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2023-02-24

Penn Grad Talks 2023

Penn Arts & Sciences graduate students present TED-talk style in a day of talks themed around social sciences, natural sciences, the humanities, and professional master’s research. Attendees can vote for the Audience Choice winner in each category.

12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

2023-03-01

Open Mic Night

Kelly Writers House hosts a student-run open mic night, welcoming all readings, performances, and happenings.

7:30 p.m.

Hybrid; Kelly Writers House

2023-02-27

Executive Speaker Series

Front entrance to Steinberg/Dietrich Hall on Penn’s campus.

In an installment of the Executive Speaker Series, Raissa Gerona discusses her accomplishments as the chief brand officer at Revolve and, particularly, her launch of the brand’s influencers marketing strategy.

5:15 p.m.

Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk

2023-04-06

Artists' Talk

Fariha Khan, the Asian American Studies co-director, joins with artist Shazia Sikander and musician Arooj Aftab to discuss the future of South Asian diasporic art and contextualize its present manifestations.

5:00 p.m.

Arch Atrium 208, 3601 Locust Walk

2023-03-30

Love and Drunkenness in Persian Poetry

Jamal J. Elias, the Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies, gives a talk on Sufism and Sufi poetry, which is often defined by the seeking of an intimate connection with God.

12:00 p.m.

Virtual

2023-03-14

The Stories We Tell

Tufuku Zuberi, the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations and Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies, joins with Aaron Levy, a senior lecturer of English and History of Art, and Brigitte Weinsteiger, to discuss how saved objects serve in narratives about the human condition. Zoë Ryan, the Daniel W. Dietrich, II Director of the Institute of Contemporary Art, will moderate.

12:00 p.m.

Virtual

The Wall Street Journal

Why advertisers may be overemphasizing performance marketing

In a Q&A, Cait Lamberton of the Wharton School says that, if companies dismiss the importance of telling a brand’s story, they can misinterpret data and spend money in the wrong ways.

MPR News

Mayo ‘mini brains’ offer new ways to understand addiction

Peggy Compton of the School of Nursing says that addiction is complex and difficult to reduce to one brain lobe because it involves environmental factors and multiple pathways.

Chronicle of Philanthropy

America’s top donors are helping to shape the future in an old-fashioned way

Alumnus Leonard Lauder gave $177 million to the School of Nursing to address nursing shortages by recruiting students from underrepresented backgrounds and training more providers for disadvantaged communities.

Axios

FDA panel: Narcan spray shouldn't need a prescription

Bonnie Milas of the Perelman School of Medicine recalls how her husband, with no medical training, was able to give her sons a chance at recovery by using naloxone.