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2024-09-12

Healthy Aging

The Penn Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Healthy Aging presents the first in a series of webinars about AI and aging. Indu Navar, founder and CEO of the Peter Cohen Foundation, will discuss accelerating treatments for ALS and neurodegenerative diseases.

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

Virtual

2024-09-17

Africana Lecture Series

Rogers Orock of Lafayette College discusses conspiracy narratives from postcolonial Africa, co-sponsored by the Center for Africana Studies and the Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program.

5:30 p.m.

3401 Walnut St.

2024-10-01

Sitting Still

Laurie Olin and two students seated at Woodlands Cemetery with drawing supplies.

DesignPhiladelphia and the Weitzman School present a screening of “Sitting Still,” a documentary film that sees the world through the lens of landscape designer Laurie Olin, a professor emeritus at the Weitzman School of Design.

7:30 p.m.

Meyerson Hall, 210 S. 34th St.

2024-09-16

Research at Weitzman

This exhibition showcases work from more than 30 funded projects at the Weitzman School, dealing with pressing issues that range from climate change to social inequality.

All Day

Meyerson Hall, 210 S. 34th St.

2024-09-13

Driskell Closing Reception

people in an art gallery looking at artworks on the wall

The Arthur Ross Gallery hosts the closing reception for the “David Driskell and Friends” exhibit. The reception will feature a panel discussion about supportive relationships and artistic exchanges that Driskell had with women artists.

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

Arthur Ross Gallery, 220 S. 34th St.

MIC Center receives grants to study AI, big tech, and digital equity

Victor Pickard, co-director of the Media, Inequality, and Change Center (MIC) at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication, has been awarded $200,000 by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Melding AI and RNA: $18M NSF AIRFoundry to revolutionize RNA research

The U.S. National Science Foundation Artificial Intelligence-driven RNA Foundry, led by the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Puerto Rico and supported by an $18-million, six-year grant, will run a “BioFoundry” to create molecules and nanoparticles.

Penn Nursing’s Rebecca R.S. Clark named 2024 Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing

Clark is an assistant professor of perinatal nursing, midwifery, and women’s health in the Department of Family and Community Health and a nurse scientist at Pennsylvania Hospital.

2025-09-12

Penn Abroad Fair 2025

A glass globe sitting on a woodend table shows north and south America.

Penn Abroad will host this annual fair for students to learn about global opportunities available at Penn. Staff members, Penn Abroad Ambassadors, and exchange students will be on site to answer questions.

11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Perry World House, 3803 Locust Walk

2024-09-06

Democracy

As part of the SP2 Speaker Series, Professor of Practice Ben Jealous, Katherina Rosqueta of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy, and CEO of Common Cause Virginia Case Solomón join for a conversation about civic engagement, activism, and the political process.

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

Virtual