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Penn Libraries Dedicates Holman Biotech Commons

The naming gift from the Holman family will ensure this dynamic space continues to meet the evolving needs of scholars who rely on the Penn Libraries’ services, resources, and expertise as they work to impact and improve human life.
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How the Penn Reads Literacy Project is Imagining a World Where Everyone's Story is Told

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Yiddish in the Stacks

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New Collection of Award-Winning Children’s Books Centers Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

Four DVD covers are laid out above three books. From top left, The Devil Wears Prada, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, House of Gucci, and Paris is burning. From bottom left: Fashion and Music, Get a Life!: The Diaries of Vivienne Westwood, and Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore.

Featured Books and DVDs: Fashion

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