{"id":102771,"date":"2015-07-22T14:34:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T18:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.today.uconn.edu\/?page_id=102771"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:23:15","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/05\/wow-uconn-english-professor-earns-guggenheim-to-work-on-next-book-of-poetry\/\">\n                                                <img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-04-29_PenelopePelizzonGuggenheim-HORIZ-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in glasses and a scarf posing for a photo\" decoding=\"async\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-04-29_PenelopePelizzonGuggenheim-HORIZ-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-04-29_PenelopePelizzonGuggenheim-HORIZ-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-04-29_PenelopePelizzonGuggenheim-HORIZ-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-04-29_PenelopePelizzonGuggenheim-HORIZ-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-04-29_PenelopePelizzonGuggenheim-HORIZ-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-04-29_PenelopePelizzonGuggenheim-HORIZ-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-04-29_PenelopePelizzonGuggenheim-HORIZ-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-04-29_PenelopePelizzonGuggenheim-HORIZ-998x665.jpg 998w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/>                        <h2>Wow! UConn English Professor Earns Guggenheim to Work on Next Book of Poetry<\/h2>\n                    <\/a>\n                            <p>V. Penelope Pelizzon is one of 223 individuals worldwide, and the only from UConn, named to the 101st class by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation<\/p>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/05\/a-better-shot-against-foot-and-mouth-disease\/\">\n                                                <img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cows-251008b0034-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Cows in the field\" decoding=\"async\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cows-251008b0034-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cows-251008b0034-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cows-251008b0034-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cows-251008b0034-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cows-251008b0034-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cows-251008b0034-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cows-251008b0034-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cows-251008b0034-998x665.jpg 998w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; 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