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Louisa Shepard

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    • Louisa Shepard

    Louisa Shepard covers English, history of art, music, theater, classical studies, and cinema and media studies, among other subject areas, in the School of Arts and Sciences. She also supports coverage for the Kelly Writers House, the Graduate School of Education, the Penn Libraries, the Penn Museum, the Arthur Ross Gallery, and the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, as well as fine arts in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design. 

    Articles from Louisa Shepard
    The English major’s cheerleader and champion
    Jennifer Egan standing in front of class gesturing with one hand and holding papers in the other

    Egan first taught literature at Penn in the spring of 2019, but she restructured the course and wrote new lectures for this year’s class.

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    The English major’s cheerleader and champion

    Bestselling author Jennifer Egan taught an undergraduate literature course in the spring as an English Department artist in residence in the School of Arts & Sciences. A 1985 Penn graduate, she is a passionate advocate for the English major, the humanities, and a liberal arts education.
    Penn alum named 2024 Yenching Scholar
    Jing-Jing Piriyalertsak standing outside a building with trees

    Chonnipha (Jing Jing) Piriyalertsak, a 2023 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences from Bangkok, has been selected as a 2024 Yenching Scholar.

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    Penn alum named 2024 Yenching Scholar

    Chonnipha (Jing Jing) Piriyalertsak, a 2023 graduate, has been selected as a 2024 Yenching Scholar, with full funding to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing.
    Measuring readers of romance
    two people looking at laptop computers

    James English (left) and J.D. Porter have been collaborating on the research project for more than three years. 

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    Measuring readers of romance

    Researchers at Penn's Price Lab for Digital Humanities conducted a quantitative analysis of the romance genre, studying thousands of avid readers and the hundreds of thousands of books in their collections in Goodreads
    Penn Ph.D. candidate named 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholar
    Penelope Lusk standing outside

    Penelope Lusk, a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate School of Education, has been awarded a 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, which covers all fees and provides a stipend to attend the University of Oxford in England for one year.

    (Image: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

    Penn Ph.D. candidate named 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholar

    Penelope Lusk, a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate School of Education, has been awarded a 2024 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, which covers all fees and provides a stipend to attend the University of Oxford for a year.
    Penn students and alumni awarded Fulbright 2024 U.S. Student Program grants
    Images of 11 people in a grid

    Penn affiliates offered 2024-25 Fulbright grants include: (top row) fourth-year Luke Campo, fourth-year Cody Eskandarian, 2016 graduate Carolyn Grace, fourth-year William Han, (middle row) fourth-year Roni Itkin-Ofer, 2020 graduate Kolby Kaller, fourth-year Tyler Kliem, master’s student Nissim Lebovits, (bottom row) 2022 graduate Chandni Shah, fourth-year Alexandra Shank, and fourth-year Vernon Wells.

    (Images: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

    Penn students and alumni awarded Fulbright 2024 U.S. Student Program grants

    Thirteen Penn students and alumni have been offered Fulbright grants for the 2024-25 academic year. They will conduct research, pursue graduate degrees, or teach English in a dozen nations.
    Penn fourth-year student William Niu named a 2024 Hertz Fellow
    William Niu standing outside in front of a brick wall

    Penn fourth-year student Zijian (William) Niu in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a 2024 Hertz Fellowship in applied science, engineering, and mathematics.

    (Image: Courtesy of William Niu) 

    Penn fourth-year student William Niu named a 2024 Hertz Fellow

    Fourth-year student Zijian (William) Niu in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a 2024 Hertz Fellowship in applied science, engineering, and mathematics and will receive five years of funding, as much as $250,000, to pursue a doctoral degree.
    A Class like no other
    Forthcoming

    Forthcoming

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    A Class like no other

    As three fourth-year students look forward to Commencement, a look back at their Penn journey, which started during a global pandemic.
    Penn third-year named 2024 Udall Scholar
    Joey Wu standing outside wearing a suit and tie

    Third-year undergraduate Joey Wu has been named a 2024 Udall Scholar.

    (Image: Courtesy of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships)

    Penn third-year named 2024 Udall Scholar

    Third-year Joey Wu, studying bioengineering and environmental science in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) program, has been named a 2024 Udall Scholar.
    In conversation with the iconic Margaret Atwood
    Margaret Atwood and Emily Wilson sitting in chairs on a stage with flowers on a table in front of them and tall green plants to the side

    Author and poet Margaret Atwood (left) was featured in conversation with Professor Emily Wilson during the School of Arts & Sciences’ annual Dean’s Forum at Irvine Auditorium. 

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    In conversation with the iconic Margaret Atwood

    Author and poet Margaret Atwood was featured in conversation with Professor Emily Wilson during the School of Arts & Sciences’ annual Dean’s Forum.
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