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2023-03-20

From East Palestine to West Philadelphia

Marilyn Howarth, director of the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology, joins with Megan Ryerson, UPS Chair of Transportation, and Mathy Stanislaus, vice provost and executive director of the Environmental Collaboratory, to speak on the risk of train derailment in West Philadelphia. The Sally and Alvin S. Shoemaker Professor of Anthropology Kathleen Morrison will moderate.

12:00 p.m.

Virtual

2023-03-21

Indigenous Public Intellectualism

McNeil Center for Early American Studies (MCEAS) at the University of Pennsylvania.

Kim TallBear, a professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience, and Society at the University of Alberta, discusses how to highlight indigenous forms of knowledge-making in academic spaces where they have historically been deprivileged.

12:00 p.m.

473 McNeil Building, 3718 Locust Walk

2023-03-20

Can Storytelling Save Our Water?

Emanuele Fantini, senior lecturer and researcher in Water Governance and Communication at the IHE Delft Institute of International Water Education, gives a talk on how different modes of storytelling, from podcasts to photography, can imagine alternative ways of managing water.

3:00 p.m.

Williams 623, 255 S. 36th St.

2023-03-22

Port Triumph

Exterior of Van Pelt Library.

Join a screening of the film “Port Triumph,” a documentary on the labor organizing attempts by shrimp workers in El Salvador’s Puerto Triunfo during the 1970s and 1980s. A discussion with the Director Jeffery L. Gould will follow.

12:00 p.m.

Van Pelt Library 425, 3420 Walnut St.

2023-03-31

The World We Inherit

Van Pelt Library.

Join as the Wolf Humanities Center’s 2022-23 Undergraduate Research Fellows present their research in which themes of heritage are highlighted, which ranges from issues of national and artistic identity to coloniality.

9:30 a.m.

Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th floor, Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library, 3420 Walnut St.

2023-03-21

Imposter Syndrome

Join a workshop to learn about imposter syndrome and its effects in daily life. Trained experts will also be present to help combat negative thoughts.

2:30 p.m.

Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.

2023-03-22

The Aramaic Incantation Bowls

Exterior of Penn Museum.

Simcha Gross, an assistant professor of Ancient Rabbinics, presents a talk on the Aramaic incantation bowls to further examine Babylonian Jewish society.

12:00 p.m.

Virtual

2023-03-21

Human Rights in Action

Practice Professor of Law and Director of the Transnational Legal Clinic Sarah Paoletti joins in conversation with Arancha Garcia Del Soto, a sociologist, to examine the intersections of gender, trauma, and mutual support in human rights issues.

4:00 p.m.

Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, 3732 Locust Walk

2023-03-28

Conversation with Jason Reynolds

A yellow and green victorian house

Join in conversation with Jason Reynolds, author of “Ghost,” a National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature, as well as a Marvel Comic, “Miles Morales: Spider-Man.”

10:00 a.m.

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

2023-03-18

Advancing Diversity in the Legal Industry

The Latinx Law Students Association hosts a conference focusing on the experiences and contributions of Latinas in the legal industry.

9:00 a.m.

Golkin 100, Michael A. Fitts Auditorium, Penn Carey Law School, 3501 Sansom St.