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Cooking up something special
tangen hall food lab, wide view Homepage image: Whether working alongside fellow foodies or hosting tasting parties for friends and faculty, the Food Innovation Lab is a place where breaking bread and building bonds go hand in hand.

(Image: Jay Kan of Venture Lab)

Cooking up something special

The Food Innovation Lab at Tangen Hall provides a space for student entrepreneurs with an appetite for experimentation and creativity.

Carter Johns

‘Embodying love’ at the Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Commemoration
A man speaks at a podium with a woman waiting behind him. The screen says "An Interfaith Commemoration of the Life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."

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.

Kristina García

Fashioning gender through the art and history of clothing
Fashion sketches of models in sunglasses

“It doesn’t matter who you are or where you live; everybody wears clothing or some sort of embellishment,” says Jacqui Sadashige. “For most of us, what we wear is our way of announcing to the world who we are.” (Image: Charlota Blunarova on Unsplash)

Fashioning gender through the art and history of clothing

Students learn about the history of clothing, embellishment as self-expression, and sustainable fashion innovation in a graduate course taught through the College of Liberal and Professional Studies.

Kristina García

Doctoral student Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva on improving data equity
Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva

Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva is a first-year doctoral student in demography.

Doctoral student Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva on improving data equity

Through her Ph.D. research, Evans-Lomayesva, a member of Hopi Tribal Nation, says she hopes to improve representation of American Indian and Alaska Native populations in data analyses.

Marilyn Perkins

Who, What, Why: Kimberly Cárdenas on intersectional politics in political science
A woman in a trench coat smiles at the camera

Kimberly Cárdenas, a doctoral candidate in political science, studies the political engagement of LGBTQ+ Black and Latinx populations.

  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Kimberly Cárdenas on intersectional politics in political science

    Doctoral candidate Kimberly Cárdenas considers the growing numbers of LGBTQ+ Black and Latinx Americans—and how they participate in the political process.

    Kristina García

    From crisis communications to dissecting a decade of TV news
    Sam Wolken.

    Sam Wolken is a joint doctoral student in Communication and Political Science. (Image: Annenberg School for Communication)

    From crisis communications to dissecting a decade of TV news

    Sam Wolken, a joint doctoral student in communication and political science, studies public opinion, local news, and politics.

    From Annenberg School for Communication

    A growing focus on equitable oral care for people with disabilities
    dental student in gown, gloves, and mask works on a patient in a dental chair

    Student training is a large component of an increasing focus on care for people with disabilities at the School of Dental Medicine. (Image: Courtesy of Dentsply Sirona)

    A growing focus on equitable oral care for people with disabilities

    Through global outreach, enhanced student training, continuing education for practitioners, and the busy Care Center for Persons with Disabilities, the School of Dental Medicine is working to break down barriers to care.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Learning to be a Chief Learning Officer
    five people sitting around table with laptops open and one person standing

    The Graduate School of Education’s Chief Learning Officer program for mid-career professionals has a new director, Raghu Krishnamoorthy (standing). Formerly with General Electric, he graduated from the doctoral program in May. The program gives working executives new skills, connections, and expertise to become scholar-practitioners.

    Learning to be a Chief Learning Officer

    The Graduate School of Education’s Chief Learning Officer program has a new director, Raghu Krishnamoorthy. The program gives working executives new skills, connections, and expertise to become scholar-practitioners.