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Penn Art History Professor Wins Anglo-Hellenic League Book Award
University of Pennsylvania Associate Professor Ivan Drpić has received the 2017 Runciman Book Award from the Anglo-Hellenic League in London.
Penn Professors and Projects Receive 2017 Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowships and Grants
Three University of Pennsylvania professors were chosen as 2017 Pew Fellows, awarded two of the 12 fellowships funded by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in Philadelphia. In addition, three Penn projects were selected to receive Pew project and advancement grants.
For the first time, international Ezra Pound conference to be held at Penn
In 1972, a young David McKnight bought his first book, “Selected Poems by Ezra Pound,” the seminal New Directions Publishing edition. Pound, who attended Penn, died that same year.
ICA’s ‘Extra Credit’ classes introduce public to contemporary art
Penn’s Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) is offering a free educational series in June and July in an effort to demystify modern art and attract repeat visitors to the museum.
Penn Undergraduate Combines Anthropology and French for Award-winning Research
A combination of anthropology and French created the path for student Samantha Sharon Ashok at the University of Pennsylvania to discoveries detailed in her award-winning senior honors thesis. Ashok researched the mid-1800s work of Paul Broca, a French physician and anthropologist, one of the most influential scientists of his time.
A museum becomes a classroom for Penn students
Eight Penn graduate students leaned forward with anticipation as the cart was wheeled into the workshop in the Philadelphia Museum of Art . Upon it was a unique bronze sculpture, created by an Italian artist in the 15th century, a triumphant David, his foot on the head of the giant Goliath.
The next generation of architects, contractors, and engineers
The high school students touring Penn’s Singh Center for Nanotechnology were most interested in the part of the building many people never see: the mechanical room.
University City District plans action-packed summer
Summer in Philadelphia’s University City means restaurant specials, a “Dollar Stroll,” and free concerts and movies.The events are sponsored by the University City District (UCD), a partnership of local residents, businesses, and institutions dedicated to community revitalization that is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Penn Arab Music Ensemble Provides a Window Into Arab Culture
Thanks to the Penn Arab Music Ensemble, a group of nearly 120 University of Pennsylvania student musicians and their audiences are exposed to the culture of Arab music.
Penn Students Recast Famous Orson Welles Radio Broadcast
In a unique class that combined history and theatre, a 79-year-old radio broadcast became surprisingly relevant to 12 University of Pennsylvania students.