News

• August 24, 2020

  Price Lab for Digital Humanities Launches Eight-Episode Podcast Series

  When the pandemic forced the Price Lab for Digital Humanities to cancel its Dream Lab summer camp, the team turned its focus towards a new project, a Dream Lab podcast series. The eight episodes, each about 15 minutes, feature a collaborative team of digital experts from Penn and four other universities. The Price Lab, part of the School of Arts & Sciences, funded the podcast series with a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The podcasts are meant as a “gentle introduction” for those who are interested in digital humanities but aren’t sure where to start.

• August 20, 2020

  The Power of Penn Highlights the Sachs Program’s Black Artists Support Grants

  The 2020 Black Artists Support Grants were awarded to projects led by or primarily serving Black artists and practitioners. For the first time, the Sachs Program extended the call for applications to alumni in recognition of the importance of representing a variety of perspectives. Development and Alumni Relations highlighted this opportunity through their Power of Penn Stories: including excerpts from an interview with one of the recipients, Rosa Leff (GEd’12).

• August 19, 2020

  Slought Presents Act As If It Were Possible: A Voter’s Guide to the Issues and Urgencies at Stake in the Coming Election

  Slought is a non-profit organization on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania that engages publics in dialogue about cultural and socio-political change in Philadelphia, the world, and the cloud. Act as if it were possible, a voter's guide to the issues and urgencies at stake in the coming election.

• August 19, 2020

  Slought Presents Our Work is Not Done

  Slought is a non-profit organization on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania that engages publics in dialogue about cultural and socio-political change in Philadelphia, the world, and the cloud. Our work is not done, resources for the struggle against anti-Black racism and subjugation in all its forms.

• August 19, 2020

  Slought Presents Communities to Come

  Slought is a non-profit organization on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania that engages publics in dialogue about cultural and socio-political change in Philadelphia, the world, and the cloud. Communities to Come is a toolkit featuring projects and recordings from our archive in response to COVID-19