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10/4

Alex M. Azar II

Alex M. Azar II.

The Leonard Davis Institute presents Alex M. Azar II, the 24th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, responsible for overseeing Medicare, Medicaid, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health. Azar will discuss his tenure at HHS and the important challenges ahead with Penn Professor and LDI Fellow Kevin Volpp, followed by a Q&A session open to the audience.

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Colonial Penn Center Auditorium, 3641 Locust Walk

10/6

Walk Around Philadelphia

Exterior of Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral.

The SNS Paideia Program invites participants on a walk around the perimeter of the city of Philadelphia with a light breakfast, quick orientation to the walk, and tour of the landscape, history, terrain, and place that is Philadelphia. The walk is designed by Philadelphia-based artist and Penn alumnus JJ Tiziou.

8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, 3717 Chestnut St.

10/6

Mary Sarah Bilder

Mary Sarah Bilder.

The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School presents Mary Sarah Bilder, a professor of law at Boston College and author of “Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution,” to deliver the 2022 Arlin M. Adams Lecture.

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

3501 Sansom St.

10/8

Our Voices, Our Time

Two people on chaise lounge in conversation

Penn Live Arts and the Negro Ensemble Company present a series of one-act plays that amplify and celebrate Black stories, voices, and perspectives. The scripts were thoughtfully selected by a committee after a period of submissions.

2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St.

Art of Effective Communication

Penn HR presents a seminar on communication before the beginning of a semester, offering tips on effective virtual communication that is critical to engagement, productivity, and general well-being. Different styles and practices of communication are also presented to avoid attribution errors and boost potential productivity.

For more information, visit hr.upenn.edu.

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Virtual

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