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Origins of the New Black Elite

Entrance of Penn Bookstore with festive decoration.

Camille Z. Charles, the Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Departments of Sociology and Africana Studies, gives a talk on her upcoming book, “Young, Gifted, and Diverse: Origins of the New Black Elite,” which examines the diversity of experiences among Black students in elite higher education and those newly entering the professional field.

5:30 p.m.

Penn Bookstore (Second Floor), 3601 Walnut St.

4/1

TEDxPenn: (R)evolution

Label of TEDxPenn 2023

At the largest student-run TEDx conference in the world, 10-plus speakers are invited to engage with politics, entertainment, STEM, art, social media influencing, and more. Speakers include Anthony Russo, director of several Marvel films, and Pennsylvania State Representative Jordan Harris.

1:00 p.m.

Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St.

4/4

Regionalist Poetics in Latin America

McNeil Center for Early American Studies (MCEAS) at the University of Pennsylvania.

Assistant Professor in Romance Languages Ashley Brock gives a talk on her first book, “Lessons in Dwelling: Critical Regionalist Poetics in Latin America,” which explores the teaching of regionally specific ways of life through literature.

12:30 p.m.

473 McNeil Building, 3718 Locust Walk

4/4

(Re)Connecting in the Classroom

Van Pelt Library.

Evan C. Thompson Term Chair and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Daeyeon Lee discusses his own path as a teacher and how to establish meaningful relationships between students and educators.

4:00 p.m.

Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library, 3420 Walnut 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.

Protesters carrying Iranian flags walk through the National Mall in Washington, D.C., which is dotted with black and white photos of Iranians allegedly killed by their government.

‘The Changing Terrain of Religious Freedom’

This timely volume of essays edited by professors Heather J. Sharkey and Jeffrey Green explores theoretical, historical, and legal perspectives on religious freedom, while examining its meaning as an experience, value, and right.

Kristen de Groot ・December 20, 2022

Seven China scholars sit on a stage in front of an audience at Perry World house

Scholars look at ramifications from ‘zero COVID’ protests in China

The Center for the Study of Contemporary China, in co-sponsorship with Perry World House, held a forum to discuss the protests and what they mean for China and its citizens going forward.

Kristen de Groot ・December 8, 2022

Activist Nathan Law poses in front of a painting in Perry World House

Hong Kong activist Nathan Law continues the fight

The exiled activist and Perry World House Visiting Fellow discusses his current work and his thoughts on the state of democracy around the world.

Kristen de Groot ・November 29, 2022

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Penn Global turns 10

The hub for all things global on campus looks back at its impact over the decade and ahead to what the next 10 years of research, policy, and engagement with the world will bring.

Kristen de Groot ・November 16, 2022

Two men in suits face a large TV screen showing Pennsylvania 2022 Senate election results.

Five election takeaways

Stephanie Perry, executive director of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and manager for exit polls at NBC News, shares her team’s top five exit-poll analyses to help explain what happened.

Kristen de Groot ・November 9, 2022

Kenneth Roth stands in front of a wall reading Human Rights Watch and points to the audience

Kenneth Roth on the state of human rights today

Kenneth Roth is the inaugural Thakor

Kristen de Groot ・November 9, 2022

Tulia Falleti, Melissa Teixeira, and Marilene Felinto seated at a table addressing an audience.

Brazil’s presidential election

Three experts share their thoughts on Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva’s defeat of right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, and what it means for Latin America’s largest democracy.

Kristen de Groot ・November 8, 2022

Voting booth with a picture of an American flag on it, with other curtained booths behind it in alternating red and blue

Election Day 2022

In what is sure to be an historic election, Penn Today looks back at the stories it published in the months and days leading to the midterms.

Kristen de Groot ・November 7, 2022

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At risk of persecution, scholars continue research at Penn

The recently launched At-Risk Scholars Program has enabled two people—an art historian and economist—to escape persecution and danger with a period of residence at the University.

Kristen de Groot ・November 7, 2022

democracy class in washington

Higher education’s role in democracy

Experts from across the University share their thoughts on how their research, departments, and centers help foster democracy.

Kristen de Groot ・November 2, 2022