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    Articles from Brandon K. Baker
    Ukrainian artistry and resilience
    Dakhabraka posing by stone archway.

    DakhaBrakha, a musical quartet from Ukraine, will perform on March 3 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

    (Image: Andriy Petryna)

    Ukrainian artistry and resilience

    Through “Ukraine: The Edge of Freedom,” Penn Live Arts presents performances that uplift the culture of a nation during a time of war.
    Spring 2024 ICA exhibitions interrogate histories, imagine futures
    Vibrantly colored paintings on display in a gallery.

    A gallery view of “Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe,” on display at the Institute of Contemporary Art through June 2.

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    Spring 2024 ICA exhibitions interrogate histories, imagine futures

    “Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe,” “Entryways: Nontsikelelo Mutiti,” and “Dominique White and Alberta Whittle: Sargasso Sea” make up the Spring 2024 lineup in the galleries of the Institute of Contemporary Art.
    Who, What, Why: Jo Tiongson-Perez
    Jo Perez smiles and poses in Asia Gallery in museum.

    Jo Tiongson-Perez inside the Asia section of the Penn Museum. 

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    Who, What, Why: Jo Tiongson-Perez

    Through a Sachs Arts grant, Jo Tiongson-Perez of the Penn Museum co-authored a compilation of mostly Indigenous folktales from the Philippines. 
    ‘Bartok’s Monster’ challenges conventions of theater
    A cellist performing on stage.

    “Bartok’s Monster” is a fusion of lecture, concert, and theater.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Live Arts)

    ‘Bartok’s Monster’ challenges conventions of theater

    In “Bartok’s Monster,” an interdisciplinary collaboration, Daedalus Quartet will perform Bartok’s String Quartet No. 3 and other string pieces mixed with acting, choreography, and an array of striking visuals.
    Through first-year seminar, a glimpse of Black queer traditions
    Dag Woubshet leading a class of students.

    Associate professor of English Dag Woubshet leads students of the course “Black Queer Traditions” in Fisher-Bennett Hall. 

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    Through first-year seminar, a glimpse of Black queer traditions

    Dagmawi Woubshet, an associate professor of English, led a new first-year seminar in the fall that explores Black queer media and its intersection with history and politics.
    Five takeaways from the international PISA exam results
    Student holding pencil to paper pamphlet.

    Image: iStock / Chinnapong

    Five takeaways from the international PISA exam results

    Every three years, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development issues a standardized test to 15-year-old students around the world. Here, an education professor boils down the results.
    Decentralizing cancer screenings
    colorectal screening by penn medicine students

    At a community event held at Irvine Auditorium, West Philadelphia residents were welcomed to receive FIT kits to screen for colon cancer, have their blood pressure taken, and more.

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    Decentralizing cancer screenings

    A Projects for Progress team in the Abramson Cancer Center continues to work with the West Philadelphia community to bring cancer screenings out of clinical settings.
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