Moderator Dorothy Roberts, left, a PIK professor with appointments in law, sociology and Africana studies, pictured with Anita Hill at Irvine Auditorium.
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.
A family photo of Matthew Shepard. Photo courtesy: The Matthew Shepard Foundation
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.
A model of an ultra-transparent bridge made of glass sheets, with a structure of polyhedral cells as hollow glass blocks. Use of materials and resources is minimized in the design, which was developed with the use of 3-D graphic statics.
Structures of the future
The Polyhedral Structures Laboratory, a research group based out of PennDesign, is showcasing an exhibit at the Pennovation Center that teases their work on designs with wide-reaching implications for construction.
Circa dancers perform as part of “Human,” the first show of the 2018-19 Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts series.
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.
Inside Hill House Cafe, Penn students eat lunch and chat with President Amy Gutmann, professor of political science and professor of communication, as part of the “Take Your Professor to Lunch” program.
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.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, the Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor, energizes a crowd of students at the Penn Leads the Vote National Voter Registration Day event on Tuesday, Sept. 25.
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.
Image of the Japanese Dwelling from the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.
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.
A family photo of Matthew Shepard. Photo courtesy: The Matthew Shepard Foundation
Circa dancers perform as part of “Human,” the first show of the 2018-19 Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts series.
The newly completed Trolley Portal Gardens runs adjacent to the trolley station at 40th Street and Baltimore Avenue.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, the Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor, energizes a crowd of students at the Penn Leads the Vote National Voter Registration Day event on Tuesday, Sept. 25.
Image of the Japanese Dwelling from the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.
