Upcoming EventsReminder: The South Street Bridge is closed. Click here for alternate routes to Penn.Nov. 20: Audio Nexus Concert. Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce Street. 7 p.m. Nov. 21: University Choir Concert. Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce Street. 8 p.m. Free with PennID; $5 general admission. Nov. 22: Penn Flutes Concert. Rodin College House Rooftop Lounge, 3901 Locust Walk. 2 p.m. Dec. 2: Penn Humanities Forum. “ Cassandra Float Can,” Anne Carson, Professor of Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, and English, University of Michigan. Audtiorium, 2nd floor, ARCH Building, 3601 Locust Walk. 7 p.m. Registration required. Dec 2: Penn Museum Scholars Lunch Lecture Series, "The Dead Men of Duffy's Cut" by Janet M. Monge, Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology and Acting Curator-in-Charge and Keeper, Physical Anthropology. Classroom 2, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street. Noon. Dec. 9: Penn Museum Scholars Lunch Lecture Series, "Memory, Power and Heritage Among the Maya of Belize" by Richard M. Leventhal, Professor of Anthropology and Curator, American Section. Classroom 2, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street. Noon. Dec. 12: The Elon Musk Public Lecture, "The Big Bang and Beyond," with Paul J. Steinhardt, Albert Einstein Professor in Science, Princeton University. Claudia Cohen Hall, Auditorium G17, 249 South 36th Street. 7 p.m. Jan 13: Penn Museum Scholars Lunch Lecture Series, "State Formation as Cultural Revolution-Pilgrimage and Political Legitimacy in Northern Mesopotamia" by Lauren Ristvet, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Dyson Assistant Curator, Near East Section. Classroom 2, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street. Noon. Jan. 20: Penn Science Café featuring Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Janice and Julian Bers Professor of the History and Sociology of Science, "DNA Banks and Genetic Tests: Should I make a deposit? Should I take one?" MarBar (2nd Floor, Marathon Grill), 40th and Walnut Streets. 6 p.m. Feb. 3: Penn Museum Scholars Lunch Lecture Series, "Archives and Archaeology: The Orvieto Collection in the University of Pennsylvania Museum," by Ann Blair Brownlee, Adjunct Assistant Professor of the History of Art and Associate Curator-in-Charge, Mediterranean Section. Classroom 2, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street. Noon. March 17: Penn Science Café featuring Jonathan Moreno, David and Lyn Silfen University Professor, Professor of Medical Ethics and of History and Sociology of Science, "Bioethics in Washington." MarBar (2nd Floor, Marathon Grill), 40th and Walnut Streets. 6 p.m. April 14: Penn Science Café featuring Josh Plotkin, Martin Meyerson Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Assistant Professor of Biology and Computer and Information Science, "A Viral Evolution." MarBar (2nd Floor, Marathon Grill), 40th and Walnut Streets. 6 p.m. May 12: Penn Science Café featuring Robert Kurzban, Associate Professor of Psychology, "The Cognitive Process Behind Hypocrisy." MarBar (2nd Floor, Marathon Grill), 40th and Walnut Streets. 6 p.m. |
Annual EventsDean's Forum LecturesThe Levin Family Dean's Forum Lecture offers the University community and the general public the opportunity to meet with leading intellectual figures who exemplify the liberal arts tradition. 60-Second Lectures Every spring and fall, SAS faculty take a minute out on Locust Walk to share their perspectives on topics ranging from human history and the knowable universe, to fractions and fly-fishing. |
