9/30 Friends and Family Day 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.
Through 10/6 Flu Clinic 2023 Wellness at Penn hosts its annual flu clinic, offering free flu shots to Penn Card holders. No appointment is necessary. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pottruck Health & Fitness Center, 3701 Walnut St.
10/5 Political Reporting Political reporters Ashley Parker of the Washington Post and Matt Flegenheimer and Luis Ferre-Sadurni of the New York Times share stories from the scrum offer tips for aspiring reporters. This panel is moderated by author Jessica Goodman. 12:00 p.m. Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk
Campus & Community Penn’s new home in Washington The Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement—a place for debate and discussion—opened on Feb. 8 in Washington, D.C. This page has now moved to https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penns-new-home-washington Twitter Facebook
Read Next Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, Penn’s historic mRNA vaccine research team, win 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Health Sciences Social ecology and community work in the Galápagos Undergraduate and graduate students spent two months on San Cristóbal Island this summer, doing research on antibacterial resistance, vectors of disease, climate change adaptation, and the impact of climate change on mental health.
Campus & Community At Convocation, students encouraged to take a ‘fisheye’ view Kicking off the University’s 284th academic year, first-year and transfer students were advised to take a wide view during at least some of their time at Penn, expanding horizons and seeing the borderless nature of knowledge.
Campus & Community Holman Biotech Commons meets the evolving needs of campus Resources at the Penn Libraries’ Holman Biotech Commons are available to the entire Penn community to support research, collaboration, and innovation.
Campus & Community Celebrating a stellar year at Penn A new video offers a glimpse into the 2022-2023 academic year.