3/14

Weingarten Center Disability Symposium

A sign in front of a stairwell reading, "Welcome to the Weingarten Center, Office of Learning Resources, Student Disabilities Services. Take the stairs or elevator to suite 300

Participate in disability programming, engage in educational activities, and learn more about disability issues at the 23rd Annual Weingarten Center Disability Symposium. Registration is free for Penn staff, faculty, and students.

All Day

Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.

3/15

Holi CultureFest! 2025

color powder on student's face during holi festival

Penn Museum collaborates with the South Asia Center at Penn for the 2025 CultureFest! for Holi. Attendees can enjoy traditional storytelling, colorful art-making, dynamic live music, and captivating dance performances, culminating in a color throw.

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Penn Museum, 3260 South St.

3/17

Explaining Your Research

A student talks with an attendee about their poster during Penn’s CURF Poster Expo in Houston Hall.

This workshop, hosted by the Penn Graduate Student Center, is designed to help attendees use analogies and storytelling to explain their research and better connect with audiences. Participants will learn useful techniques for effective research communication. A graduate student ID is required.

10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Graduate Student Center, 3615 Locust Walk

3/19

Robert R. Marshak Public Lecture

To open the 2025 Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases Symposium, Peter Jay Hotez of Baylor College of Medicine will present the Robert R. Marshak Public Lecture, “Vaccines and Immunizations in a Time of Global Boiling and Anti-Science.” This event, co-hosted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, will be moderated by Michael Mann, director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media and vice provost for climate science, policy, and action.

6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion, 380 S. University Ave.

Louisa Shepard

Senior News Officer

Louisa Shepard covers English, history of art, music, theater, classical studies, and cinema and media studies, among other subject areas, in the School of Arts and Sciences. She also supports coverage for the Kelly Writers House, the Graduate School of Education, the Penn Libraries, the Penn Museum, the Arthur Ross Gallery, and the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, as well as fine arts in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.

two students standing outside on Locust Walk

Two Penn juniors named Truman Scholars

Two juniors, Annah Chollet and Camilo Duran, have received Harry S. Truman Scholarships, a merit-based award of as much as $30,000 for graduate or professional school to prepare for careers in public service.

Louisa Shepard , Aaron Olson