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Penn GSE Student Faced Failure Before Finding Success Through Education
With a grade point average hovering below 1.0, Larry McDaniel Jr. tried and failed at community college, dismissed on four separate occasions.Now a master’s student in the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, McDaniel says his progress was part of a long, difficult and emotional journey.
Penn Students, Faculty and Staff Discuss ‘Implicit Bias’ in Academia
A group of nearly 100 University of Pennsylvania faculty, students and staff gathered together for the “Implicit Bias Teach-In,” an event organized as a “safe space” to have a conversation about what can be an uncomfortable topic: biases.
Penn program teaches practical English and trains novice teachers
The 24 adults seated in the class, from at least a dozen countries, are each connected to someone at Penn. They are here to learn to speak English, free of charge.
VAST LIFE Program Expands Horizons of Students and Future Teachers
Studying a map on his iPad, Owen Smith looks up at the street signs and back down at the map. He looks both ways, then turns right down 34th Street, the correct direction for his destination, the Penn Museum.The decision prompts praise from the group of students crowded around him on the street corner.
GSE Students Teach English in Penn Communities Through PEDAL Program
The room is packed. The 24 adults seated in the class, from at least a dozen countries, are each connected to someone at the University of Pennsylvania. They are here to learn to speak English, free of charge.
‘Ancientbiotics’ team tests medieval treatments for modern ailments
Clues to creating new antibiotics may be hidden in a 15th-century medical text, now being studied by a medievalist at Penn.
Far From Home, Poet Fatemeh Shams Finds Sense of Belonging and a Voice at Penn
The cadence of her poem is almost lyrical as Fatemeh Shams, speaking in her native Persian, reads aloud to the audience at Kelly Writers House. But the tone is forceful as she nearly spits out the word repeated in each phrase: تبعيد, "exile."
Kislak exhibit gives history of early global exploration
Little black footprints track across the map drawn on worn fig-bark paper, marking the land boundaries in an ancient Mexican village.
Penn Libraries’ Community Outreach Program Exponentially Expands Engagement with Greater Philadelphia Area Schools
What started with a Penn Libraries program to ensure a West Philadelphia elementary school library would remain open has turned into a sustainable model for service learning.
Penn cinema profs to talk 89th Academy Awards
What the Oscar winners say may be of more interest than what they wear at this year’s much-anticipated Academy Awards ceremony, says Peter Decherney, a professor of cinema and media studies in the Department of English and the