Penn’s ‘philosophers in residence’ engage Philadelphia youth with the hard questions Fourth-year Ph.D. student Jacqueline Wallis, middle, facilitated an exercise during Philosophy Club after school at the Academy at Palumbo, with high school students Leila Salama, left, and Marty Signes, right. nocred Penn’s ‘philosophers in residence’ engage Philadelphia youth with the hard questions Ph.D. students Jacqueline Wallis and Afton Greco are embedded at the Academy at Palumbo in South Philadelphia, where they give philosophy lessons on curriculum-relevant topics and run an after-school Philosophy Club.
First-year Gobhanu Korisepati receives a 2024 Legacy Award Britain’s Prince William presents an award to Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati, a first-year student at the University of Pennsylvania from Oman, during the Diana Legacy Award, at the Science Museum in London, on March 14, 2024. (Image: Arthur Edwards/Pool Photo via AP) First-year Gobhanu Korisepati receives a 2024 Legacy Award Korisepati, a student in the Hunstman Program at Penn, accepted the 2024 Diana Legacy Award from the Prince of Wales at a ceremony held March 14.
Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians 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 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.
Soft support can make unexpectedly stable glass Image: iStock / Gloria Sonda Soft support can make unexpectedly stable glass A team of researchers from Penn and the Brookhaven National Laboratory find a new way to manufacture stable glass.
Archiving materials that reflect a ‘shared history’ (On homepage) Students pore over items from the 1990s, including a city proclamation for Penn Women’s Center Day. nocred Archiving materials that reflect a ‘shared history’ How 50 years of material from the Program in Gender Studies and Women’s Studies and the Penn Women’s Center becomes more accessible for students, faculty, and researchers.
Wrestling with academics Second-year wrestler Adam Thomson manages to balance schoolwork, research and international championships that take him all over the globe. nocred Wrestling with academics As a student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, second-year wrestler Adam Thomson, an international champion, balances athletics with his research on hyperinflation in Brazil.
Penn announces nine 2024 Thouron Scholars 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.
Marking 60 years of New York Times v. Sullivan Image: Aaron M. Sprecher via AP Marking 60 years of New York Times v. Sullivan The Annenberg Public Policy Center commemorates the landmark Supreme Court case ahead of the ruling’s 60th anniversary.
The power of chick lit Image: iStock/oska25 The power of chick lit Meghan Hall, lecturer and associate director for graduate studies in the Department of English, talks about what gives the popular literary genre its staying power.
Oscars predictions 2024 Advertisements for the films “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” in Los Angeles. (Image: AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Oscars predictions 2024 Ahead of the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, Kathy DeMarco Van Cleve of Cinema & Media Studies offers predictions for the screenplay categories.