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2024-09-26

National Epics

As part of the Global Discovery Lecture Series, David Wallace, the Judith Rodin Professor of English, discusses his work to understand how local and national understandings paint a global picture. His work is connected to a seminar that explores what imaginative texts nations have chosen to represent themselves.

12:00 p.m.

Virtual

2024-09-18

GradFest 2024

Penn Grad Center brick exterior with foliage

Featuring 15 events across seven days, GradFest includes everything from a Grad Fair at the Annenberg Plaza to a dinner cruise at Penn's Landing. Many events are ticketed.

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Various locations

2024-09-23

Talking Politics

Students lead a conversation with Matthew Levendusky, a professor of political science. Attendees will learn how to depolarize conversations by practicing with others.

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut St.

2024-09-27

PennReady

The Division of Public Safety hosts a speaker series on community risk reduction (held at Steinhardt Hall), followed by a Health & Safety Fair on the field at 39th Street and Locust Walk. There will be a chili cook-off competition and a demonstration of a controlled burn.

11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

3901 Locust Walk

2024-10-14

Plants on a Warming Planet

Professors of biology Doris Wagner, Corlett Wood, and Aman Husbands discuss plant responses to climate change.

5:30 p.m.

Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.

2024-11-05

Election Day

T-shirt that reads 'Penn Leads the Vote.'

The general election takes place. Polls open at 7 a.m. in Pennsylvania and close at 8 p.m. Please see your state’s Secretary of State website for up-to-date information on voter registration and polling locations.

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

Various locations

2024-09-17

National Voter Registration Day

Penn Leads the Vote will assist students with registering to vote while offering free snacks and merch. Attendees can also participate in an “I Voted” sticker design contest.

All Day

LOVE Sculpture

Study explores willingness to trade-off years of life for an HIV cure

A new study from the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics explores whether a psychological phenomenon called “affective forecasting” (where people tend to overestimate the positive impact of future events on their well-being) could be at play when studying patients willingness to trade an HIV cure with shortened longevity.

Penn Nursing launches ‘Nurses for the Vote, Chart the Future’ initiative

The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing has launched “Nurses for the Vote, Chart the Future,” an initiative aimed at increasing voter registration and civic engagement among students and the community, in partnership with the Office of Government and Community Affairs.

Learn more about Penn’s Class of 2028

Penn Admissions provides a snapshot of the applicant pool for the Class of 2028, and some data on the incoming first-year students.