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20 years on, remembering Matthew Shepard
Two decades after his murder, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, the Kelly Writers House, and the Penn LGBT Center will host a memorial reading to celebrate Shepard’s life.
Anita Hill, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Dorothy Roberts on inequality and sexual harassment
During an appearance at Irvine Auditorium on Wednesday, attorney and professor Anita Hill spoke in conversation with Kimberlé Crenshaw, a professor at UCLA Law School and Columbia Law School, and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Dorothy Roberts.
Annenberg brings premiere performances to Philadelphia in new season
The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts kicks off its 2018-19 season with contemporary new work and artists, focusing on themes of the human experience, migration and history.
Take Your Professor to Lunch program fosters student-faculty relationships, spurs serendipity
Students gathered for lunch with President Amy Gutmann on Tuesday as part of New Student Orientation & Academic Initiatives’ ongoing “Take Your Professor to Lunch” program.
Trolley Portal Gardens emerges as common ground for Penn and neighboring communities
After years of construction, the beautification project reveals a new restaurant and a shared, green plaza space—a gateway to West Philadelphia.
With former VP Joe Biden, students get fired up to vote in midterm elections
An afternoon get-out-the-vote effort held at Houston Hall on Tuesday brought together various campus offices and organizations, and elicited a rousing speech from former Vice President Joe Biden.
Philadelphia and Meiji Japan symposium marks 150 years of deep ties
Scholars from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia, and the Meiji Jingu Intercultural Research Institute celebrate the 150th anniversary of Japan’s Meiji Restoration, and the surprising links between Philadelphia and Japan during a political period that set the island nation on a fast track to modernization.
Cinema studies profs predict this year’s Emmy winners
Cinema and media studies lecturers discuss the tricky and nuanced vetting process that precedes announcing winners at the television awards show, including the politics, business, and social issues surrounding the current “Golden Age” of television.
Through the Knight grant, a new vision for public art
Members of PennDesign, Penn Libraries, and the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation are curating a project to reimagine art and new digital technology.
Third annual Penn Global Week fosters a world-minded campus
The four-day celebration, from Sept. 11-14, will feature an arts showcase, a brand-new story slam, a passport program, and an information fair.