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3/21

Feminist Data Science in Action

Van Pelt Library.
Catherine D’Ignazio gives a talk on how grassroots feminist activists are tackling feminicide through data science. It's the topic of her upcoming book, “Counting Feminicide: Data Feminism.”

12:00 p.m.

Hybrid; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 6th Floor

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3/23

Doing Global Media Studies

media-guidelines
The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication hosts the 2023 biennial fellows’ symposium, featuring panel talks and receptions with experts in communication, film, media, the humanities, and more. The theme is global methods and concepts in the field of communication and media studies. This is a two-day event.

9:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Hybrid; Annenberg School for Communication, 3620 Walnut St.

3/28

Conversation with Jason Reynolds

A yellow and green victorian house
Join in conversation with Jason Reynolds, author of “Ghost,” a National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature, as well as a Marvel Comic, “Miles Morales: Spider-Man.”

10:00 a.m.

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk

3/28

Cancer Interception and Prevention

Cancer metastasis
This talk will explore the potential impact of new cancer interventions that could prevent 50-60 percent of cancers if optimally employed. Scholars who will speak include: Robert Vonderheide, director of the Abramson Cancer Center; Jonathan Epstein, executive vice dean and chief scientific officer at the Perelman School of Medicine; and Susan Domchek, executive director of the Basser Center for BRCA at the Abramson Cancer Center.

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Virtual

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A mural on a brick wall. On the left-hand side, on a red background, are the word "Decolonize and Chill" in white. Beneath that are the silhouette of two men riding horses. On the right-hand side is a person with a horse, beneath the words "We are still here."

Tackling the topic of decolonization

Deborah Thomas, who runs Penn’s Center for Experimental Ethnography, and Christopher Woods, director of the Penn Museum, discuss a conference on decolonization that starts today.

Michele W. Berger , Jill DiSanto ・October 19, 2021

penn museum with patient pavilion in background

Report on the handling of human remains from the 1985 MOVE tragedy

The findings from an independent investigation into the handling of human remains following the 1985 MOVE tragedy were released after the report was shared directly with members of the Africa Family.

Jill DiSanto ・August 25, 2021

Exterior of Penn Museum in daylight.

Penn Museum announces the repatriation of the Morton Cranial Collection

The remains of Black Philadelphians within the Samuel G. Morton Cranial collection will be repatriated or reburied, based on a report that outlined recommendations from the Morton Collection Committee.

Jill DiSanto ・April 13, 2021

Main entrance of Penn Museum with brick wall and door open showing arched passageway with Sphinx in the doorway in the very back of the view.

Penn Museum awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grant

The Penn Museum has been awarded a $750,000 Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.The grant will help catalyze fundraising for the renovation of the Museum’s Egyptian Wing, part of its major Building Transformation project.

Louisa Shepard , Jill DiSanto ・December 17, 2020

Women from a small self-help group movement in India sit at a community meeting with members of the SP2 research project.

The economic impact of India’s self-help group movement

Doctoral candidate Allison Russell of the School of Social Policy & Practice works with professor Femida Handy to examine how the self-help group movement leads to job creation in India.

Jill DiSanto ・December 12, 2018

Three Award Recipients on Locust Walk on a chilly autumn day.

Schwarzman Scholarships announced

Two seniors and one graduate student will receive one year of graduate study in global affairs at China’s Tsinghua University.

Jill DiSanto , Amanda Mott ・December 3, 2018

College Hall

A Marshall Scholarship for Penn

A 2017 graduate of the Wharton School, Theodore Caputi has won a prestigious Marshall Scholarship to study at any university in the United Kingdom.

Jill DiSanto , Amanda Mott ・December 3, 2018

Recipients lined up in front of a photo backdrop

President Amy Gutmann honored as an Inquirer Icon

President Gutmann was one of six leaders recognized by The Philadelphia Inquirer for work enriching the Philadelphia community.

Jill DiSanto , Laura Cavender ・November 29, 2018

Eva Maria Lewis stands in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

Undergraduate leads NGO to change Chicago’s gun violence

Sophomore Eva Maria Lewis is tackling the root causes of Chicago’s gun violence crisis and working to create equitable communities.

Jill DiSanto ・November 26, 2018

Uniformed police officers pose in front of a table on Locust Walk

Penn’s Public Safety ranks #1

For the 12th consecutive year, the Division of Public Safety took the top spot in the higher-education sector of Security magazine’s “Security 500.”

Jill DiSanto ・November 21, 2018

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