Greetings Quakers!
We hope you are staying warm and healthy this winter. With February already underway, we wanted to remind you how to find out about upcoming events at Penn. Scroll below to see details about other upcoming events on our Academic Initiatives Events Calendar.
Resources & Reminders
Whether you are learning from home or staying here on Penn's campus in Philadelphia, there are plenty of virtual resources and activities for you to take part in!
Hub@Penn is a virtual platform for the Penn community to find and connect with support resources.
Who is the best Grad Student Teacher you ever had?
Recognizing excellence in teaching by graduate students across the University, the Penn TA Prize seeks nominations from students. This is your opportunity to acknowledge graduate students who, through their dedication to teaching, have had a profound impact on your education at Penn. Ten awards will be made. Questions may be directed to petrie@upenn.edu.
Upcoming Events
Browse more of our campus partners' upcoming events below!
TONIGHT, Wednesday, February 10
7pm
Food for Thought Module IV: Can the News Be Fixed?
Host: The Collegium Institute
Join Collegium Institute & guest facilitator Prof. Peter Wicks for this Food for Thought module: a series of discussions about how to read the news critically and how to think about how much attention we should be paying to the news in the first place. This is an informal seminar where students engage fundamental questions in community without the stress of grades or papers.
Register Here!
Thursday, February 11
1:30pm
Jews and the Religion of Whiteness
Host: SNF Paideia Program & Religious Studies
What is the relationship between Jewishness and Whiteness? What is the nature of their entanglement? This talk will address the figural meaning of the Jews within the Whiteness of the West, elaborating on Whiteness as a geopolitical practice of religion, indeed as a practice of myth, that institutes the global idea of race or that organizes the planet through racial capitalism.
Register Here!
Thursday, February 11
5pm
The Criminal Justice System: Incarceration and the Law
Host: SNF Paideia Program
Panel Conversation for Racism and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America series featuring Regina Austin, Dorothy Roberts & Hannah L. Walker.
Register Here!
Thursday, February 18
7pm
Can We Talk? Civil Dialogue for Troubled Times
Host: Red and Blue Exchange
Add your voice to a regional student dialogue on the state of our nation. Come together with students from around America. Discuss key issues facing your divided nation. Get dialogue tips you can use on campus, online, with family.
Register Here!
Friday, February 19
12pm
A Conversation with Stacey Abrams
Host: SNF Paideia Program, Annenberg, Penn Law
Join us for a conversation with Stacey Abrams, moderated by Benjamin Todd Jealous and with remarks from President Amy Gutmann. The event is sponsored by the Annenberg School for Communication, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program, and the Penn Provost’s Office.
If you would like to ask Stacey Abrams a question at the event, please submit it in advance using this link. We will pose as many questions during the event as time allows.
Register Here!
Sunday, February 21
Deadline to Apply for SNF Paideia Fellowship Program
SNF Paideia Fellows are a select group of undergraduate students committed to developing the knowledge, skills, and values needed for effective, ethical, and civil dialogue in a diverse world.
Apply Here!
Wednesday, February 24
4:30pm
Future of Conservatism
Host: SNF Paideia Program, Red and Blue Exchange
How should conservatism deal with Trumpism? What are the core principles that distinguish it from Trumpism? If Trumpism retains its hold on the Republican Party, does conservatism have a home there? What conservative answers for America’s challenges got muffled or distorted during the Trump years? The Red and Blue Exchange invites you to a conversation with three people who’ve spent the last four years living those questions – as a top GOP pollster, a leading Never Trumper journalist and a White House aide.
Register Here!
Wednesday, February 24
5pm
The Criminal Justice System: Policing and Public Safety
Host: SNF Paideia Program
Part of the Racism & Anti-Racism in Contemporary America series, join us for this panel discussion with Monica Bell, Rashawn Ray, David Rudowsky & Vesla Weaver, on policing and public safety.
Register Here!
Thursday, February 25
1:30pm
Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s
Host: SNF Paideia Program & Religious Studies
This talk will lay out a new understanding of Jewish participation in the civil rights movement of the 1950s, the rise of Black Power in the 1960s, and the Jewish ethnic and religious revival of the 1970s.
Register Here!
Thursday, February 25
3pm
Behind the CV: John Dani
Host: Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) & MindCORE
Behind the CV: Stories from Faculty is an event series about becoming and being a researcher. Faculty share their stories with a focus on the unspoken challenges of a life in academia. This event is open to everyone: undergrads, grad students, postdocs, and others! This event features Dr. John Dani (Neuroscience).
Join Here!
Browse our robust archive of Preceptorials on various topics on the NSOAI YouTube Channel to listen to presentations from some of Penn's many accomplished staff and faculty.
College Houses and Academic Services invites students to apply to become a Resident Advisor (RA) in the College Houses! We offer many opportunities to gain valuable experience as a student staff member in one of our thirteen College Houses. RAs live in a College House and provide counseling, academic support, supervision and activities for the undergraduate students who live on campus.
The application period for the 2021-2022 academic year will open on Monday, February 15, 2021. Visit our website for more information and to apply. We're also offering a virtual information session on Monday, February 15, at 8:00 pm; visit www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/webcast to attend. If there are any questions, email at chas@collegehouses.upenn.edu. Thank you for your interest and we are excited for your application.
Spring Engagement Days
Save the dates for Penn Spring Engagement Days! Penn undergraduates will have three additional days with no classes in the spring semester: February 12, March 30, and April 12. These days will offer self-directed activities that advance our community, both to engage with Philadelphia for our Year of Civic Engagement and to explore opportunities and faculty expertise at Penn. Look out for more information coming soon!
- February 12 – Engaging with Faculty Research
- March 30 – Engaging with Penn Centers and Organizations
- April 12 – Engaging with Philadelphia
Year of Civic Engagement
Penn continues to celebrate the Year of Civic Engagement through spring 2021. You can participate in community and civic engagement in a variety of ways while you are a student at Penn.
The Criminal Justice System:
Incarceration and the Law
Continuing the conversation on Racism and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America, this panel discussion will focus on the criminal justice system. Three central questions will be addressed: What is the current state of racial disparity regarding the topic? What are the root causes of this disparity? How has or might this disparity be best addressed? Join us on February 11 from 5 - 6:15pm.
