Category Archives: Student Work Showcase

Storify-ing Environmental Studies

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

We have used the social media tool Storify to document WIC events such as our annual symposium and Gadget Day – Summer 2012. Penn Career Services has created great “day-in-the life-of” stories with this tool. By bringing in information from … Continue reading →

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CURF Poster Session – Spring 2013

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Each year, the Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships (CURF) hosts Undergraduate Research Symposiums, where undergrads present their research on fascinating topics. David and I try to make a habit of going to the symposium each semester, and I have enjoyed … Continue reading →

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CAMRA Media Festival – Feb 24

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

This guest post by Arjun Shankar describes Penn CAMRA’s upcoming media festival, which includes an afternoon panel about our experiences with Lisa Mitchell’s South Asia Studies classes: We are really excited to let everyone know about Penn CAMRA’s first annual … Continue reading →

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CURF 2012 Showcase

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

Each year, the Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships (CURF) hosts Undergraduate Research Symposiums, where students’ exemplary work is showcased.  We highlighted the February 2012 posters back in May, and we’re excited to add three new posters to our Student … Continue reading →

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Student Showcase – McNair Research Posters

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

Each summer, WIC staff and librarians from many parts of Penn Libraries have the distinct pleasure of helping the McNair Scholars cohort with their summer research projects. Last year, the students explored creation of research posters in addition to live … Continue reading →

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Student Showcase – Commodity Videos

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

I’m very happy to announce the 2012 Student Showcase for Lisa Mitchell’s South Asia Studies class from spring semester. The showcase includes curricular materials and six noteworthy videos selected from over 75. We congratulate the students whose work is featured! … Continue reading →

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Exemplary Poster Design

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

Our poster printer has been humming along all year, and we have enjoyed helping students learn how to improve layout and design. This spring, we identified two exemplary posters from a large set shown at the Center for Undergraduate Research … Continue reading →

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Congrats to Eliana Ritts on her Thouron Award

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

We’re so happy to celebrate the good news that our Seltzer 2011 award winner Eliana Ritts has won a Thouron award! The Thouron awards fund graduate studies in the United Kingdom, and seven Penn seniors have been selected this year. … Continue reading →

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CNI announces video about WIC

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) has just released a video of the project briefing that Renee Hobbs and I gave at their Fall 2011 membership meeting. The hour-long video includes discussion of the Mashup Contest, student work showcase and … Continue reading →

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Voiceover PowerPoint – an easy way to make an argument

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Lisa Mitchell described at the Engaging Students Through Technology 2011 symposium how her students have create screen videos by adding a voice commentary on top of a PowerPoint presentation. Her students examine how commodities like coffee and chocolate move across … Continue reading →

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