Exhibits

Penn Museum
Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/.

10        Graduate Guide Highlights Tour; 2 p.m.

            Virtual Global Guide Tour: Asia Galleries; 2:30 p.m.

11        Asia Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.

            Global Guide Tour: Africa Galleries; 2:30 p.m.

12        Mexico & Central America Gallery Tour; 11 a.m.

            Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.

Fitness & Learning

8          Financial Security: Concerns of a Retiring and Retired Faculty; Fran Berg, PSOM; Mitch Marcus, CIS; and Matthew Taylor, Permit Capital Advisors, LLC; discuss planning for retirement; 3:30 p.m.; online webinar; info: https://provost.upenn.edu/pasef/events-2021-2022 (Penn Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty).

11        Addressing Discrimination in the Aisan Diaspora; a collaborative discussion for educators about Asian and Asian American discrimination issues; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; virtual; register: https://bit.ly/umicheastasia21 (AARC, PAACH).

On Stage

10        A Toast to Dear Old Penn; Platt Student Performing Arts House’s annual Carnegie Hall showcase, offering a diverse sampling of the best of Penn student performing arts; 7:30 p.m.; online livestream; watch: https://pennlivearts.org/events/toastdearoldpenn-watch.php (Platt House).

Talks

7          Synthetic Data: Anonymisation Groundhog Day; Carmela Troncoso, EPFL Switzerland; noon; Zoom webinar; info: cherylh@cis.upenn.edu (Computer & Information Science).

            Actions of Homeo and Diffeo Groups on Manifolds; Lei Chen, University of Maryland; 5:15 p.m.; Zoom webinar; info: https://tinyurl.com/chen-talk-dec-7 (Mathematics).

8          Galaxy Evolution and Cosmology via the 21 cm Line of Atomic Hydrogen; Martha Haynes, Cornell; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/hayes-talk-dec-8 (Physics & Astronomy).

            An Arithmetic Count of Rational Plane Curves; Kirsten Wickelgren, Duke University; 3:45 p.m.; room A1, DRL (Mathematics).

9          Data Compression: From Classical to Modern; Aaron Wagner, Cornell; 11 a.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/wagner-talk-dec-9 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).

            Improving Care Coordination for Patients with Complex Specialty Care Needs: Inflammatory Bowel Disease as a Case Example; Shirley Cohen-Mekelburg, University of Michigan; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/cohen-mekelburg-dec-9 (Perelman School of Medicine).

            Topological Quantum Phases, Novel Superconductors, and Ultra-Thin Films Beyond Graphene; Arun Bansil, Northeastern University; 12:30 p.m.; auditorium, LRSM Building (Materials Science & Engineering).

            Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Sepsis-Induced Lung and Multi-System Organ Failure; Scott Weiss, CHOP; 4 p.m.; BlueJeans webinar; join: https://bluejeans.com/574742202120/831444129093?src=join_info (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Series).

            A Hidden Cultural Lens: Investigating Museum Science Displays; Lizzie Oakley, anthropology; 5:30 p.m.; Facebook livestream; info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/1025/living-room-lecture (Penn Museum).

            Impact of Covid-19 on Women in the Workforce; Pilar Gonalons-Pons, sociology; 6 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://www.alumni.upenn.edu/PWA1209 (Penn Professional Women’s Alliance).

10        A Spectral Approach for Time-Dependent PDEs Using Machine-Learned Basis Functions; Panos Stinis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; 2 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91784948875 (Mathematics).

13        Diagonal for Operahedra; Guillaume Laplante-Anfossi, Paris 13; 2 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91549738223 (Mathematics).

            The African-Descended Contribution to Cuban Independence; panel of speakers; 4 p.m.; Microsoft Teams webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/clals-talk-dec-13 (Center for Latin American & Latinx Studies).

14        Architected Nanoscale Plates for Thermionic Energy Conversion and Relativistic Interstellar Travel; Matthew F. Campbell, mechanical engineering & applied mechanics; 10 a.m.; Zoom webinar; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (MEAM).

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

8          Not a Typical Firm: The Joint Dynamics of Firms, Labor Shares, and Capital-Labor Substitution; Joachim Hubmer, economics; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.

9          New Frontiers: The Origins and Content of New Work, 1940–2018; David Autor, MIT; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.

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

13        Improving Medical-Dental Integration – Educationally, Professionally, Clinically: A Physician-Educator’s Perspective; Hugh Silk, University of Massachusetts; 5:30 p.m.

14        Don’t Google Your Way to Malpractice; Laurel Graham, Penn Libraries; noon.

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