January Academic Calendar - 121724 Calendar

Aug 25, 2026

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January event listings compile key academic calendar dates and public campus activities, including the first day of classes and MLK, Jr. Day with no classes, plus end dates for course selection. The schedule also covers children’s evening programming, conferences on AI, data, and constitutional law, museum exhibitions spanning multiple months, film and campus sessions, and hands-on workshops such as papermaking, letterpress printing, guided tours, and vaccination clinic details.

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January

Academic Calendar

Children’s Activities

Conferences

Exhibits

Films and Programs

Tours, Workshops, and Clinics

January AT P E N N | ACADEMIC CALENDAR | | --- | | 15 First day of classes (Monday classes).
20 MLK, Jr. Day observed (no classes).
28 Course Selection Period ends. | | CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES | | 18 Up Late with the Sphinx; children aged 6-12 are invited to an evening filled with games and gallery activities; drop into a hands-on workshop and make something special to take home, then finish your evening with a flashlight tour through the museum; 5-10 p.m.; Penn Museum; tickets: $30/general, $25/member; register: [https://www.penn.museum/calendar/370/](https://www.penn.museum/calendar/370/)[ ](https://www.penn.museum/calendar/370/)[up-late-with-the-sphinx](up-late-with-the-sphinx) (Penn Museum) . | | CONFERENCES | | 31 AI, Data, and the Constitution: Reimagining Criminal Law for the Digital Age; will explore the intersection of constitutional law, criminal justice, and technology; aims to examine how constitutional principles apply as technology evolves and reshapes criminal law and procedure; all day; Michael A. Fitts Auditorium, Golkin Hall; info: xiaosw@penncareylaw. [upenn.edu](upenn.edu) or mengess@penncareylaw.upenn. edu (Journal of Constitutional Law) . | | EXHIBITS | Upcoming 17 After Modernism: Selections from the Neumann Family Collection; works from a collection assembled by Chicago businessman Morton Neumann beginning in 1948, including nearly every American and European movement from cubism to pattern painting; Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library. Through March 1, 2025. 18 Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses; the first in-depth survey of Carl Cheng’s prescient, genre-defying work from the 1960s to the present, featuring artworks that operate at the intersection of identity, technology, and ecology in a variety of media; Institute of Contemporary Art. Through April 6, 2025. Now A Selection of Mexican Ex-Votos; gain insight into Mexican religious folk practices through ex-votos and devotional paintings on medical subjects; Holman Biotech Commons, Van Pelt Library. Through February 2025. Entryways: Nontsikelelo Mutiti; the inaugural project for a new series that commissions artists to activate the façade of ICA’s building in partnership with Maharam, North America’s leading creator of textiles for commercial and residential interiors; features the work of Nontsikelelo Mutiti, a Zimbabwean-born visual artist and educator, who decorated the windows with African hair braiding patterns and hair clips; Institute of Contemporary Art. Through April 6, 2025. Concrete on Paper; examines the architectural, technological, and cultural development of concrete-built heritage; first floor, Fisher Fine Arts Library. Through April 28, 2025. Through Nursing’s Lens: The Nurse in Wartime Imagery and Photographs; examines depictions of nursing in America during wartime through an exploration of recruitment posters, postcards, and magazines alongside the photographs and experiences of military nurses themselves; Barbara Bates Center for the History of Nursing, Floor 2U, Fagin Hall. Through spring 2025 . Penn in the Field: Student Fieldwork Photography; experience fieldwork and research travel of current undergraduate and graduate students as documented through their own lenses; Penn Museum Library. Through August 2025. FILMS and mood recharge powered by medi cine (Penn Museum) . Penn English Program in London Fall 2025 Zoom Info Session; info session for declared and prospective English majors and minors who want to study abroad in London at King’s College in fall 2025; 6 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: [https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98224933959](https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98224933959)[ ](https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98224933959)(English). Also January 13, 7 p.m. 9 Working Dog Center Tour; see firsthand what it takes to train leading detection dogs; watch as the Working Dog Center staff explains the step-by-step process to preparing a dog to serve in explosive detection, search & rescue, cancer detection, and more

FAQs

What major academic dates are listed for January?

January lists the first day of classes on the 15th and MLK, Jr. Day observed on the 20th with no classes, along with a course selection period ending on the 28th.

What types of events are included besides academic dates?

The calendar includes children’s activities, conferences, museum exhibitions, film-related items, workshops (such as papermaking and letterpress printing), guided tours, and a vaccination clinic.

How long do the exhibitions typically run?

Several exhibitions specify end dates extending into 2025, including “Through March 1, 2025,” “Through April 6, 2025,” “Through February 2025,” and other spring and summer timelines.

Aug 25, 2026

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