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Louisa Shepard

Senior News Officer
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    Louisa Shepard covers English, history of art, music, theater, classical studies, and cinema and media studies, among other subject areas, in the School of Arts and Sciences. She also supports coverage for the Kelly Writers House, the Graduate School of Education, the Penn Libraries, the Penn Museum, the Arthur Ross Gallery, and the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, as well as fine arts in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design. 

    Articles from Louisa Shepard
    A Philadelphia artistic collaboration at Penn 
    Kay Seohyung Lee standing in art gallery leaning against a wall

    Kay Seohyung Lee, lecturer in fine arts at the Weitzman School of Design.

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    A Philadelphia artistic collaboration at Penn 

    An exhibition of 50 artworks by 34 undergraduate students in six Philadelphia colleges and universities, “Let Me Know You Are Alright,” is on view at the Charles Addams Gallery on campus through Aug. 18.
    Operatic notes: One student’s research on opera in society
    Thomas Sharrock standing on the steps outside a building

    Sharrock asked patrons to complete the research survey two hours before each of the seven opera performances, and during the intermission.

    (Image: Shea Roggio) 

    Operatic notes: One student’s research on opera in society

    Rising second-year Thomas Sharrock attended seven operas this summer at the Royal Opera House in London, studying audience perceptions of opera in the United Kingdom.
    Starstruck on the Cannes red carpet
    two students standing on the red carpet steps with many people behind them

    Naiburg-Smith (left) and Sweeney on the fabled Lumière Theater red-carpet stairs at Cannes.

    (Image: Courtesy of Isabel Sweeney)

    Starstruck on the Cannes red carpet

    The 30 students who attended the Cannes Film Festival through a Penn Summer Abroad course were able to watch screenings of at least three to four films a day. For the most sought-after American film premieres they waited in “last-minute” lines for hours.
    Cultures of the book
    four students standing next to table looking at printed materials with professor

    In the course Cultures of the Book taught by Whitney Trettien (center), assistant professor of English, students study materials in the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books & Manuscripts in the Penn Libraries. 

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    Cultures of the book

    In the Cultures of the Book course taught by Whitney Trettien, assistant professor of English, students “adopt a book” they select from the Penn Libraries collection, and their research projects are published on an academic website. 
    Penn Masala at the White House 
    19 singers standing on steps

    A cappella group Penn Masala performs before a state arrival ceremony for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the South Lawn of the White House on June 22, 2023.

    (Image: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

    Penn Masala at the White House 

    The Penn Masala a cappella group was invited to perform at the White House during the state visit by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The 19 members and alumni sang on the South Lawn before the arrival ceremony and at the state dinner.
    ‘Ritual and Remembrance’
    two artists laughing with each other standing in gallery in front of wooden balusters on wall

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    ‘Ritual and Remembrance’

    Work by four artists in the current Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition, “Songs for Ritual and Remembrance,” uplift histories that have been repressed and underrepresented, including those of enslaved people and oppressed laborers.
    Ancient food and flavor
    Four people outside looking at a wood planter box filled with plants

    The Penn Museum’s new exhibition, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” is both inside and outside, with planter boxes featuring crops from four countries in a courtyard. The exhibition was co-curated by the Museum’s Chantel White (left), who discussed the plant choices with visitors during a recent tour.  

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    Ancient food and flavor

    Food remains dating back as far as 6,000 years found at archaeological sites are now on view in a new indoor-outdoor exhibition at the Penn Museum, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” through the fall of 2024. 
    Fulbright 2023 U.S. Student Program grants awarded to 29 Penn affiliates
    29 people in a grid

    Twenty-nine Penn students, recent graduates, and alumni have been offered Fulbright grants for the 2023-24 academic year, from left: (top row) Anuj Amin, Ella Atsavapranee, Rebecca Bean, Rachael (Viola) Bordon, Erin Brennan, Mia Cheung; (second row) Allison Chou, Teresa Christensen, Sabrina de Brito, Ashley Fuchs, Zacharia Hamdi, Nilesh Kavthekar; (third row) Vincent Kelley, Lauren Lamb, Esther Lee, Beyoncé Lightfoot, Colin Lodewick, Lea Mangifesta; (fourth row) Vanessa Martinez Penn, Anya Miller, Marissa Mojena, Priyamvada Nambrath, Trevor Núñez, Sriram Palepu; (bottom row) Kyra Schulman, Laila Shadid, Ingrid Sotelo, Sally Thomas, and Erin Wrightson. 

    (Images: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships) 

    Fulbright 2023 U.S. Student Program grants awarded to 29 Penn affiliates

    Twenty-nine University of Pennsylvania students, recent graduates, and alumni have been offered Fulbright grants for the 2023-24 academic year to conduct research, pursue graduate degrees, or teach English in more than 20 nations. 
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