Best seller: author and alum Jennifer Egan to teach spring semester literature course Author and journalist Jennifer Egan, a Penn alumna, will teach an English literature course in the spring semester as an artist-in-residence in the School of Arts and Sciences. (Photo by Pieter M. Van Hattem.) Best seller: author and alum Jennifer Egan to teach spring semester literature course Best-selling author and journalist Jennifer Egan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, will teach a literature course at Penn in the spring as an artist-in-residence.
Writing with purpose Writing with purpose Students in Lorene Cary’s creative writing course focus on voting, midterm elections, and exploring the big questions of their generation.
A medieval minute A medieval minute For their 60-second lecture, English professor Emily Steiner and doctoral student Aylin Malcolm put a dramatic twist on medieval English.
Exploring Shakespearian times in London Exploring Shakespearian times in London During an intensive interdisciplinary five-week course this summer, undergraduate students traveled to the heart of Elizabethan theater to gain an in-depth appreciation for the works of William Shakespeare where it all began.
Penn Reading Project gets freshmen on the same page Michael Weisberg, professor and chair of philosophy, and David Fox, director of New Student Orientation, lead the discussion with the freshmen class on the Penn Reading Project and the Provost’s “Year of Why?” Penn Reading Project gets freshmen on the same page The Penn Reading Project, in its 28th year, is designed to bring the freshmen class together on one academic project. The Class of 2022 read Thornton Wilder’s “The Bridge of San Luis Rey,” as part of the Provost’s “Year of Why?”
A novel history: Penn doctoral student uncovers first bill of sale for Jane Austen work Nick Foretek A novel history: Penn doctoral student uncovers first bill of sale for Jane Austen work While digging through the Royal Archives in the U.K., Nick Foretek, a second-year doctoral student, made a surprising discovery: The Prince Regent paid 15 shillings to buy the first copy of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility.”
Crowding between the book covers Crowding between the book covers In her new book, English professor Emily Steinlight focuses on overpopulation as a central theme of 19th-century British novels.
Piecing together an ancient biblical site, bone by bone Piecing together an ancient biblical site, bone by bone In the lab of Penn Museum’s Janet Monge, rising senior Fiona Jensen-Hitch is sorting and photographing ancient human remains to shed light on the people of ancient city of Gibeon.
Penn filmmakers capture less-told stories of climate change Daniel Fradin stands on the frozen Arctic Sea. Photo by: Kyle Rosenbluth Penn filmmakers capture less-told stories of climate change As part of two CURF grants, students Kyle Rosenbluth and Daniel Fradin traveled to the Arctic to explore a Canadian Inuit community for a documentary—and came back with ample story to tell.
Examining the roots of racial discrimination Photo: Eric Sucar, University Communications Examining the roots of racial discrimination In his book ‘The Spectre of Race,’ Michael Hanchard explores xenophobia, racism, marginalization, and exclusionary policies dating back to ancient Greece.