Knowledge by the Slice

Every semester, this lunchtime lecture series offers topical talks by insightful faculty experts. Did we mention there's pizza? So sit back, relax, and have a slice on us.

Upcoming Lectures

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Featured Lectures

Gressman and Hopkins_KBS

Rethinking Electoral Maps

Dutch Cycling Infrastructure Is Amazing! Penn and Philadelphia Could Learn From It

Simon Richter, Class of 1942 Endowed Term Professor of German and Chair, Germanic Languages and Literatures, Dhivya Arasappan, C'24

Criminal Justice Reform Guided by Evidence

John MacDonald

Painted Valentines: The Artful Love Affair Between Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg

Jonathan Katz, Associate Professor of Practice, History of Art and Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies

Election Debrief: A Look at the Results of the 2022 Midterm Elections

1.5 Minute Climate Lectures | October 12, 2022

Browse the Archives

The "State of the Union" Entering President Trump's Second Year

Ryan Brutger Guy Grossman Matthew Levendusky Dawn Teele Alex Weisiger

Radio Free Poetry:PennSound@14

Charles Bernstein Chris Mustazza

Effects of Climate Change in the Swiss Alps

Reto Giere

U.S Foreign Policy in a Trump Administration: A Three-Month Review

Michael Horowitz Avery Goldstein Alex Weisiger

OSCARS 2017: The Glitter and Politics

Peter Decherney Karen Redrobe Kathy DeMarco Van Cleve

Beyond Einstein?: Gravity and the Search for New Physics

Mark Trodden Bhuvnesh Jain