Event

Join us for a day of TED Talk-style presentations by Penn Arts & Sciences graduate students representing the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Professional Master’s programs as they compete for first place and audience choice prizes within their category. 

This event is open to the Penn community and the general public. Lunch and refreshments, including vegan and vegetarian options, will be served throughout the day.

Can't make it to the event? Watch the Penn Grad Talks livestream on YouTube. 

Participate by voting for the overall AUDIENCE CHOICE winner!
Voting will be open from 2-3 p.m. ET for the Social Sciences category.

Vote Here

Featured Speakers:

We Won’t Fail in the Practical: Narratives from an Urban Forest in Pakistan
Tayeba Batool, Anthropology

The Organizational Demography of the U.S. Public Sector, 2002 – 2022
Michael Lachanski, Demography/Sociology

The Gender Gap in Political Tolerance: Explaining Women’s Attitudes Toward Free Expression
Lauren Palladino, Political Science

Our Closest Cousins? Laboratory Chimpanzees in HIV/AIDS Research and Historicizing Compassion
Brigid Prial, History and Sociology of Science

Debt, Inflation, and Government Reputation
Alberto Ramirez de Aguilar, Economics

Click HERE for a full list of all of this year's Penn Grad Talks finalist speakers.