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Fashioning gender through the art and history of clothing
Fashion sketches of models in sunglasses

“It doesn’t matter who you are or where you live; everybody wears clothing or some sort of embellishment,” says Jacqui Sadashige. “For most of us, what we wear is our way of announcing to the world who we are.” (Image: Charlota Blunarova on Unsplash)

Fashioning gender through the art and history of clothing

Students learn about the history of clothing, embellishment as self-expression, and sustainable fashion innovation in a graduate course taught through the College of Liberal and Professional Studies.

Kristina Linnea García

Doctoral student Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva on improving data equity
Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva

Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva is a first-year doctoral student in demography.

Doctoral student Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva on improving data equity

Through her Ph.D. research, Evans-Lomayesva, a member of Hopi Tribal Nation, says she hopes to improve representation of American Indian and Alaska Native populations in data analyses.

Marilyn Perkins

Who, What, Why: Kimberly Cárdenas on intersectional politics in political science
A woman in a trench coat smiles at the camera

Kimberly Cárdenas, a doctoral candidate in political science, studies the political engagement of LGBTQ+ Black and Latinx populations.

  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Kimberly Cárdenas on intersectional politics in political science

    Doctoral candidate Kimberly Cárdenas considers the growing numbers of LGBTQ+ Black and Latinx Americans—and how they participate in the political process.

    Kristina Linnea García

    From crisis communications to dissecting a decade of TV news
    Sam Wolken.

    Sam Wolken is a joint doctoral student in Communication and Political Science. (Image: Annenberg School for Communication)

    From crisis communications to dissecting a decade of TV news

    Sam Wolken, a joint doctoral student in communication and political science, studies public opinion, local news, and politics.

    From Annenberg School for Communication

    A growing focus on equitable oral care for people with disabilities
    dental student in gown, gloves, and mask works on a patient in a dental chair

    Student training is a large component of an increasing focus on care for people with disabilities at the School of Dental Medicine. (Image: Courtesy of Dentsply Sirona)

    A growing focus on equitable oral care for people with disabilities

    Through global outreach, enhanced student training, continuing education for practitioners, and the busy Care Center for Persons with Disabilities, the School of Dental Medicine is working to break down barriers to care.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Learning to be a Chief Learning Officer
    five people sitting around table with laptops open and one person standing

    The Graduate School of Education’s Chief Learning Officer program for mid-career professionals has a new director, Raghu Krishnamoorthy (standing). Formerly with General Electric, he graduated from the doctoral program in May. The program gives working executives new skills, connections, and expertise to become scholar-practitioners.

    Learning to be a Chief Learning Officer

    The Graduate School of Education’s Chief Learning Officer program has a new director, Raghu Krishnamoorthy. The program gives working executives new skills, connections, and expertise to become scholar-practitioners.

    Louisa Shepard

    Serving student veterans at Penn
    Man in a blue hoodie and baseball hat greets a yellow lab

    Wyatt Frasier, an Army veteran in the Wharton MBA program, greets Byron, a service dog with the Warrior Canine Companion program. The program has recently opened a site at Penn, just above the veteran services office in the Franklin Building.

    Serving student veterans at Penn

    A new office in Student Registration and Financial Services provides support for the growing number of veterans at Penn.

    Kristina Linnea García

    Demystifying grad school to enhance diversity in STEM
    Two students look together at a notebook amid a larger group

    Ice breaker activities helped the students connect, building relationships that the DEEPenn STEM organizers hope serve them well as they navigate an entry into scientific graduate work and beyond. (Image: Lamont Abrams)

    Demystifying grad school to enhance diversity in STEM

    Earlier this month, 48 undergraduate students from around the country traveled to Penn for a three-day gathering full of workshops, lectures, networking opportunities, lab tours, Q & A sessions, and a resource fair.

    Katherine Unger Baillie