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Two Penn Ph.D. candidates awarded 2024 Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
A spilt image shows Arielle Alterwaite in the left half, posing with arms crossed and leaving against the exterior of a brick building, and the right side shows Katherine Scahill looking at the camera against a wallpapered background of tan and dusty red print.

History Ph.D. candidate Arielle Xena Alterwaite (left) and Music Ph.D. student Katherine Scahill (right) have been awarded the 2024 Newcombe Fellowship.

(Image: Courtesy of Eric Sucar, left; Courtesy Katherine Scahill, right)

Two Penn Ph.D. candidates awarded 2024 Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

The School of Arts & Sciences awardees are Arielle Xena Alterwaite, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in history, and Katherine Scahill, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in music.

Kristen de Groot

Talking about antisemitism
Dara Horn speaking and gesturing with her hands.

Award-winning author Dara Horn has written five novels and collection of essays. 

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Talking about antisemitism

More than 200 people attended a talk by author Dara Horn at Penn Hillel, the first of six speaker events in a new series on antisemitism and education organized by the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.
Orthodox America
Standing, Joseph Wilbur leaves through documents in a folder; Sam Herrmann crouches near by

Joseph Wilbur, center, researched the names behind a parish directory at the Historical Society, finding that the priest who compiled the directory went on to publish books and that the parish itself decamped to Elkins Park, where they built a new church.

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Orthodox America

In Orthodox America, students explore the history of Orthodox Christian communities influencing American religious, political, legal, and literary landscapes.

Kristina García

Finding light in dark times
Cupped hands holding a tea light candle.

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Finding light in dark times

Professors Deven Patel and Steven Weitzman in the School of Arts & Sciences discuss why Diwali and Hanukkah, both festivals of lights, can act as symbols of hope.

Michele W. Berger

Locust walks: Making connections and bridging differences
Harun Kucuk shakes hands with people on Locust Walk

Harun Küçük, faculty director of the Middle East Center, and Joshua Teplitsky, director of the Jewish Studies Program, started walking and talking as an act of campus diplomacy in the wake of the violence in Israel and Gaza.

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Locust walks: Making connections and bridging differences

Harun Küçük, faculty director of the Middle East Center, and Joshua Teplitsky, director of the Jewish Studies Program, started walking and talking as an act of campus diplomacy in the wake of the violence in Israel and Gaza.

Kristen de Groot