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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
    May graduate Ethan Kallett named a 2022 Yenching Scholar
    Ethan Kallett standing outside on a sidewalk

    Ethan Kallett, a May graduate of Penn’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded full funding to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies with a concentration in economics and management at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing.

    May graduate Ethan Kallett named a 2022 Yenching Scholar

    Ethan Kallett has been awarded full funding to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies, with a concentration in economics and management, at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing.
    Cosmic Writers brings free creative writing education to school-aged children 
    Manoj Simha and Rowana Miller standing on stairway

    May graduates Rowana Miller (right) and Manoj Simha lead Cosmic Writers, a project supported by President’s Engagement Prize that provides free creative writing instruction to K-12 students virtually throughout the world, taught by college students. The new nonprofit is expanding to offer in-person workshops in Philadelphia and several other U.S. cities.

    Cosmic Writers brings free creative writing education to school-aged children 

    May graduates Rowana Miller and Manoj Simha lead Cosmic Writers, a project supported by President’s Engagement Prize that provides free creative writing instruction to K-12 students virtually throughout the world.
    ‘Oft-delayed but never deterred,’ Class of 2020 and 2021 grads celebrate
    graduates toss caps at commencement

    (Homepage image) An in-person Commencement, held at Franklin Field on May 22, represented a long-awaited milestone for the Class of 2020 and graduate students from the Class of 2021.

    ‘Oft-delayed but never deterred,’ Class of 2020 and 2021 grads celebrate

    Embodying adaptability and persistence, themes of the speech by Angela Duckworth, alums from the classes of 2020 and 2021 returned to campus to make up for a missed milestone.
    27 students and recent graduates awarded 2022 Fulbright grants
    18 headshots of students

    University of Pennsylvania’s Fulbright grant recipients for the 2022-23 academic year include 18 graduating seniors, from left: (top row) Aishwarya Balaji, Lilian Chen, Ria Chinchankar, Amira Chowdhury, Luke Coleman, Sonali Deliwala; (middle row) Alice Heyeh; Robin Hu, J’Aun Johnson, Jordyn Kaplan, Erin Kraskewicz, Shaila Lothe; (bottom row) Brendan Lui, Rebecca Morse, Kaitlyn Rentala, Anyara Rodriguez, Stefan Tomov, Irene Yee.

    27 students and recent graduates awarded 2022 Fulbright grants

    Twenty-seven Penn students and alumni have been awarded Fulbright grants for the 2022-23 academic year, including 18 seniors who will be graduating May 16.
    Penn junior Ha-Nam Yoon named a Udall Scholar
    2022 Udall Scholar, Ha-Nam Yoon

    Ha-Nam Yoon, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2022 Udall Scholar by the Udall Foundation, recognized for leadership, public service, and a commitment to issues related to the environment.

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    Penn junior Ha-Nam Yoon named a Udall Scholar

    Ha-Nam Yoon, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2022 Udall Scholar by the Udall Foundation, recognized for leadership, public service, and a commitment to issues related to the environment.
    Design on display 
    a little dress on a backdrop of fabric in a white cubicle with printed designs hanging on the adjacent walls

    Fifteen seniors who are design majors created an in-person exhibition to showcase their final projects, interpreting the theme “in search of” in a variety of media. Myahn Walker of Philadelphia used graphic design and 3D modeling technology to recreate her favorite, long-lost childhood dress from memory for her project, You Remind Me of Me. (Image: Gordon Stillman)

    Design on display 

    For the first time since design became a major two years ago in the College of Arts and Sciences, 15 seniors created an in-person exhibition to showcase their final projects, interpreting the theme “in search of” in a variety of media.
    Senior Eleanor Shemtov is designing a career
    Eleanor Shemtov wearing a scarf and a camera around her neck standing in front of wall of rocks

    Senior Eleanor Shemtov, a design major in the College of Arts and Sciences, co-founded a new student publication, t-art, and created a campus community focused on technology, art, and design. (Image: Courtesy of Eleanor Shemtov)

    Senior Eleanor Shemtov is designing a career

    The design major in the College of Arts and Sciences co-founded a new student publication, t-art, and created a campus community focused on technology, art, and design.
    Rounding the bases and finding home at the Kelly Writers House
    Doug Glanville sitting at table speaking at microphone gesturing with his hands

    Former Major League Baseball centerfielder Doug Glanville (right) spoke about his life and career with students as a Kelly Writers House Fellow, in a seminar created and taught by English Professor Al Filreis and during a public reading and discussion. A 1992 Penn graduate, Glanville is now an author, columnist, professor, and sports broadcaster. 

    Rounding the bases and finding home at the Kelly Writers House

    Former Major League Baseball centerfielder Doug Glanville spoke with students about his life and career in the seminar created and taught by English Professor Al Filreis and during a public reading and conversation.
    Supporting education in Ghana
    person with a cell phone

    The Graduate School of Education’s Sharon Wolf (not pictured)  is leading a research project on reaching parents in remote and impoverished regions of Ghana with supportive text messages to share information on helping their children, especially girls, succeed in school.

    Supporting education in Ghana

    The Graduate School of Education’s Sharon Wolf is leading a research project on reaching parents in remote and impoverished regions of Ghana with supportive text messages to share information on helping their children, especially girls, succeed in school.
    ‘Groundbreaking future for groundbreaking educators’
    Korn, Pritchett, Grossman and Chen pose with silver shovels at GSE groundbreaking ceremony

    The official groundbreaking for the Graduate School of Education building expansion and renovation project included symbolic digging. From left, GSE Board of Advisors Chair Doug Korn, Penn Interim President Wendell Pritchett, GSE Dean Pam Grossman, and project architect Philip Chen, principal and president of Ann Beha Architects. (Image: Krista Patton)

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    ‘Groundbreaking future for groundbreaking educators’

    A groundbreaking ceremony kicked off a $35.6 million Graduate School of Education expansion project that includes the renovation of two 1965 buildings. The new spaces are expected to open in August 2023.
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