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Two monumental sculptures arrive on campus
A sculpture of a female figure and the feet of another sculpture of two figures as they are being lowered onto a pipe while one construction worker holds a rope and another reaches up.

Installation of the third set of figures in the sculpture “Social Consciousness” by Jacob Epstein, now in the Memorial Garden Walkway by the Van Pelt-Deitrich Library Center. 

Two monumental sculptures arrive on campus

On loan for 99 years, one sculpture is between Franklin Field and The Palestra, the other next to the main library.

Louisa Shepard

Art history on foot: A class tour of public works of art
Six people standing in a parking lot looking at a colorful mural on the wall of a building.

A summer course in history of art took Penn students to the streets of Philadelphia to view and discuss public artworks, including murals, like “How to Turn Something into Anything Else” on Broad Street. The course was taught by visiting instructor Emily Warner (left), who earned her Ph.D. at Penn. 

Art history on foot: A class tour of public works of art

A summer course in history of art took students to the streets of Philadelphia to view and discuss murals, sculptures, and other public artworks.

Louisa Shepard

Philly as lab, classroom, and collaborator
Sayre Health Clinic

Philly as lab, classroom, and collaborator

Philadelphia’s rich history and forward momentum make it ripe for scientific inquiry for a number of Penn schools and departments, from urban and population studies to medicine and anthropology.

Michele W. Berger