A Penn senior and two alumni have received Schwarzman Scholarships, which fund a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing. From left, 2019 graduate Shuxi (Shirley) Liu, senior Daniel Ruiz de la Concha, and 2019 graduate Heather Tang.
Penn senior and two alumni named Schwarzman Scholars
Daniel Ruiz de la Concha is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences; Shuxi (Shirley) Liu and Heather Tang graduated in 2019 from the Wharton School. They are each awarded a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing
Two Penn seniors have been awarded 2022 Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at the University of Oxford, Raveen Kariyawasam (left), from Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Nicholas Thomas-Lewis, from Kimball, Nebraska. Kariyawasam is in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wharton School, and Thomas-Lewis is in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Two Penn seniors named 2022 Rhodes Scholars
Two Penn seniors have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at the University of Oxford, Raveen Kariyawasam, from Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Nicholas Thomas-Lewis, from Kimball, Nebraska.
Penn senior Max Wragan is one of 12 in the nation chosen to receive a George J. Mitchell Scholarship for postgraduate study in Ireland in 2022-2023.
Penn senior Max Wragan named George J. Mitchell Scholar
Senior Max Wragan, a neuroscience major and chemistry minor, has been selected for a George J. Mitchell Scholarship, which covers one academic year of postgraduate studies in Ireland, including stipends for living and travel expenses.
A decade of research and writing by English Professor Emily Steiner has resulted in a new book about the work of John Trevisa, a 14th century English author who translated encyclopedias and other reference books, helping to create a body of general knowledge for non-specialists.
Patricia Vargas (left), a Penn Spanish language lecturer, took her class to the Penn Museum to see the yarn paintings by the Huichol people, an indigenous group in Northwest Mexico, and to discuss interpretations in Spanish. Juniors Abhi Bhandari (center) and George Adu-Agyare (right) talk about a work titled “Antes de la inundación,” or “Before the flood.”
Art from Mexico
During visits to the Penn Museum this semester, nearly 200 students in intermediate Spanish classes had the chance to learn about yarn paintings by the Huichol people, an indigenous group in Northwest Mexico.
Flores was a co-organizer of a conference at Penn examining equity for Black students in language education.
Centering Black students in language education
Ensuring equity for Black students in language education was the focus of a conference co-organized by the Graduate School of Education’s Nelson Flores, an expert in bilingual education.
Al Filreis, an English professor at Penn since 1995, founded the Kelly Writers House on Locust Walk in 1995 and has since served as the faculty director.
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Al Filreis dwells in possibility
Celebrating poetry and literature at Penn since 1985, Al Filreis continues to create community at the home for writers he founded in a Locust Walk house a quarter-century ago.
Homepage image: Strickberger and Jinich asked each person they interviewed to write in their notebook the answer to the question: “After the pandemic I want to…”
A generation shaped by a pandemic
Two Penn seniors travel the country to interview young adults about their experiences during the past year to create an oral history archive with stories, images, and video.
President Amy Gutmann (left) lines up with students in the new Quaker Kitchen to sample a special snack prepared by Chef Daniel Stern (right) for a welcome event at the New College House West residence hall. The Office of the President is funding a food-centered pilot program to bring students together through culinary endeavors.
Cooking as community-building in the New College House West Quaker Kitchen
The Office of the President is funding a food-centered pilot program to bring students together through culinary endeavors in New College House West’s Quaker Kitchen.
Best-selling author Jill Lepore (center), a Harvard history professor and staff writer at The New Yorker, spoke about teaching the U.S. Constitution during an era of constitutional crisis in a conversation at Penn with Graduate School of Education dean Pam Grossman (right) and School of Law dean Theodore Ruger. (Image: Jane Lindahl)
A conversation with guest lecturer, historian, and best-selling author Jill Lepore
Best-selling author Jill Lepore, a Harvard history professor and staff writer at The New Yorker, spoke about teaching the U.S. Constitution during an era of constitutional crisis in a conversation with Graduate School of Education Dean Pam Grossman and Law School Dean Theodore Ruger.
