News
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May 1, 2019
Penn Today Features Carolyn Lazard, MFA Student Selected for the Whitney BiennialCarolyn Lazard, who will earn their MFA from the Fine Arts Department this spring, is one of 75 people of all ages and backgrounds from across the country selected to represent what American artists are working on right now in the 2019 Whitney Biennial. The Whitney Biennial is the longest-running exhibition in the country that deals with the developing art world, dating to 1932.
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April 18, 2019
Three from Penn Elected to the American Academy of Arts and SciencesVice Provost for Faculty Anita Allen of the Law School and the School of Arts and Sciences, Daniel Rader of the Perelman School of Medicine, and Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein of Perry World House join a group recognized for their world-class leadership and expertise. Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences honors exceptional scholars, leaders, artists, and innovators and engages them in sharing knowledge and addressing challenges facing the world.
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April 12, 2019
Four Penn Faculty Receive Guggenheim FellowshipsFour University of Pennsylvania faculty members have received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. For literary criticism: Jed Esty, the Vartan Gregorian Professor of English and chair of the English Department in the School of Arts and Sciences. For fine arts: Michelle Lopez, assistant professor of fine arts in Penn’s Weitzman School of Design. For fiction: Carmen Maria Machado, a writer-in-residence through the English Department’s Creative Writing Program. For anthropology and cultural studies: Adriana Petryna, the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in Anthropology in the School of Arts and Sciences.
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April 12, 2019
The Creative Writing Program Announces Their 2019 Contest WinnersPenn's Creative Writing Program has announced the results of this year's Penn Creative Writing prizes in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, journalism, and scriptwriting. Prizes included the William Carlos Williams Prize, from the Academy of American Poets, awarded to the best original poetry by a graduate student, and the College Alumni Society Poetry Prize, awarded to the best original poetry by an undergraduate student. Eight prizes were awarded in total.
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April 4, 2019
SAVE THE DATE! The Sachs Program 2019 Grants Awards at the LGBT CenterOn May 2nd, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation will announce its 2019 Grants Awards and celebrate the arts with food, drink, and music at the Penn LGBT Center’s historic 1875 Carriage House. This event is free and open to all!