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Who, What, Why: Discovering Jewish identity through Yiddish studies
A student in a red long sleeved shirt stands with arms crossed leaning against the wall atop a staircase.

Tyler Kliem, a third-year in the College of Arts & Sciences from Hamilton, New Jersey, is majoring in comparative literature and design.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Discovering Jewish identity through Yiddish studies

    Third-year Tyler Kliem has used his Yiddish and Ladino studies as a steppingstone to connect with his Jewish heritage.

    Kristen de Groot

    How this Penn student helped N.J. lawmakers pass interracial marriage bill
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    How this Penn student helped N.J. lawmakers pass interracial marriage bill

    College of Arts and Sciences second-year Jordan Ortiz from Westfield, New Jersey, proposed an interracial marriage bill as an intern for assemblyman John McKeon that may soon be ratified by lawmakers in Trenton.

    Discovering the lives and work of 19th-century female landscape painters
    Aili Waller and Professor Michael Leja looking at a historic book while sitting at a wooden table in a historic room.

    Waller has taken courses and completed an independent study with Michael Leja (right), history of art professor, and is also working with him as a researcher. 

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    Discovering the lives and work of 19th-century female landscape painters

    Third-year Aili Waller applies her experience with family genealogy research to her studies in art history, specifically 19th-century women who were landscape painters.
    1vyG Summit comes to Penn
    Two students, Mark Lo and Liz Magill talking while seated at a table.

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    1vyG Summit comes to Penn

    The annual event will return to campus, featuring panel discussions, keynote speakers, award ceremonies, and networking events, all focused on improving the first-generation, low-income student experience.

    Lauren Hertzler

    Bringing Ukraine to Penn
    Dariya Orlova, Olena Lysenko, Serhii Shadrin, Hannah Kaluher, and Maksym Potlov

    (Left to right) Olena Lysenko, a documentary filmmaker, and Dariya Orlova, a lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; Serhii Shadrin and Hannah Kaluher, graduate students participating in a one-year program for displaced scholars in the Russian and East European Studies Department; and Maksym Potlov, a fourth-year from Odesa, a Penn World Scholar.

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    Bringing Ukraine to Penn

    On the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, displaced and visiting scholars and students from Ukraine share their experience at Penn.

    Kristen de Groot

    Penn named top producer of Fulbright U.S. students
    Penn campus building

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    Penn named top producer of Fulbright U.S. students

    The U.S. Department of State has named the University as a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Top Producing Institution for the 2022-23 academic year.

    Dee Patel