Events

Walter Licht, the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History in the School of Arts & Sciences, is celebrating his retirement after 44 years at Penn. In celebration of his contributions to scholarship, teaching and mentoring, and service to the University and the community, the Department of History will host sessions for discussion of Walter Licht’s “American Capitalisms: A Global History (forthcoming).”

Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, the first woman, person of color, and Millennial to represent her district in Congress, delivers the virtual 2022 Charles C. Leighton, MD Memorial Lecture. As the youngest African American woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives, she discusses her experiences in conversation with Antonia Villarruel, the Margaret Bond Simon, dean of the School of Nursing.

Penn Museum hosts the Global Food Tour, a 60-minute tour that's followed by a 30-minute hands-on interactive activity that explores food and food production, economics, religion and spirituality, class, gender, and community.