Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Penn to Host Government and Business National Security Risks Symposium

WHO: International Relations Program at the University of Pennsylvania

Penn Researcher Says Government Programs Don’t Work and Suggests a Blueprint for Change

Richard Gelles has written a book, and he is pretty sure about one thing: He is going to upset a lot of people — liberals and conservatives alike.

Penn’s Field Center for Children’s Policy Practice & Research Hosts Senate Committee Public Hearing

PHILADELPHIA — The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research will host a public hearing, “Foster Care: Aging Out – Options and Obstacles,” Wednesday, Nov. 2, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in Claudia Cohen Hall, 249 S. 36th St., on the University of Pennsylvania campus.

Penn History Professor Steven Hahn Elected to Pulitzer Prize Board

PHILADELPHIA – Steven Hahn of the University of Pennsylvania has been elected to the 20-member Pulitzer Prize Board. Hahn is the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History at Penn.

In New Book, Penn Researcher Says Most Government Programs Don’t Work

PHILADELPHIA — A University of Pennsylvania researcher says most government social programs don’t work, a claim he is certain will not endear him to liberals. But he also says conservatives will not like hearing that there are programs that do work.

Groundbreaking Thursday for Community Farm and Food Resource Center at Bartram’s Garden

Raymond G. Perelman to Receive the University of Pennsylvania Medal for Distinguished Achievement

'Climate Crises in Human History' Set for Saturday, Nov. 19, at Penn Museum

As scientists and other scholars study rapid climate changes and climate crises affecting different parts of the world today, relatively little discussion is being focused on climate crises faced by humans in the past.

Institute of Contemporary Art Appoints Anthony Elms as New Curator

PHILADELPHIA, PA - The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, is pleased toannounce that Anthony Elms will be joining the ICA as Associate Curator. Anthonyhas worked as an independent curator and writer, and he was Assistant Director

‘Hopes and Fears Revisited’

Write one of your hopes or fears onto a Post-It note, “sign” the note with your fingerprint and attach it to the wall. That’s what two local artists want you to do.

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