Skip to Content Skip to Content

Kristina García

News Officer
  • klg@upenn.edu
  • (215) 746-6411
  • Kristina García

    Kristina Garcia covers several subject areas in the School of Arts & Sciences including Africana Studies + Penn Program on Race, Science, & Society, Romance Languages + Center for Italian Studies, South Asia Studies, the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI), South Asia Center, Religious Studies, Latin American Latino Studies, the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies. She also supports coverage of the School of Social Policy & Practice, the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, Penn First Plus, University Life, and the Student Cultural Centers.

    Articles from Kristina García
    The 2023 Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award
    Ira Harkavy, Paulette Branson, Andy Tan, and John L. Jackson Jr. pose together at an award ceremony. Branson and Tan both hold plaques.

    From left to right: Ira Harkavy, Paulette Branson, Andy Tan, and John L. Jackson Jr. 

    (Image: Tarah Paul)

    The 2023 Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award

    Andy Tan, an associate professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, and community partners Cross-Grade Sports and OurSpace were honored for their work in the West Philadelphia community.

    Kristina García

    The advent of e-commerce
    Man walking through a city carrying packages

    During the holiday season, about three times as many parcels are shipped per day. For delivery workers, it’s a grueling marathon that goes on through mid-January.

    (Image: Maarten van den Heuvel on Unsplash)

    The advent of e-commerce

    In a Q&A, sociologist Steve Viscelli of the School of Arts & Sciences talks transport, last-mile delivery, and the “incredible amounts of physical effort” required to get the holiday packages to America’s front doors.

    Kristina García

    Holiday giving at Penn
    Isabel Sampson-Mapp sits on a table piled with colorful knitwear

    Around the holidays, “Penn folks, they really, stretch out, from giving gifts to feeding people,” says Isabel Sampson-Mapp of the Netter Center, who runs annual drives for food and clothing. “We have amazing volunteers. There’s no way I could do it without help.”

    nocred

    Holiday giving at Penn

    From shoes and coats to Hot Wheels and Paw Patrol, the Netter Center’s Isabel Sampson-Mapp coordinates holiday giving.

    Kristina García

    Giving Tuesday
    Volunteers organizing at a food drive

    Giving Tuesday, now just 11 years old, was originally conceived in response to Black Friday as a tonic to consumerism, says Katherina “Kat” Rosqueta, founding executive director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the School of Social Policy & Practice.

    (Image: Joel Muniz on Unsplash)

    Giving Tuesday

    Giving Tuesday, now just 11 years old, was originally conceived in response to Black Friday as a tonic to consumerism. Katherina “Kat” Rosqueta of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy discusses how the day is an opportunity to think about others.

    Kristina García

    Penn’s urban forest in fall
    autumn leaves at the quad

    nocred

    Penn’s urban forest in fall

    Penn’s West Philadelphia campus is home to 240 different tree species, which put on a show during the fall season.

    Kristina García

    Serving service members
    In a room decorated with armed services' flags, pictures of service members, and stars, President Liz Magill talks with Landon Le, a second-year student.

    Landon Le (center) talks with President Liz Magill. For Le, a transfer student fromWorcester, Massachusetts, coming to Penn was a lifelong dream. Joining the Massachusetts National Guard was a way to serve the country and go to college, he said. 

    nocred

    Serving service members

    There are more than 18 million veterans and an additional 1.6 million service members in the United States. Around 297 of them are students at Penn. In a Nov. 9 event, the University honored these students with an event coordinated by the Veteran and Military Affiliated Students program.

    Kristina García

    Experts address ‘our changing environment’
    water on flooded thailand road

    A flooded rural road in Thailand following the rainstorm Tien Mu. (iStock/Weeraa)

    Experts address ‘our changing environment’

    Economist R. Jisung Park and political scientist Alice Xu address climate change in an event hosted by the School of Social Policy & Practice.

    Kristina García

    Filipino language and culture
    A group of students stand with their professor and teaching assistance. A word on the screen behind them reads, "Mabuhay!" meaning long life.

    Many of the students enrolled in Beginning Filipino to connect with their heritage and communicate with their families, says Aquino (far right).

    nocred

    Filipino language and culture

    Started in 1996, Penn’s Filipino language program is populated with students looking to connect with their culture and converse with their families.

    Kristina García

    The Asian American studies program doubles in size
    Andrea Cherng speaks to a roomful of students in the McNeil Atrium

    Andrea Cherng addresses students at the ASAM welcome lunch in September, joined by David Eng (left) and Fariha Khan (right). 

    nocred

    The Asian American studies program doubles in size

    Three core and two affiliated faculty members with expertise in English, sociology, history, anthropology, and education join the Asian American studies program.

    Kristina García

    Showcasing an Andean cosmovision
    A group of people gather in front of a colorful mural depicting a series of stylized birds. Confetti rains.

    Roberto Mamani Mamani (in grey jacket at center) celebrates the dedication of his new mural, “Mallkuanka—Vuelo Surnorte De Colors,” or the “South-North flight of colors.” The mural conveys the power of people, nature, and animals living in harmony with one another and giving back to Mother Earth, says Catherine Bartch.

    nocred

    Showcasing an Andean cosmovision

    In a monthlong residency, Aymara artist Roberto Mamani Mamani met with students, gave a lecture, hosted a workshop, and painted a mural in South Philadelphia.

    Kristina García

    Load More