Penn Libraries' exhibition “Ok, I’ll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepid Women in the American Wilderness” features 145 items from the vast collection by alumna Caroline Schimmel, including Annie Oakley’s trunk. Regan Kladstrup(above) has worked with Schimmel on her donation of 7,000 volumes of fiction to the Kislak Center.
She did it herself
The Penn Libraries exhibition “OK, I’ll Do It Myself” with selections from the collection of alumna Caroline Schimmel features 145 books, photographs, manuscripts, artwork, and memorabilia on women in the American wilderness, even Annie Oakley’s trunk.
Penn students met with artist Salvador González Escalona at the Afro-Cuban cultural center, Cayo Hueso, in Havana during the summer abroad course in Cuba. (Photo by Will Schmenner)
Cuba libre
The complexities of Cuba’s history and the response by artists were the focus of the summer abroad course “Penn-in-Havana: Visual Culture and Public Art in Cuba,” taught by art historian Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, and funded by a Making a Difference in Diverse Communities grant.
Penn President Amy Gutmann holds a conversation at a 'Power of Penn' campaign kickoff event in Boston with professors Donita Brady of the Perelman School of Medicine, Vivek Shenoy of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Emily Steiner of the School of Arts and Sciences.
‘Power of Penn ‘ in Boston
Speaking to more than 250 people at a Power of Penn event in Boston for alumni, parents, and friends, President Amy Gutmann emphasized the University’s commitment to innovation, inclusion, and impact. The diversity of Penn’s research and teaching threaded through her discussion with professors Donita Brady, Vivek Shenoy, and Emily Steiner.
Coffeepots are one of the themes in the work by South African artist William Kentridge on view at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery through Nov. 11.
A study in black and white
The Arthur Ross Gallery’s current exhibition features 58 linocut prints by South African artist William Kentridge. Created with black ink on type-filled dictionary pages, the prints depict objects that are iconic in the artist’s work, including coffee pots, typewriters, trees, birds, and cats. The exhibit is on display through Nov. 11.
The “National Visions” roundtable featured former Mexican President Felipe Calderón; NPR international correspondent Deborah Amos; Catherine Ashton, former high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy; Princeton University professor Aaron Friedberg; and Richard Verma, former U.S. ambassador to India.
Bringing the world to Penn
Perry World House’s two-day colloquium, “Competing Visions of the Global Order,” featured important conversations with eminent world leaders, and concluded with the Penn Biden Leaders Dialogue.
Karen Redrobe is the new director of Penn’s Wolf Humanities Center. (Photo by Lua Beckman)
Q&A with Karen Redrobe, new director of the Wolf Humanities Center
In her new role, Redrobe will oversee the Center's public programs, and the research work of 29 faculty, graduate, and post-doctoral fellows, and oversee Penn Global collaboration with the Perry World House.
Michael Weisberg, professor and chair of philosophy, and David Fox, director of New Student Orientation, lead the discussion with the freshmen class on the Penn Reading Project and the Provost’s “Year of Why?”
Penn Reading Project gets freshmen on the same page
The Penn Reading Project, in its 28th year, is designed to bring the freshmen class together on one academic project. The Class of 2022 read Thornton Wilder’s “The Bridge of San Luis Rey,” as part of the Provost’s “Year of Why?”
Portraying conjoined twins from the 19th century, junior Duval Courteau (left) and senior Aria Proctor take the stage at Penn during a final rehearsal of the play “Curio” before traveling to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland.
Theatre students perform on international stage
Portraying dual roles of conjoined twins from the 19th century and a pair of modern-day researchers, junior Duval Courteau and senior Aria Proctor took the stage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland with the one-act play, “Curio.”
The Arthur Ross Gallery is offering 125 artworks in the University of Pennsylvania’s collection for the public to choose from in its first crowdsourced exhibit, “Citizen Salon.”
A chance to be an art curator
In a creative approach to curating its next art exhibition, the Arthur Ross Gallery is opening the choice of artworks to the public through its first-ever crowdsourcing effort.
Joe Biden speaking at the inaugural Perry World House global order conference in 2017, accompanied on stage by PWH Director William Burke-White (left) and Penn President Amy Gutmann.
Bringing world leaders together around competing visions of the global order
Former U.S. National Security Advisors H.R. McMaster and Susan Rice will be the headline speakers at a two-day Perry World House colloquium in September, with former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Nick Clegg participating in the Penn Biden Leaders Dialogue.
