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Feb 25
Open to the Public

Oney Judge Day Printing

Stop by the Common Press to make your own print commemorating Oney Judge Day, an important day in Philadelphia history.

  • February 25, 2026
  • 9:30am - 11:00am
  • Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library
Mural in the 5th Street SEPTA station in Philadelphia featuring freedom seeker, Ona Judge, and George Washington's house site.
Feb 25
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Weingarten Center Drop-ins at The Butler Room

Stop by The Butler Room to learn about the space. Representatives from the Weingarten Center will also be on hand to answer questions about resources, how to submit an accessibility request, get assistance with test scheduling, and more!

  • February 25, 2026
  • 12:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, The Butler Room G101.11 (Ground Floor)
Two work stations in the Butler Room
Feb 25
  • Workshop
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Exploring Handwritten Text Recognition for Manuscript Studies with 2025-2026 SIMS Fellows

This discussion, presented to MedRen and Global Medieval and Renaissance Studies, will introduce the work of two 2025-2026 Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS) Graduate Student Fellows, Ellie Webb and Priya Nambrath, who have been spending this year exploring Handwritten Text Recognition technologies for use on a variety of historic and archival documents.

  • February 25, 2026
  • 3:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Kislak Center Vitale II, Rm 623, 6th Floor
Feb 26
  • Workshop
Open to Penn Faculty and Staff

AI in the Workplace

In this skills-focused workshop, you will use generative AI tools to make common workplace tasks easier and more efficient.

  • February 26, 2026
  • 10:00am - 11:30am
  • Meyerson Conference Room 223, Van Pelt Library, 2nd floor
laptops next to a stack of books and a graduation cap
Feb 26
  • Workshop
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Creating Map Layouts in QGIS

In this workshop, participants will learn how to create professional-looking maps in QGIS, a free and open-source GIS software, including customizing the appearance of maps, adding labels and legends, and creating interactive maps with various layer styles and symbols.

  • February 26, 2026
  • 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, First Floor
Image of feature-rect-gqis.png
Feb 26
  • Lecture
Open to the Public

Exhibition Opening: The Time to Right all Wrongs

Opening of the exhibition The Time to Right All Wrongs: France, Haiti, and Philadelphia in a Revolutionary Age. Exhibition tour (5:00pm) will followed by welcomes from Alain Joinville and Philippe Poirier and remarks by Penn History faculty Roger Chartier and Yvonne Fabella (5:30pm).

  • February 26, 2026
  • 5:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Print showing celebration of the fall of the Bastille in 1790
Mar 02
  • Workshop
Open to Penn Students Only

Vitale: 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.

  • March 2, 2026
  • 2:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Vitale Digital Media Lab (Van Pelt 121)
vector image of a cat with a rocket on it's back

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