1/23 Mind of Winter 2025 Kelly Writers House welcomes the Penn community back with the annual Mind of Winter gathering, featuring soups, stews, and winter-themed readings. 5:30 p.m. Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk
Through 5/19 Manuscript to Manga Penn Libraries and the Penn Museum present materials held in their collections that reflect upon the creators, modes, and influences of the Ainu, Indigenous peoples connected to the northern islands of Japan and parts of Russia. This exhibit is co-curated by Stephen A. Lang, Eri Mizukane, Rebecca Mendelson, and Deborah Stewart. All Day Van Pelt-Dietrich Library and Penn Museum
1/21 24th MLK Jr. Social Justice Lecture Sociologist Orlando Patterson of Harvard will receive the 24th MLK Jr. Social Justice Award and will deliver a lecture. 5:30 p.m. Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St.
1/22 Confabulation Lecture Night The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation invites the public to join for a night of confabulated lectures based on artworks from the exhibition We Are Nature, featuring artworks from Penn's art collection. The short lectures will be developed in collaboration with Obvious Agency. No prior knowledge of the artworks is necessary. 5:00 p.m. Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Arts Lounge; 3680 Walnut St.
Campus & Community Rivers in a changing world A new Academically Based Community Service class brings Penn and William L. Sayre High School students together to learn environmental science and engineering.
Campus & Community A semester of community on campus Penn’s fall semester officially began in August, as many students returned to campus. While staff, faculty, and postdocs are largely in West Philadelphia year-round, the fall marks a reset and starting point for many. The late summer and mild fall weather brings the natural beauty of campus to life.
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences How food moves around cities Domenic Vitiello, an urban and regional planning expert, teaches classes that invite students to locations in and around Philadelphia to better understand how its denizens dine.
Campus & Community At Convocation, a call to ‘come together’ The ceremony marked the start of Penn’s 285th academic year, with about 2,500 new students gathered on Franklin Field.
