Upcoming Events

Mar 23

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students Only

Intro to Metals and Jewelry: Coiled Rings

A beginner-friendly, hands-on metals and jewelry workshop where participants learn metalworking safety and rolling mill techniques to design and craft a custom copper coiled ring.

• March 23, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Education Commons Makerspace

Mar 23 - 26

• Lecture

Open to the Public

Common Knowers: Readers, Books, and the Making of Vernacular Knowledge in China

In this series of three lectures, Joan Judge explores the relationship between physical books and historical common knowers in early twentieth century China.

• March 23 - 26, 2026
• Hybrid event: Class of 78 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 6th Floor; and virtual (via Zoom)

Mar 24

• 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.

• March 24, 2026
• 12:00pm - 1:30pm
• Meyerson Conference Room 223, Van Pelt Library, 2nd floor

Mar 24

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Reimagining Illumination: Mirrors + Movable Books

On March 24, Emily Brooks, Associate Director of Digital Research in the Humanities in the Price Lab for Digital Humanities, will lead a workshop where we will make pop-up mirror books.

• March 24, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Kislak Center Vitale II, Rm 623, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Mar 24

• Workshop

Open to Penn Graduate Students Only

Grad Cafe: Preparing to Share Your Research Data

This workshop will teach researchers the steps needed to prepare research data for deposit into a data repository.

• March 24, 2026
• 3:00pm - 4:00pm
• Van Pelt Library, 2nd Floor, 1955 Conference Room 241

Mar 25

Open to the Public

Penn Libraries Presents: Research and Academic Ventures that the Education Commons Is Involved in When We're Not 3D Printing Basketballs

This presentation will outline some of the highlights of the Education Commons' efforts in providing for the Penn community with their various resources.

• March 25, 2026
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Class of '55, Room 241, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Mar 26

• Workshop

Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Data Visualization with TouchDesigner - Beginner Workshop

Join us in this hands-on workshop that introduces the basics of data visualization in TouchDesigner. You’ll learn how to import datasets, work with tables, and connect data to visual parameters inside a TouchDesigner network to control scale, color, position, and motion.

• March 26, 2026
• 10:00am - 1:00pm
• Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Main Level, Holman Biotech Commons

Mar 26

Open to the Public

History of Letterpress Printing and Typography: A Tour and Demonstration

A guided tour and demonstration of letterpress printing and typography, including the history of letterpress printing, type, and books from 1000 CE to now, as well as demonstrations of how movable type is used and the mechanical history of all the different presses at Common Press.

• March 26, 2026
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library

Mar 26

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: A didactic poem concerning integers

On March 26, curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 462, a didactic poem in 284 lines of hexameter concerning integers (including, for the first time in Latin, zero) and their operations, followed by an anonymous treatise in verse on the calendar.

• March 26, 2026
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Online