Penn Arts and Sciences' 60-Second Slam

This event is free and open to the public.

Enjoy breakfast and an hour-long roundup of our famous 60-Second Lectures. The live lectures, given by Penn Arts and Sciences’ foremost faculty, students, and alumni, prove that a world of knowledge can be condensed into just one minute. Find out how these Quakers, backed by the Power of Penn, are impacting their communities and the world as critical thinkers, problem solvers, and leaders. Vote for your favorite lecture and see who walks away with the grand prize.

2019 Speakers

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Denise Bailey-Castro, C’09, Urban Studies
Director, Content Distribution at Viacom

Dining Dollars Don't Pay: The Conditions of Subcontracted Labor at Penn
Ivanna Berrios, C’21, Comparative Literature

Why Algorithms Need Ethics (and How We Can Teach Them)
Hadi Elzayn, Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Songs From the Antebellum South
Jackie Friedland, C’99, L’00, English Novelist and Award-Winning Author

Democracy Is not for Everyone
Michael Hanchard, Professor of Africana Studies

Watch It Like You Mean It
Nick Joyner, C’19, Communications and Cinema and Media Studies

Why We Quit
Joseph Kable, Baird Term Professor of Psychology

Malaria, Past, Present, and Future
Alex Kellum, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry

How Your Bones Bust the Sex Binary
Alexandra Kralick, Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology

Stand-Up for Storytelling: What Leaders Can Learn About Storytelling From Stand-Up Comedians
Tirth Manek, LPS’20, Master of Organizational Dynamics

Protecting National Security One "Tap" at a Time
Jozanne Murphy, C’19, International Relations

Game of Genomes
Andrew Machaver Ravaschiere, C’19, Biology

Unprecedented Precedents
Simon Richter, Class of 1942 Endowed Term Professor of German

Grown-Up Friends
Claire Shoyer, C’19, Communications

What Parenting Has Taught Me About Entrepreneurship
Lisa Brichta Tretler, C’94, G’99, WG’99, International Relations
CEO and Founder of Business Boosters Consulting

Moderated by Paul Sniegowski, Stephen A. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

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