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Louisa Shepard

Senior News Officer
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  • Louisa Shepard

    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
    New undergraduate design major launched in College of Arts and Sciences
    student setting up design exhibit with a jacket and a loom and a sign.

    The new undergraduate design major and a restructured fine arts major are a collaboration between the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and the College of Arts and Sciences.

    New undergraduate design major launched in College of Arts and Sciences

    A new undergraduate major in design launched this semester, along with a now-enhanced fine arts major, is being offered through a collaboration between the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and the College of Arts and Sciences.
    Two monumental sculptures arrive on campus
    A sculpture of a female figure and the feet of another sculpture of two figures as they are being lowered onto a pipe while one construction worker holds a rope and another reaches up.

    Installation of the third set of figures in the sculpture “Social Consciousness” by Jacob Epstein, now in the Memorial Garden Walkway by the Van Pelt-Deitrich Library Center. 

    Two monumental sculptures arrive on campus

    On loan for 99 years, one sculpture is between Franklin Field and The Palestra, the other next to the main library.
    Justice served: A summer at the Department of Justice
    Student standing in front of plaque that says U.S. Department of Justice Washington, and flanked by two flags.

    Penn senior Jordan Andrews is a summer intern at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

    Justice served: A summer at the Department of Justice

    Senior political science major Jordan Andrews from Detroit is a summer intern at the U.S. Department of Justice Consumer Protection Branch. She is working on cases involving identity theft, opioid abuse, and many types of fraud, while learning about the law and exploring Washington, D.C
    Art history on foot: A class tour of public works of art
    Six people standing in a parking lot looking at a colorful mural on the wall of a building.

    A summer course in history of art took Penn students to the streets of Philadelphia to view and discuss public artworks, including murals, like “How to Turn Something into Anything Else” on Broad Street. The course was taught by visiting instructor Emily Warner (left), who earned her Ph.D. at Penn. 

    Art history on foot: A class tour of public works of art

    A summer course in history of art took students to the streets of Philadelphia to view and discuss murals, sculptures, and other public artworks.
    Woodstock at 50
    Three people sitting on high stools on a stage surrounded by windows, two playing guitars and one speaking or singing into a microphone.

    Author Anthony DeCurtis (center) teaches writing at Penn and holds conversations with and about musicians at the Kelly Writers House. 

    Woodstock at 50

    During three days of Woodstock in August of 1969, Anthony DeCurtis of the School of Arts and Sciences was 18, growing up in New York City and obsessed with the music that would form the foundation of his writing and teaching.
    Engaging history
    Student standing with historic buildings behind her.

    Rising junior Margarita Ortiz, a history major, is a summer intern at Historic Germantown in her hometown of Philadelphia. 

    Engaging history

    Junior Margarita Ortiz conducted a comprehensive survey of 18 sites as a summer intern for the Historic Germantown consortium in her hometown of Philadelphia.
    Stage presence
    Student standing on steps of the Academy of Music in Philadelphia.

    Rising Penn senior Leo Sarbanes, a music major, is an intern with Opera Philadelphia through the Summer Humanities Internship Program.  

    Stage presence

    Senior music major Leo Sarbanes has become a leading voice on the little-known opera “The Love for Three Oranges” during his summer internship with Opera Philadelphia.
    100th puppy
    Puppy with toy standing in grass.

    A Labrador retriever, Casey is the 100th puppy enrolled in the Penn Vet Working Dog Center training program. 

     

    100th puppy

    An 8-week-old black Labrador retriever is the 100th puppy to enter the Penn Vet Working Dog Center research-based training program.
    Art and activism
    Student standing on a sidewalk.

    Srinidhi Ramakrishna, a rising sophomore, is a summer intern at ArtWell, a Philadelphia nonprofit. 

    Art and activism

    Combining her interests in art and activism in her summer internship, rising sophomore Srinidhi Ramakrishna is working at ArtWell, a Philadelphia nonprofit that uses art, poetry, and music to reach young people in underserved communities.
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