9/22 Steve Kornacki The Robert A. Fox Leadership Program and Penn's Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies present NBC News and MSNBC's National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki. Kornacki joins John Lapinski, the Robert A. Fox Professor of Political Science, for a discussion about the 2022 midterm elections and his career as a political journalist. 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, 36th and Walnut St.
9/23 Magill On Air Tune in to WXPN tomorrow at 9 a.m. to hear President Liz Magill guest host “Friday Morning Mixtape” with Kristen Kurtis. A baker’s dozen of the Penn leader’s favorite songs will be featured. 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. XPN.org
9/23 Mental Health Care Crisis The Leonard Davis Institute hosts a panel discussion on financing systems for mental health and innovations in areas such as suicide prevention, crisis response, access to care for adolescents, workforce pay strategies, and more effective parity laws. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Virtual
9/27 Global Food Security During COVID As part of “The World Today,” Perry World House welcomes Barron Segar, CEO of World Food Program USA, to examine the impacts of the pandemic, climate change, and conflict on global food security. The session is moderated by Jennifer Pinto-Martin, the Viola MacInnes/Independence Professor in the Biobehavioral Health Sciences. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Hybrid
Campus & Community Class of 2026 moves in New students traveled from near and far Tuesday, settling into College Houses, meeting their roommates, and spending precious moments with family.
Campus & Community Inside the Quaker’s head Sophia Zehler recently earned her master’s degree from the Fels Institute of Government. The first-generation Cuban American also spent the year as Penn’s mascot, her third mascotting position in five years.
Campus & Community With school out, construction crews work in earnest Campus may have depopulated for the summer, but construction workers have moved in to begin or accelerate work on projects both big and small. Here, an overview of what’s in progress on Penn’s campus—and beyond.
Health Sciences Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood? A team from the Center for Neuroaesthetics created a biophilic room to test the idea. Preliminary findings from a small pilot show promise, but also spur many questions about how to best use such a space.
