Update: December AT PENN
Exhibits
17 Smell That?: An Afternoon in Celebration of Sissel Tolaas: RE_________; test and visualize your own sense of smell in a nose print workshop, listen to poetry readings about smell and memory, and tour the exhibition with chemosensory scientists from Monell Chemical Senses Center as your guides; 3-6 p.m.; ICA; register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-for-all-smell-that-tickets-476706139897 (Institute of Contemporary Art).
Penn Museum
In-person events at Penn Museum. Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar.
16 Global Guide Tour; 2:30 p.m.
17 Egypt Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.
Eastern Mediterranean Gallery Tour; 2 p.m.
Global Guide Tour; 2:30 p.m.
18 Rome Gallery Tour; 11 a.m.
Eastern Mediterranean Gallery Tour; 2 p.m.
Global Guide Tour; 2:30 p.m.
23 Global Guide Tour; 2:30 p.m.
30 Global Guide Tour; 2:30 p.m.
Fitness & Learning
13 International Reporting Student Fellowship Information Session; meet the 2022 fellows, learn about their projects and the mentoring they received, and find out how you can become the next Pulitzer Center Student Fellow; noon; room 473, McNeil Building, and online webinar; register: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/details/forms.php?id=178 (Nursing).
14 Cocoa Kickback; study break featuring hot chocolate bar, snacks and holiday crafts; noon-3 p.m.; 1st floor lounge, ARCH (Cultural Resource Centers).
Graduate School of Education
Online events unless noted. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.
14 GSE's Staff & Faculty Holiday Party; for faculty and staff; 4 p.m.; World Café Live.
Learning Analytics Virtual Information Session; 7 p.m.
15 Education Entrepreneurship Program Information Session; noon.
Independent School Teaching Residency Information Session; 5 p.m.
16 Friday Virtual Chat; noon.
Special Events
13 Cultural Resource Centers Ugly Sweater and Karaoke Party; put on your ugliest sweater and come join the Cultural Resource Centers for an evening of karaoke and hot chocolate; 7-9 p.m. lobby, ARCH (Cultural Resource Centers).
Talks
14 Roundtable Discussion on Annie Ernaux; Jacqueline Dougherty, French & Francophone studies; Max Cavitch, English; Sam Martin, French & Francophone Studies; noon; events room, 2nd floor, Penn Bookstore (French & Francophone Studies).
Electronics 5.0: New Materials and Devices for Edge Intelligence; Tomás Palacios, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 12:30 p.m.; room 337, Towne Building (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
15 Designing and Evaluating Pragmatic Trials of Behavioral Science-Based Interventions to Support Deprescribing; Julie Christine Lauffenburger, Harvard University; 9 a.m.; BlueJeans webinar; join: https://bluejeans.com/873734674/4747 (Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics).
Special Briefing: 2023 Outlook for States and Localities; panel of speakers; 11 a.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/iur-talk-dec-15 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).
From Brains to Bandgaps: How Novel Materials Synthesis can provide New Semiconductor Platforms for Optoelectronics, Acoustics, Electronics and Neuromorphic Computation; Alan Doolittle, Georgia Institute of Technology; 12:30 p.m.; room 225, Towne Building (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
16 How Climate Change Media Can Evoke Emotions and Motivate Public Support for Climate Action; Lauren Feldman, Rutgers University; 12:15 p.m.; room 500, Annenberg School, and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/feldman-talk-dec-16 (Elihu Katz Colloquium).
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