Arango of the School of Social Policy & Practice, is a nonprofit with a mission “to ignite social transformation developing the talents and empowering the Latinx community through education, culture, art, technology, health, and science.” (Image: Obed Arango)
Understanding migration and the arts
In the latest episode of Penn Today’s “Understand This …” podcast series, Obed Arango of the School of Social Policy & Practice, alongside Wolf Humanities Graduate Fellow Shelley Zhang, discuss migration, the arts, and identity.
Bill Cullina, director of the Morris Arboretum, poses inside the Arboretum's Victorian fernery in March 2022.
A ‘reawakening’ of interest in nature
In a Q&A with Penn Today, Morris Arboretum Director Bill Cullina discusses lessons taken from the pandemic, adapting to climate change, and future research.
From left: Josephine Park, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Dagmawi Woubshet, pictured in conversation on March 16, 2022.
Pulitzer-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks on migration and ‘multitudes’
In a wide-ranging conversation sponsored by the Wolf Humanities Center, author and professor Viet Thanh Nguyen visited Penn to discuss his work, representation, and more.
For seven weeks, the ICA will be transformed into an experiential classroom environment, welcoming artists and the public to challenge what ‘infrastructure’ means in the world of art.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, left, shakes hands with Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran during their meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/Ajit Kumar)
Former Indian foreign secretary discusses India, China, and the ‘Asian Century’
In a lecture presented by the Center for the Advanced Study of India, former Foreign Secretary of India Shyam Saran discussed the relationship between India and China, as well as how the Russian invasion of Ukraine may shift geopolitics.
After completing drawing ‘marathon,’ Mark Stockton displays 100 portraits in Arts Lounge
The Arts Lounge, a collaboration between The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation and Penn Live Arts, will display works by West Philadelphia artist Mark Stockton.
Wordle, a web-based word game, was originally created by software engineer Josh Wordle for his partner. It now has millions of users around the world. (Image: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP)
In Wordle, a case for ‘pure’ play
In a Q&A with Penn Today, Cait Lamberton of the Wharton School discusses some possible reasons for Wordle’s popularity.
Five years in, Lauder’s Africa Program advances global leaders
In 2016, the Lauder Institute’s Africa Program was created as a first-of-its-kind management program to ground global business dealings in an African focus.
From left: Josephine Park, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Dagmawi Woubshet, pictured in conversation on March 16, 2022.
