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April 13, 2023
Sonal Khullar on books, art, and ‘love in the stacks’The history of South Asian art professor discusses books, art, and love through her edited volume ‘Old Stacks, New Leaves: The Arts of the Book in South Asia.’
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April 13, 2023
Save the Date: The Sachs Program 6th Annual Grant Awards CelebrationJoin us Tuesday, May 9th, from 4:30-7 PM, for an in-person celebration as we announce our 2023 Sachs Program Grant Awards. Celebrate with your friends and colleagues and toast all the winners. Hosted by DJ Muhammad Carr, with live performances by Alex Smith & Julius Masri and remarks by incoming Provost John Jackson.
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April 5, 2023
Scholarship beyond the written wordEthnomusicologist Juan Castrillón, the inaugural Gilbert Seldes Multimodal Postdoctoral Fellow at the Annenberg School for Communication, is on a quest to get other academics to see multimedia work as he does: on par with scholarly text.
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February 9, 2023
John L. Jackson, Jr. named Penn’s next ProvostPresident Liz Magill announced that John L. Jackson, Jr. has been selected to serve as the Provost at Penn, effective June 1, 2023, following ratification by Penn’s Board of Trustees. Jackson is currently the Walter H. Annenberg Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Richard Perry University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He was previously dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice and senior advisor to the provost on Diversity at Penn. He is an acclaimed scholar who has had extraordinary success in recruiting outstanding faculty, in leading innovations in teaching and learning, and in building an exceptional educational experience for students. Also a former Sachs board member.
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February 9, 2023
‘Mecca is Burning’ play mixes drama, poetry at the Annenberg Center‘Mecca is Burning,’ a commissioned piece that will world premiere at the Annenberg Center this weekend, is a two-act play that takes an artful—but candid—look at race in the U.S.