Celebrating a stellar year at Penn nocred Celebrating a stellar year at Penn A new video offers a glimpse into the 2022-2023 academic year.
A legacy of leadership Outgoing Dean of the Graduate School of Education Pam Grossman. (Image: Stuart Goldenberg) A legacy of leadership Dean Pam Grossman has guided Penn’s Graduate School of Education through a capital campaign, a global pandemic, a historic building expansion, and unprecedented growth with ambition and compassion.
The history-making Law dean’s eight dynamic years Ted Ruger, outgoing dean of Penn Carey Law (Image: Courtesy of Penn Carey Law) The history-making Law dean’s eight dynamic years During his tenure, Penn Carey Law School Dean Ted Ruger closed the largest gift ever to a law school, revitalized the faculty and the curriculum, and handled the pandemic masterfully.
Urbanization and the influence of poor migrants on politics Image: iStock/Arkadij Schell Urbanization and the influence of poor migrants on politics A new book from political science professor Tariq Thachil explores how the most vulnerable individuals in India are making a political impact.
‘Ritual and Remembrance’ nocred ‘Ritual and Remembrance’ Work by four artists in the current Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition, “Songs for Ritual and Remembrance,” uplift histories that have been repressed and underrepresented, including those of enslaved people and oppressed laborers.
On a different wavelength, Nader Engheta leads a community in light nocred On a different wavelength, Nader Engheta leads a community in light 2023 Franklin Medal winner Engheta is one of the world’s biggest names in wave physics. The Penn Engineering professor is renowned for his unique approach to science, combining technical brilliance, creativity, and care.
At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth “My colleagues and I were trained to infiltrate the authoritarian system and try to make it more human by working critically and analytically,” says Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at Weitzman who grew up in Poland. nocred At the intersection of art and design, masks that impart truth The Weitzman School’s Krzysztof Wodiczko, a distinguished visiting professor of fine arts at the Weitzman School, explores identity, culture, technology, and design in his classes.
Two Penn faculty elected to the American Philosophical Society Paul Offit, the Maurice R. Hilleman Chair of Vaccinology in the Department of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine, and director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; and Dorothy E. Roberts, the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights. (Images: (Left) Courtesy of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and (right) Sameer A. Khan) Two Penn faculty elected to the American Philosophical Society Paul Offit and Dorothy Roberts have been recognized for extraordinary accomplishments in their fields.
Truth-teller: Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, anthropologist of Black social movements Keisha-Khan Perry, anthropologist of Black social movements in the Americas, is the Presidential Penn Compact Associate Professor in Africana Studies. nocred Truth-teller: Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, anthropologist of Black social movements Keisha-Khan Perry, anthropologist of Black social movements in the Americas, is the Presidential Penn Compact Associate Professor in Africana Studies.
Michael X. Delli Carpini named interim dean of Annenberg School for Communication Michael Delli Carpini. nocred Michael X. Delli Carpini named interim dean of Annenberg School for Communication The Oscar H. Gandy Emeritus Professor of Communication and Democracy at the Annenberg School, and dean from 2003 to 2018, Delli Carpini is currently concluding a term as the inaugural faculty director of Penn’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program.