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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.

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TEDxPenn: (R)evolution

Label of TEDxPenn 2023

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

1:00 p.m.

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

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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

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(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.

Four people sit on a stage at Perry World House.

Islands on the climate front line

Perry World House’s Global Shifts Colloquium looked at how islands can protect their people, build resilient communities, and safeguard their environment in the climate crisis.

Kristen de Groot ・April 25, 2022

Justice Goodwin Liu speaks at a podium in the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law

Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court on battling bias

Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court offered his take on implicit and structural bias during the Provost’s Lecture on Diversity and the Owen J. Roberts Lecture in Constitutional Law.

Kristen de Groot ・April 21, 2022

Interim president Wendell Pritchett interviewing Ken Burns.

Ben Franklin: A voice from the past that speaks to our time

At the 2022 Silfen Forum, Penn Interim President Wendell Pritchett chatted with filmmaker Ken Burns about his new two-part documentary on Benjamin Franklin.

Kristen de Groot ・April 18, 2022

John Bolton sits on a stage at Irvine Auditorium with the president of the Penn Political Union

Penn Political Union in conversation with John Bolton

The former U.S. national security adviser was on campus as part of a series of speaker events that promote the free expression of differing views and provide a forum for civil dialogue across the political divide.

Kristen de Groot ・April 11, 2022

Group of students face camera, arm in arm, in front of Perry World House

Empowering refugees through education

The student-led group Penn for Refugee Empowerment offers tutoring and helps refugee-resettlement organizations with after-school programming, child care, home setup, and event assistance.

Kristen de Groot ・April 7, 2022

Man in sunglasses with earbuds walks throught a field covered in campaign posters

Three things to know about the fall midterms

Political scientist Marc Meredith shares his thoughts on redistricting, turnout, and races to watch.

Kristen de Groot ・March 30, 2022

Five people stand in a group smiling outside.

Seeking justice, support for incarcerated Pennsylvanians

As winners of the 2021 President’s Engagement Prize, Carson Eckhard, Natalia Rommen, and Sarah Simon provide hope for wrongfully convicted people and a roadmap for inmates set for release.

Kristen de Groot ・March 28, 2022

Marchers waving gay pride flags make their way long a boardwalk with the skyline of St. Petersburg, Florida, in the background

Anti-LGBTQ measures

Penn Law’s Tobias Wolff discusses the Florida “Don’t Say Gay” bill and a Texas directive on transgender children.

Kristen de Groot ・March 24, 2022

A group of students sit and smile for the camera on the ground in the Galapagos while a large lizard walks in the foreground.

Exploration awaits as Penn Abroad ramps up student trips

Two years after the pandemic forced Penn Abroad to brings students home, trips are back on and a busier-than-normal abroad schedule is coming in fall 2022.

Kristen de Groot ・March 23, 2022

Sam Finkelman helps a Ukrainian woman out of a van onto the street in Hungary

Ph.D. candidate’s initiative brings refugees out of Ukraine and supplies in

When Sam Finkelman’s yearlong research trip to Russia, Hungary, and Ukraine was interrupted by war, he went into action.

Kristen de Groot ・March 23, 2022