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4.21

Strawberry Fields

Strawberry Fields graphic with woman looking to the side anxiously

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents this virtual screening of 1997 film "Strawberry Fields," which explores cultural history and personal memory set in the backdrop of the Vietnam War.

7:00p.m.

Virtual

4.22

Water Policy

Bronze sculpture of Benjamin Franklin.

In recognition of Earth Day, this special 60-Second Lecture from the School of Arts & Sciences will feature Howard Neukrug, a professor of practice and executive director of the Water Center. Neukrug will talk about water policy in relation to climate policy.

12:00p.m.

Virtual

4.22

Health Sciences and Black Lives Matter

Medical personnel in scrubs, white coats and face masks kneel on the field at Franklin Field, one holds a sign with the letters BLM surrounded by a heart.

The Penn Biomedical Library hosts this discussion about Black Lives Matter in Philadelphia from the perspective of the health sciences. Topics will include COVID-19 vaccine equity and gun violence prevention. In addition to a roundtable conversation, Eugenia South, assistant professor of emergency medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine, will present a keynote address.

3:00p.m.

Virtual

4.26

Gabrielle Hamilton

A yellow and green victorian house

Gabrielle Hamilton, a renowned chef and owner of the restaurant Prune in New York City, discusses her cookbook of the same name. Registration is not required to attend.

6:30p.m.

Virtual

NBC's Andrea Mitchell, Seven Others to Be Honored at Penn's 262nd Commencement

Penn alumna Andrea Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News and host of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” will deliver the 2018 University of Pennsylvania Commencement address on Monday, May 14.

Media Contact Amanda Mott ・ May 3, 2018

Penn Honors MLK Through Annual Day of Service Jan. 15

・ January 3, 2018