Through

9/15

Driskell and Friends

Driskell surrounded by paintings

The Arthur Ross Gallery presents the work of artist, scholar, and curator David Driskell and explores his relationships with other artists. Friends include: Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Keith Morrison, James Porter, and Hale Woodruff.

6:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Arthur Ross Gallery, 220 S. 34th St.

Through

7/31

Garden Jams

Penn Museum exterior

Penn Museum brings back its summer concert series in the Stoner Courtyard. Every Wednesday in July, local musicians will perform and the galleries will stay open until 8 p.m. This is a ticketed event.

5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

7/10

July 2024 Wellness Walk

Franklin Statue at College Green.

The Division of Human Resources and the Penn Center for Public Health lead this outdoor, two-mile walk. Participants are reminded to bring a water bottle.

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Benjamin Franklin Statue by College Hall

7/12

ICA Summer 2024 Opening Celebration

The Institute of Contemporary Art welcomes all to celebrate its newest exhibitions, Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard, and Joanna Piotrowska, unseeing eyes, restless bodies. ASL interpretation will be provided for the program.

7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 S. 36th St.

Kristen de Groot

News Officer

Kristen de Groot covers several subject areas in the School of Arts & Sciences including Political Science, History, Economics, East Asian Languages, Germanic Languages and Literature, Russian & East European Studies, and International Studies, the Penn in Washington Program, the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, Think Tanks & Civil Societies, Penn Opinion Research & Election Studies (PORES), the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Penn Institute for Economic Research, the Center for Study of Contemporary China and Center for East Asian Studies, the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics, Fels Institute for Government, and the Center for Ethnicity Race and Immigration. She also covers Penn Global’s Research and Engagement Fund, the SNF Paideia Program, and Perry World House.

Silas Ruth poses on a bench near windows.

The economic impact of the Olympics

Rising fourth-year Silas Ruth, an economics major, examines sports mega-events like Paris 2024 through an economic lens.

Kristen de Groot ・July 22, 2024

Bob Dylan on stage playing his guitar with his harmonica on a holder near his face.

‘Bob Dylan, Prophet Without a God’

In his new book, “Bob Dylan, Prophet Without God,” political philosopher Jeffrey Edward Green of the School of Arts & Sciences offers an overarching account of the significance of Dylan’s political, religious, and ethical ideas.

Kristen de Groot ・July 12, 2024

An aerial view of the Park Forest housing development outside of Chicago in the 1950s.

Redlining and rentals

Historian Brent Cebul in the School of Arts & Sciences is working on a new digital mapping project looking at the impact of Federal Housing Administration policies on the availability of affordable rental housing post-World War II.

Kristen de Groot ・July 10, 2024

A print by Jacob Lawrence depicts Harriet Tubman leading enslaved people to freedom.

Art Matters: Painter Jacob Lawrence’s ‘Forward Together’

The powerful print depicts Harriet Tubman, traveling at night and following the North Star, guiding a group of enslaved African Americans on their perilous journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

Kristen de Groot ・July 9, 2024

Keir Starmer shakes hands with supporters holding signs that say Change and look like the UK flag.

Takeaways from the U.K. elections

Political scientist Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts & Sciences offers his take on the Labour Party’s landslide victory and what it means going forward.

Kristen de Groot ・July 8, 2024

The back of a man wearing a white cowboy hat near an American flag can be seen in front of a television showing the first 2024 presidential debate between Biden and Trump.

Five takeaways from the Biden-Trump debate

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, discusses the Annenberg Debate Reform Working Group along with some thoughts on last week’s presidential debate.

Kristen de Groot ・July 1, 2024

president johnson with martin luther king, jr signing civil rights act

The Civil Rights Act at 60

To mark the anniversary, Mary Francis Berry, Marcia Chatelain, and William Sturkey of the School of Arts & Sciences and Deuel Ross of Penn Carey Law offer takeaways on the landmark legislation.

Kristen de Groot, Kristina García ・June 26, 2024

Katherine Scahill poses with her arms crossed in front of the Lerner Centeron Penn's campus.

Mindfulness, monasticism, and women in Thai Buddhism

Ph.D. candidate Katherine Scahill’s research engages with three communities of female Buddhist monks (bhikkhunī) in Thailand and their chanting traditions.

Kristen de Groot ・June 21, 2024

A glass globe sitting on a woodend table shows north and south America.

New dissertation grants expand global research support

The newly established Penn Global Dissertation Grants program provides as much as $8,000 in funding to each of 11 Ph.D. candidates to enhance global components in their research.

Kristen de Groot ・June 17, 2024

Image is of the Delaware County courthouse, a Classical Revival/Neo-Classical style building made of white marble,with a six column portico and clock in the pediment, located in Media, Pennsylvania.

Public defender shortages

A new report by Paul Heaton, director of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, shows that nearly every county in Pennsylvania has a shortage of public defenders.

Kristen de Groot ・June 3, 2024