Leading scientific experts explain their innovative research at the Penn Science Café. Join us for an engaging, stimulating conversation, with a Q&A session following each talk. 

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Past Science Cafe Events


Penn Science Café: There is No One Way To Teach Math

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Get ready for a lively, interactive Science Café with Penn math professor Robin Pemantle and Penn physics senior lecturer Bill Ashmanskas, both members of Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Innovation’s active learning seminar! 

Join us for an engaging, interactive convers

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Penn Science Café: Plants on a Warming Planet

Speaker: Doris Wagner, DiMaura Professor of Biology

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Speaker: Corlett Wood, Assistant Professor of Biology

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Speaker: Aman Husbands, Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Assistant Professor of Biology

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As climate change reshapes our world, human health, food security, infrastructure, and wild ecosystems are all under threat.

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Penn Science Café: Pub Night

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Join us for an evening of cosmology and camaraderie. 

Be sure to join Penn Art & Sciences for a special "Pub night" for Penn alums in London.

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Penn Science Café: Sex, Courtship, and Bird Behavior Go High Tech

Speaker: Marc Schmidt

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Join us for an engaging, stimulating conversation, with a Q&A session following the talk.

During the breeding season, male birds work very hard to impress potential partners, often using complex courtship rituals involving song and movement.

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Science Café: Science on the Menu

Speaker: Arnold Mathijssen

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Penn Arts & Sciences is collaborating with Philabundance for a special Science Café focused on food science and food insecurity.

Join us at Xfinity Live during the Camp Ou

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