Upcoming Events: Education Commons

Sep 17

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students Only

Sewing Machine 101

A beginner-friendly, hands-on sewing workshop where students learn essential machine operation, fabric selection, pattern reading, and troubleshooting while completing their own sewing project.

• September 17, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Education Commons Makerspace

Sep 21

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students Only

Intro to Metals and Jewelry: Trays

A beginner-friendly, hands-on metals and jewelry workshop where students learn essential metalworking safety and techniques using a hydraulic press, rotary tool, and specialty dies to create a custom embossed metal tray.

• September 21, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Education Commons Makerspace

Sep 22

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Code Your Own Local Small Language Model for AI

A hands-on workshop where participants learn to build and run open-source AI models locally on everyday hardware while exploring AI infrastructure, privacy, ethics, environmental impacts, and minimal computing practices.

• September 22, 2026
• 3:00pm - 4:30pm
• Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange (RDDSx), Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, First Floor

Oct 14

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students Only

AI for Toy Design, Part 1 of 2

A beginner-friendly, hands-on workshop where students use generative AI to develop and refine original toy concepts while learning effective prompting, design fundamentals, and creative problem-solving.

• October 14, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Education Commons Makerspace

Oct 15

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students Only

Sewing Machine 101

A beginner-friendly, hands-on sewing workshop where students learn essential machine operation, fabric selection, pattern reading, and troubleshooting while completing their own sewing project.

• October 15, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Education Commons Makerspace

Oct 19

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students Only

Intro to Metals and Jewelry: Impression Dies

A beginner-friendly, hands-on metals and jewelry workshop where students learn essential metalworking safety and techniques using a hydraulic press, jeweler’s saw, rotary tool, and impression dies to create a custom pendant or keychain.

• October 19, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Education Commons Makerspace

Oct 22

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students Only

3D Scanning to Printing

A hands-on workshop where students explore smartphone, photogrammetry, and LiDAR 3D scanning technologies to digitize real-world objects and learn how to choose the right tools and techniques for different applications.

• October 22, 2026
• 2:00pm - 3:30pm
• Education Commons Makerspace

Oct 27

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students Only

Intro to Illustrator for Vector Design

A hands-on beginner workshop introducing Adobe Illustrator and vector design, teaching students to create precise, fabrication-ready files for laser and vinyl cutting while building real-world, portfolio-ready skills.

• October 27, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Vitale Digital Media Lab (Van Pelt 121)

Nov 03

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students Only

Introduction to the Vinyl Cutter

A beginner-friendly, hands-on workshop where students learn vector design and safely operate a vinyl cutter to create custom stickers, labels, and decals while building foundational digital fabrication skills.

• November 3, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Education Commons Makerspace