Philadelphia Events Calendar

Spring 2026 Economics Seminar Series: Dr. Caue Dobbin

Temple University
📅 Mar 27 • 🕐 3:00 PM
📍 Temple University
💵 Free

Data reveals hidden truths, Numbers speak for those unheard, Policies shift now. Dr. Dobbin transforms raw data into clarity about the policies that shape our lives—from the debt crushing graduates to the invisible walls around migration. If you've ever wondered whether the numbers actually back up what politicians claim, this is your moment to find out.

Economics students and policy wonks will find rigorous frameworks here, but this is equally essential for anyone directly affected by these systems: borrowers drowning in student debt, immigrants navigating restriction regimes, and people from underrepresented communities navigating affirmative action debates. Come if you want to argue from evidence rather than ideology.

Please join us for a talk with Dr. Caue Dobbin, an Assistant Professor at Georgetown […]

In 2026, we're living in the aftermath of the student debt crisis, heightened immigration politics, and ongoing battles over equity in education and hiring—yet most of these conversations still happen without serious data analysis. Dr. Dobbin's work offers something rare: the empirical ammunition to move these debates beyond rhetoric and into the realm of what actually works.

#migration #research #economics #data #university

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Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Jason Munshi-South

Temple University
📅 Mar 30 • 🕐 3:00 PM
📍 Temple University
💵 Free

Urban species adapt fast Cities reshape evolution Nature finds a way Dr. Munshi-South has spent years uncovering how wildlife thrives in concrete jungles, revealing that evolution doesn't pause at city limits—it accelerates. This is your chance to discover what rats, raccoons, and plants are teaching us about survival in the Anthropocene.

Ecology majors, environmental science students, and anyone working in urban planning or conservation should absolutely be here. If you've ever wondered whether nature can win in cities or how organisms adapt in real-time, this seminar speaks directly to your field.

The Department of Biology is excited to invite you to a seminar entitled "TBA" by Dr. Jason […]

As Philadelphia grapples with rapid development and climate adaptation, understanding how species respond to urban transformation isn't academic—it's essential planning knowledge. Munshi-South's research on urban evolution provides the scientific foundation cities need to coexist with the wildlife already living alongside us.

#biology #science #biodiversity #university

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Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Jason Munshi-South

Temple University - College of Science and Technology
📅 Mar 30 • 🕐 3:00 PM
📍 Biology-Life Sciences, Room 234, 1900 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19122
💵 Free

Urban creatures adapt fast, Cities reshape their wild genes, Life finds a new way. Dr. Munshi-South studies how animals evolve in concrete jungles—think rats, raccoons, and birds rewiring their DNA in real-time to survive Philadelphia's urban landscape. This is evolution happening now, in our neighborhoods, making this seminar a rare chance to witness nature's most cutting-edge experiment unfolding around us.

Environmental science majors and ecology students will find direct insights for their research, but this talk is equally essential for urban planners, public health professionals, and anyone studying how human development reshapes ecosystems. If you care about what happens to wildlife when cities expand, or you're curious about the intersection of human infrastructure and animal survival, this is your seminar.

The Department of Biology is excited to invite you to a seminar entitled "TBA" by Dr. Jason Munshi-South, Professor in the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science at Drexel University on Monday, March 30th at 3pm in BL234. We kindly ask you to make every effort to attend.

As Philadelphia continues developing and densifying, understanding how local wildlife adapts—or fails to adapt—to urban pressures is critical for planning sustainable cities that coexist with nature rather than simply paving over it. This research directly informs conservation policy and urban design decisions happening right now in our region.

#biology #science #biodiversity #university

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Wrongful Convictions & Death Penalty Panel

Drexel Kline School of Law
📅 Mar 31 • 🕐 12:15 PM
📍 Room 140

Justice delayed, lives broken, Systems fail the innocent— Truth seeks the light still. This panel cuts through the abstract debates about criminal justice to examine the human cost of wrongful convictions and capital punishment. Come hear from three faculty experts who don't just theorize about reform—they're actively working to fix a broken system.

Law students wrestling with whether to pursue criminal defense or innocence work, pre-law undergraduates testing their commitment to justice, and anyone who's ever wondered whether our legal system actually protects the innocent or just processes the accused. If you've felt the gap between what the Constitution promises and what actually happens in courtrooms, this is your conversation.

The Criminal Justice Society will be hosting a panel discussion on wrongful convictions and the death penalty featuring Dean Daniel Filler, Professor Tiffani Hurst, and Professor Adam Benforado. The discussion will focus on the causes of wrongful convictions, challenges in post conviction relief, and potential reforms within the criminal justice system. This event is intended to give students the opportunity to engage with important criminal justice issues and hear directly from faculty with experience in this area.

Pennsylvania has released more death row exonerees than almost any state in the nation, making this not a distant policy debate but a Philadelphia reality—one that directly reflects on Drexel's own community and the lawyers it trains. With ongoing debates about criminal justice reform at every level of government, understanding *why* convictions fail and *how* we fix them has never been more urgent or actionable.

#justice

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Regulatory Markets: The Future of AI Governance

Penn Carey Law School
📅 Apr 01 • 🕐 12:00 PM
📍 Gittis 213, Kushner Classroom
💵 Free

Algorithms race, Laws lag behind the future— Who writes the new rules? Watch Gillian Hadfield tackle the question keeping tech executives and policymakers awake at night: how do we regulate AI before it regulates us? This isn't theoretical hand-wringing—it's the blueprint for what governance actually looks like when innovation moves faster than legislation.

Tech lawyers, policy wonks, and anyone working in AI ethics or compliance—this is your professional north star. If you're building AI products, advising on tech policy, or trying to understand why your company suddenly needs an AI governance framework, Hadfield's insights will give you the vocabulary and strategic thinking you need.

The Penn Program on Regulation is delighted to kick off AI Month at Penn with a lunchtime talk by Gillian Hadfield, the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of AI Alignment and Governance at Johns Hopkins University. The challenges of governing the development and use of AI are enormous, given how quickly AI technologies are evolving, the heterogeneity of their applications, and their increasing ubiquity across all aspects of society. Drawing on her recent paper, Prof. Hadfield will argue in her talk that current AI regulatory efforts, which have relied on traditional governmental tools (statutes, rules, judicial decisions) as well as private technical standards, are inadequate. And she will explain why a more innovative approach to AI governance is needed—one that would involve the development of a market of independent, government-licensed, and technologically sophisticated private regulators. Lunch will be provided. Register for this event using the form below.

We're at the inflection point where AI regulation stops being a future problem and becomes an immediate one: the EU's AI Act is already law, Congress is finally paying attention, and companies are scrambling to understand what compliance actually means. This talk cuts through the noise to explore what effective governance actually requires, not just what sounds good in a press release.

#governance #ai

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PCLIAA: Arbitration in an Evolving Geopolitical and Economic Environment

Penn Carey Law School
📅 Apr 03 • 🕐 9:00 AM
📍 Penn Carey Law School
💵 Free

Borders shift, deals pause, Arbitrators hold the line— Disputes find their way. As geopolitical tensions reshape the global economy, arbitration has become the critical neutral ground where international commerce survives. Join Penn Carey Law to explore how dispute resolution evolves when the rulebook itself is changing.

In-house counsel navigating cross-border transactions, international arbitrators and mediators, M&A professionals watching sanctions regimes complicate deals, and trade lawyers grappling with how geopolitical fragmentation affects contract enforcement. This is for practitioners who need to know how to structure deals and resolve disputes in a world where traditional assumptions no longer hold.

RSVP: https://upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1ETcIoDeNgaWSvI 8th Annual Penn Carey Law International Arbitration Conference on April 3, 2026 We’re thrilled to announce that our 8th Annual International Arbitration Conference, titled “Arbitration in an Evolving Geopolitical Environment,” will be taking place at Penn Carey Law on Friday, April 3, 2026. This year’s theme, Arbitration in an Evolving Geopolitical Environment, couldn’t be more timely. As sanctions regimes multiply, M&A markets shift under geopolitical pressure, and third-party funding reshapes access to justice, international arbitration is adapting in real time. This conference puts those conversations front and center. What’s on the agenda: Panel 1: Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration Panel 2: Arbitration at the Front Lines of Sanctions Panel 3: M&A Arbitrations and Geopolitical Risk Panel 4: Enforcement and Sovereign Immunity The keynote address will be delivered by Professor George A. Bermann, Walter Gellhorn Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law at Columbia Law School, and Director of the Center for International Commercial & Investment Arbitration at Columbia Law School. Our distinguished speakers include arbitrators, academics, and practitioners from across the United States and around the world. Stay tuned for the full panel announcements CLE credit available. Open to students and practitioners alike. We look forward to seeing you there!

With sanctions multiplying, supply chains fragmenting, and capital flows increasingly weaponized, arbitration is no longer a backup plan—it's become the essential infrastructure holding global commerce together. This moment demands that deal-makers and dispute resolvers understand how to operate in a world of competing jurisdictions and fractured alliances.

#geopolitical #international #environment #investment #justice

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CHAT Fellow Lecture: Slow Sustainability: "We're getting there" Climate and Environmental Justice in Philadelphia (2006-2026)

Temple University
📅 Apr 07 • 🕐 12:30 PM
📍 Temple University
💵 Free

Twenty years of waiting, Philly's climate justice grows— Slowly, but it moves. Dr. Rosan invites you to witness the unglamorous reality of environmental progress: not revolutionary breakthroughs, but the grinding, essential work of building sustainable cities from the ground up. This lecture celebrates the victories hidden in incremental change.

Come if you're a community organizer tired of empty climate promises, an urban planner wrestling with equity in green development, or a Philadelphia resident who's noticed the environmental disparities in your own neighborhood. This is for people doing the work, not just talking about it.

Center for the Humanities at Temple: Fellow Lecture Series Slow Sustainability: "We're getting […]

With 2026 marking two decades since Philadelphia's climate commitments began, we're at a reckoning moment—far enough in to see what actually worked and what failed, close enough to 2030 climate targets to understand what's still possible. This lecture refuses both the despair of climate doom and the false comfort of corporate greenwashing, offering something harder and more honest: a map of real progress.

#justice #sustainability #environment #university

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The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery Presents - Collective Landscapes

Drexel University
📅 Apr 07
📍 URBN Annex, Pearlstein Gallery

Threads weave through time's scars, Photographs hold memory— Landscapes speak of loss. Witness how two artists transform forgotten spaces into powerful testaments of resilience and change. This exhibition invites you to read the stories embedded in crumbling walls and stitched fabric, where every detail matters.

Urban planners, architects, and preservationists will find validation for why disinvestment matters visually and materially. Artists and designers seeking to understand how personal narratives intersect with collective trauma through material practice should absolutely be here.

Pearlstein Gallery is pleased to present two concurrent exhibitions in Spring 2026, with artists selected from our 2025-26 Call for Entries.

Collective Landscapes: Photographs by Matthew Ludak and Textiles by Maris Van Vlack brings together two artists who mine collective histories to investigate the impacts of time, disinvestment, and conflict on architectural landscapes. Ludak’s photography takes inspiration from his grandmother’s life amidst the rugged towns of Western Pennsylvania's coal-mining communities, expanding his lens to capture current themes of urban and rural life amongst spaces ridden by structural neglect. In her multifaceted practice, Van Vlack uses textile, sculpture, and collage practices to create tapestries that investigate the impacts of war and weather on landscapes from her family’s history. Her unique layering techniques mirror the cycles of accumulation, entropy, and regeneration on the built environment over time.

Gallery Hours:

Tuesday - Friday 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.

About Pearlstein Gallery:

The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery is an inclusive gallery space that welcomes the public to experience free exhibitions of contemporary art and design. Located on Drexel University’s campus, the Pearlstein Gallery is committed to cultivating engagement with emerging artists, Drexel’s faculty and student populations, and community partners in the nearby neighborhoods of Powelton Village and Mantua. Since its creation in 2012, the Gallery has fostered innovation and collaboration, developing strong relationships within Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector.

As Philadelphia grapples with ongoing questions of neighborhood transformation, gentrification, and historical erasure, this exhibition offers a critical visual language for discussing what we preserve and what we allow to disappear. In 2026, these conversations about the physical marks of inequality and time are not historical—they're happening on our streets right now.

#history #design #art #innovation #environment #university

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Finance Suite Info Session

Temple University - Fox School of Business
📅 Apr 07 • 🕐 11:00 AM
📍 Fox School of Business, Temple University
💵 Free

Numbers whisper truth Fox School builds finance leaders Your future awaits Whether you're dreaming of Wall Street or building the next fintech unicorn, Professor John Soss will decode exactly how Temple's STEM-designated programs can accelerate your career—and you can attend in your pajamas or from the Fox School's own classrooms.

You're the person who actually understands why interest rates matter, who's tired of being the only one in your friend group who reads financial news, and who's ready to turn that curiosity into a competitive edge in a market that desperately needs sharp analytical minds. Recent undergrads pivoting toward finance and working professionals seeking a credential that opens doors will find their people here.

Join us in-person OR virtually for our info session on Tuesday, April 7th covering the Fox School of Business’s suite of graduate finance programs, hosted by John Soss, Professor of Finance and academic director of our MS finance programs. Explore how our STEM-designated progr

With AI reshaping financial analysis and markets demanding graduates who can navigate both quantitative complexity and regulatory uncertainty, a STEM-designated finance degree isn't just nice-to-have anymore—it's the credential that separates candidates who land the roles from those who don't. Philadelphia's growing fintech ecosystem is hungry for talent, and this is where you meet the people building it.

#business #finance #university

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The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery Presents - Collective Landscapes

Drexel University
📅 Apr 08
📍 URBN Annex, Pearlstein Gallery

Threads weave through time's wear, Photographs hold forgotten Stories in their frames. Witness how two artists transform abandonment into beauty—Ludak's lens captures the poetry of decay while Van Vlack's textiles resurrect the narratives woven into forgotten spaces. This is not nostalgia; it's archaeology for the present moment.

Come if you're a preservationist at heart, a community historian, or someone who reads buildings like books. Designers, activists, and anyone grappling with what we owe to the places and people we've left behind will find their questions reflected here.

Gallery Hours:

Tuesday - Friday 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.

In an era of rapid gentrification and urban forgetting, these artists ask us to look at disinvestment not as erasure but as evidence—demanding we reckon with how landscapes bear witness to inequality and time. This exhibition insists that collective memory matters, especially when it's been deliberately obscured.

#history #design #art #innovation #environment #university

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Opening Reception: Collective Landscapes and Conflagrations

Drexel University
📅 Apr 08
📍 URBN Annex, Pearlstein Gallery

Ruins speak in time, Threads weave forgotten stories— Landscapes burn and bloom. Witness how photography and textile art resurrect the ghosts of disinvested spaces, transforming architectural decay into a meditation on resilience and collective memory. This opening reception invites you to see the scars of our cities not as endings, but as texts waiting to be read.

Architects, urban planners, and preservationists will find urgent visual arguments about infrastructure and abandonment. Documentary photographers, fiber artists, and anyone working at the intersection of social practice and material culture—this exhibition speaks directly to your practice.

Pearlstein Gallery is pleased to present two concurrent exhibitions in Spring 2026, with artists selected from our 2025-26 Call for Entries.

Collective Landscapes: Photographs by Matthew Ludak and Textiles by Maris Van Vlack brings together two artists who mine collective histories to investigate the impacts of time, disinvestment, and conflict on architectural landscapes. Ludak’s photography takes inspiration from his grandmother’s life amidst the rugged towns of Western Pennsylvania's coal-mining communities, expanding his lens to capture current themes of urban and rural life amongst spaces ridden by structural neglect. In her multifaceted practice, Van Vlack uses textile, sculpture, and collage practices to create tapestries that investigate the impacts of war and weather on landscapes from her family’s history. Her unique layering techniques mirror the cycles of accumulation, entropy, and regeneration on the built environment over time.

Conflagrations, a group show featuring recent works by Viola Bordon, Evan Curtis Charles Hall, Narendra Haynes, and Emmanuela Soria Ruiz, investigates fire as force, event, and aftermath. Moving between active burn and residual trace, the artists ask how we might respond to fire's capacity to clear, consume, reveal, and reorder. As fire increasingly shapes our ecological context, these works reflect on how fire constructs and destroys in the same gesture, reshaping ecologies, infrastructures, and collective memory. What burns. What survives. What returns.

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About Pearlstein Gallery:

The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery is an inclusive gallery space that welcomes the public to experience free exhibitions of contemporary art and design. Located on Drexel University’s campus, the Pearlstein Gallery is committed to cultivating engagement with emerging artists, Drexel’s faculty and student populations, and community partners in the nearby neighborhoods of Powelton Village and Mantua. Since its creation in 2012, the Gallery has fostered innovation and collaboration, developing strong relationships within Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector.

As Philadelphia grapples with neighborhood disinvestment and gentrification, this exhibition asks what we owe to the landscapes we've neglected and the communities embedded in them. In 2026, when climate anxiety and urban decay feel inescapable, these artists offer a radical act: looking unflinchingly at what we've left behind.

#history #design #art #innovation #environment #university

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Opening Reception: Collective Landscapes and Conflagrations

Drexel Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
📅 Apr 08 • 🕐 5:00 PM
📍 URBN Annex, Pearlstein Gallery 3401 Filbert Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Coal dust settles slow Threads bind what time forgot Landscapes speak their grief Witness how photography and textile art resurrect the stories embedded in Pennsylvania's industrial bones—where every photograph and woven thread becomes an act of remembrance against erasure.

Come if you're a maker grappling with how to document loss, a Pennsylvanian reckoning with your region's extraction history, or a designer/artist interrogating textiles and images as political tools. This is for people who believe that beauty and documentation can be forms of resistance.

Pearlstein Gallery is pleased to present two concurrent exhibitions in Spring 2026, with artists selected from our 2025-26 Call for Entries. Collective Landscapes: Photographs by Matthew Ludak and Textiles by Maris Van Vlack brings together two artists who mine collective histories to investigate the impacts of time, disinvestment, and conflict on architectural landscapes. Ludak’s photography takes inspiration from his grandmother’s life amidst the rugged towns of Western Pennsylvania's coal-mining communities, expanding his lens to capture current themes of urban and rural life amongst spaces ridden by structural neglect. In her multifaceted practice, Van Vlack uses textile, sculpture, and collage practices to create tapestries that investigate the impacts of war and weather on landscapes from her family’s history. Her unique layering techniques mirror the cycles of accumulation, entropy, and regeneration on the built environment over time. Conflagrations, a group show featuring recent works by Viola Bordon, Evan Curtis Charles Hall, Narendra Haynes, and Emmanuela Soria Ruiz, investigates fire as force, event, and aftermath. Moving between active burn and residual trace, the artists ask how we might respond to fire's capacity to clear, consume, reveal, and reorder. As fire increasingly shapes our ecological context, these works reflect on how fire constructs and destroys in the same gesture, reshaping ecologies, infrastructures, and collective memory. What burns. What survives. What returns. RSVP HEREAbout Pearlstein Gallery: The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery is an inclusive gallery space that welcomes the public to experience free exhibitions of contemporary art and design. Located on Drexel University’s campus, the Pearlstein Gallery is committed to cultivating engagement with emerging artists, Drexel’s faculty and student populations, and community partners in the nearby neighborhoods of Powelton Village and Mantua. Since its creation in 2012, the Gallery has fostered innovation and collaboration, developing strong relationships within Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector.

As climate collapse forces a reckoning with extractive economies and their abandoned communities, these artists ask: what do we owe to the landscapes and people we've mined for profit? This exhibition arrives exactly when we need to see disinvestment not as history, but as an ongoing crisis demanding witness.

#history #design #art #innovation #environment #university

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Doctor of Business Administration Info Session

Temple University - Fox School of Business
📅 Apr 08 • 🕐 6:00 PM
📍 Online Only: Visit Host Site
💵 Free

Event Description

Join Dr. Lynne Andersson, associate professor at Fox School of Business, and a member of the graduate admissions team for a virtual info session on Wednesday, April 8th. Discover the unique benefits of earning a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) during this info session. Dr.

#business #university

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IRM Stem Cell Club Seminar Series | 2025-2026

Penn Medicine / Perelman School of Medicine
📅 Apr 08 • 🕐 3:30 PM
📍 9-146AB Smilow Center for Translational Research, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104
💵 Free

Event Description

Stem Cell Club is the IRM’s showcase of junior scientists performing stem cell and regenerative biology research. Join us on the 2nd Wednesday of each month to discuss emerging topics in the field with students, postdocs, and junior PIs from Penn and other institutions. Open to all. For full details...

#research #biology #regenerative

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Department of Chemistry Seminar Series

Temple University - College of Science and Technology
📅 Apr 09 • 🕐 4:00 PM
📍 Speakman Hall, 112, 1810 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19122
💵 Free

Molecules reshape Cancer, diabetes fade Chemistry heals all Dr. Williams takes us beyond the lab bench into the real-world impact of fluasterone—a compound that could rewrite treatment protocols for three of America's most costly health crises. If you've ever wondered how a single molecule can unlock solutions to diseases affecting millions, this seminar is your answer.

Biochemistry students, pharmacy majors, pre-med undergraduates, and healthcare professionals who want to understand the cutting edge of drug development will find this essential. If you're pursuing a career where precision medicine matters—whether in research, clinical practice, or pharmaceutical development—this is your people.

Speaker: Dr. John R. Williams, Professor Emeritus, Temple University Title: Fluasterone and Cancer, Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity Abstract: “Better Living Through Chemistry” is the theme of my seminar.

With obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cancer treatment costs straining healthcare systems nationwide, breakthroughs in multi-target compounds like fluasterone represent a paradigm shift in how we approach chronic disease. This seminar connects foundational chemistry to the urgent public health challenges reshaping medicine in real time.

#chemistry #university

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