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Penn Humanities Forum Presents “Biennale” Comic Opera at Barnes Foundation

    • Penn Humanities Forum Presents “Biennale” Comic Opera at Barnes Foundation

    If you pair Shakespearean poetry and Italian Renaissance painting with 21st century video games and an international art fair, you get “Biennale: A Comic Opera,” a new multimedia production co-sponsored by the Penn Humanities Forum.

    Jacquie Posey

    Penn’s Paul Goldin Named Fall '13 Institute for Advanced Study Fellow

    • Penn’s Paul Goldin Named Fall '13 Institute for Advanced Study Fellow

    Paul Goldin, professor of Chinese thought in the East Asian Languages and Civilization Department of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has received a fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Study

    Jacquie Posey

    Two From Penn Named Institute for Advanced Study Fellows

    • Two From Penn Named Institute for Advanced Study Fellows

    Fellowships from the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton will enable two University of Pennsylvania professors to pursue their research full time this year.

    Jacquie Posey

    Penn Pipes Revitalizes Scottish, Irish Traditional Music on Campus

    • Penn Pipes Revitalizes Scottish, Irish Traditional Music on Campus

    One group of University of Pennsylvania students is full of hot air. Anyone within earshot of Fisher-Bennett Hall on Monday evenings will hear the unmistakable sounds of Penn Pipes, the University’s first and only band of merry bagpipe enthusiasts.
    Penn’s Chaplain Chaz Howard: The Healing Gift of Poetry

    • Penn’s Chaplain Chaz Howard: The Healing Gift of Poetry

    Through Chaz Howard’s career as a spiritual advisor, he has shared the joys of the human experience as well as some of the most painful times in people’s lives.

    Jeanne Leong

    Art in the City Academy at Penn Gives Students Lessons on Art and Life

    • Art in the City Academy at Penn Gives Students Lessons on Art and Life

    It was a big day for 10 high school students gathered in Fisher-Bennett Hall at the University of Pennsylvania. The 15-, 16- and 17-year-olds enrolled in Penn’s Art in the City Academy were preparing to give their final presentations.

    Jacquie Posey