ODEI Spotlight: SWE Headshots on Smith Walk

SWE Headshots | November 20, 3-4 pm | On Smith Walk (between Towne and Hayden Hall near the Penn Engineering Banner) Come get a professional headshot taken on Saturday, November 20th (rain date Sunday, November 21st)! Headshots will be taking place on Smith Walk (between Towne and Hayden Hall near the Penn Engineering Banner) from […]

Keeping Up the Good Work: Honoring 40 Years of Excellence in Diversity

Heilmeier Hall (Room 100), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Penn Engineering's diversity efforts and we invite you to join us on Friday, December 3, at 3:00 p.m. EST to celebrate Penn Engineering’s new Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI), formerly known as the Office of Minority Programs. We plan to meet in Heilmeier Hall (Towne 100) […]

ODEI Spotlight: Women+ in STEM at Penn Research Symposium

Women+ in Chemistry is excited to announce the Women+ in STEM at Penn Research Symposium, which will be held on the International Day of Women in Science, on February 11th 2022 from 10:00AM-6:00PM. This event is co-sponsored by Penn Graduate Women in Science (PGWISE), Graduate Student Engineering Government (GSEG) and Penn INSPIRE.  While the symposium […]

Joseph Bordogna Forum: “Engineering for Everyone: Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”

Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Please join us for this distinguished lecture given by Dr. Gilda Barabino, President of Olin College of Engineering. "Engineering for Everyone: Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" At its core, engineering involves creative problem solving. Diverse groups of problem solvers are more likely to outperform homogeneous groups and derive the best solution. Yet, ensuring diverse groups […]

Fall 2022 Safe Space Training for Penn Engineering Faculty & Staff – Day 1

217 Towne - Forman Active Learning Classroom 220 South 33rd Street, Towne 217, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The School of Engineering and Applied Science has partnered with the university's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center to offer Safe Space Training for interested faculty and staff on Thursday, October 6th from 2pm-4pm and Friday, October 7th  from 10am-12pm in the Forman Active Learning Classroom (217 Towne).  Attendance at both sessions is required to complete the […]

Fall 2022 Safe Space Training for Penn Engineering Faculty & Staff – Day 2

217 Towne - Forman Active Learning Classroom 220 South 33rd Street, Towne 217, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The School of Engineering and Applied Science has partnered with the university's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center to offer Safe Space Training for interested faculty and staff on Thursday, October 6th from 2pm-4pm and Friday, October 7th  from 10am-12pm in the Forman Active Learning Classroom (217 Towne).  Attendance at both sessions is required to complete the […]

Joseph Bordogna Forum: Dr. Gary May, Chancellor of UC-Davis

Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Please save the date to join us for this annual distinguished lecture.  The Joseph Bordogna Forum will foster conversation and debate regarding important issues at the nexus of technology and society. It will feature lectures and panel discussions on a wide range of contemporary issues that are central to engineering including diversity and inclusion, the […]

Celebration of Diversity

Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Presented by Penn Engineering's Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (ODEI) , the Underrepresented Student Advisory Board in Engineering (USABE), the Penn chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the Penn chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), and the Penn Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the gathering will include remarks […]

Department of Bioengineering Juneteenth Address: “A White Neighbor, a Black Surgeon, and a Mormon Computer Scientist Walk into a Bar…” (Kevin B. Johnson)

Berger Auditorium (Room 13), Skirkanich Hall 210 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

“A White Neighbor, a Black Surgeon, and a Mormon Computer Scientist Walk into a Bar…” As we recognize Juneteenth, a holiday that brings awareness to what journalist Corey Mitchell calls “…a complex understanding of the nation’s past”, we also need to understand  how many of our neighbors, staff, and faculty—even those born in the last […]