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2025-04-06

Engoma Enteera: Classical Music from Uganda

Orchestra 2001 presents chamber music by Justinian Tamusuza, a leading voice in contemporary African art music and Uganda’s foremost living composer. Tamusuza’s sound bridges African and European cultural and stylistic boundaries.

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

2025-05-02

Podcasts & Digital Scholarship

This talk will introduce some of the approaches graduate students and early-career scholars are taking to create or contribute to podcasts for sharing research more broadly. The event will address the growing field of educational podcasts, publishing and peer review considerations, and paths to get started on conceptualizing, recording, and editing podcasts at Penn.

12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Hybrid; Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut St.

2025-04-09

Ten Simple Steps to Find Your Passion and Change the World

Entrance of Penn Bookstore with festive decoration.

Barbara Greenspan Shaiman, a Penn alumni and founder of the nonprofit organization Champions of Caring, will detail her ten-step approach for building a personally meaningful legacy. The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Shaiman will share stories from her family history and over thirty years of her own life experience in education, business, and social entrepreneurship.

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St.

2025-04-23

Teacher Talks: Mythology in Context

Focusing on classical mythology, participants will uncover how these stories have shaped lives, reflected values, and inspired extraordinary feats of exploration and imagination. Attendees will learn how myths once rooted in specific places and contexts continue to resonate with modernity.

4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

2025-04-12

Magnolias and More

Participants will explore a unique view of Morris Arboretum while walking up the gentle Magnolia Slope to see magnolias, dogwoods, and conifers. This rarely walked area captures the spring beauty of flowering trees contrasted with the majestic conifers.

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Morris Arboretum & Gardens, 100 E. Northwestern Ave.

2025-04-10

Wharton People Analytics Conference

Crosswalk with pedestrians overlaid by 1s and 0s.

This two-day conference explores the latest advances and urgent questions in people analytics, including upskilling, AI, and the future of work, as well as networking opportunities for students, academics, and industry experts.

All Day

Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut St.

2025-05-04

2025 Children's Festival

children from a local school attend a performance at annenberg

The Philadelphia Children's Festival celebrates its 40th birthday. This year's festival features a supercharged circus of extreme sports, a refugee's powerful memoir brought to life onstage, and a story of friendship and plucky determination told through vibrant visuals and puppetry.

All Day

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St.

2025-05-19

Alumni Procession at Commencement 2025

The Penn alumni procession to Franklin Field for the 269th Commencement Ceremony will celebrate graduating seniors. Attendees must register in advance and wear their regalia (provided or their own) to participate.

8:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Various locations

2025-05-17

Penn GSE @ Alumni Weekend 2025

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This event will feature “Discourse and Democracy: The Classroom as a Catalyst for Bridging Differences,” a panel discussion with Professor Sigal Ben-Porath and Associate Professor Abby Resiman, moderated by Dean Katharine Strunk. The event will also honor Penn GSE alumni teachers who are celebrating at least their fifth year in the classroom, ending with a reception to connect with members of the Penn and Penn GSE communities.

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Stiteler Hall, 3700 Walnut St.

2025-05-16

Alumni Weekend @ Penn

alumni hold Penn '99 signs and umbrella for Alumni Parade

Penn Alumni will reunite with classmates at events like Franklin Fest, will stroll down Locust Walk during the Parade of Classes, enjoy the Alumni Picnic, attend panel discussions, raise a toast to Dear Old Penn at reunion celebrations, and attend an all-alumni brunch and memorial service, among numerous other activities.

All Day

Various locations