An epic read: Paul Saint-Amour on “Ulysses,” James Joyce, and Bloomsday
English professor Paul Saint-Amour has spent a lifetime reading, studying, and teaching the work of James Joyce. On June 16, known as Bloomsday to Joyce historians around the world, the Rosenbach Museum and Library will host a day-long public reading of selected passages.
Digital humanities scholars are orchestrating an epic crowdsourcing effort to sort and transcribe handwriting on thousands of documents discarded hundreds of years ago, known as the Cairo Geniza.
As part of a session led by Dot Porter, curator of digital research services (not pictured), conference participants visited the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image, a digitization lab located in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Digital imaging specialist Chris Lippa (left) explained the process of digitizing materials like the book in his hand.
Digital humanities ‘summer camp’ comes to Penn
The Price Lab for Digital Humanities and the Penn Libraries hosted HILT, an annual national training institute that brings together professionals from a number of disciplines.
The 2017-18 school year saw breakthrough research, innovative projects and collaboration that benefit students on campus and partners throughout the country and around the world.
Bioengineer takes big step forward in radical approach to treating neurodegeneration
Research by D. Kacy Cullen, an associate professor of neurosurgery in the Perelman School of Medicine, could aid patients with neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson’s disease.
Dagmawi Woubshet is an associate professor of English, new to Penn this year.
A product of the 1980s: Q&A with English professor Dagmawi Woubshet
English professor Dagmawi Woubshet describes himself an “African-Americanist” in his literary pursuits. An immigrant from Ethiopia, he focuses on the 1980s in his research and his courses.
University Architect David Hollenberg has worked as University Architect since June 2006.
Inside the mind of David Hollenberg, the guiding hand behind Penn’s building projects
A Q&A with the visionary University Architect in the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services behind such projects as the Pennovation Center and Robbins House.
Helen Fetaw sets her sights on treating underserved populations
The recent College of Arts and Sciences grad will combine passion for studying medicine and social justice to advocate for patients in the U.S. and around the world.
Day Gordon, senior manager of the Penn Employee Solution Center.
Solution Center targets Penn community’s common HR questions
As part of a significant change in how the Division of Human Resources operates, the Human Capital Management Transformation Initiative will soon introduce a new third-party workday management platform, titled Workday@Penn.
University Architect David Hollenberg has worked as University Architect since June 2006.
Day Gordon, senior manager of the Penn Employee Solution Center.