John Pollack (fourth from left) of the Penn Libraries organized the First Folio Day and chose the Shakespeare-related works to put on display.
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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 faculty have been awarded the prestigious 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship: (clockwise from upper left) Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor in the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School; and Heather K. Love, professor of English; Jennifer M. Morton, professor of philosophy; and Projit Bihari Mukharji, professor of history and sociology of science in the School of Arts & Sciences.
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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.
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. A Penn alum, she is also the founder and director of the Summer Workshop for Young Writers at the Kelly Writers House.
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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.
Why the debt ceiling fight is the GOP’s Groundhog Day
In an Op-Ed, Dick Polmanof the School of Arts & Sciences says that conservative ideologues haven’t learned from past threats about raising the debt ceiling.
Bagby has been performing “Beowulf” for nearly 30 years.
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Evoking an ancient world
The medieval English epic poem “Beowulf” is brought to life in a musical performance by Benjamin Bagby and academic discussion through a partnership among the Penn Live Arts, the Libraries, and the School of Arts & Sciences.
Graduate student Ayo Aladesanmi spoke about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. (Image: Damien Townsville)
‘Embodying love’ at the Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Commemoration
At the Interfaith Commemoration and award ceremony, student speakers and performers reflected on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., and six Penn community members were honored for working towards positive social change.
English Professor Al Filreis holds up a copy of the just-published book “The Difference is Spreading: Fifty Contemporary Poets on Fifty Poems,” during the ModPo webcast to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the free massive online open course Modern and Contemporary Poetry.
ModPo celebrates its first decade
Modern and Contemporary Poetry was founded by Al Filreis of the School of Arts & Sciences at Kelly Writers House in 2012, and now has 69,000 people enrolled globally. Poets and participants came to campus to celebrate the 10th anniversary.
Sara Merican, a 2020 Penn graduate from Singapore, has been chosen as a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar.
Second Penn affiliate named a 2022 Gates Cambridge Scholar
Sara Merican, a 2020 graduate, has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in film and screen studies at the University of Cambridge in England.
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II sits amidst floral tributes and notes outside the gates of Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch died on Sept. 8 after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. (Image: AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Reflections on the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II
Five experts from the University consider the regent’s seven-decade reign, weighing everything from the changing role of media in crafting her image to the future of the United Kingdom.
