Hands-on learning fosters creativity, creates opportunities for collaboration, and feels good. Education Commons, the Precision Machining Laboratory, and Tangen Hall all offer space for students to get their hands dirty.
Fourth-year Jing Jing Piriyalertsak says her classical studies, comparative literature, and history minors are the foundation for her international relations major.
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Who, What, Why: Jing Jing Piriyalertsak on political messaging, Punch Bowl, and puns
The international relations major explores how narratives are shaped and how we understand the world through writing.
Caring for the campus landscape with an ecological mindset
The Ecological Landscape Stewardship Plan, developed in 2018, offers a framework for the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services to design, maintain, and celebrate the beauty of the campus landscape with an emphasis on its role as a balanced ecological system.
Vicky Aquino, associate director and the artist behind the mural, at its launch. This project was supported by the entire PAACH team and key members of University Life, including Associate Vice Provost Will Atkins (left).
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A new ARCH building mural celebrates beauty and difference
A new mural in the ARCH building lobby represents and celebrates the diversity of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Front, from left to right: Lucy Andersen, Vice Provost for Education Karen Detlefsen, Derek Yang, Ann Ho, and Arianna James. Back, from left to right: Ritesh Isuri, Adiwid (Boom) Devahastin Na Ayudhya, Oualid Merzouga, and Puneeth Guruprasad.
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Winners of 2023 Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students celebrated
The long-running Prize for graduate student instructors recognizes excellent graduate instructors; unlike many other awards, nominations are made by students.
On the trip to D.C. in March, students including Christiana Dillard (far right) visited the Lincoln Memorial (above) and many other sites, interviewing visitors about the meanings they derive from each.
(Image: Kyle Cassidy)
Archiving the creation of a memorial
In a class taught by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg School for Communication doctoral students are documenting the process of creating the Fallen Journalists Memorial in Washington, D.C., interrogating everything from physical site to word choice.
Undergraduates Sophie Gu, Julia Badolato, and Julie Elfishawy help Kiston Farquharson check out of the ICNA Relief SHAMS Clinic following his appointment. The Penn students are members of Shelter Health Outreach Program, a student club which, through a Projects for Progress award, is working with Penn Medicine physicians to provide primary care at SHAMS Clinic and mobile clinic sites around Philadelphia.
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The care they need, where they are
A team of undergrads and physicians are partnering with community clinics and other organizations as part of a Projects for Progress-supported program to offer medical care to people experiencing homelessness and other vulnerable populations.
