Greenfield Intercultural Center presents Pancake Friday on a bi-weekly basis: 2/9, 2/23, 3/22, 4/5, 4/19, 4/26. Attendees are welcome to enjoy free homemade pancakes after a week of hard work.
Greenfield Intercultural Center presents Pancake Friday on a bi-weekly basis: 2/9, 2/23, 3/22, 4/5, 4/19, 4/26. Attendees are welcome to enjoy free homemade pancakes after a week of hard work.
“Dominique White and Alberta Whittle: Sargasso Sea” and “Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe” are presented as the Institute of Contemporary Art’s spring 2024 exhibitions. The former is an installation that draws inspiration from the Sargasso Sea, the only body of water defined by oceanic currents. The latter, meanwhile, brings together paintings, video, prints, and sculpture by Jackson, who investigates histories related to cities, lands, and individuals in the U.S.
“Barbara Earl Thomas: The Illuminated Body” features the latest series of portraits by the artist. It is her Philadelphia debut and includes nine large-scale cut paper pieces that celebrate Black cultural icons such as August Wilson, Seth Parker Woods, and Charles Johnson, alongside Thomas’ friends, family, and acquaintances.
In honor of Black History Month, Penn Libraries presents this special exhibition of the history of Mercy-Douglass Hospital and the Nurse Training school in Philadelphia in the context of the Black community's struggle against segregation and healthcare inequality.
Kyiv-based artists Anna Khodkova and Kristina Yarosh, known collectively as Etchingroom1, present their first exhibition in the U.S. The exhibit includes 14 graphic works that speak to the fragility of safety in the modern world.
Penn Queer & Asian presents boba chats with board members. Undergraduates are welcome to talk about anything from classes and interests to the queer and Asian experience at Penn.
Penn Players, a student-run theater group, presents William Shakespeare’s five-act comedy “A Midsummer Night's Dream.”
The Division of Human Resources and the Penn Center for Public Health host the monthly two-mile wellness walk for April, which is the first outdoor walk of the year.
The Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration, Penn Migration Initiative, and the Population Studies Center present this symposium on immigration as a central issue in the 2024 presidential election. Panels bring together policy analysts, immigration scholars, and representatives of nonprofit advocacy organization.
Penn hosts the Society of Environmental Journalists' annual conference, featuring sessions with Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg School for Communication and Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences. EPA Administrator Michael Regan will deliver a keynote. Students can register for a discounted price.
Harvey Finkle will discuss his work documenting civil rights activism by people with disabilities. The SP2 Art Committee and Dean Sally Bachman will also deliver remarks.
For the Penn Engineering 2023-24 Heilmeier Faculty Award Lecture, Arjun Raj, a professor of bioengineering and genetics, delivers a talk about whether cells can overcome their genetic destiny to adapt to their environment in a single lifetime.
Fifty-three Penn staff members are celebrated for their contributions to the University's successes. Awards are presented in three categories: Models of Excellence, Pillars of Excellence, and Model Supervisors. Those wishing to attend should register by April 1.
In conjunction with the exhibit “Barbara Earl Thomas: The Illuminated Body” at Arthur Ross Gallery, Penn Live Arts presents a performance by Grammy-nominated cellist Seth Parker Woods and dancer Roderick George. Woods will seamlessly blend artistic genres across music, film, spoken text, dance and visual arts, including through pieces from Thomas.
To celebrate the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies' 30th anniversary, the center presents a sonic exploration of the role of songs and singing in Jewish survival and cultural vitality. A reception will follow.
The Department of English and Kelly Writers House present a conversation between author Jennifer Egan and Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy and Practice, who studies homelessness and assisted housing policy. They will discuss how social science research and investigative journalism can combine to consider what storytelling can be done to capture the present situation of homelessness.
This is a campuswide week of events, lectures, and volunteer opportunities designed to educate and inspire action related to environmental justice, climate, and nature-based solutions. This year’s theme is Restore & Regenerate.
The Division of Human Resources presents Take Our Children to Work Day, recommended for children ages 9 to 14. A range of programs, like carnival games at Van Pelt-Dietrich Library and coloring with Penny the Pig at the Franklin Building, will be available.
The Jewish Studies Program at Penn will host a symposium on the history, meanings, and responses to antisemitism in the past and present. Scholars from Penn and elsewhere will convene to discuss the term itself, the relationship between antizionism and antisemitism, and Jewish responses to challenges as agents of history.