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2023-03-21

Contextualizing Numbers

Li Chunyuan, a Harvard-Yenching visiting scholar at Harvard and an associate professor in the Department of History at Xiamen University, China, discusses the multiple contexts in which grain prices were categorized in the Mongol Yuan dynasty from 1260 to 1350.

5:15 p.m.

Claudia Cohen Hall 402, 249 S. 36th St.

2023-03-15

Nursing’s Deep Roots

Based on her book “Women Healers”, Susan Brandt, a lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, presents a talk on the history of professional nursing in Philadelphia, highlighting the accomplishments of women nurses that had been ignored by history and how they pertain to the current state of the profession.

4:00 p.m.

Virtual

2023-04-04

Hearing Romani-ness

Ioanida Costache, an ethnomusicologist and sound studies scholar, discusses the history of Romani musical practices, particularly in feminist and de-colonial contexts.

5:15 p.m.

Lerner Center, Room 101, Penn Music Building, 201 S. 34th St.

2023-03-28

Umm Kulthum and the Arabic Qasidah

Huda Fakhreddine, an associate professor of Arabic literature in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, presents a talk on 20th-century Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum, who is most celebrated for their renditions of qasidah, an ancient Arabic form of poetry.

5:15 p.m.

Lerner Center, Room 101, Penn Music Building, 201 S. 34th St.

2023-03-13

Impact of the Dobbs Decision

This symposium focuses on the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which recently overturned the Roe v. Wade decision, in the workforce and in science. Featured speakers include Vice President for Research at the Guttmacher Institute Aletha Akers and Director at the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health Jody Steinauer, among others.

2:00 p.m.

Jordan Law Auditorium, Jordan Medical Education Center, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard

2023-03-15

Terence Nance Spotlight

Teenager holding a guitar overhead and gazing into camera.
In conjunction with the Institute of Contemporary Art exhibition “Swarm,” Penn Live Arts hosts a spotlight screening of several Terence Nance short films.

7:30 p.m.

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St.

2023-04-04

Spin Class

An exterior view of the Pottruck Health and Fitness Center, with the parking garage to the left.
The Division of Human Resources sponsors this free spin class for Penn employees at Pottruck Health and Fitness Center. Registration is required; bringing water is recommended.

12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Pottruck Studio 306, 3701 Walnut St.

2023-03-28

A Healthier You

The Penn Employee Assistance Program presents a webinar about the connection between fitness, nutrition, physical health, and our mental health.

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

Virtual

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