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Louisa Shepard

Senior News Officer
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    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
    Two Penn students awarded a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
    two student photos

    Penn students chosen for the 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans are Min Jae Kim (left), a graduate student pursuing an M.D./Ph.D. in neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine, and Zijian (William) Niu (right), a fourth-year undergraduate majoring in biochemistry, biophysics, and physics in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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

    Two Penn students awarded a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

    Two Penn students have each received a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans: Min Jae Kim, an M.D./Ph.D. in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Zijian (William) Niu a fourth-year in the College of Arts and Sciences.
    Penn team of four undergrads awarded the Davis Projects for Peace grant
    four student photographs in a grid

    The team of four students in the College of Arts and Sciences chosen for a 2024 Kathryn Wasserman Davis Projects for Peace grant for their summer community healthcare project in Philadelphia includes, clockwise from top left,  third-year students Annabelle Jin, Claire Jun, and Destiny Uwawuike, and second-year student Johana Munoz.

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

    Penn team of four undergrads awarded the Davis Projects for Peace grant

    Four students in the College of Arts and Sciences have been chosen for 2024 Kathryn Wasserman Davis Projects for Peace grant of $10,000 for their summer community health care project in Philadelphia addressing reproductive justice and menstrual equity.
    Two Penn students awarded Truman Scholarships
    photos of two students

    Two Penn third-year students, Aravind Krishnan (left) and Tej Patel, have received Harry S. Truman Scholarships.

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

    Two Penn students awarded Truman Scholarships

    Third-year students Aravind Krishnan and Tej Patel in the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management have received Harry S. Truman Scholarships.
    Picturing artistic pursuits
    students working with clay slabs at a table

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    Picturing artistic pursuits

    Hundreds of undergraduates take classes in the fine arts each semester, among them painting and drawing, ceramics and sculpture, printmaking and animation, photography and videography. The courses, through the School of Arts & Sciences and the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, give students the opportunity to immerse themselves in an art form in a collaborative way.
    Four Penn undergrads are 2024 Goldwater Scholars
    Four students pictured in a grid

    Penn’s 2024 Goldwater Scholars (clockwise from top left) are third-year students Hayle Kim, Kaitlin Mrksich, Eric Tao and Eric Myzelev. Kim, Myzelev and Tao are in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Mrksich in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. 

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

    Four Penn undergrads are 2024 Goldwater Scholars

    Four Penn third-year students have received 2024 Goldwater Scholarships, awarded to undergraduates planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.
    Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians 
    five musicians standing and playing wind instruments

    Gwyn Roberts (fourth from right) for three decades has been the director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles.

    (Image: Courtesy of Tempesta di Mare)

    Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians 

    A Penn student choir and Roberts’ baroque orchestra will perform a Vivaldi oratorio premiered by women and girls in Venice 300 years ago. 
    Penn announces nine 2024 Thouron Scholars
    nine people pictured in a grid

    Nine Penn fourth-years and alumni have been chosen as 2024 Thouron Scholars: (left to right, from top): Maya Brawer-Cohen, Sonali Deliwala, Sheil Desai, Lynn Larabi, Crystal Marshall, Ellie McKeown, George Morcos, Emma  Søndergaard Jensen, Joshua Yang.

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

    Penn announces nine 2024 Thouron Scholars

    Six fourth-year students and three recent graduates will use the award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
    ‘Ladysitting’ on stage 
    Nolen, Lorene Cary, and Finister speaking with each other at Kelly Writers House.

    Lorene Cary (center) with actor Melanye Finister (right) and the Arden's Terry Nolen (left) at the Kelly Writers House. 

    Image: Delaney Parks

    ‘Ladysitting’ on stage 

    The new play “Ladysitting” at the Arden Theatre Co. is by Penn English faculty and alumna Lorene Cary, based on her memoir about caring for her grandmother in the last of her 101 years.
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