Senior pictures Penn senior and photographer Isabel Zapata created Torch Magazine to feature her portraits of fellow graduating seniors, along with their reflections. Senior pictures Graduating senior and photographer Isabel Zapata captured 57 of her classmates in places of significance to create Torch Magazine. The publication features their reflections as well as her portraits.
Photo finish After graduation, Wilson Fisher will study the history of art in Ukraine through a 2019-2020 Fulbright Scholarship. (Photo: Wilson Fisher) Photo finish Graduating senior Wilson Fisher will use a Fulbright Award to study photographers and other artists in Ukraine.
Pokémon activates a unique part of the brain, offering insights into its structure Pokémon activates a unique part of the brain, offering insights into its structure In a study of adults who played the game extensively as children, Penn and Stanford researchers discovered that a particular area of the visual cortex lights up when players view characters from the original version.
The Sachs Program announces 2019 grants, marks one-year anniversary Common Press screens bags at the 2019 Sachs Grant Awards event on May 2. (Photo: Dominic Mercier) The Sachs Program announces 2019 grants, marks one-year anniversary A year and 23 grant projects later, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation is phasing into round two of its annual grant awards throughout eight categories that support the teaching, making, and presenting art.
Five events to watch for in May “Airplay,” part of the Philadelphia Children's Festival. (Photo courtesy: Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts) Five events to watch for in May Happening around campus this May: the second-annual Sachs Grant Awards, the Philadelphia Children’s Festival, and the screening of a 1930s Hollywood B-movie.
Meet the student selected for the Whitney Biennial Carolyn Lazard, an MFA student, pictured at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Meet the student selected for the Whitney Biennial For the 2019 Whitney Biennial, featuring young artists from across the country, MFA student Carolyn Lazard will contribute a work that asks patrons to consider the relationship between environment and the chronically ill.
Four Penn faculty receive Guggenheim fellowships Four Penn faculty were named 2019 Guggenheim Fellows. Clockwise from left: Jed Esty for literary criticism, Carmen Maria Machado for fiction, Adriana Petryna for anthropology and cultural studies, and Michelle Lopez for fine arts. Four Penn faculty receive Guggenheim fellowships
The Power of Penn at the Met The Power of Penn at the Met One year into the Power of Penn campaign, President Amy Gutmann hosted a panel discussion with three professors to usher in another year of inclusion, innovation, and impact on a local and global scale.
An affirmation tree grows on campus Elana Burack, left, hangs an affirmation notecard, as Julia Magidson looks on from a distance. An affirmation tree grows on campus Through a Penn Wellness and Sachs grant, Elana Burack, a senior religious studies major, is touring the ‘Affirmation Tree’ around campus, soliciting reflections from the University community at large.
Five events to watch for in March A performer dances on stage. (Photo courtesy: The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts) Five events to watch for in March Happening around campus this March: the world premiere of ‘Vessels’ at the Annenberg Center, a lecture on trees from China, and a visit to Kelly Writers House from reporter Emily Jane Fox.