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2025-07-30

History of Type and Letterpress Printing

Fisher Fine Arts Library

Attendees will experience a guided tour and demonstration of letterpress printing and typography, including the history of letterpress printing, type, and books from 1000 CE to now. Demonstrations will cover how movable type is used and the mechanical history of all the different presses at Common Press. Open to the Penn community. Register to attend.

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

Fisher Fine Arts Library, 220 S. 34th St.

2025-08-01

Black Stars Shine Bright: Everyday Alchemy

Old film projector

Sisters in Cinema fellows Moya Bailey and India Martin will share their latest documentary film projects during BlackStar Film Festival Weekend. Attendees will get to view "You Just Watch and See" and part of "Out of Focus" and listen to the directors and crew discuss the making of these projects. Lunch will be provided.

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

Annenberg School for Communication, 3620 Walnut St.

2025-07-29

Common Press: Community Work Day

Common Press screening bags

Volunteers can help with distributing newly acquired metal types and organizing the wood type collection. No minimum or maximum volunteer time is required. Open to the public. Register to attend.

9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Fisher Fine Arts Library, 220 S. 34th St.

2025-11-01

Penn Vet Shelter Medicine Symposium

Cutting-edge science moves to the clinic to help ‘our furry friends’ fight cancer

This symposium provides attendees with continuing education while facilitating connections and community collaboration among animal shelter leadership, staff, volunteers, and veterinarians in the greater Philadelphia sheltering community. Open to all members of the sheltering community, including animal welfare organizations and veterinary students.

All Day

Hill Pavilion, 380 S. University Ave.

WGAL (Harrisburg)

WyoFile

Carolina Journal

Fierce Biotech

Healio

Beneath the Surface: Why we itch with Brian S. Kim, MD

Joel Gelfand of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses the hardwired instinct to itch and the difference between pain and itchiness.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Year-round color in a Lansdale garden

Former long-time Penn employee Gates Rhodes and his wife, Gail Jurikson-Rhodes, are spotlighted for their Lansdale garden.