5/18

Hands on History

Penn Museum exterior

The Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials welcomes 11th and 12th grade students to examine the materials and techniques used in ancient mold making. This event is free to high school students; lunch is provided.

10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

5/20

268th Commencement

University of Pennsylvania flag.

The 268th Commencement at the University of Pennsylvania will feature the conferral of degrees, the awarding of honorary degrees, greetings by University officials, and remarks by Commencement speaker Siddhartha Mukherjee, a renowned physician, researcher, and best-selling author.

All Day

Franklin Field

5/23

Vahe Sarkissian

Exterior of World Cafe Live with signage

Vahe Sarkissian, who plays Armenian music and electric guitar, performs inside The Lounge.

8:00 p.m.

World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.

6/28

Wawa Welcome America Day

Penn Museum exterior

As part of Wawa Welcome America, the largest July 4th celebration in the U.S., Penn Museum offers free admission to its galleries. Online reservations are required.

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

Kristen de Groot

News Officer

Kristen de Groot covers several subject areas in the School of Arts & Sciences including Political Science, History, Economics, East Asian Languages, Germanic Languages and Literature, Russian & East European Studies, and International Studies, the Penn in Washington Program, the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, Think Tanks & Civil Societies, Penn Opinion Research & Election Studies (PORES), the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Penn Institute for Economic Research, the Center for Study of Contemporary China and Center for East Asian Studies, the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics, Fels Institute for Government, and the Center for Ethnicity Race and Immigration. She also covers Penn Global’s Research and Engagement Fund, the SNF Paideia Program, and Perry World House.

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Penn Global turns 10

The hub for all things global on campus looks back at its impact over the decade and ahead to what the next 10 years of research, policy, and engagement with the world will bring.

Kristen de Groot ・November 16, 2022

Two men in suits face a large TV screen showing Pennsylvania 2022 Senate election results.

Five election takeaways

Stephanie Perry, executive director of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and manager for exit polls at NBC News, shares her team’s top five exit-poll analyses to help explain what happened.

Kristen de Groot ・November 9, 2022

Kenneth Roth stands in front of a wall reading Human Rights Watch and points to the audience

Kenneth Roth on the state of human rights today

Kenneth Roth is the inaugural Thakore F

Kristen de Groot ・November 9, 2022

Tulia Falleti, Melissa Teixeira, and Marilene Felinto seated at a table addressing an audience.

Brazil’s presidential election

Three experts share their thoughts on Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva’s defeat of right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, and what it means for Latin America’s largest democracy.

Kristen de Groot ・November 8, 2022

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At risk of persecution, scholars continue research at Penn

The recently launched At-Risk Scholars Program has enabled two people—an art historian and economist—to escape persecution and danger with a period of residence at the University.

Kristen de Groot ・November 7, 2022

Voting booth with a picture of an American flag on it, with other curtained booths behind it in alternating red and blue

Election Day 2022

In what is sure to be an historic election, Penn Today looks back at the stories it published in the months and days leading to the midterms.

Kristen de Groot ・November 7, 2022

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Higher education’s role in democracy

Experts from across the University share their thoughts on how their research, departments, and centers help foster democracy.

Kristen de Groot ・November 2, 2022

Middle East Center Director John Ghazvinian speaks into a microphone, sitting next to Tor Wennesland

Does the Middle East still matter?

Tor Wennesland, United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, had a wide-ranging conversation on the topic with the Middle East Center’s John Ghazvinian.

Kristen de Groot ・October 28, 2022

New UK prime minister Rishi Sunak sits at a table with his cabinet at Downing Street in London.

Q&A on the UK’s new prime minister

Political scientist Brendan O’Leary discusses Liz Truss’ fall, Rishi Sunak’s rise, and what it all means going forward.

Kristen de Groot ・October 27, 2022

Justice Elena Kagan gestures to a smiling Penn President Liz Magill on the stage at Irvine Hall

Justice Kagan discusses her path to the Court, building ‘common ground’

Capping off a festivities-filled inauguration day, President Liz Magill and Kagan had a wide-ranging conversation about the law, Kagan’s career, and building congeniality on the current Court.

Kristen de Groot ・October 24, 2022