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Newsweek

The aging society turning to its elderly workers

Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School says the U.S. population is rapidly aging, producing labor shortages.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Two Philadelphia-area students honored as 2026 Rhodes scholars

Florence Onyiuke, a fourth-year in the Huntsman Program in the School of Arts & Sciences and the Wharton School, has been awarded a 2026 Rhodes Scholarship.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Amy Gutmann, once Penn president, is teaching again. Here’s what it’s like to be her student

President Emerita Amy Gutmann and Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser of the Annenberg School for Communication have been co-teaching a course, The Art and Ethics of Communication in Times of Crisis, this semester.

2025-11-21

Photographic Ruptures in New Mexico

This talk explores how New Mexico’s identity as the “Land of Enchantment” operates not just as a romantic slogan but as part of a broader project of dispossession. Focusing on mid-century photographs by Lee Marmon (Laguna), Alhelí Harvey, a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies, will explore how scenes from Route 66 near Laguna Pueblo disrupt the polished image of “enchantment” and reflect Indigenous advocacy. Free and open to the Penn community. Register to attend.

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

McNeil Building, 3718 Locust Walk

2025-12-03

Penn Climate Seminar: Environmental Law

Wharton faculty Sarah E. Light, professor of legal studies and business ethics, and Amanda Shanor, associate professor of legal studies and business ethics, will discuss how environmental law and policy intersects with the First Amendment. Free and open to the Penn community. Register to attend.

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

Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk

2025-12-08

Governing AI for Social Good

This talk, featuring Penn experts at the forefront of technology and social impact, will cover how major tech platforms are approaching AI governance. Panelists will discuss best practices for ensuring AI technologies serve the public and promote social good. Free and open to the Penn community. Register to attend.

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

Annenberg School for Communication, 3620 Walnut St.

CNBC

This simple tactic can help you ‘future-proof your career,’ says Wharton psychologist and bestselling author

Adam Grant of the Wharton School recommends thinking like a scientist when making a career or company more resilient in times of crisis.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Penn and CHOP will test gene therapy for rare diseases with a new FDA trial protocol

A team led by Kiran Musunuru and Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas of the Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will test the CRISPR framework for treating customized gene therapies for urea cycle disorders related to any one of seven genes.

2026-02-18

Nursing the Revolution: Care Work in Revolutionary America

This symposium will unite scholars of 18th-century nursing; early American healers; Indigenous, African, and European care practices; and Revolutionary War era military medicine and battlefield care, including related areas of focus, to discuss how the Revolutionary War—as a major health crisis—shaped healthcare labor in the early national United States. Free and open to the Penn community. Register to attend.

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

McNeil Center, 3355 Woodland Walk

2025-12-16

How States & Cities Will Adapt Post-Shutdown

Open to the public, this panel, organized by the Penn Institute for Urban Research and the Volcker Alliance, features Wharton professor Susan Wachter and Apollo's chief economist, Torsten Slok, on what is likely to be a year of immense adjustment for many U.S. states, counties, and cities amid federal cutbacks. Register to attend.

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

Virtual