Films

1          2022 Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium Information Session; two Penn Institue for Urban Research (IUR) professors give an overview of this pgoram, which gives funding for undergraduate research projects; noon; room G12, Meyerson Hall (PennIUR).

            Cured; highlights a pivotal but little-known moment in LGBTQ+ history when activists rose up to challenge a formidable institution; 7 p.m.; LGBT Center (LGBT Center).

2          Water Center Student Coffee Chat; students (undergraduate and graduate) are invited to connect with Water Center staff; 1 p.m.; Saxby’s, 4000 Locust Street (Water Center).

            No Ordinary Man; documentary about Billy Tipton, a pioneering transgender jazz artist; 7 p.m.; Montgomery Theater, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center, and online screening; info and tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/no-ordinary-man (Penn Live Arts).

3          Mexican Psychotic; experimental video-in-progress on the life, art and mythos of artist Martín Ramírez, who spent 30 years drawing beautiful works while incarcerated in California mental asylums; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, and Zoom webinar; register: https://www.centerforexperimentalethnography.org/events (Center for Experimental Ethnography).

6          New Italian Cinema Film Festival; films will be available online until December 12; selected films will be shown in room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall; info and full schedule: https://tinyurl.com/italian-cinema-festival-2021 (Cinema & Media Studies).

Fitness & Learning

1          MSD-RAS Info Session; introduction to the Weitzman School’s Master of Science in Design: Robotics and Autonomous Systems program; 6:30 p.m.; room B13, Meyerson Hall (Weitzman School).

Graduate School of Education (GSE)

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

3          Evidence-Based Education Reforms: Innovation, Practice and Leadership in Post-Pandemic Era; 11 a.m.

Music

3          Penn Loafers: Singing in the Grain; a cappella group Penny Loafers' 35th fall show, featuring covers of Jordin Sparks, Maggie Rogers, Beyonce, and more; 6 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/penny-loafers. Also December 4, 7 p.m.

Music Department

In-person events. Info: https://music.sas.upenn.edu/events.

3          Penn Chamber; Penn’s Chamber Program performs an intimate and inspiring program including works by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Schubert, and Debussy; 3 p.m.; room 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall. Also 5:30 p.m.

6          Philadelphia Student Composers Project with the PRISM Quartet; inaugural concert of the Philadelphia Student Composers Project features world premieres by four rising stars in Philadelphia, performed by the eminent PRISM Quartet; 7:30 p.m.; room 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall.

On Stage

2          High School Musical; Stimulus Children’s Theatre, Penn’s premier child-oriented theater group, performs an adaptation of the classic Disney movie, set at East High; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/stimulus-childrens-theatre. Also December 3, 8:30 p.m.

Special Events

3          Keeping Up the Good Work: Honoring 40 Years of Excellence in Diversity; celebrating Penn Engineering’s ODEI office and opening the new ODEI wing in the Towne Building; 3-5 p.m.; room 100, Towne Building and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/seas-odei-40 (Penn Engineering ODEI).

Talks

1          “The Extinction of the Race”: Abortion, Homosexuality, and the Reproduction of Senegal, 2009-2015; Jason Ferguson, UCLA; noon; room 150, McNeil Building (Sociology).

            Is Copyright Phanatical? David Wolfsohn, Duane Morris LLP; Cynthia Laury Dahl, Penn Carey Law; 4:30 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/wolfsohn-dahl-dec-1 (Penn Carey Law).

2          Development of Models for Geographic Vulnerabilities and Solutions in HIV; Bita Fayaz Farkhad, Annenberg School; 9 a.m.; BlueJeans webinar; join: https://bluejeans.com/873734674/4747?src=join_info (CCEB).

            Data-Driven Materials Design in the Quantum Regime: Motif-Centric Learning Framework and Local-Symmetry-Guided Material Discovery; Qimin Yan, Temple; 12:30 p.m.; auditorium, LRSM Building (Materials Science and Engineering).

            Robot Imagination: Affordance-Based Reasoning About Unknown Objects; Gregory Chirikjian, National University of Singapore; 2 p.m.; room 307, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/chirikjian-talk-dec-2 (GRASP Lab).

            Functional and Algorithmic Constraints on Sound Structure; Matt Goldrick, Northwestern University; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; info: https://tinyurl.com/goldrick-talk-dec-2 (Linguistics).

            Nutrient-Sensitive Transcripts as Biomarkers of In Situ Physiological State in Marine Phytoplankton; Sarah Smith, San Jose State University; 4 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/smith-talk-dec-2 (Biology).

            Characterizing 2-Slices Over $C_2$ and $K_4$; Carissa Slone, University of Kentucky; 5:15 p.m.; Zoom webinar; info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events/characterizing-2-slices-over-c2-and-k4 (Mathematics).

            (Gay) Panic Attack; David Eng, English; 6 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/eng-talk-dec-2 (Asian American Studies; Kessler Award).

3          Toward Object Manipulation Without Explicit Models; Dieter Fox, University of Washington; 10:30 a.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/fox-talk-dec-3 (GRASP Lab).

6          Career Funneling Revisited: How First-Gen, Low-Income Students Resist Pressures and Redefine their Jobs at an Elite University; Joyce Kim, GSE; 10 a.m.; location TBA (Sociology).

            The Curious Case of Clockwork Cognition: Why are Young Children so Interested in Mechanism? Frank Keil, Yale; 3:30 p.m.; auditorium, Levin Building (Psychology).

7          Continuum Mechanics of Non-equilibrium Phenomena: A Journey Through Space and Time Scales; Celia Reina, mechanical engineering & applied mechanics; 10 a.m.; Zoom webinar; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (MEAM).

            Militant Whiteness in the Age of Trump; Kathleen Belew, University of Chicago; noon; room 209, College Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96303694831#success (History).

            The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous: How Humor Can Unite Us; Cappy McGarr, author; 4 p.m.; Perry World House and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/mcgarr-talk-dec-7 (Perry World House).

Penn Dental

Online webinars. Info: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/.

1          Learning the Ability in Disability: A Discussion About Cerebral Palsy; Gabby Ciancimino, Penn Dental; 5:30 p.m.

Economics

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

2          A Theory of Business Transfers; Ellen McGrattan, University of Minnesota; noon; room 211, Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall.

            (Mis)allocation of Managerial Training Within the Firm; Anant Nyshadham, University of Michigan; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.