9/27

Social Security Benefits Planning

Closeup of a hand holding an empty wallet over a desk strewn with bank statements, credit cards and a calculator.

TIAA hosts an information session for those looking to better understand Social Security benefits and how to plan for retirement.

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Virtual

9/27

Ninety Seconds to Midnight

Perry World House exterior

Experts discuss whether nuclear threats can be deescalated, the suspension of New START, and Russian nuclear threats in Ukraine. Among the panelists is Rachel Bronson, a Penn alumna and president and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Perry World House, 3803 Locust Walk

9/30

Friends and Family Day

Joshua Casilli stiff arms a Harvard defender while running with the ball during a game at Franklin Field.

Penn Friends and Family Day returns for its 29th year. Faculty, staff, and postdocs are invited to a day of football, food, and fun, with up to four free tickets for the tailgate party and football game.

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Shoemaker Green

9/30

HEEL: A Performance

Dancer, composer, and movement educator Sigrid Lauren activates a sculpture by exhibiting artist at the ICA, Hannah Levy. The performance is part of the Moveables exhibit, on display through Dec. 17.

7:00 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.

Demonstrators at the Women’s March in October 2022 holding up pro-choice signs.

Survey: Broad bipartisan support for abortion exceptions

The survey by Penn’s Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies/SurveyMonkey also shows 80% of American adults say abortion will be important to their vote on Nov. 8.

Kristen de Groot ・October 18, 2022

Chung Sye-kyun speaks at the podium at Perry World House.

South Korea’s response to COVID-19: Lessons for the next pandemic

Former South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun shared his nation’s successful approach to the pandemic in a Perry World House lecture.

Kristen de Groot ・October 14, 2022

Maya activist Cristina Coc speaks into a microphone on the Perry World House stage

Decolonize the future: Defending Indigenous rights and lands

Three Maya activists from Belize spoke with Richard M. Leventhal about the challenges and progress they’ve made on land rights in recent years.

Kristen de Groot ・October 13, 2022

Dreamers from Mexico living in Houston rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, holding signs reading "DACA is temporary; our home is here"

The uncertain future of DACA

Sarah Paoletti of Penn Carey Law’s Transnational Legal Clinic sheds some light on a federal appeals court ruling earlier this month.

Kristen de Groot ・October 12, 2022

Chenoa Flippen addresses an audience before a panel on Latino voting history.

A hub for scholarship on ethnicity, race, and immigration

The Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration brings together undergraduates, graduates, and faculty across the University to build connections and enhance and fund research.

Kristen de Groot ・September 30, 2022

Protesters and cars jam a street in Tehran, Iran.

Iran protests, explained

Historian Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, an expert on modern Iran and gender in the School of Arts & Sciences, discusses what sparked the protests and why they’re important.

Kristen de Groot ・September 29, 2022

Five people sit in chairs on a stage at Perry World House

Russia ramps up war effort as Ukraine makes gains

Perry World House hosted a panel of experts to discuss the state of Ukraine after seven months of conflict, looking at how international support can be most effective.

Kristen de Groot ・September 22, 2022

Three people sit on a stage at a table

Unpacking Latino conservatism

The Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies hosted Geraldo Cadava, author of “The Hispanic Republican,” and Penn political scientist Michael Jones-Correa to help situate recent Latino trends within the longer historical perspective.

Kristen de Groot ・September 19, 2022

Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Penn climate scientist Michael E. Mann sit on a stage at Perry World house in front of an audience of listeners

The future of globalization in a fracturing world

Perry World House’s 2022 Global Order Colloquium hosted experts from government, the media, and across the University to tackle the topic of the state of globalization

Kristen de Groot ・September 16, 2022

Framed photo of Queen Elizabeth sits amid bouquets of flowers

Reflections on the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II

Five experts from the University consider the regent’s seven-decade reign, weighing everything from the changing role of media in crafting her image to the future of the United Kingdom.

Kristen de Groot, Michele W. Berger, Louisa Shepard ・September 9, 2022