Featured Events at the Penn Bookstore (view all events)

May 5, 2009
4:00 PM
Alumnus Richard Goldberg & "The Battle for Wall Street"
Goldberg looks at the strategies and initiatives underway as firms fight to manipulate a new generation of financial technology to their advantage.

May 5, 2009
6:00 PM
Professor Thomas Childers & "Soldier from the War Returning"
Dr. Childers interweaves the story of three families — including his own — with a decades' worth of research to paint an entirely new picture of the war's aftermath.

May 12, 2009, 7:00 PM
Penn Professors Eugenie Birch and Susan Wachter
"Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century"
A panoramic view of urban sustainability and environmental issues for green-minded city planners, policy makers and citizens.

May 16, 2009, 4:00 PM
Kelly Writers House - Arts Café
Alumni Authors Series presents Nick Spitzer, C'72
American Routes: Songs and Stories from the Road
Folklorist Nick Spitzer is professor of communication and American studies at Tulane University. He has been a commentator/producer for NPR's All Things Considered and Fresh Air, PBS's Great Performances, CBS's Sunday Morning, ABC's Nightline, and Evening News with Peter Jennings.

May 16, 2009, 2:00 PM
Penn Bookstore
Alumna Marie Lamba & "What I Meant..."
This young-adult book takes place in the Philadelphia suburbs. Marie lives in the area and will be on campus celebrating her 25-year reunion this year.

May 16, 2009, 3:30 PM
Penn Bookstore
Rachel Skerritt, C'99 & "When the Lights Go Down"
Skerritt's real life adventures provide the creative fuel for her writing. Her first novel, "Truth Be Told," was loosely based on her experiences as an undergraduate at Penn.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 6:00PM
Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Jonathan Moreno & "Science Next"
The citizen's essential guide to science policy from the Center for American Progress (CAP), the premier progressive think tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action.

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