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Penn Glee Club goes to Italy
Members of Penn’s Glee Club in a square in an Italian city.

The Glee Club members did extensive touring, including to St. Peter’s Square and St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

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Penn Glee Club goes to Italy

Rome, Milan, and Naples became the stage for the Penn Glee Club during its 10-day tour of Italy. Thirty-seven members went on the trip, mostly vocalists, but also members of the band and the tech crew.
Our favorite photos of the year
color powder on student's face during holi festival

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Our favorite photos of the year

Penn Today’s iconic photos of the 2023-24 academic year highlight the beauty, achievements, innovation, and celebration in the Penn community.

Penn Today Staff

Weitzman’s Sharon Hayes explores performance, identity, and history
Installation view of Sharon Hayes’ “Ricerche: four, 2024”

Installation view of Sharon Hayes’ “Ricerche: four, 2024,” at the Whitney Biennial.

Installation view of Sharon Hayes’ “Ricerche: four, 2024,” at the Whitney Biennial. (Image: Ron Amstutz)

Weitzman’s Sharon Hayes explores performance, identity, and history

The professor of fine arts is debuting the fifth installment of her video series “Ricerche” at the 2024 Whitney Biennial.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Curtains up on spring student shows
Members of a Penn performing arts group rehearsing in a studio.

Kate Fitzsimmons (center) a third-year student in the Nursing School warms up practicing with the dancers of Strictly Funk, a student club who perform hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, and free-style

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Curtains up on spring student shows

Hours of preparation go into dozens of student performances, a highlight of the thriving performing arts scene on campus.
Using theater and the arts to empower communities in the energy transition
Intersection of roads and railroad tracks in a small coal mining town.

Image: iStock/McIninch

Using theater and the arts to empower communities in the energy transition

The arts can be a valuable tool for facilitating dialogue around the energy transition and ensuring community perspectives are represented in policy arenas.

From Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians 
five musicians standing and playing wind instruments

Gwyn Roberts (fourth from right) for three decades has been the director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles.

(Image: Courtesy of Tempesta di Mare)

Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians 

A Penn student choir and Roberts’ baroque orchestra will perform a Vivaldi oratorio premiered by women and girls in Venice 300 years ago. 
‘Ladysitting’ on stage 
Nolen, Lorene Cary, and Finister speaking with each other at Kelly Writers House.

Lorene Cary (center) with actor Melanye Finister (right) and the Arden's Terry Nolen (left) at the Kelly Writers House. 

Image: Delaney Parks

‘Ladysitting’ on stage 

The new play “Ladysitting” at the Arden Theatre Co. is by Penn English faculty and alumna Lorene Cary, based on her memoir about caring for her grandmother in the last of her 101 years.