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2025-04-07

Models of Excellence Awards Ceremony

Penn will recognize outstanding staff members who play key roles in the University’s successes. The awards are presented in three categories: Models of Excellence, Pillars of Excellence, and Model Supervisors. Special guests include Penn's Glee Club and the 2025 Models of Excellence staff honorees.

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

2025-03-29

TEDxPenn 2025

Within everyone lies the potential for a “volta”—a moment that reshapes how we see the world and ourselves. Penn hosts the largest student-run TEDx conference in the world. At TEDxPenn 2025, explore the power of these moments and engage with the talks of 10 incredible speakers, tracing their journeys to the turning points that defined them.

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St.

2025-03-20

Making Landscapes: A Relational Practice

A view of the ger district in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital.

As part of the Making Our Way Lecture Series curated by the Weitzman School of Design, David Malda, a key design leader, will explore the role of landscape design in connecting people to each other through experiences of the land. His approach emphasizes the importance of history, memory, and narrative as central to the design process. Free and open to the public.

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

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

2025-03-17

Writers House Planning Committee

All are welcome to join the next Writers House Planning Committee, comprised of students, staff, faculty, and volunteers who help make things happen at Writers House. Participants plan programs, exchange ideas, and discuss upcoming projects.

5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

2025-04-09

Future of the Four-Year Degree

Organized by Penn's Faculty Senate, this panel will focus on the sustained criticism of higher education and ask whether the four-year college degree will (and should) survive, and whether there are plausible alternatives to the conventional college degree. The event will be moderated by Penn Provost John L. Jackson, Jr. Register for in-person or virtual attendance.

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Fisher Fine Arts Library, 202 S. 34th St.

Irish News

Seven unusual sleep hacks to help you drift off peacefully—we speak to a sleep expert about how to get a good night’s rest

A study from the Perelman School of Medicine found that participants who practiced paradoxical intention experienced significantly reduced sleep anxiety.

Marketplace (NPR)

What did you do at work last week? Monitoring performance doesn’t improve it, expert says

Adam Grant of the Wharton School says that people do their best work when they’re given a chance to pursue autonomy, mastery, belonging, and purpose.

Times of India

Drinking two beers daily ages the brain by 10 years; study reveals surprising findings

A study by Penn researchers found that one to two units of alcohol per day shrunk overall brain volume and gray matter volumes.

NBC Philadelphia

Celebrate arrival of spring at CultureFest! Enjoy Holi, the festival of colors

In partnership with Three Aksha and the South Asia Center at the School of Arts & Sciences, the Penn Museum will mark the beginning of spring with CultureFest! Holi to celebrate the Hindu festival of colors.

Newsweek

Business leaders are shaping culture by rethinking virtual communication

Adam Grant of the Wharton School says that disincentives to treat people poorly in face-to-face interactions need to be mirrored in virtual interactions.