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2023-02-22

Agile Regulation

The Penn Program on Regulation (PPR) hosts an online dialogue about how regulation can be more agile as technology evolves at a rapid pace. PPR Director Cary Coglianese of the Penn Carey Law School will moderate the panel discussion.

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

Virtual

2023-03-27

Unfurling Diasporic Arts of South Asia

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Curator in Residence Aisha Khan moderates a panel that discusses Third Space Arts and its promotion of transnational, diasporic South Asian art within American contemporary art. Featured speakers include artists Chitra Ganesh, Tausif Noor, and Saba Taj.

5:00 p.m.

Hybrid; Perelman Room, PCPSE, 133 S. 36th St.

2023-03-16

Housing Justice Futures

Aforum on design, race, and climate change arranges, this two-day series of discussions will address the historical inequities that have been highlighted in Philadelphia’s housing crisis as well as propose strategies to promote housing justice in the future. Featured speakers include Sheryll Cashin, Janette Kim, and Gabriel Díaz Montemayor, among others.

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Various locations

2023-02-20

Japan and the Liberal International Order

Nobukatsu Kanehara, former chief cabinet secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, delivers a talk on the effects of Western hegemonic influence on the Global South, particularly Asia.

12:00 p.m.

McNeil Building 286-7, 3718 Locust Walk

2023-02-22

José Olivarez: Reading and Conversation

As part of the Caroline Rothstein Oral Poetry Program, poet and author José Olivarez leads a conversation and delivers a performance. Students of Excelano will co-host and moderate.

6:00 p.m.

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

What will Biden’s income-driven repayment plan cost?

The Biden administration’s effort to make student loans affordable with the latest Income-Driven Repayment plan will cost the government more than double its estimates, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model.

Supporting advances in LGBTQ+ health startups

The Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative at Penn’s School of Nursing is partnering with Gaingels, an LGBTQIA+/Allies private investment syndicate, to provide their portfolio of companies access to Penn’s academic research to make an impact into the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ communities.

France 24

Iraq dig uncovers 5,000-year-old pub restaurant

A joint U.S.-Italian archaeological team led by Holly Pittman of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Penn Museum has uncovered the remains of a nearly 5,000-year-old tavern in southern Iraq.

France 24

The Wall Street Journal

New SEC rules target corporate insider trading

Daniel Taylor of the Wharton School says that prior to new SEC rules, there would be no trace in public disclosures that an executive was utilizing a 10b5-1 plan to trade inside information.