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2025-10-16

Penn Vet: Helping Working Dogs Cool Down

Researchers and trainers at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center (PVWDC) have identified an effective cooling method that is practical for a wide range of settings: training dogs to voluntarily dunk their heads in a bucket of water. This workshop will demonstrate with one of the PVWDC’s working dogs-in-training how to train a dog, using positive reinforcement, to perform this potentially life-saving technique. Free and open to the Penn community.

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

College Green, Climate Week Tent

2025-10-13

Penn Climate Insights Launch

The American continent is seen on a revolving globe

This celebration during Climate Week at Penn will mark the launch of Penn Climate Insights, a platform that lowers the barrier to sharing and accessing climate knowledge and drives meaningful climate action through education. Free and open to the Penn community.

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

College Green, Climate Week Tent

2025-10-20

How Disruptive Will Generative AI Be?

A blue screen made to look like the inside of a computer, with many small blue lit-up icons, including a person, an @ symbol, an envelope, a pin drop, an hourglass, and a computer screen.

This installment of Wharton’s AI Horizons webinar series will examine how generative AI is reshaping industries, business models, and competitive dynamics—and consider how disruptive this technology may be in the years ahead. Free and open to the Penn community. Register to attend.

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Virtual

2025-09-25

How AI Impacts Creative Ideas

Rendering of a brain with signals insinuating AI and data.

This session of Wharton’s AI Horizons webinar series will explore how AI shapes the quality and diversity of creative ideas—and what this means for innovation across industries. The panel will discuss both the opportunities AI creates for expanding creative possibilities and the potential risks of narrowing idea diversity. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.

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

Virtual

2025-10-14

AI and Our Future World

This talk, free and open to the Penn community, will focus on emerging projects within the Penn Artificial Intelligence and Technology (PennAITech) Collaboratory for Healthy Aging. Panelists will discuss the goal of PennAITech: to innovate AI technology that supports older adults, those with Alzheimer’s Disease, and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in their home settings. Register to attend.

8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Annenberg School for Communication, 3620 Walnut St.

2025-09-17

Dorte Mandrup: Negotiating Place

Danish architect Dorte Mandrup, the principal and creative director of her eponymous, Copenhagen-based architecture studio, will discuss the importance of context in her studio’s work, including how the invisible layers of memory, emotion, and identity can give meaning to a place. Free and open to the public.

6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Meyerson Hall, 210 S. 34th St.

2025-10-13

AI and Disability Ethics

This student-centered conversation, hosted by Penn Libraries and the Weingarten Center, will examine how AI impacts access, inclusion, and disability rights and address the ethical challenges that arise as these technologies shape our world. Free and open to the Penn community.

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

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut St.

2025-10-08

Greek American Music in the Early 20th Century

Ethnomusicologist and re-mastering engineer Christopher King will reflect on the pivotal role of migrant communities and early American record labels in the dissemination of Eastern Mediterranean music. Recordings from King’s collection of 78 rpm discs will be paired with a live musical performance. Registration is required for guests outside of the Penn community.

7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut St.

2025-10-07

2025 New Acquisitions Showcase

This annual Penn Libraries showcase will display new acquisitions from the past year by Kislak Center curators and colleagues. This is a drop-in event; registration is not required. Free and open to the public.

2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut St.

2025-09-15

CURF Fall Research Expo 2025

Students in Houston Hall looking at posters during Penn’s CURF Poster Expo.

Over 350 undergraduates representing a wide range of disciplines will present posters of their research projects. Attendees will learn about the array of research opportunities embraced by students at Penn. Free and open to the Penn community.

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.