Past Events



REALARTS@PENN INTERNSHIPS: INFO SESSION

Nov 29, 2018 at -

Have you been dreaming of the perfect summer internship? The one that will change your life forever? RealArts@Penn can help make that dream a reality!…



BREAKING THROUGH: LAURA HENRIKSEN AND BENJAMIN KRUSLING

Hosted by Simone White
Nov 28, 2018 at -

Curated and hosted by Simone White, Breaking Through features poets on the verge of publishing their first books for conversations about poetics, influence, and the future of poetry. 



LAYNIE BROWNE, BIANCA STONE, AND CONNIE YU

Whenever We Feel Like It
Nov 27, 2018 at -



WEIKE WANG WITH OPENER DANIEL FINKEL (C'20)

Nov 14, 2018 at -

Weike Wang is a graduate of Harvard University, where she earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry and her doctorate in public health. Her first novel, Chemistry, received the PEN/Hemingway Award for…



REALARTS PRESENTS ALEX KOPPELMAN

Hosted by Anthony DeCurtis
Nov 1, 2018 at -

ALEX KOPPELMAN (C'05) is a managing editor for CNN Business, overseeing the coverage of tech, media, and companies. Prior to joining CNN, Koppelman was editorial director of Vocativ. He has also served as…



LUNCH WITH JOURNALIST JAY ROSEN

hosted by: Dick Polman
Oct 24, 2018 at -

JAY ROSEN, who teaches journalism at New York University, is the author of PressThink, a weblog about journalism that he created in 2003. Two years later, PressThink won the…



LUNCH WITH JOURNALIST HELEN UBIÑAS

hosted by : Dick Polman
Oct 15, 2018 at -

HELEN UBIÑAS is an award-winning columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com. Prior to coming to Philadelphia, Ubiñas…



A TALK BY NATE CHINEN

hosted by: Anthony DeCurtis
Oct 11, 2018 at -

NATE CHINEN is the author of Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century (Pantheon, 2018). He has been writing about jazz for more than twenty years, notably for The New York Times, …



XFIC INFORMATION LUNCH

hosted by: Jay Kirk
Oct 10, 2018 at -

Students interested in joining Penn's new Experimental Nonfiction journal, XFIC, are invited to an information lunch with faculty adviser, Jay Kirk. XFIC will count for course credit in ENG 145 (Spring…



DEAD PARENTS SOCIETY MEETS MODERN LOSS

hosted by Jamie-Lee Josselyn
Sep 24, 2018 at -

REBECCA SOFFER is the co-founder and CEO of Modern Loss, a publication and community offering candid original essays and resources on loss. She is also coauthor of Modern Loss: Candid Conversation about…