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Mark Cuban tells his own kids they need to learn this AI skill: It’ll help you land ‘jobs left and right’

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says it’s important to constantly refamiliarize yourself with what AI models do well and what they’re not yet capable of.

2025-11-07

Homecoming Weekend 2025

alumni hold Penn '99 signs and umbrella for Alumni Parade

Penn Alumni and their partners across the University welcome everyone back to campus for three days of programming during Homecoming Weekend. Registration is required for some events.

10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Various locations

2025-11-06

Telling Stories, Saving Lives: Narrative Persuasion

Sheila T. Murphy, professor of communication in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California and leading expert on using narrative to promote behavioral change, will discuss best practices for utilizing narrative persuasion to increase vaccine uptake. Free and open to the Penn community. Register to attend.

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

Hybrid; Annenberg School for Communication, 3620 Walnut St.

2026-01-01

Exhibit: ‘I Dread to Think’ (Through Apr. 30)

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, Arthur Ross Gallery, and Penn Live Arts present a unique opportunity to experience an installation of acclaimed contemporary artist Nina Chanel Abney’s epic painting cycle entitled I Dread to Think. This artwork comprises a 60-foot-long series of large canvases portraying wildly colorful and sometimes apocalyptic scenes from the Internet Age. Free and open to the Penn community.

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St.

2025-11-07

Postigo Express Film Premiere

Perry World House will host the world premiere of “Postigo Express,” a short documentary exploring award-winning Basque photojournalist Fernando Postigo’s remarkable life and work. The film’s director, Peter Decherney, and its subject, Fernando Postigo, will introduce the screening and take part in a discussion afterward. Register to attend.

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Hybrid; Perry World House, 3803 Locust Walk

2025-11-06

Introduction to Penn’s Job Architecture

Designed for Penn staff, the Division of Human Resources’ Compensation department will facilitate several webinars to review Penn’s job architecture and bring clarity, consistency, and opportunity to how staff understand job profiles and career paths. Penn staff can register to attend.

All Day

Virtual

2025-11-10

Tackling the Crisis in Rural Health

Front steps of Penn Nursing’s Fagin Hall in daylight

Hosted by the Barbara Bates Center, this seminar will feature Dominique Tobbell, the Centennial Distinguished Professor and director of the Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry at the University of Virginia, providing insight into the importance of nurse-led innovation, community health activism, and the entangled policies and politics of rural health care in the 1970s. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Fagin Hall, 418 Curie Blvd.

2025-11-20

Special Briefing: AI in Government

Open to the public, this panel, organized by the Penn Institute for Urban Research, Wharton professor Susan Wachter will lead an expert panel discussing the impact of artificial intelligence gradually making its way into state and local governments. Register to attend.

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

Virtual

2025-11-12

Accountable Artificial Intelligence Lunch Series

Building facade with symbols of artificial intelligence.

Penn researchers interested in AI governance, ethics, and policy can join the Wharton Accountable AI Lab’s monthly lunches, which are informal conversations around recent business, technology, and legal developments. Attendees are encouraged to bring topics to discuss. Food will be provided. RSVP to attend.

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

Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut St.

2025-11-18

Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education

AI tools promise precision learning, adaptive feedback, and new ways to support clinical reasoning, but they also raise concerns about overreliance, bias, and erosion of core skills. This panel will explore these competing visions for the future of medical training and highlight research, policy, and curricular strategies to ensure AI strengthens rather than weakens the education of tomorrow’s physicians. Register to attend.

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

Virtual