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10/24/2025

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, over 2.5 million Jews crossed the Atlantic to escape persecution in the Russian Empire.

Learn how they got here and about the three businessmen who made it happen during this interview with author Steven Ujifusa. Conversation led by Dr. Steven Weitzman, Chair of Penn’s Department of Religious Studies and Director of the Penn Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.

Further details and registration at:
www.penn.nyc/lastships

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09/11/2025

Join PennNYC and other members of the Penn community for an important discussion with Penn Professor Douglas Jerolmack of the Department of Earth & Environmental Science (Penn Arts & Sciences) and the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics (Penn Engineering). Professor Jerolmack will comment on the many ways in which climate change is impacting the environment and how we might best mitigate its effects.

Event is FREE and ONLINE via Zoom. Tuesday, Oct. 21st 7-8 PM ET. Further details and registration available at:
www.penn.nyc/dynamicclimate

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08/09/2025

Calling all documentary filmmakers!! Here's an awesome opportunity from Penn:

https://filmfreeway.com/GlobalLensVisionsofResilience
(Deadline: August 15th!)

Perry World House (PWH) at the University of Pennsylvania and Resilience Frontiers (RF)—the foresight initiative under the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—are proud to announce the launch of a new film festival focused on short documentaries featuring stories of resilience. “Global Lens: Visions of Resilience” will accept submissions five minutes in length or less via FilmFreeway. Using the storylines of the RF’s eight transformative pathways as a guide, films should offer a glimpse at an Earth-positive future. (Read more about the eight transformative pathways here: https://resiliencefrontiers.org/pathways/)

In addition to a monetary prize, winners will also be invited to have their films screened at COP30 in Brazil in November and at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

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03/11/2025

All Penn alumni and guests are welcome. Free and online!

Join PennNYC, PennClub LosAngeles, and Penn Club of DC for what promises to be a deeply moving and valuable discussion about dealing with profound loss and grief. Penn alumnus Colin Campbell (C’91) will speak with us about his experience with personal tragedy and what he’s learned that forms the basis of his book FINDING THE WORDS.

This free event is online via Zoom Tue, April 1st from 8-9 PM ET / 5-6 PM PT. Further details and registration at www.penn.nyc/colincampbell

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03/11/2025

Join PennNYC, PennClub LosAngeles, and Penn Club of DC for what promises to be a deeply moving and valuable discussion about dealing with profound loss and grief. Penn alumnus Colin Campbell (C’91) will speak with us about his experience with personal tragedy and what he’s learned that forms the basis of his book FINDING THE WORDS.

This free event is online via Zoom Tue, April 1st from 8-9 PM ET / 5-6 PM PT. Further details and registration at www.penn.nyc/colincampbell

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02/07/2025

It’s Oscars’ time again! Join PennNYC, Penn Lifelong Learning & Penntertainment for our 2nd Annual Oscars’ Debrief, starring Penn Cinema & Media Studies’ Professor Peter Decherney and Penn Senior Lecturer Meta Mazaj. Joining Peter and Meta is industry insider Rich Klubeck, Partner at United Talent Agency AND Visiting Lecturer at Penn this year in Cinema & Media Studies.

Hear the backstage buzz as we dish on the winners, losers, and controversies at the 97th Academy Awards!

Visit www.penn.nyc/oscars2025 for details and registration.

01/03/2025

Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to eat a healthier diet in 2025? Want to be better informed about the increased incidence of contamination in our food supply & how best to stay safe? Hear widely acclaimed NYU professor, author & nutrition expert Marion Nestle during a special, online event Wed., Feb 12th from 7-8 PM ET on Zoom. It’s FREE! Significant time devoted to Q/A. Visit www.penn.nyc/foodpolitics for further details and registration.

11/01/2024

Come join PennNYC’s first ever film discussion event Unlocking the POWER of THE SUBSTANCE! With a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, this highly original and stylish (at times unsettling) film, winner of Best Screenplay at Cannes this year, doesn’t take long to grab you with its alluring promise of a younger, more beautiful you. What is it trying to tell us???

Join PennNYC, Penntertainment, the Association of Alumnae, Wharton Media & Entertainment Group, AND Penn Cinema & Media Studies’ professors Ian Fleishman & Meta Mazaj to find out. FREE and Online via Zoom, Nov. 20th 7-8 PM ET. Register at www.penn.nyc/thesubstance

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09/30/2024

Tonight! Check out Penn Alum Roger Wu's The Thought Experience, Part 2 at 1155 6th Avenue (at 44th St.)
www.penn.nyc/ThoughtExperience2
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