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5/19

Historic Preservation

stuart weitzman plaza at meyerson hall
As part of the Changing the Face of the City speaker series, the Stuart Weitzman School of Design welcomes Dr. Jenni Minner of Cornell and the Just Places Lab to explore the ways in which the care of places can work toward social justice and how preservation is being challenged and re-envisioned today.

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

Virtual

5/20

Walter Licht

Walter Licht.
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).”

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

McNeil Center for Early American Studies (3355 Woodland Walk) & College Hall
Hybrid

5/20

Charles C. Leighton Memorial Lecture

Portrait of Lauren Underwood.
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.

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

Virtual

5/22

Food and Identity

Exterior of Penn Museum.
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.

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

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Penn Media Seminar on Gun Violence
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Penn Media Seminar on Gun Violence

Featured below is information on the experts from the Penn Media Seminar on Gun Violence as well as audio transcripts of the proceedings.  The Penn Media Seminar on Gun Violence is one of a series of programs to which reporters, editors and producers from the news media are invited.  

Featured panelists

Audio transcripts

Date

August 6, 2007

Schools

  • Perelman School of Medicine,
  • School of Social Policy & Practice

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