Films

11        Scribe DHPY Screening: Visions of Philadelphia; celebrate new documentary films from Scribe’s 2022 Documentary History Project For Youth program; 2-5 p.m.; Institute of Contemporary Art; register: https://tinyurl.com/dhpy-screening-dec-11 (Institute of Contemporary Art).

Fitness & Learning

7          Admissions Web Chat Series; an opportunity for Weitzman School applicants to get answers to many common questions and to interact with current students and admissions staff; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/weitzman-admissions-dec-7 (Weitzman School). Also December 12, 6 p.m.

9          Department of Architecture: Prospective Student Q & A; a chance to ask questions about programs, coursework, student life, and any other aspect of what it is like to study at the Weitzman School of Design; 9 a.m.; Zoom webinar; info: cmegan@design.upenn.edu (Architecture).

            Udall Information Session and Scholar Panel; learning about scholarships from the Udall Foundation, which awards scholarships to university/college sophomores and juniors dedicated to leadership and public service; 3:30 p.m.; room 202, 3539 Locust Walk; register: https://tinyurl.com/udall-info-session-dec-9 (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).

13        Fall 2023 Penn English Program in London at King's College Information Session; 11:30 a.m.; room 135, Fisher-Bennett Hall, and Zoom webinar; info: loretta@upenn.edu (English).

Graduate School of Education

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

8          Learning Analytics Virtual Information Session; 8 p.m.

9          Friday Virtual Chat; 9 a.m.

12        Reading/Writing/Literacy MSEd Information Session; noon.

            Urban Education MSEd Program Information Session; 7 p.m.

13        Financial Aid Information Session; 6 p.m.

            Penn GSE Mid-Career Doctoral Program Virtual Information Session; 9 p.m.

School of Social Policy & Practice

Online events unless noted. Info: https://www.sp2.upenn.edu/sp2-events/.

8          Workshop Pro Environmental and Sustainable Practices: From Home to College Dorms; noon; room 526, McNeil Building.

On Stage

9          Penn Singers Light Opera Company Present Carrie: The Musical; perennial Penn theater group presents an adaptation of the Stephen King novel in which Carrie White discovers that she’s got a special power, and if pushed too far, she’s not afraid to use it; 8:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/penn-singers-light-opera-company-1162 (Penn Live Arts). Also December 10, 1 and 7:30 p.m.

Readings & Signings

8          Groundbreaking Poets and Traditional Forms: A Class Reading; Taije Silverman, English, and the students of ENGL2840; 5:30 p.m.; Arts Café, Kelly Writers House, and YouTube livestream; join: https://youtu.be/GI7k0zOlCe8 (Kelly Writers House).

12        A Reading by the Students of Xfic; Jay Kirk, English, and the students of ENGL3353; 5:30 p.m.; Arts Café, Kelly Writers House, and YouTube livestream; join: https://youtu.be/YneYhngBK8I (Kelly Writers House).

Special Events

9          Lambda Grads Winter Wonderland Happy Hour; celebrate the end of fall semester and all things Winter Wonderland with Lambda Grads; open to all LGBTQ+ Penn grad students and friends/allies; 5:30-7:30 p.m.; info: https://ulife.vpul.upenn.edu/calendar/host/LGBT-Center/24 (LGBT Center).

Talks

6          Two Interconnected Ecologies in Mexico City: Modernist Social Housing Projects and Villages in the Valley; Pablo Lazo, WRI Mexico; noon; online livestream; register: https://tinyurl.com/lazo-talk-dec-6 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).

            2022 A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Lecture; Linda Sheryl Greene, Michigan State University; 5:30 p.m.; Fitts Auditorium, Penn Law; register: https://tinyurl.com/greene-talk-dec-6 (Center for Africana Studies).

7          Model Organism Genetics Reveal an Unexpected Molecular Function of Tau; Brian Kraemer, University of Washington School of Medicine; 10 a.m.; room 11-146AB, Smilow Center, and Zoom webinar; info: maurkirs@pennmedicine.upenn.edu (Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center).

            Alveolar Epithelial Cell Metabolic Reprogramming in Lung Fibrosis; Luis Rodriguez, PSOM; noon; room 213, Stemmler Hall (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).

8          Compressibility of Nanoconfined Fluids: Relating Atomistic Modeling to Ultrasonic Experiments; Gennady Gor, New Jersey Institute of Technology; 10:30 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Materials Science & Engineering).

            Knockout of a Single Sox Gene Resurrects an Ancestral Cell Type in the Sea Anemone Nematostella Vectensis; Leslie Babonis, Cornell University; 4 p.m.; auditorium, Claire Fagin Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://www.bio.upenn.edu/events/seminars/zoom (Biology).

9          Understanding the Physical World from Images; David Fouhey, University of Michigan; 10:30 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91357679944 (GRASP Lab).

            A Roundtable on Iran Uprising: Silenced Voices and Political Struggle of Minority Groups in Iran and Diaspora; panel of speakers; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/iran-roundtable-dec-9 (Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations).

12        Communicating Behavior: Bottom-Up Processes of Social Influence; Dolores Albarracin, Annenberg School and Penn Nursing; 3:30 p.m.; auditorium, Levin Building (Psychology).

13        Immunological Mechanisms of Epithelial Cancer Defense; Ming Li, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; noon; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/li-talk-dec-13 (Wistar Institute).

            A New BART Prior for Flexible Modeling with Categorical Predictors; Sameer Deshpande, University of Wisconsin–Madison; 3:30 p.m.; room 701, Blockley Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/deshpande-talk-dec-13 (Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics).

Economics

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

7          Profit Sharing & Patient Steering: Joint Ventures in Dialysis; Ryan McDevitt, Duke University; 3:30 p.m.; room F50, Huntsman Hall.

12        Assessing Omitted Variable Bias When the Controls are Endogenous; Matt Masten, Duke University; 4:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.

Mathematics

In-person events. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.

6          Arnold Conjecture Over Integers; Guangbo Xu, Texas A&M University; 3:30 p.m.; room 3C6, DRL.

7          A Geometric Characterization of Arithmeticity; Matthew Stover, Temple University; 3:45 p.m.; room A4, DRL.

9          The Gromov-Hausdorff Distance Between Spheres; Facundo Memoli, Ohio State University; 1:45 p.m.; room 200, PCPSE.

            Gauged Gromov-Witten Theory and Affine Grassmannians; Andres Fernandez Herrero, Columbia University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C2, DRL.

This is an update to the December AT PENN calendar. To submit events for an upcoming AT PENN calendar or weekly update, send the salient details to almanac@upenn.edu.