Conferences

14        The State of the Nation: Antitrust, Privacy, and Healthcare Law and Policy in the Biden Administration; a discussion about the impact the Biden Administration may have on law and policy, with a focus on antitrust, privacy, and healthcare; 5 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/ctic-conf-apr-14 (Penn Law, CTIC).

15        Voting Access and Preparation for Youth in Foster Care; will bring together young adults with experience in foster care, advocates, and child welfare practitioners to offer strategies for improving access to voting for youth in foster care; noon; online event; info: https://www.sp2.upenn.edu/sp2-events/ (SP2, Penn Law).

            Summit 2021: US-Japan Relations, Past, Present and Future; four distinguished speakers discuss Japanese and American aims for the Apr. 16, 2021 Suga-Biden summit and reflect upon U.S.-Japan relations past, present and future; 7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ceas-japan-summit-2021 (CEAS, Perry World House).

16        2021 Screening Scholarship Media Festival: Rupture and Repair; an academic conference/film festival that allows attendees to engage with diverse multimedia projects; 5-7 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/asc-2021-media-festival (Annenberg School). Also April 17, 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. and April 18, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

17        Penn Global Surgery Group Spring Symposium: Women in Global Surgery; an opportunity for students to learn from mentors in surgery; 11 a.m.-1:15 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://tinyurl.com/women-global-surgery-2021 (Global Health).

Exhibits

16        Virtual Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; a thought-provoking tour of the Mexico and Central America Gallery by a guide who grew up in the region; 2:30 p.m.; info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/706/virtual-global-guide-tour (Penn Museum).

Fitness & Learning

13        Architecture Virtual Studio Tour; hosted by  Keith Moskow, Moskow Linn Architects; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: kmeeks@design.upenn.edu (Weitzman School).

14        Beyond NPL: Post-Grad Perspectives from the Field; panel discussion on post-graduate careers in the nonprofit and social impact sector; noon; register: https://tinyurl.com/npl-postgrad (SP2).

             Black Cultural Studies Collective: Spells & Spirit Writing; Yolanda Wisher, author; 3 p.m.; examine vintage texts by Ntozake Shange and use them as a blueprint for a poetry exercise; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/wisher-workshop-apr-14 (English).

15        Law School Over Lunch; students interested in law school can connect with the Latinx Law Students Association; noon; online event; info: https://lacasa.vpul.upenn.edu/ (La Casa Latina).

            Exhibiting Your Work; learn about gallery representation, curatorial relationships, self-organized exhibition making, publishing, and online publicity and presence from artists; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: kmeeks@design.upenn.edu (Weitzman School).

17        Restorative Justice Training; an introduction to restorative justice and restorative processes, with an interactive training on restorative practice skills; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: ashapell@pennlaw.upenn.edu (Youth Advocacy Project; Penn Law).

18        Coffee & Conversation: Art Work – Labor and Ecology; conversation that expands on how everyday objects are laden with complex histories of class, race, and gender; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/coffee-convo-apr-18 (ICA).

African-American Resource Center (AARC)
Online events. Info and to register: https://aarc.upenn.edu/events.

14        Race, Solidarity and Allyship; 5:30 p.m.

Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.

15        Virtual Spring Penn Employee Info Session; 12:30 p.m.

Special Events

Earth Week 2021
Info and to register: https://sustainability.upenn.edu/news/earth-week-2021

19        Yoga at Shoemaker Green with Penn Recreation; Shoemaker Green; noon.

            Environmental Injustice: A Tool of Israeli Occupation; Zoom meeting; 6:30 p.m.

20        Green Labs Info Session; Zoom meeting; noon.

Talks

13        Green Social Housing at Scale: Lessons from Vienna’s Social Housing on Project Finance, Housing Immigrants, and Climate-Friendly Urbanism; Daniel Aldana Cohen, sociology; noon; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.pop.upenn.edu/ (Population Studies Center).

             Advancing Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy in Movement Disorders: From Surgical Implantation to Behavior-Based Responsive Therapeutic Stimulation; Enrico Opri, Emory University; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join; https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/97483734781 (Bioengineering; Neuroengineering).

            The Emergence of Sō-on in Industrial Japan: Kōjō Ongaku and An/Aesthetic Strategies for Factory Management; Keisuke Yamada, University of Pittsburgh; 5:15 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/yamada-talk-apr-13  (Music).

14        The Impact of Recreational Cannabis Laws on Cannabis Use & Harm: How You Measure the Market Matters; Rosalie Pacula, USC; noon; Zoom meeting; info: https://crim.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Criminology).

15        Special Briefing: State Budgeting, the COVID-19 Recession, and What Comes Next; panel of speakers; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/iur-talk-apr-15 (Penn IUR).

            60-Second Lectures - Weaponizing Truth; M. Susan Lindee, HSS; noon; online event; info: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/60-second (60-Second Lectures).

            Lessons from the Pandemic; Howard Kunreuther, Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center; Cary Coglianese, Penn Law; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/kunreuther-coglianese-apr-15 (Penn Law).

            Are You Connected to the Future? Michael Tchong, Ubercool Innovation; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/tchong-talk-apr-15 (Penn Center for Innovation, 1776).

            Development and Diversity of Neural Cell Types in the Septum; Corey Harwell, Harvard; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98844553589 (Biology).

            Regulation of Cellular Identity in Lung Cancer; Eric Snyder, University of Utah; 4 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/497920610 (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).

            How the Political Communications Profession Helped Divide America; Craig Snyder, Indigo Global Corporation; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://www.fels.upenn.edu/events/craig-snyder (Fels Institute).

            Greek Love; Rachel Lesser, Gettysburg; 7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://forms.gle/ZyD7cThzWse3kAgS7 (Classical Studies).

19        COVID-19 and Decision-Making Under Uncertainty; Joseph Kable, MindCORE; Barbara Mellers, psychology; 4 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/kable-mellers-apr-19 (Penn Science Café).

20        Micromechanics of Near-Ideal Polymer Networks; Laurence Brassart, Oxford; 10:30 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (MEAM).

            Third Annual Jeremy Nowak Lecture: Equitable Recovery and CDFIs; panel of speakers; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://third-annual-jeremy-nowak-lecture.eventbrite.com (Penn IUR).

            The Pan American Health Organization: Improving Health in the Americas; Marcos Espinal, Pan American Health Organization; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/espinal-talk-apr-20 (LALS).

             Out of Egypt: Haitian Princesses, Abyssinian Priests, and the Politics of Afro-Reinvention; Brandon Byrd, Vanderbilt University; 4:30 p.m.; online event; info: https://www.history.upenn.edu/node/14211 (History).

Annenberg School for Communication
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events/.

20        Exploring the Recent Uber Driver Victory in the UK and Its Impact on Gig Workers Across the Globe; Zweli Ngwenya, The Movement; Ali Razak, Philadelphia Drivers Union; Tonje Ettesvoll, Rideshare Drivers United; 1 p.m.

Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB)
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.cceb.med.upenn.edu/events.

16        Open Insights in Biomedical Data Science: Getting to the Cause of Complex Diseases – State of the Art on Mendelian Randomization; Qingyuan Zhao and Stephen Burgess, Cambridge; 1 p.m.

Economics
Online events. Info and to register: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.

13        Value-Based Distance Between Information Structures; Marcin Pęski, University of Toronto; 4 p.m.

14        Financial Frictions: Macro vs Micro Volatility; Morten Ravn, University College London; noon.

            The Distributional Impacts of Real-Time Pricing; Mar Reguant, Northwestern University; 3:30 p.m.

15        Financial Literacy and Wealth Inequality; Min Kim, economics; noon.

            Job Attachment and Life Cycle Gender Wage Differences; Ni Wang, economics; 12:30 p.m.

19        Empirical Estimates for the Snow Albedo Feedback Effect; Robert Kaufmann, Boston University; 4:30 p.m.

20        Dynamic Information Acquisition Under Ambiguity; Sarah Auster, Universität Bonn, 4 p.m.

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