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NPR

Why the true water footprint of AI is so elusive

Benjamin Lee of the School of Engineering and Applied Science says that net zero climate pledges can’t be achieved under current infrastructure investment plans for generative AI data centers.

5/13

Ombuds Café: The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback

This session, organized by the Office of the Ombuds as part of a new series focused on conflict management in university settings, will cover exchanging feedback effectively, promoting empathy-based leadership, navigating difficult conversations, and restoring relationships and trust.

12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Virtual

5/16

Decoding the Moment: New Rules for Vaccine Approvals

Penn LDI and Tradeoffs are launching a virtual event series, Decoding the Moment, to provide timely, evidence-based discussions on key federal policy changes. The inaugural seminar will focus on recent changes to vaccine approval processes and discuss timing, ethics, and cost issues that could affect this year’s COVID-19 vaccine updates.

2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Virtual

7/12

Entryways: Xenobia Bailey

This exhibition continues the collaboration between ICA and New York-based textile studio Maharam, which invites artists to reimagine the windows of ICA’s façade. For the 2025-26 edition, Philadelphia-based artist Xenobia Bailey created a design that reflects her “Funktional” aesthetic and rooted in her decades-long fiber arts practice.

All Day

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

7/12

Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images

This exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art marks the first major museum survey dedicated to the work and life of Jamaican-born artist Mavis Pusey (1928-2019), an important figure in geometric abstraction, featuring over 60 artworks from her prolific 50-year career.

All Day

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

5/25

China Garden Contemporary Art Exhibition

Starting May 25, this two-week exhibition will highlight contemporary Chinese artistic creations through the lens of garden cultures, primarily as they relate to China’s minority peoples. Featured artworks reflect how traditional minority cultures strive to meet the challenges posed by modern environmental conditions.

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, 200 S. 36th St.

6/13

Open Studio: Juneteenth Printing

This program will honor Juneteenth and the summer solstice by practicing letterpress printing. Participants will use letterpress printing technology to print impressions of leaves from native plants found in Philadelphia, with a focus on species used by enslaved people, such as elderberry and coneflower. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Fisher Fine Arts Library, 220 S. 34th St.

CNBC

‘Dumpster fire’: Retailers urge shoppers to buy now before tariffs raise prices

Barbara Kahn of the Wharton School says that leaning on humor to discuss a politically divisive topic like tariffs is strategic because most brands don’t want to alienate customers based on their political beliefs.

Fortune

Powell won’t cut interest rates on Wednesday, Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel says. He suspects attacks on the Fed chair will escalate

Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that tariff pain hasn’t hit yet when it comes to higher prices or fewer goods.

France 24

U.S. Fed expected to pause rate cuts again, await clarity on tariffs

Loretta Mester of the Wharton School says that the Fed must focus on maintaining inflation so that it doesn’t start moving back up in a more persistent way.