Franklin Dinners at University of Pennsylvania

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Penn undergraduates: Spring 2024 Franklin Dinners are available. Sign up now.

Our Vision

Each month, we bring together 3 professors from vastly different fields and 5 undergraduate students to engage in an interdisciplinary conversation unlikely to happen anywhere else at Penn.

Our Goals

Increase faculty-student engagement.
Facilitate interdisciplinary faculty dialogue.
Explore and discuss ideas that cut across boundaries imposed by departments, academic buildings, majors, and programs.

Administered by NSO Office and SNF Paideia Program

Franklin Dinners are jointly administered by Office of New Student Orientation & Academic Initiatives and SNF Paideia Program.

The Namesake, Benjamin Franklin

Our initiative embodies the spirit of Ben Franklin, who founded Penn and was a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. We believe that the hallmark of a successful Penn education should be the ability to integrate knowledge from different disciplines. Franklin Dinners bears his name and was created to advance the goals of a successful Penn education.

Past Dinners

November 2022 (Inaugural)February 2024

How to Participate

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Frequently Asked Questions

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People

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In the Media

Franklin Dinners: Faculty-Student Dinners With a Twist - SNF Paideia Program at the University of Pennsylvania

That's the question we wanted to answer by creating Franklin Dinners. Each month, the Franklin Dinner brings together 3 professors from vastly different fields and 5 undergraduate students to engage in an interdisciplinary conversation that is unlikely to happen anywhere else at Penn.

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Franklin Dinners: Faculty-Student Dinners With a Twist - SNF Paideia Program at the University of Pennsylvania