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Read this later: A link between procrastination and creativity
Person asleep at an office desk.

Following a time-management plan and other tips are helpful for those who procrastinate. But the psychology behind why people tend to put off tasks reveals a surprising source of creativity.

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Read this later: A link between procrastination and creativity

Procrastination is a near-universal human behavior, with some surprising benefits. But when the time comes to focus, Ryan Miller of the Weingarten Center offers tips and time-management tools.
Winners of 2023 Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students celebrated
A group of students clustered around each other holding certificates.

Front, from left to right: Lucy Andersen, Vice Provost for Education Karen Detlefsen, Derek Yang, Ann Ho, and Arianna James. Back, from left to right: Ritesh Isuri, Adiwid (Boom) Devahastin Na Ayudhya, Oualid Merzouga, and Puneeth Guruprasad.

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Winners of 2023 Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students celebrated

The long-running Prize for graduate student instructors recognizes excellent graduate instructors; unlike many other awards, nominations are made by students.
The joys of ‘liberated yet respectful observation’ in Seoul
A painted wall in front of a traditional Korean building.

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The joys of ‘liberated yet respectful observation’ in Seoul

Students in the Weitzman School spent two weeks with visiting artists, curators, and language instructors in Seoul, developing working vocabularies of Korean culture for a well-researched visual portfolio.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Archiving the creation of a memorial
students taking a selfie at the Lincoln memorial

On the trip to D.C. in March, students including Christiana Dillard (far right) visited the Lincoln Memorial (above) and many other sites, interviewing visitors about the meanings they derive from each.

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Archiving the creation of a memorial

In a class taught by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg School for Communication doctoral students are documenting the process of creating the Fallen Journalists Memorial in Washington, D.C., interrogating everything from physical site to word choice.

Michele W. Berger

Advocacy, equality, and wellness at the Penn Women’s Center
Elisa Foster stands in the Penn Women's Center Hallway, which contains a display of flyers that showcase the Center's history. Here, the 1980s.

The hallway also serves as a visual reminder for the 50 years of anti-violence work. 

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Advocacy, equality, and wellness at the Penn Women’s Center

The Penn Women’s Center occupies three-quarters of a three-story house tucked off Locust Walk, with a front garden dotted with clumps of hellebores and daffodils during the spring. It has a full kitchen, a barbeque in back, and rooms that can be reserved by anyone on campus, with first preference going to student groups. 

Kristina García

Scholarship beyond the written word
Juan Castrillon speaking in a classroom

Homepage image: This semester, Castrillón is co-teaching Critical Qualitative Research and Intentional Torts with Regina Austin of Penn Carey Law and Alissa M. Jordan, director of Penn’s Center for Experimental Ethnography.

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Scholarship beyond the written word

Ethnomusicologist Juan Castrillón, the inaugural Gilbert Seldes Multimodal Postdoctoral Fellow at the Annenberg School for Communication, is on a quest to get other academics to see multimedia work as he does: on par with scholarly text.

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