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2023-02-21

Post-Abe Japan

Frederick Dickinson, a professor of Japanese History and director of the Center for East Asian Studies, moderates a discussion on the future of Japan’s global leadership after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He will be joined by panelists Nobokatsu Kanehara and Ambassador Mikio Mori.

4:00 p.m.

Perry World House, 3803 Locust Walk

2023-02-18

Highlights of Penn Museum

Guests join a docent-led tour, which highlights the principal galleries and objects of the Penn Museum.

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

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

2023-04-16

Oral Cancer 5k

Oral Cancer Society, a Penn Dental Medicine student association, holds their annual walk and 5k to raise awareness for oral cancer.

8:00 a.m.

Hybrid; Penn Park, South Green Field

2023-02-15

Insurrection

Michael G. Hanchard, the Gustave C. Kuemmerle Professor in Africana Studies, will moderate a discussion on the rise of right-wing populism in Brazil and its effects on a global level. Featured speakers include Mariana Felix de Quadros and John D. French.

4:00 p.m.

Perry World House, 3803 Locust Walk

2023-02-16

Emergent Technology

Susan Lindee, the Janice and Julian Bers Professor of the History and Sociology of Science, joins with Melissa Flagg and Rebecca Slayton to discuss the advancements of technology in the military space in an event sponsored by the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy.

4:30 p.m.

Perry World House, 3803 Locust Walk

2023-02-28

Peace Proposals

The James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies presents a talk by former Prime Minister of South Korea Lee Nak-yon, who will discuss the political climate surrounding peace on the Korean Peninsula.

3:00 p.m.

PCPSE Auditorium, 133 S. 36th St.

Forbes

New USCIS data show H-1B denial rates remain low

Research by Britta Glennon of the Wharton School finds that new restrictions on H-1B visas, aimed at reducing immigration, will likely push jobs out of the United States.

Newsweek

Your primitive brain doesn’t want you to break bad habits. Science can help

Katy Milkman of the Wharton School says that four-fifths of Americans who make New Year’s resolutions to change bad habits will eventually fail, with roughly a third giving up by the end of January.

The Architect’s Newspaper

A sculptural foam installation demonstrates the promise of a new technology-focused degree at Penn

Graduate students in a new robotics and fabrication program at the Weitzman School of Design, under the guidance of Andrew Saunders, have installed a large-scale sculptural wall in the atrium of the Middletown, Pennsylvania, Free Library.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

On public education, Pennsylvania can look like New Jersey or Texas

In an Op-Ed, doctoral candidate Angus McLeod of the School of Arts & Sciences urges the Pennsylvania legislature to follow the example of New Jersey’s educational system rather than that of Texas.