10.18

Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi, former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, discusses her new book, “My Life in Full: Work, Family and our Future.” She will speak in conversation with Adam Grant, a professor of management at the Wharton School.

5:30p.m. - 6:30p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

10.20

Decolonizing Museums

Penn Museum exterior and courtyard with seating

Penn Museum and the Center for Experimental Ethnography at Penn present an international conference that examines current issues of the relationship between collections and colonialism, accountability, and what repair might look like. The conference is mostly virtual but has live events each evening related to Penn and the Philadelphia museum community.

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9.18

Ulysses Jenkins Exhibit

The ICA presents the first major retrospective of the work of Ulysses Jenkins, a video artist from Los Angeles whose work rose to prominence in the 1970s and has been an influence on contemporary art since. The exhibition is co-curated by Meg Onli and Erin Christovale.

10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.

Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 S. 36th St.

9.25

The Stories We Wear

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Penn Museum presents a special celebration of the new exhibition, "The Stories We Wear." The exhibition showcases clothing, accessories, and jewelry spanning 2,500 years, revealing how items we wear are an expression of identity. A series of pop-up talks, art activities, and performances throughout the day will mark the opening.

10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

Penn COVID-19 Response

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Understanding civic engagement

In the latest episode of Penn Today’s ‘Understand This …’ podcast series, Herman Beavers of the School of Arts & Sciences and Glenn Bryan of the Office of Government and Community Affairs discuss civic engagement—and jazz.

Outside picture of University hospital building

Penn’s Way kicks off workplace giving campaign, with $1.6M goal

Researcher Jolyon Thomas on left book jacket on right

Religious freedom as a tool for American occupation

Penn COVID-19 Response

How consumers describe racism in health care

The business of sports reckons with domestic violence off the field

General anesthesia just as safe as spinal anesthesia after broken hip surgery

How employees can become better organizational citizens

Hey Day 2021: ‘Senior year is ours to seize’

Eight Penn researchers receive 2021 NIH Director’s Awards

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A generation shaped by a pandemic

Two Penn seniors travel the country to interview young adults about their experiences during the past year to create an oral history archive with stories, images, and video.

Louisa Shepard ・ October 11, 2021

health care worker injects vaccine into patient's arm

Five things to know about the upcoming flu season

Thanks to COVID prevention measures, last year’s flu season was among the mildest in years. Penn experts explain why this year may be different and how to prepare.

Katherine Unger Baillie ・ October 11, 2021

pool with pumps

‘Poldergeist’ videos make knowledge of climate change accessible

In the first video of a series, Simon Richter of the School of Arts & Sciences, alongside a team of interns, works to demystify the Netherlands’ handle on sea level rise.

Brandon Baker ・ October 8, 2021

Ningfeng posing next to the large metal LATR inside of a research lab

Penn cosmology team ready to field the largest ever cosmic microwave background camera

A new study details the inner workings of the Large Aperture Telescope Receiver, the cryogenic camera that will be installed at the Simons Observatory at 17,000 feet in northern Chile.

Erica K. Brockmeier ・ October 7, 2021

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Nerve repair, with help from stem cells

School of Dental Medicine and Perelman School of Medicine researchers teamed up to create a novel approach to surgically repairing injured peripheral nerves that relies on the versatility of gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem cells.

Katherine Unger Baillie

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10.18

Indra Nooyi

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Indra Nooyi, former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, discusses her new book, “My Life in Full: Work, Family and our Future.” She will speak in conversation with Adam Grant, a professor of management at the Wharton School.

5:30p.m. - 6:30p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

10.20

Decolonizing Museums

Penn Museum exterior and courtyard with seating

Penn Museum and the Center for Experimental Ethnography at Penn present an international conference that examines current issues of the relationship between collections and colonialism, accountability, and what repair might look like. The conference is mostly virtual but has live events each evening related to Penn and the Philadelphia museum community.

All Day

Virtual

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Feeling ‘rejuvenated’ on campus, students celebrate Convocation

Penn’s newest students gathered on College Green to kick off the University’s 282nd year.

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Feeling ‘rejuvenated’ on campus, students celebrate Convocation

Penn’s newest students gathered on College Green to kick off the University’s 282nd year.

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Campus & Community

Perry World House turns 5

Portrait of William Still.

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Honoring William Still on his 200th birthday

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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Two centuries old, a handwritten record of medical education

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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Protecting and celebrating civil rights heritage and Black histories

Launched last fall, Penn’s Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights sites is fostering new and ongoing partnerships while preserving the legacy of civil rights in the U.S.

Big Ideas

Political Science
Racial Justice
Coronavirus Research
Climate Change

Meg Guliford, John Gans, Wazhmah Osman and Trudy Rubin sit in chairs on a stage with the words Perry World House on the wall behind them

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Afghanistan’s future after the U.S. withdrawal

Perry World House held a hybrid panel this week to look at what the future holds for Afghanistan, featuring in-person speakers and audience members, as well as virtual attendees watching online.

A zoom meeting screen shows Elizabeth Vale on the left screen and former Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron on the right screen.

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Martin Baron on the future of news and importance of investigative journalism

The former executive editor of The Washington Post spoke with Fels Distinguished Fellow Elizabeth Vale as part of the Fels Public Policy in Practice series.

Joseph Westphal with American soldiers in Afghanistan

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Two decades after 9/11, a conversation with a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia

In a Q&A, Joseph Westphal, a senior global fellow at the Lauder Institute and former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, talks about post-9/11 Saudi Arabia.

People standing on the streets of Havana in protest of the Cuban government.

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

‘A unified feeling’

In a Q&A, Romance languages professor Odette Casamayor-Cisneros discusses the Cuban protests, government response, and the “sense of unity” among the Cuban people

armstrong house

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Protecting and celebrating civil rights heritage and Black histories

Launched last fall, Penn’s Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights sites is fostering new and ongoing partnerships while preserving the legacy of civil rights in the U.S.

ground zero from liberty state park

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

9/11, 20 years later

Experts across the University share their thoughts on how 9/11 transformed their field, their research, and the world.

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Campus & Community

Report on the handling of human remains from the 1985 MOVE tragedy

The findings from an independent investigation into the handling of human remains following the 1985 MOVE tragedy were released after the report was shared directly with members of the Africa Family.

A transgender person wearing a medical gown sits on an exam table speaking to a doctor.

Health Sciences

Reproductive justice in nursing

The Penn chapter of Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health works to expand students’ engagement in Reproductive justice.

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman look at a computer monitor wearing face masks.

Health Sciences

COVID-19 mRNA vaccine that uses fundamental Penn technology receives FDA approval

Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine to prevent COVID-19 uses fundamental modified mRNA technology created by Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó at the Perelman School of Medicine.

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Health Sciences

Penn study details robust T-cell response to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

The results underline the importance of a second dose and include implications for booster shots.

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Health Sciences

Engineers create faster and cheaper COVID-19 testing with pencil lead

A new electrochemical COVID-19 test addresses the challenges of cost, time, and accuracy and uses electrodes made from graphite.

Adult wearing mask adjusts the mask of a young child

Health Sciences

A COVID vaccine for kids

Jeff Gerber, who is heading the clinical trial of the Moderna vaccine in kids under 12 at CHOP, speaks with Penn Today about the trial and why getting children vaccinated is so essential.

A college-age person standing outside, with greenery blurred in the front of the image. She is wearing a jean jacket with the words "Re-earth IN," a globe in the shape of a heart, and other earth-related designs.

Campus & Community

‘The climate girl’ at Penn

In a Q&A with Xiye Bastida, the second year describes how she’s bringing climate activism to her college experience, how her Indigenous background influences her path, and why storytelling and protecting Earth go hand in hand.

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Campus & Community

Learn, reflect, and act during Climate Week

Climate Week at Penn, sponsored by the Provost’s Office, offers a variety of events—both in-person and online—that invite the whole University community to learn about, reflect on, and address the climate crisis.

A dried up desert with a small amount of water on the right-hand side. The sun is blazing in the background, in front of mountains.

Science & Technology

Four things to know about the latest IPCC climate report

The assessment describes ‘unequivocal’ human influence that no doubt caused ‘widespread and rapid changes’ to the atmosphere, oceans, and more. Professors Mark Alan Hughes and Michael Weisberg discuss the findings, plus how we can avoid passing the point of no return.

a close-up of a blue flame of methane on a natural gas burner

Science & Technology

Identifying an elusive molecule key to combustion chemistry

Researchers made the most direct observation of a key intermediate formed during the breakdown of hydrocarbons during combustion and in the atmosphere, results that could help in the future design of fuels that burn more efficiently.

Earth’s unicorn population is exploding

David Hsu of the Wharton School comments on how huge returns for investors have amplified the venture capital cycle.

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The Beat with Ari Melber

Thea Gallagher of the Perelman School of Medicine discussed the pandemic’s toll on mental health. Rather than forcing a confident, upbeat exterior to appease others, Gallagher recommends “being real and authentic, and talking about the struggles that you are having.”

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Politico.com

The Hopkins doc vs. the vaccine consensus

The School of Nursing’s Melanie Kornides says that it is hard to determine how much impact a professional basketball player’s anti-vaccine stance will have on vaccination rates.

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$450 million for Philly mass transit is running out. Where will that money come from?

Gilles Duranton of the Wharton School comments on how politics has often hampered more widespread taxing of commuters who drive into crowded downtowns.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Why are incarcerated people, the only Americans with guaranteed health care, dying of COVID-19 faster than the general public?

Daniel Teixeira da Silva and SUMR scholar Kayla McLymont of the Leonard Davis Institute wrote an opinion piece about the lack of regulation of health care in U.S. correctional facilities. “The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how these shortcomings in how health care is overseen in prisons and jails can have fatal consequences,” they said.

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Same vaccines, but different fatality rates: Why are some COVID outbreaks worse than others?

John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine said, “We’ve learned more in the last year and a half about human immunology and human vaccine responses than we probably learned in the previous several decades.”

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The New York Times

Data from federal scientists raise questions about J.&J. booster shots

Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on which vaccines should offer an mRNA booster and how much data the F.D.A. needs before making that recommendation.

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The Washington Post

White House launches climate initiatives to arm communities against floods, extreme weather

Carolyn Kousky of the Wharton School weighed in on proposed updates to the National Flood Insurance Program’s flood plain management standards. “It is critical that our building standards consider future increases in risk instead of being backward looking,” she said.

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Can China’s prosperity promise fix real problems?

Hanming Fang of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about China’s pension system, saying that because the plans are managed by local governments, the system is vulnerable to regional wage disparities.

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7 superfoods for your teeth

Dean Mark Wolff of the School of Dental Medicine said low-sugar, high-fiber diets can help protect teeth and gums. “You’re not just feeding yourself—you’re feeding all the good and bad bacteria that live in your mouth,” he said.

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