The “Young Benjamin Franklin” statue in front of Weightman Hall on 33rd street depicts Penn’s founder as the 17-year-old who arrived in Philadelphia 300 years ago.
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An inauspicious arrival for the ambitious Benjamin Franklin
Penn’s founder arrived in Philadelphia on Oct. 6 300 years ago as a nearly penniless 17-year-old looking for a job as a printer.
A ceramic vase with the face of the artist’s father on one side and Benjamin Franklin’s on the other is on view in the Van-Pelt Dietrich Library Center.
The inaugural story in a new Penn Today series “What’s that?” features the banned books chair, decoupaged with words and pictures, one of the 50 beloved and mismatched chairs in the Kelly Writers House arts café.
Third-year Ayesha Patel, an economics major in the College of Arts and Sciences, was a summer intern with BalletX in Philadelphia.
(Image: Courtesy of Ayesha Patel)
Balancing ballet and summer learning
Third-year student Ayesha Patel conducted research and a financial analysis during a summer internship at BalletX, a contemporary ballet company in Philadelphia.
New family welcome: ‘The right place; the right time’
President Liz Magill and Provost John L. Jackson Jr. welcomed first-year and transfer students and their families in an afternoon celebration on College Green.
The University is making final preparations for fall 2023 undergraduate Move-In between Aug. 21 and 27, when nearly 6,000 undergraduates will be moving into Campus Housing.
Kay Seohyung Lee, lecturer in fine arts at the Weitzman School of Design.
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A Philadelphia artistic collaboration at Penn
An exhibition of 50 artworks by 34 undergraduate students in six Philadelphia colleges and universities, “Let Me Know You Are Alright,” is on view at the Charles Addams Gallery on campus through Aug. 18.
Sharrock asked patrons to complete the research survey two hours before each of the seven opera performances, and during the intermission.
(Image: Shea Roggio)
Operatic notes: One student’s research on opera in society
Rising second-year Thomas Sharrock attended seven operas this summer at the Royal Opera House in London, studying audience perceptions of opera in the United Kingdom.
