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October 1, 2019
Studying Ancient Architectural Artifacts in GreeceJunior Zahra Elhanbaly worked with art history’s Mantha Zarmakoupi on a research project on the island of Paros. An architecture major who also has a talent for drawing, Penn junior Zahra Elhanbaly is helping her history of art professor pursue the mystery of surprisingly large architectural artifacts found at the bottom of the Aegean Sea.
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October 1, 2019
Classical Studies Professor Emily Wilson Receives MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’Emily Wilson, classical studies professor in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named a 2019 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Wilson has received attention worldwide as the first woman to publish an English translation of Homer’s epic poem the “Odyssey.” She is currently working on a translation of the other Homeric poem, the “Iliad.”
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September 20, 2019
Nora Gross Examines How Gun Violence Affects Students InvolvedNora Gross, joint doctoral candidate in sociology and eduction, writes her Ph.D. dissertation on how school's surviving students dealt with the deaths of their peers from gun violence.
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September 20, 2019
Penn Libraries Enter A “New Era Of Innovation”Constantia Constantinou, after completing her first year as the H. Carton Rogers III Vice Provost and Director of the Penn Libraries, is changing Penn Libraries by driving collections, forming new partnerships, and reimagining spaces.
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September 20, 2019
‘Is This A Room’ Comes to the Annenberg'Is This a Room' directed by Tina Satter and collective Half Straddle, plays at the Fringe Festival, the Annenberg Center's season opener.