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9/10

Incantation

Penn Museum exterior

Vocal artist Victoria Hanna performs a mash-up of art, artifacts, and learning, with a set of rare objects on public display. Simcha Gross of the Jewish Studies Program will introduce the culture of demons and spells in the ancient Near East. This performance and talk is presented in partnership with the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.

6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

9/12

Movable Books Opening

Exterior of Van Pelt Library.

Ellen G. K. Rubin will discuss her collection of pop-up and movable books, in connection with the new Penn Libraries exhibitions The Movement of Books and Material World. She will highlight special objects from her collection of 9,000 pop-up and movable books.

4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut St.

9/18

September 2024 Wellness Walk

Penn’s LOVE statue on campus.

The Division of Human Resources and Campus Recreation present the September edition of Wellness Walks. Participants are encouraged to bring water and comfortable shoes.

12:00 p.m.

LOVE Sculpture on Locust Walk

9/18

Concrete

Penn Museum exterior

The Wolf Humanities Center presents the Dr. S.T. Lee Distinguished Lecture Series, featuring Anna Tsing, a professor of anthropology from University of California, Santa Cruz. Tsing, who studies the ecologies of land-water interface, will discuss concrete as a building material and an adjective.

6:00 p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

College Basketball Tournaments Offer Lessons From the School of Hardwood

Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts & Sciences is mentioned for her research on “grit.”

March 30, 2015 ・ From The Washington Post