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2024-09-04

Second Nature

sculpture in front of penn design meyerson building

The Weitzman School presents Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen of Pezo von Ellrichshausen for their lecture, "Second Nature." Together, they will discuss art and architecture in reciprocity with the natural world.

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

Meyerson Hall, 210 S. 34th St.

2024-09-04

Rogers Smith and Desmond King

Rogers Smith, a professor emeritus of political science, and Desmond King of the University of Oxford, discuss their new book America's New Racial Battle Lines: Protect Versus Repair. Together, they highlight the potential for mounting violence, as well as the remaining possibilities for finding common ground.

5:00 p.m.

Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St.

2024-09-12

Movable Books Opening

Ellen G. K. Rubin will discuss her collection of pop-up and movable books, in connection with the new Penn Libraries exhibitions The Movement of Books and Material World. She will highlight special objects from her collection of 9,000 pop-up and movable books.

4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut St.

2024-08-27

2024 Student Activities Fair

students playing chess outside on a table with several others watching

Along Locust Walk and College Green, this fall activities fair highlights different categories of student-run clubs at Penn.

4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Locust Walk and College Green

NIH awards $6.9M to advance potential Alzheimer’s disease treatment

Researchers at Penn Medicine and UC San Diego will develop a tau-targeting drug candidate through IND-enabling studies, a potential disease-modifying Alzheimer’s treatment for future clinical trials.

Water Center announces first annual Student Water Innovation Award

The Water Center is soliciting applications focused on innovation in the areas of water reuse, PFAS, nature-based solutions to urban water challenges, and energy efficiency in water production and treatment through Sept. 30, 2024.

The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication welcomes three visiting scholars

Adrienne Shaw, Samina Mishra, and Sneha Gore Mehendale will join the center at the Annenberg School for Communication in the fall.

Sarah Tishkoff earns 2024 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science

The David and Lyn Silfen University Professor in Biology and Genetics received the award for her work in evolutionary genetics and diversity and its broad implications for understanding and treating human disease.

2025-05-19

Commencement

All Day

2025-05-17

Alumni Day

All Day