Exhibits

25        Odds and Ends: The Landscape Architecture of Richard Weller; acknowledges Richard Weller’s chairmanship of the architecture department from 2012-2022 by presenting the visuals from his two most recent books, An Art of Instrumentality and To the Ends of the Earth: A Grand Tour for the Twenty-First Century; Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hall. Opening reception: April 25, 6 p.m.

Fitness & Learning

24        Understanding and Supporting the Diverse Needs of Students with Disabilities; pilot TAA training session hosted by Vanessa Dash, disability specialist; noon; room 801, BRB (Inclusion Diversity Equity and Learner Research).

25        The Nuts and Bolts of Retirement: Practical Advice for the Transition to Retirement; panel of speakers including Arberetta Bowles, PSOM; Amy Collins, Office of the Provost; Erin Rossello, PSOM; and Susan Sproat, HR; 4 p.m.; Zoom webinar; info: https://button.provost.upenn.edu/pasef/events (Penn Association of Senior & Emeritus Faculty).

28        Taiko Workshop and Performance; participants will have the unique opportunity to play Japanese instrument the taiko; 2:30 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium (Japanese Language Program).

Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships

Info: https://curf.upenn.edu/events.

24        Fellowships: What Do I Need to Know?; 4 p.m.; room 242, Van Pelt Library. Also April 29.

29        Introduction to the Truman Scholarship & Scholar Panel; 12:30 p.m.; room 242, Van Pelt Library.

            Introduction to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program; 3:30 p.m.; online webinar.

Graduate School of Education

Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.

24        Penn Employee Information Session; 12:30 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall.

25        Learning Analytics, MSEd (Online) Virtual Information Session; 8 a.m.; online webinar.

On Stage

26        Penn Singers Light Opera Company: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812; young and impulsive, Natasha Rostova arrives in Moscow to await the return of her fiancé from the front lines; when she falls under the spell of the roguish Anatole, it is up to Pierre, a family friend in the middle of an existential crisis, to pick up the pieces of her shattered reputation; 7:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center; tickets: https://tickets.pennlivearts.org/0/89562 (Penn Live Arts). Also April 27, 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Special Events

25        African Languages & Culture Day 2024; experience the beauty and hospitality of African cultures through songs, skits, dance, poems and delicious cuisine; 5-8 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall (Africana Studies).

Talks

24        The Falling Sky on Merchandise People: Kopenawa Yanomami’s Analysis of White Culture; José de Araujo Costa, CLALS; noon; room 473, McNeil Building (Center for Latin American & Latinx Studies).

            Institutional Legibility: Data-Intensive Surveillance, Individual Outcomes, and Group Disparities; Sarah Brayne, University of Texas at Austin; noon room 403, McNeil Building (Sociology, Population Studies Center).

            Statistical Methods for Trustworthy Language Modeling; Tatsu Hashimoto, Stanford University; noon; room 225, Towne Building, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94597712175 (ASSET Center).

            Know Your Rights: Security Deposits as a Tenant; panel of speakers; 12:15 p.m.; room 214, Gittis Hall (Civil Practice Clinic, Penn Carey Law).

            Exploiting Time-Domain Parallelism to Accelerate Neural Network Training and PDE Constrained Optimization; Eric Cyr, Sandia National Laboratories; 2 p.m.; room 534, 3401 Walnut Street (Penn Institute for Computational Science).

            Conversations with Musicians from the Philadelphia Orchestra; Juliette Kang, Christine Lim, and Marvin Moon, Philadelphia Orchestra; 3 p.m.; Benjamin Franklin Room, Houston Hall; RSVP: https://forms.gle/sNPSEiq1ZACNxWRM9 (Korean Studies).

            Toward a Better Understanding of Hereditary Cancer: Dissecting BRCA1 Haploinsufficiency Through Precise in Vivo Models; Carman Li, Harvard University; 4 p.m.; Glen Gaulton Auditorium, BRB, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/li-talk-apr-24 (Cancer Biology).

25        Special Briefing: America’s $900 Billion Water Crisis; panel of speakers; 11 a.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/iur-talk-apr-25 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).

            Dirty Guns & Grimy Dealers: Examining the Trade of Illicit Firearms With Violent Histories; Brian Wade, Crime and Justice Policy Lab; noon; 4^th floor library, McNeil Building (Criminology).

            Philanthropy’s Role; Amy Schiller, Dartmouth College; Kat Rosqueta, Center for High Impact Philanthropy; noon; location TBA; info: https://tinyurl.com/schiller-rosqueta-apr-25 (School of Social Policy & Practice).

            Optical Coherence Tomography - From Conception to Current Frontiers; David Huang, Casey Eye Institute; 2 p.m.; room 307, Levine Hall (PRECISE Center).

26        Theoretical/Computational/Experimental Phonology; Canaan Breiss, University of Southern California; 10:15 a.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Linguistics).

            Executive Leadership Dialogue; Monica Taylor, chair of Delaware County Council; 1 p.m.; location TBA; info: https://tinyurl.com/taylor-talk-apr-26 (Fels Institute of Government).

            Representations Learnt from Synthetic Volumes Enable Training-free Medical Image Analysis; Neel Dey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 2 p.m.; room 534, 3401 Walnut Street (Penn Institute for Computational Science).

30        Collective Transitions in Beating Cilia and Swimming Fish; Eva Kanso, University of Southern California; 10 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

            Identidad Marron: Prácticas Políticas, Estéticas y Antirracistas del sur Global; Chana Mamani, artist and activist; 3:30 p.m.; room 473, McNeil Building (Center for Latin American & Latinx Studies).

            The CONCERN Project: Using AI to Model Nursing Expertise and Provide Early Warning; Kenrick Cato, informatics; 7 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register; https://tinyurl.com/cato-talk-apr-30 (Penn Nursing).

Economics

In-person events at various locations. Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.

24        Labor Search and Strategic Information Disclosure; Ruben Piazzesi, economics; 12:15 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.

            A Song of Debt: Internal Debt Emergence; Mingzhuo Deng, economics; 12:45 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.

            Selling Subscriptions; Ben Klopack, Texas A&M University; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.

            Heterogeneous Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity: Foundations of a Nonlinear Phillips Curve; Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Columbia University; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

25        Learning to Love Globalization; Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, Prudentia; noon; room B2, Meyerson Hall.

            Measurements in Economics; Orazio Attanasio, Yale University; 3:30 p.m.; room TBA, PCPSE.

GRASP Lab

Unless noted, hybrid events at Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinar. Info: https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/events/.

24        New Wine in an Old Bottle: A Structured Approach to Democratize Robot Learning; Harish Ravichandar, Georgia Institute of Technology; 3 p.m.; room 307, Levine Hall.

Mathematics

Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.

23        Programmable Matter and Emergent Computation; Dana Randall, Georgia Tech; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.

24        On Proving Mathematics Has No Contradictions; Henry Towsner, mathematics; 3:45 p.m.; room A2, DRL.

26        Mapping Class Group and Dehn Twists of p-adic Fields; Nadav Gropper, University of Haifa; 3:30 p.m.; room 4N30, DRL.

This is an update to the April AT PENN calendar, which is online now. The May AT PENN calendar appears in this issue of Almanac. Email almanac@upenn.edu to submit events for a future AT PENN calendar or weekly update.