Rising Penn sophomore Teresa Xie is a summer intern working at the Settlement Music School through the RealArts@Penn program. She is producing videos for the marketing and development departments.
Marketing music at a Philadelphia nonprofit
Although an accomplished concert pianist, rising sophomore Teresa Xie of Chicago is not playing the ivories at the Settlement Music School during her RealArts@Penn summer internship. Instead, she is using her photography skills while learning about marketing music for the Philadelphia nonprofit.
Joyce Hida, a rising junior, is a summer intern at the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Immersed in poetry at the Library of Congress
Rising junior Joyce Hida is making the most of her RealArts summer internship, working at the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
The Kelly Writers House has crowdsourced its chairs from the community. Some chairs are decorated based on a theme, including one that features photos and articles about benefactor Paul Kelly.
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.
Lorene Cary, a senior lecturer in creative writing, has written a memoir about caring for her grandmother in her final year, “Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century.” (Photo: Eric Sucar)
‘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.
Penn senior and photographer Isabel Zapata created Torch Magazine to feature her portraits of fellow graduating seniors, along with their reflections.
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.
The Class of 2019 includes 14 students who have accepted a Fulbright Awards for the 2019-2020 academic year. Top row, left to right: Fjora Arapi, Carinthia Bank, Julia Bell, Dillon Bergin, Wilson Fisher. Middle row, left to right: Savi Joshi, John McGahay, Tiberiu Mihaila, Candace Morff, Shiv Nadkarni. Bottom row, left to right: Hughes Ransom, Mark Rinder, Caroline Scown, Nicholas Wehbeh.
Class of 2019 includes 14 Fulbright awardees
The University of Pennsylvania Class of 2019 includes 14 students who have accepted a Fulbright Award.
