News

• April 22, 2022

  Weitzman School of Design receives gift to establish fellowships and global internships for architecture students

  The Stuart Weitzman School of Design has received a new gift from Aedas, a global architecture and design firm, to establish a fellowship for students who are interested in working in Asia.

• April 18, 2022

  Primary Prism by Isaac Tin Wei Lin installed at the Annenberg Center

  Philadelphia artist Isaac Tin Wei Lin's recently commissioned mural "Primary Prism" is a new permanent art installation located inside the Annenberg Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

• April 13, 2022

  The changing face of portraiture at Penn

  Efforts around campus aim to diversify those honored in portraits and rethink how to approach representation through art. Among the referenced initiatives and projects were the exhibitions “God Complex: A Different Philadelphia,” curated by guest artist Roberto Lugo at the Arthur Ross Gallery, and "Mark Stockton: 100 People" at the Annenberg Center.

• April 12, 2022

  Contemporary classic

  At 14 years old, Annie Ma fell in love with the Iliad. Now a junior majoring in both art history and classical studies with a minor in consumer psychology, Ma is fascinated with both contemporary culture and the deep past. This is the second installment of Penn Today's series featuring students who have changed their focus during the pandemic, whether as a response to racism, a new sense of purpose, or personal reflection.

• April 8, 2022

  Four Penn faculty awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

  Four University of Pennsylvania faculty have been awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship “on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise,” according to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: in the Weitzman School of Design, Daniel Barber, associate professor of architecture and chair of the Graduate Group in Architecture; and in the School of Arts & Sciences, Kimberly Bowes, professor and undergraduate chair of classical studies and the director of the Integrated Studies Program, the intensive freshman curriculum for Benjamin Franklin Scholars; Guthrie Ramsey, professor emeritus of music; and Paul Saint-Amour, the Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities and English Department chair.