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From the classroom to the international stage
From the classroom to the international stage
At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, Penn students perform a play they learned in class.
Amy Paeth on the ‘poetry industrial complex’
Amy Paeth on the ‘poetry industrial complex’
In her new book, the lecturer in critical writing in the School of Arts & Sciences uses the history of the U.S. poet laureate as a window into how the arts, government, industry, and private donors interact and shape culture.
Starstruck on the Cannes red carpet
Starstruck on the Cannes red carpet
The 30 students who attended the Cannes Film Festival through a Penn Summer Abroad course were able to watch screenings of at least three to four films a day. For the most sought-after American film premieres they waited in “last-minute” lines for hours.
Cultures of the book
Cultures of the book
In the Cultures of the Book course taught by Whitney Trettien, assistant professor of English, students “adopt a book” they select from the Penn Libraries collection, and their research projects are published on an academic website.
Seeing disability differently
Seeing disability differently
Scholars are trying to understand—and change—how the world works for people with disabilities.
Virtual reality in an ancient world
Virtual reality in an ancient world
Students create films to document the reimagining of the Penn Museum’s Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries.
The Sachs Program announces 2023 grants
The Sachs Program announces 2023 grants
Now in its sixth year of supporting creative practice at Penn and in the surrounding community, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation announced grants totaling $170,000 at its annual Sachs Grants Awards ceremony.
400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio
400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio
A Penn Libraries celebration of the 400th anniversary of the publication of William Shakespeare’s “Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies” featured students performing scenes and a rare appearance of four First Folios.
Four Penn faculty named 2023 Guggenheim Fellows
Four Penn faculty named 2023 Guggenheim Fellows
PIK Professor Ezekiel J. Emanuel, and Heather K. Love, Jennifer M. Morton, and Projit Bihari Mukharji of the School of Arts & Sciences have been awarded the prestigious fellowship.
Who, What, Why: Jamie-Lee Josselyn
Who, What, Why: Jamie-Lee Josselyn
As associate director for recruitment for the Creative Writing Program, Jamie-Lee Josselyn visits high schools across the country to talk with student writers about opportunities at Penn.
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The Washington Post
To his final days, my father always knew how to pull off the landing
In an Op-Ed, Paul Hendrickson of the School of Arts & Sciences reflects on his father’s legacy as a pilot and their complex relationship.
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Philadelphia Magazine
Why are 30,000 people studying poetry online with this guy?
Al Filreis of the School of Arts & Sciences is spotlighted for his popular online course on modern poetry.
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Financial Times
American mockery of Britain masks a deeper insecurity
Jed Esty of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Americans use Britain as a metaphor, a cultural projection of American anxiety.
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ABC Australia
The new Bridgerton prequel is ‘fiction inspired by fact’. So who was the real Queen Charlotte?
Ania Loomba of the School of Arts & Sciences says that a person historically described as a Moor or “blackamoor” wasn’t necessarily Black.
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Pennsylvania Capital Star
Why the debt ceiling fight is the GOP’s Groundhog Day
In an Op-Ed, Dick Polman of the School of Arts & Sciences says that conservative ideologues haven’t learned from past threats about raising the debt ceiling.
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Pennsylvania Capital Star
Ireland is more progressive than America about abortion
Dick Polman of the School of Arts & Sciences writes that, compared to the U.S., deeply Catholic Ireland in 2022 is a land of secular enlightenment.
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