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Centering Black students in language education
professor standing in front of Graduate School of Education building

Flores was a co-organizer of a conference at Penn examining equity for Black students in language education. 

Centering Black students in language education

Ensuring equity for Black students in language education was the focus of a conference co-organized by the Graduate School of Education’s Nelson Flores, an expert in bilingual education.

Louisa Shepard

Al Filreis dwells in possibility
Al Filreis standing in front of the Kelly Writers House

Al Filreis, an English professor at Penn since 1995, founded the Kelly Writers House on Locust Walk in 1995 and has since served as the faculty director.

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Al Filreis dwells in possibility

Celebrating poetry and literature at Penn since 1985, Al Filreis continues to create community at the home for writers he founded in a Locust Walk house a quarter-century ago.

Louisa Shepard

The state of U.S. immigration
Picture of mountainous scrubland with a reddish brown fence running through the terrain

The U.S./Mexico border is just one of the many places where migrants seek admission. Even if the process is uncertain and arduous, many people seek entry into the U.S. to seek a better life. 

The state of U.S. immigration

Immigration is once again front and center in the national debate. The Law School's Fernando Chang-Muy explains the U.S.'s complex immigration code.

Kristina Linnea García

Tackling the topic of decolonization
A mural on a brick wall. On the left-hand side, on a red background, are the word "Decolonize and Chill" in white. Beneath that are the silhouette of two men riding horses. On the right-hand side is a person with a horse, beneath the words "We are still here."

The mural depicted in this photograph is “Decolonize And Chill/We Are Still Here.” It is by artist and community activist Jaque Fragua from the Pueblo of Jemez, one of the federally recognized tribes in New Mexico, as well as Ishi Glinsky and Shepard Fairey. It is art created out of an ongoing decolonizing space and project called Indian Alley, in Los Angeles. (Image: By wiredforlego, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0)

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    • Tackling the topic of decolonization

    Deborah Thomas, who runs Penn’s Center for Experimental Ethnography, and Christopher Woods, director of the Penn Museum, discuss a conference on decolonization that starts today.
    Steiner’s term as dean of Penn’s Weitzman School of Design is extended
    Design School Dean Fritz Steiner seated behind table in front of abstract green and white painting

    Frederick “Fritz” Steiner, dean of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania.

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    Steiner’s term as dean of Penn’s Weitzman School of Design is extended

    Frederick “Fritz” Steiner’s term as dean of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design has been extended two years to June 30, 2025. The announcement was made by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Interim Provost Beth A. Winkelstein.

    Ron Ozio , Michael Grant

    Eight Penn researchers receive 2021 NIH Director’s Awards
    Photos of eight winners of NIH Directors Awards for 2021

    The Penn winners of the 2021 NIH Director’s Awards are (from top left): Amber Alhadeff, Ben Black, Peter S. Choi, Erica Korb, Michael Lampson, Mustafa Mir, Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, and Lilang Wan.

    Eight Penn researchers receive 2021 NIH Director’s Awards

    The National Institutes of Health grants, totaling more than $8 million, will support seven high-risk, high-reward research projects.

    Katherine Unger Baillie , Lauren Ingeno

    Cities: ‘Where all the good stuff happens’
    A person in jeans, a blue button down shirt and a blazer stands with hands in pockets in front of an ornate white-iron stairwell.

    Mark Alan Hughes is founding faculty director of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and a professor of practice in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.

     

    Cities: ‘Where all the good stuff happens’

    In his new book, Mark Alan Hughes of the Kleinman Center and Weitzman School of Design argues that cities don’t need to change to be livable. Rather, their unique qualities are the very origins of livability itself.

    Michele W. Berger , Lindsey Samahon

    30 years of cartographic modeling later, Dana Tomlin retires
    A landscape of Dana Tomlin’s face that appears to be block cut.

    Dana Tomlin, professor emeritus of landscape architecture. (Image: Weitzman School of Design)

    30 years of cartographic modeling later, Dana Tomlin retires

    This year, Dana Tomlin is retiring from the Department of Landscape Architecture in the Weitzman School of Design, where he has taught courses in cartographic modeling for thirty years.

    From the Weitzman School of Design

    Learn, reflect, and act during Climate Week
    Three people speak at a lecturn outside

    Part of the Climate Week events, faculty and students will present their perspectives on the climate crisis during the 1.5* Minute Climate Lectures. Above, Simon Richter (center), a member of the week’s planning team, gave a lecture in concert with undergrads Kimberlie Dupiton and Brea Watkins in 2019. (Image: Brooke Sietinsons)

    Learn, reflect, and act during Climate Week

    Climate Week at Penn, sponsored by the Provost’s Office, offers a variety of events—both in-person and online—that invite the whole University community to learn about, reflect on, and address the climate crisis.

    Katherine Unger Baillie