<aside> 👉 Penn undergraduates: Spring 2024 Franklin Dinners are available. Sign up now.

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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


Administered by NSO Office and SNF Paideia Program


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

The Namesake, Benjamin Franklin


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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


Information for Professors

Frequently Asked Questions


FAQ

People


Organizers