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- Workshop
April 15, 2026
Printing Your Own Postcard: Learning how to set type and letterpress-print
Learn and practice the basics of letterpress printing and typesetting with the Common Press collection of metal typefaces. Create a simple postcard design and print a small edition on the Vandercook printing press!
- 12:00pm - 2:00pm
- Common Press Space, Fisher Fine Arts Library
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
- Workshop
April 15, 2026
Manuscript Studies Interest Group: Emotions
The Manuscript Studies Interest Group (MSIG) is a regular meeting for people who want to get up close and personal with a variety of handwritten objects. In April, we'll look at books on the theme of Emotions.
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Kislak Center Vitale II, Rm 623, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Open to the Public
- Lecture
April 15, 2026
“We Are the Bicentennial”: Democracy and Diversity in the 1970s
Join Marc Stein, Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Professor of History, San Francisco State University, for a lecture about his new book on the history of the nation's 200th birthday.
- 5:30pm - 7:30pm
- Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Open to the Public
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Sam Duplessis
Interim Director of Development sd1@upenn.edu
Charlie Grafman
Associate Director of Development cgrafman@upenn.edu