Four Penn faculty were named 2019 Guggenheim Fellows. Clockwise from left: Jed Esty for literary criticism, Carmen Maria Machado for fiction, Adriana Petryna for anthropology and cultural studies, and Michelle Lopez for fine arts.
Christina Steele, a junior psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences, is a 2019 Beinecke Scholar, a program which provides substantial scholarships for graduate education. (Photo: Aaron Olson)
Penn junior Christina Steele named Beinecke Scholar
Penn junior Christina Steele has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship to pursue her graduate education. She is the 12th Beinecke Scholar from Penn since the award was first given in 1975.
Two centuries after his birth, Walt Whitman’s poetry still resonates with audiences today. The Penn Libraries is leading a region-wide, yearlong celebration of Whitman at 200.
The Penn Global Seminar course Seeing, Hearing, and Encountering South Africa, taught by Professor of Music Carol Muller, took 16 students on two weeks of travel throughout that nation, including Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Pretoria.
Seeing, hearing, and encountering post-apartheid South Africa
A Penn Global Seminar course taught by Carol Muller took the 16 undergraduates to South Africa to explore that nation's history and post-apartheid present day through music and culture. The students demonstrated the impact of the journey through final projects including a painting, a written paper, a poem, a film, a photo essay, a musical score—even a set of political cartoons.
Penn English Professor David Wallace is the president of the Medieval Academy of America, which is holding its annual conference on campus. (Photo: Eric Sucar)
A meeting of medievalists
More than 500 medieval scholars from the U.S. and Europe will be on campus for the annual Medieval Academy of America conference. Dozens of panels, workshops, and lectures about the Middle Ages will convene, many led by Penn faculty.
David McKnight of the Penn Libraries led the decade-long project to sort through the 200,000 books, and additional materials, and catalogue the Gotham Book Mart donation. A new exhibit showcases 300 selections, including the writing and illustrations of author Edward Gorey, who collaborated with the storied book shop.
Treasures revealed
It has taken nearly a decade for the Penn Libraries to sort and catalogue the contents of the Gotham Book Mart, the legendary New York City bookstore and publisher. A new exhibition, now on display through May 20, showcases a select 300 items.
The Penn 2019 Thouron Scholars include seven undergraduates and one 2018 graduate. Top row, from left: Sona Dadhania, Nicholas Escobar, Nick Joyner, Carson Kahoe. Bottom row, from left: Ryan Leone, Krishna Patel, Libby Rockaway, Hannah Sweeney.
Penn announces eight 2019 Thouron Award winners
Seven University of Pennsylvania seniors and a 2018 graduate have each won a Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
A new Penn Museum exhibition showcases 200 artifacts from its vast Egyptian collection, as well as their conservation, including a 4,000-year-old model of a rowing boat featuring 16 figures.
Egypt on display
Penn Museum opens a new Ancient Egypt exhibition to display artifacts and their conservation during its Building Transformation project.
At the Lightbulb Cafe, cinema studies senior lecturer Meta Mazaj speaks about the globalization of cinema and her Oscar picks in anticipation of the 91st Academy Awards.
