Update: February AT PENN
Conferences
16 Motion, Medium, Message; asks what dialogues are produced in the conduit of movement, medium, and message in diverse Hispanic-Lusophone-Caribbean theories and cultural products in a global context; 1-5 p.m.; room 108, ARCH; info: https://spanish.sas.upenn.edu/events/motion-medium-message (Spanish and Portuguese). Also February 17.
Exhibits
Now
Sherman Aronson with Compositions, Music & Jazz: Ink and Watercolor on Paper; exhibit of works by Mr. Sherman, a visual artist who works with drawing, sketching, watercolor and digital tools, and who is a practicing architect in Philadelphia; Burrison Gallery, The Inn At Penn. Through March 14. Reception: February 23, 5-7 p.m.
Upcoming
19 The Story of Philadelphia's Black Hospitals and Nurse Training Schools; explore the history of Mercy-Douglass Hospital and the Nurse Training school in Philadelphia through the lens of the Black community's struggle against segregation and healthcare inequality; Holman Biotech Commons. Through March 29.
Fitness & Learning
14 Russian Tea; join Penn’s Russian-speaking community for a weekly conversation hour; 5 p.m.; room 440, Williams Hall (Russian & East European Studies). Also February 20, 1:30 p.m.; February 28, 5 p.m.
15 Scientific Publishing & Editing; Amelia Glazier, Journal of Cell Science; 10 a.m.; room 252, BRB; RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/bgs-workshop-feb-15 (Biomedical Graduate Studies).
Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships
Info: https://curf.upenn.edu/events.
16 Summer Humanities Internship Program (SHIP) Info Session; 3 p.m.; room 242, Van Pelt Library.
19 Getting Started with Python for Data Science; 6:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall.
20 Grant-Writing Workshop; 4 p.m.; room 202, 3539 Locust Walk.
Graduate School of Education
Online webinars. Info and to register: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar?date=2024-02.
20 Top of Mind — Responding to the Israel–Hamas War: Dealing with the Complexity of the Crisis; 7 p.m.
Morris Arboretum & Gardens
In-person events at Morris Arboretum & Gardens. Info: https://www.morrisarboretum.org/.
14 Valentine's Day Craft; show how much you love your friends and family by painting a mini terracotta pot; 11 a.m.
Readings & Signings
Kelly Writers House
In-person events at Arts Café, Kelly Writers House. Info and to register: https://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0224.php/
15 A Conversation; Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone; 5:30 p.m.
20 A Reading and Conversation; Eugene Ostashevsky, New York University; 6 p.m.
Talks
13 Redox Behavior and Reactivity of Porphyrin-Walled Nanocages and Other Molecular Materials; Mark Lipke, Rutgers University; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).
Violent Schools: Addressing the Barriers to Racial, Gender, and Class Justice; Ranita Ray, University of New Mexico; 4 p.m.; room 264, Stiteler Hall (GSE).
Tales of Unsettlement: The Global Novel in an Age of Refugees; B. Venkat Mani, University of Wisconsin, Madison; 5:15 p.m.; room 543, Williams Hall (Germanic Languages & Literatures).
Last Gathering in Haigerloch: Jewish Survivors Return to their Swabian Hometowns, 1945-1949; Helmut Walser Smith, Vanderbilt University; 5:15 p.m.; room 209, College Hall (History).
14 Marginated Neutrophils in the Lungs Effectively Compete for Nanoparticles Targeted to the Endothelium; Eno-Obong Essien, medicine; noon; room 213, Stemmler Hall (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
The Merits and Demerits of Progressive Prosecution; Bill McSwain, attorney; Sandra Mayson, Carey Law School; noon; room 214, Gittis Hall; register: https://forms.gle/14Nt5GLkhGycPW7g7 (Federalist Society).
Notes Toward Naked Agency as Open Reading; Naminata Diabate, Cornell University; 5 p.m.; room 330A, 3401 Walnut Street (Africana Studies).
15 White-Box Computational Imaging: Measurements to Images to Insights; Sara Fridovich-Keil, Stanford University; 11 a.m.; room 225, Towne Building (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
Age Against the Machine: How the Aging Microenvironment Drives Tumor Progression; Ashani Weeraratna, Johns Hopkins University; noon; room 8-146, Smilow Center (Radiation Oncology).
The Functional Form of the Relationship Between Arrest Rate and Perceptions of Risk and Rewards of Crime; Sultan Altikriti; noon; 4th floor library, McNeil Building; info: breyanam@sas.upenn.edu (Criminology).
Nanozyme: A Promising Approach for Precision Biofilm Control; Yuan Liu, Penn Dental Medicine; noon; Zoom webinar; info: http://tinyurl.com/liu-talk-feb-15 (Penn Dental Medicine).
Repurposed Energy; Alexandra Klass, University of Michigan; noon; room 213, Gittis Hall, and Zoom webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/klass-talk-feb-15 (Penn Program on Regulation).
Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War and Lessons in PTSD in War; Cochav Elkayam-Levy, Dvora Institute for Gender and Sustainability Studies; Diane Orentlicher, American University; noon; online webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/cerl-talk-feb-15 (Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law).
Black Holes as the 21st century laboratory: New Tools and Prospects; Alfredo Guevara González, Harvard University; 2 p.m.; room 4N12, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
Unveiling the Mysteries of Vascular Development and Regeneration with Advanced Human Organoid Models; Mingxia Gu, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital; 4 p.m.; room TBA, Smilow Center (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
To Sing the Truth and Name the Liars: Bearing Witness Under Erasure; Abdelrahman ElGendy, Egyptian writer and activist; Abdulrahman Atta, Near Eastern languages & civilizations; 5 p.m.; Humanities Conference Room, Williams Hall; register: http://tinyurl.com/elgendy-atta-feb-15 (Wolf Humanities Center).
16 Tangled Histories of Israel and Latin America; Gavriel Cutipa-Zorn, Perry World House fellow; noon; room 403, McNeil Building; register: http://tinyurl.com/cutipa-zorn-feb-16 (Center for Latin American & Latinx Studies).
Panel Discussion on Supporting Survivors of Violence; Maija Anderson, Morgan State University; Adara Combs, City of Philadelphia Office of the Victim Advocate; Natasha Danielá de Lima McGlynn, Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia; 6 p.m.; forum, PCPSE; register: http://tinyurl.com/fels-talk-feb-16 (Fels Institute of Government).
20 An Other: A Black Feminist Consideration of Animal Life Meets Octavia E. Butler: H is for Horse; Chi-Ming Yang, English; 5 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English)
Asian American Studies
Various locations. Info: https://asam.sas.upenn.edu/events.
14 Asian America Across the Disciplines; Mary Yee, Asian Americans United and Yellow Seeds; 5 p.m.; room 473, McNeil Building.
15 Asian America Across the Disciplines; Eleni Kyrkopoulou, Yale University; noon; Zoom webinar.
16 Food for Thought; Tahseen Shams, sociology; noon; room 473, McNeil Building.
Center for the Study of Contemporary China
In-person events at room 418, PCPSE. Info: https://cscc.sas.upenn.edu/events.
16 Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China; Lynette Ong, University of Toronto; 12:30 p.m.
Economics
In-person events. Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.
13 Renting the American Dream: Institutional Investors and Market Power in Single-Family Housing; Felipe Barbieri, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
19 Commitment and Randomization in Communication; Xiao Lin, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
Mathematics
In-person events. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.
13 The Spherical Mixed P-Spin Glass at Zero Temperature; Yuxin Zhou, University of Chicago; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.
15 Some Structure of Kakeya Sets in R^3; Hong Wang, New York University-Courant; 3:30 p.m.; room 4E19, DRL.
Moduli Spaces of Bad Theories; Julius Grimminger, University of Oxford; 3:45 p.m.; room 3C6, DRL.
Sociology
In-person events. Info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events.
16 Structural Power, Associational Power, and Income Inequality; Masoud Movahed, sociology; noon; room 367, McNeil Building.
This is an update to the February AT PENN calendar. To submit an event for a future calendar or weekly update, email almanac@upenn.edu.