Louisa Shepard

News Officer

Louisa Shepard covers several subject areas in the School of Arts and Sciences including History of Art, Music, and English, which includes Cinema and Media Studies, Center for Creative Writing, and Kelly Writers House. She also supports coverage at the Graduate School of Education, PennDesign, the Libraries, the Penn Museum, the Arthur Ross Gallery, the Institute for Contemporary Art and the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

Top of the back of a wooden chair with newspaper articles and photos pasted on.

Kelly Writers House chairs are more than just a place to sit

Even the chairs at Kelly Writers House have stories to tell. The mismatched wooden seats came from the community, intentionally given to become part of Writers House everyday history.

Louisa Shepard ・ July 5, 2019

Three lines of students on stage dressed in blue blazers, khaki pants, and red-and-blue-striped ties singing with their arms over their heads.

Penn Glee Club takes the stage in a five-city tour of Asia

From China to Japan, the Penn Glee Club took the stage in five Asian cities during its annual summer tour.

Louisa Shepard ・ June 18, 2019

A monumental move for the Penn Museum’s iconic sphinx

In a three-day, high-tech operation, the massive sphinx is moved from the gallery where it sat since 1926 to the main entrance hall.

Louisa Shepard ・ June 12, 2019

Walt Whitman and the People’s Press

A unique course combining literature and design leads to a mobile printing press that will be part of the poet’s 200th birthday celebration.

Louisa Shepard ・ May 29, 2019

Professor standing in front of a blackboard.

‘Ladysitting’

A new memoir by Lorene Cary, “Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century,” describes the year she spent caring for her grandmother in her home.

Louisa Shepard ・ May 22, 2019

Senior pictures

Graduating senior and photographer Isabel Zapata captured 57 of her classmates in places of significance to create Torch Magazine. The publication features their reflections as well as her portraits.

Louisa Shepard ・ May 17, 2019