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Rosario Dawson Headlines MLK Lecture in Social Justice at Penn Jan. 20

    • Rosario Dawson Headlines MLK Lecture in Social Justice at Penn Jan. 20

    On Jan. 20, the Center for Africana Studies presents the 14th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture in Social Justice. It will feature actress and activist Rosario Dawson and Abrima Erwiah, with whom Dawson co-founded the social enterprise Studio One Eighty Nine, as well as Tiffany Persons, founder of Shine On Sierra Leone.

    Jacquie Posey

    Eight Professors Appointed Penn Fellows

    • Eight Professors Appointed Penn Fellows

    Eight faculty members at the University of Pennsylvania have been named Penn Fellows. The announcement was made today by Penn Provost Vincent Price and Anita Allen, vice provost for faculty.

    Leo Charney

    Penn Announces 2015 Kelly Writers House Fellows

    • Penn Announces 2015 Kelly Writers House Fellows

    The University of Pennsylvania will host three celebrated writers as Kelly Writers House Fellows during the 2015 spring semester: poet Anne Waldman, editor and author Dorothy Allison and playwright and novelist Jessica Hagedorn.

    Jacquie Posey

    Penn’s 2015-16 Theme Year is Discovery with Penn Reading Project: The Big Sea

    • Penn’s 2015-16 Theme Year is Discovery with Penn Reading Project: The Big Sea

    University of Pennsylvania Provost Vincent Price, Vice Provost for Education Andrew Binns, the Council of Undergraduate Deans and the Office of New Student Orientation and Academic Initiatives today announced that the 2015-16 academic theme will be the Year of Discovery and that The Big Sea by Langston Hughes will be the Penn Reading Project.

    Jacquie Posey

    Comedy and Learning Can Go Hand-in-hand at Penn

    • Comedy and Learning Can Go Hand-in-hand at Penn

    For the all-female musical sketch comedy group, Bloomers, making people laugh is another benefit of their educational experience at the University of Pennsylvania.

    Jeanne Leong

    Doing Good and Learning Leadership Skills at Penn

    • Doing Good and Learning Leadership Skills at Penn

    When University of Pennsylvania student Amy Phillips learned about the Girl Scouts at Penn program, she immediately joined.Having been a Scout from kindergarten through high school, Phillips was thrilled to be able to continue her involvement at Penn.

    Jeanne Leong

    Two Penn Singing Groups Perform at the White House

    • Two Penn Singing Groups Perform at the White House

    Two singing groups from the University of Pennsylvania earned coveted slots to sing at the White House for the president and first lady this month. The Penn Glee Club performed on Dec. 10 and the Shabbatones on Dec. 17.
    Composer Has a Lifelong Fascination with Sounds

    • Composer Has a Lifelong Fascination with Sounds

    Erica Ball was just 3 years old when she begged her parents to let her play the piano. She doesn’t remember exactly what sparked her interest, but Ball says her fluency grew quickly as she progressed from playing on a tiny keyboard to a baby grand by middle school.