Update: February AT PENN
Conferences
19 Symposium Humanizing Asylum for All: Gender-Based Violence in Central America and the Effects of U.S. Policy; will focus on gender-based violence in Central America and gender-based asylum in the United States; 2-5 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/lals-conference-feb-19 (LALS).
20 Penn Law Lambda Symposium 2021: LGBTQ Health and the Law: Advocacy and Action; discussion on LGBTQ access to and discrimination within healthcare and how lawyers are currently working to expand rights and support clients faced with healthcare challenges; 1-7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/law-lambda-2021 (Penn Law).
Exhibits
19 A Conversation with Dana Rice and Alli Davis on Artist Dox Thrash and The Dox Thrash House Project; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/92688494278#success (Arthur Ross Gallery).
Virtual Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/global-guide-feb-19 (Penn Museum).
Fitness & Learning
17 The Masc We Live In – Cultural Implications of Masculinity; open discussion on masculinity in different cultural contexts; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/masculinity-feb-17 (VPUL; Penn Violence Prevention).
18 CE Series: Advanced Urinary Care; learn about fundamentals of veterinary care from Penn Vet experts; 6 p.m.; online event; register: www.alumni.upenn.edu/AUCFeb182021 (Penn Vet).
Career Conversations: Industry Perseverance—Real Estate & Law; dynamic conversation with Penn alumni discussing how COVID has affected careers in the real estate industry; 6 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/career-conversations-feb-18 (SAS, Penn Alumni).
19 It’s the Journey that Matters: Applying for Fellowships; panel of experts discuss scholarships like Fulbright and Marshall; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/curf-seminar-feb-19 (CURF).
Penn & Slavery Project’s Augmented Reality Campus Tour App; webinar launching a product of Penn & Slavery Project’s research; 3 p.m.; online event; register: https://bit.ly/PSProjectAR (Penn & Slavery Project).
Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar
16 Making Tax Returns Less Taxing; open to GSE and SP2 staff and faculty; noon.
Leadership Awareness Training; 12:30 p.m.
Innovation for Equity: Meeting the Moment; 2 p.m.
Food for Thought: Mardi Gras!; 6 p.m.
Admissions: Virtual Financial Aid Session; 6 p.m.
17 Perfecting Your No-Guilt No; noon.
18 Breakroom with the Community-Building Committee; 12:30 p.m.
Admissions: Web Chat with Current Students; 7 p.m.
19 Guided Mindful Meditation with Liz Mackenzie; 12:30 p.m.
Morris Arboretum
Online classes. Info and to register: https://experience.morrisarboretum.org/Info.aspx?EventID=31
18 Water Management Solutions for Your Landscape; Valerie Solitrin, landscape designer; 6:30-9 p.m.
Readings & Signings
18 Defending Frenemies: Alliances, Politics, and Nuclear Nonproliferation in U.S. Foreign Policy; Jeffrey W. Taliaferro; 4 p.m.; online event; info: https://www.law.upenn.edu/institutes/cerl/events.php (CERL).
22 A Revolution in Rhyme; Fatemeh Shams; 2 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/shams-reading-feb-22 (Middle East Center).
Talks
16 China and Southeast Asia: A Contemporary History; Prasenjit Duara, Duke; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/duara-talk-feb-16 (CEAS).
Community Engagement and SEAMACC; Thoai Nguyen, SEAMACC; noon; Zoom meeting; info: anabelb@sas.upenn.edu (ASAM).
Past and Future Limits on Human Gene Editing in Bioethical Debate: A Social Explanation; John Evans, UC San Diego; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://zoom.us/j/91537426186 (MEHP).
Science, Technology, and Modern War: The Rational Fog; Susan Lindee, HSS; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/lindee-talk-feb-16 (Perry World House).
Structural Foundations of Efficient Reinforcement Learning; Alekh Agarwal, Microsoft; 3 p.m.; online event; info: cis-info@cis.upenn.edu (CIS).
Building Better Government: Priorities and Challenges for the New Administration; Philip Howard, Covington & Burling; Elaine Kamarck, Brookings Institution; Peter Schuck, Yale; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/building-better-feb-16 (Penn Law).
Mechanisms Underlying Spatiotemporal Patterning in Microbial Collectives: A Model's Perspective; Bhargav Karamched, Florida State; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/karamched-talk-feb-16 (Mathematics).
17 Booming Economies and the Ethno-Racial Divide in Violent Crime Change (1999 – 2013); Maria Velez, UMD; noon; Zoom meeting; ID: Zoom Meeting ID: 965 9082 5437; password: CRIM558 (Criminology).
“MRS Degrees” for Whom? Racial Disparities in Women's Household Economic Returns to College Quality; Jordan Conwell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; noon; online event; info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Sociology).
The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians; Sa’ed Atshan, Swarthmore College; Katharina Galor, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/atshan-galor-feb-17 (Middle East Center).
Insights into Active Site Structures for Bimetallic Heterogeneous Catalysts; Madelyn Ball, Georgia Tech; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: chebiom@seas.upenn.edu (CBE).
Pursuing Cosmic Puzzles with Galaxy Surveys; Bhuvnesh Jain, physics & astronomy; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/jain-talk-feb-17 (Physics & Astronomy).
The Apartheid Psychiatrist: Individual Guilt and Collective Responsibility in South Africa; Jacob Dlamini, Princeton; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting, register: https://tinyurl.com/dlamini-talk-feb-17 (Africana Studies).
“Undisciplined”: Early Modern Women’s Writing and the Urgency of Scholarly Activism; Kimberly Anne Coles, UMD; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.english.upenn.edu/events/ (English).
18 Using Observational Data to Emulate Target Trials in Pregnancy: Findings from a Nationwide Birth Outcomes Surveillance Study in Botswana; Ellen Caniglia, NYU; 9 a.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/368827150 (CCEB).
Fieldwork, Research Strategies: Census, Asian Americans in Pennsylvania; Stephanie Sun, GACAPAA; noon; Zoom meeting; info: anabelb@sas.upenn.edu (ASAM).
Calculating Bully: Explaining China’s Coercion; Ketian Vivian Zhang, George Mason University; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/zhang-talk-feb-18 (CSCC).
Third Thursday; Ricardo Bracho, GSWS artist-in-residence; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/bracho-talk-feb-18 (GSWS).
Disrupting Contract Law; Sandeep Vaheesan, Open Markets Institute; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94564179162 (Penn Law).
Engineering Synthetic Biomaterials for Islet Transplantation; María Coronel, Georgia Tech; 3 p.m.; online event; info: be@seas.upenn.edu (Bioengineering).
Why Read Homer in 2021? Emily Wilson, classical studies; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/wilson-talk-feb-18 (Classical Studies).
Free Speech Battles—The Secret History of the First Amendment; Fara Dabhoiwala, Princeton; 5 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/dabhoiwala-talk-feb-18 (Andrea Mitchell Center).
Kahn at 120; panel of speakers; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/kahn-120-feb-18 (Weitzman School).
19 The Party System in India; Eswaran Sridharan, UPIASI; Tariq Thachil, CASI; Ramanan Raghavendran, Amasia; 11 a.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/penn-india-feb-19 (CASI, Penn Alumni).
(Re)building Human Dexterity: Inferring Musculoskeletal Dynamics for Next-Generation Assistive Devices & Diagnostics; Laura Hallock, UC Berkeley; noon; Zoom meeting; info: jbatter@seas.upenn.edu (ESE).
Recent Advances in Modeling Subduction and Viscoelastic Flow in Geodynamic Computations; Elbridge Gerry Puckett, UC Davis; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: kathom@seas.upenn.edu (PICS).
22 Re-membering WWII Paris; Mélanie Peron, French & Francophone studies; 5:15 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://pennmaterialtexts.org/ (Penn Libraries).
Annenberg School for Communication
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events
17 Too Much and Too Little: Race, Photography, and the Limits of Legal Seeing; LaCharles Ward, ASC; noon.
18 Community-Centered Journalism: Engaging People, Exploring Solutions, and Building Trust; Andrea Wenzel, Temple; 3 p.m.
Economics
Online events. Info and to register: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events
22 Forecasting Euro-Area Inflation with Time-Varying Parameter Quantile Regressions; Dimitris Korobilis, University of Glasgow; 4:30 p.m.
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AT PENN Deadlines
The February AT PENN calendar is online and will be updated throughout the month. The March AT PENN calendar will be published next week, Tuesday, February 23.