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Aided chief editor in editing & revising paper submissions, as well as laying out contents through Indesign. Project sprouted around new speculations in design based on Weitzman School of Design's Penn Women In Design symposium. Additional tasks include coordination with authors, graphic design, book layout design, and writing on subject matter. May 2021 - current   University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US, Graduate Studio Teaching Assistant Graduate Studio Teaching Assistant for Miroslava Brooks: Supplied resources, critique, an...

In OverTime, that backdrop is Philadelphia, where users currently can take a self-guided tour of the art museum area narrated by local poet Ursula Rucker.  To participate, users can head to the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art — where the tour begins. Scanning the ground with a phone prompts Rucker to appear on the app. User can select one of three tour options, including one that tells the story of the Rocky statue and other public memorials.  Users also can take the tours remotely from wherever they please — an option intended to include people who cannot access the area or wis...

New campus buildings to house centers for innovation and collaboration Several new facilities, including Tangen Hall and the Academic Research Building, have finished construction and the University is eyeing opening dates. Penn Today provides an overview. The glass exterior of Tangen Hall, which crews began construction on in summer 2018 and completed in December 2020. It was designed as a space for innovation and collaboration in entrepreneurship. In its 281-year history, Penn has seen several campus evolutions. From the openin...

Student financial ambassadors promote financial wellness A new team of student financial ambassadors offer peer one-on-one counseling and workshops on personal finance basics as part of the program launched this spring. Lydia Ko, a junior in the Weitzman School of Design, designed the graphics for the financial education campaigns. As a former first generation, low-income (FGLI) student, Lyndsi Burcham, Penn’s financial wellness program manager with Student Registration and Financial Services (SRFS), knows what it is like to be...

  New York Times has reported that the only legal-to-own example of the notorious never-issued gold coin will be auctioned by Sotheby’s on June 8 after being held in a private collection for 20 years. The March 10 piece by James Barron also identified the owner of the coin, who until now has remained anonymous. Purchasing the coin for a then-record-breaking $7,590,020 USD on July 30, 2002, footwear designer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Stuart Weitzman was known only as “Mr. Big” at the time of the sale. A childhood fascination with stamps and coins led him to purchase not only ...