Events & Initiatives

Spring 2026 Programming:

Mutter Museum Visit UPCOMING!

MHC Visit to the Kislak Center for Rare Books at Penn Libraries. Students were guided through several rare, historical anatomy texts including Andreas Vesalius’ human anatomy anthology written in 1543, Edward Tuson’s anatomical flipbook illustrated in 1825, and many more documents demonstrating the evolution of anatomical study and medical knowledge throughout the world and at Penn. 

Lunch Talk on the History of Tuberculosis with Microbiology Professor, Michael David, MD PhD. Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death from infection in humans.  While it is now a rare diagnosis in wealthy countries, it remains common in low and middle income countries. The history of tuberculosis, which has been present in human societies since before recorded history, both as a pathological state in an individual and a cultural phenomenon has differed around the world. Since the momentous discovery of the causative pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, in Germany in 1881, through the development of the BGC vaccine, new diagnostic tests, the sanatorium movement, massive screening and public health campaigns, the emergence of HIV/AIDS, political turmoil, and the miracle of effective antibiotics in the twentieth century, the epidemiology of the disease has shifted from a universal threat to a constant companion of severe poverty.

Fall 2025 Programming:

Click here to see the MHC 2025 Fall Talk Series program.