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2025-01-29

Storytelling and Music 800 Years Before Netflix

Van Pelt Library.
Benjamin Bagby, a vocalist, harper, and scholar, discusses how Medieval German aristocrats satisfied their appetites for episodes-long stories and the role voice and music played in storytelling. Bagby and his ensemble, Sequentia, will do a demonstration. This event is co-sponsored by Penn Live Arts and the Department of Music.

5:15 p.m.

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut St.

2025-02-25

Exploring Epidemics in Philadelphia

Penn faculty, including historians and physicians, join for a panel discussion about the yellow fever epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia.

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

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut St.

2025-03-20

Scopes Trial at 100

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Penn Libraries hosts this temporary exhibit displaying materials related to the Scopes Trial of 1925, an inflection point in U.S. conversations around religion, science, education, and mass media. The materials are presented in tandem with a two-day symposium.

4:00 p.m.

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

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    • 2025-01-24

    Agora De La Danse

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    Penn Live Arts presents a virtual reality experience from Koros, an opportunity to experience three contemporary dance pieces in a new way.

    All Day

    Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St.

    2025-01-30

    Computational Thinking and Board Games

    Exterior of Van Pelt Library.
    Penn Libraries invites Penn students, faculty, and staff to learn about how computer science concepts appear in board games. No coding or gaming experience is required.

    11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

    Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut St.

    2025-01-31

    Ballroom History

    The FQT Center, the Penn LGBT Center, and the Penn Women's Center for Experimental Ethnography co-sponsor this talk from historian and femme queen performance icon Niambi “Prodigy” Stanley, and Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Trans Studies Postdoctoral Fellow Dr.

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

    Public Trust, 4017 Walnut St.

    2025-01-30

    Higher Education and the State

    window detail of fisher fine arts library with autumn leaves
    The Faculty Senate hosts this first in a series of roundtables about the future of American universities. Panelists include Irene Mulvey, former president of the American Association of University Professors; Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan University; and John Sexton, president emeritus of New York University. Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg School for Communication will moderate a discussion about politics and higher education.

    4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

    Kleinman Center Energy Forum, 202 S. 34th St.

    2025-01-26

    Sunday Reset

    Yoga instructor Craig leads this free herbal-tea-making workshop and yoga meditation session. Sunday Reset is a series that features Philadelphia-area practitioners working at the juncture of art and wellness.

    2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

    Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 S. 36th St.

    2025-01-30

    Herman P. Schwan Distinguished Lecture

    George M. Church of Harvard, a professor of genetics, will deliver a lecture about how rapid advancement in technology can affect gene therapies, de-aging, and more.

    3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

    Virtual

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