Community Outreach: PUBLIC EVENTS
NEUROSCIENCE PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
The Neuroscience Graduate Group would like to invite you all to attend our semi-annual Public Lecture. This event is organized by students in GLIA where Penn faculty share their research in a fun and accessible way with the greater Philadelphia community.
Public Lectures are held in the evenings at the Philadelphia Ethical Society (1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA, 19103). Check-in begins 30 minutes before the start of the event and includes fun, interactive demonstrations! Lectures are followed by a 15-minute Q&A panel with the speakers and a free reception with dinner and refreshments, so be sure to stick around to enjoy the food and interact with some of the scientists!
Many of the former public lectures can be viewed on the Penn NGG Youtube channel.
Spring 2026 Lecture: The X factor: sex difference and the brain
Date and Time: Thursday, May 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM (doors open at 6 PM)
Location: Philadelphia Ethical Society
Speakers: Drs. Laura Pritschet, Ames Sutton, and Michael Guo
Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Previous neuroscience Public lecture series topics
The Neuroscience Graduate Group hosts booths at the annual Philadelphia Science Festival, "a nine-day community-wide celebration of science. Featuring lectures, debates, hands-on activities, special exhibitions and a variety of other informal science education experiences for all ages, the Festival aims to provide opportunities for all Philadelphians to positively engage with and build a community around science, engineering, and technology."
Philadelphia Science Festival
Neuroscience graduate students at Penn publish two scientific blogs designed to make cutting-edge neuroscience research accessible to the general public.
Brains in Briefs delivers short, digestible summaries of the latest published neuroscience research papers that were written by our very own Penn graduate students. [Check it out here!]
Penn Neuro Know is our weekly blog that breaks down broad neuroscience topics in a clear and engaging way for everyone to understand. [Check it out here!]
By making neuroscience approachable, we aim to broaden how scientists engage with the public and promote science literacy in our communities.
student-led neuroscience blogs
