Update: February AT PENN
Fitness & Learning
5 Argentine Music Performance Workshop for String Players; Guillermo Rubino, violinist and tango specialist, will discuss unique techniques and stylistic approaches to Argentine music, both traditional tango and contemporary popular music; 7-9 p.m.; room 101, Lerner Center (Music).
Penn Libraries
Various locations. Info: https://www.library.upenn.edu/events.
4 Library 101 (How Do I Library?); will cover finding, checking out and renewing books at the Penn Libraries, how you can get PDF scans of articles, and the best way to quickly get books from other libraries; 11 a.m.; room 114, Van Pelt Library.
7 Bookbinding: Japanese Stab Binding; learn stab-stitch binding, called Yotsume Toji in Japan, and bind your own book; noon-3 p.m.; Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library.
On Stage
Penn Live Arts
In-person events. Info and tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/events/.
7 Pan-Asian Dance Troupe Presents “Stars Aligned”; journey through the serene and radiant wonders of the grand universe; 7 p.m.; Iron Gate Theater; tickets: $11-$13. Also February 8, 7 p.m.
One Acts 2025; an annual collaboration across the seven groups in the Theatre Arts Council, composed of five five student-written, directed, and produced plays; 7 p.m.; Class of 1949 Auditorium, Houston Hall; tickets: $4-$8. Also February 8, 1 p.m. and 5 p.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/0225.php.
6 A Conversation; Kate Glasheen, artist; 6 p.m.
Penn Bookstore
In-person events at 2nd floor conference room, Penn Bookstore. Info: https://www.business-services.upenn.edu/bookstore-events-by-month/202502.
4 Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future; Anita Chan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; 5:30 p.m.
5 Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White; Andrew Sillen, Rutgers University; 5:30 p.m.
11 Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present; Mary Frances Berry, history; 5:30 p.m.
Special Events
10 Energy Week 2025; schools, centers, institutes, student groups, and more host events for Energy Week 2025, ranging from Lightning Talks hosted by the Kleinman Center to a talk about climate change and artificial intelligence; full schedule: https://energyweek.upenn.edu/ (Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology). Through February 14.
Talks
4 Digital Twins for the Earth System; Paris Perdikaris, mechanical engineering & applied mechanics; 10:15 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).
Moving Towards the Frontier: Migrating Miners, Shifting Mining Centers, and Changes in Knowledge Making from the Ming to the Qing; Yijun Wang, New York University; noon; room 543, Williams Hall (Center for East Asian Studies).
Understanding the Impact of Stress and Masculinity on Condom Use Intentions Among Black Emerging Adult Males: A Critical Approach to STI Prevention and Health Care Delivery; Jade Burns, University of Michigan; noon; auditorium, Colonial Penn Center; register: https://tinyurl.com/burns-talk-feb-4 (Leonard Davis Institute).
A Review of Instrumental Tango; Guillermo Rubino, violinist and tango specialist; 3:30 p.m.; room 101, Lerner Center (Music).
Argentine Popular Music; Guillermo Rubino, violinist and tango specialist; 5:15 p.m.; room 101, Lerner Center (Music).
5 Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY Center for AIDS Research; Meena Jagadeesan, University of California, Berkeley; noon; room 414, Amy Gutmann Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95467348262 (ASSET Center).
Functional Classification of Breast Cancer-Associated Genetic Variants Using Saturation Genome Editing and Mammary Organoids; Sounak Sahu, National Cancer Institute; 4 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/sahu-talk-feb-5 (Cancer Biology).
Mortevivum: Photography and the Politics of the Visual (On Seeing); Kimberly Juanita Brown, Dartmouth College; 4 p.m.; room 329A, Max Kade Center; register: https://tinyurl.com/brown-talk-feb-5 (Africana Studies).
6 Beyond the Binary: Reimagining Sexual Difference Through Relational Ontologies; Deion Dresser, GSWS; Love Thy Neighbor: Christian Embodiment, Heteropatriarchal Fantasies, & Queer Anxieties; Hank Owings; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/dresser-owings-feb-6 (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies).
Scandinavian Social Democracy as an Alternative to Liberal Democracy? Jenny Andersson, Uppsala University; Troels Skadhauge, University of Copenhagen; noon; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/andersson-skadhauge-feb-6 (Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy).
Engineering Cell State-Specific Gene Regulation with AI and Synthetic Biology; Sebastián Castillo Hair, University of Washington; 3:30 p.m.; in-person TBA, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/hair-talk-feb-6 (Bioengineering).
Adaptive Immune Responses in Pulmonary Fibrosis; Anne Sperling, pulmonary and critical care medicine; 4 p.m.; room 11-146, Smilow Center (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
Mortal Divinity: Epiphanic Feeling in the Theogony, Homeric Hymn to Demeter, and Beyond; Carman Romano, Bryn Mawr College; 4:45 p.m.; room 402, Cohen Hall (Classical Studies).
Weitzman Fine Art Lecture Series; Leslie Thornton, artist; 6 p.m.; Institute of Contemporary Art, and Zoom webinar; register: https://icaphila.org/events/weitzman-fine-art-lecture-series-leslie-thornton/ (ICA).
10 Dentistry at the University of Regensburg, Germany; Sebastian Hahnel, University of Regensburg; noon; William W.M. Cheung Auditorium, Penn Dental Medicine; register: https://tinyurl.com/hahnel-talk-feb-10 (Penn Dental Medicine).
Soviet Antisemitism Reconsidered: The Case of Jews in the NKVD; Oleg Budnitskii, Higher School of Economics, Moscow and Cullman Center, New York Public Library; 5:30 p.m.; room 209, College Hall (History).
11 The Ethics of Personal Energy Consumption Choices; Travis Rieder, Johns Hopkins University; 4 p.m.; room 100, Golkin Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/rieder-talk-feb-11 (Penn Program on Regulation).
Weaponizing and Mobilizing T Cells to Cure HIV; Harris Goldstein, Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY Center for AIDS Research; 4 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Center for AIDS Research).
Generative Living; Makoto Fujimura and Haejin Shim Fujimura, authors; 6 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/FujimaraAtPenn (Office of Social Equity and Community).
Chemistry
In-person events at Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, 1973 Chemistry Building. Info: https://www.chem.upenn.edu/events.
5 Imaging, Editing, and Deciphering the Lipidome; Jeremy Baskin, Cornell University; noon.
6 Printing Soft and Living Matter in Three Dimensions; Jennifer A. Lewis, Harvard University; 4 p.m.
11 Metallacarbatrane and Related Platforms for the Synthesis of Main Group Metal Hydride Compounds and Catalysts for the Reduction of CO2; Ged Parkin, Columbia University; noon.
Mathematics
Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.
4 Probing Moduli Spaces With Sub-Line Bundles; Duong Dinh, mathematics; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C4, DRL.
Stable Invariants of Words From Random Matrices; Doron Puder, Tel Aviv University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.
6 Regularity for the Landau and Boltzmann Equations via the Fisher Information;
Nestor Guillen, Texas State University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C4, DRL.
10 On the Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Inefficient Viral Infections; Joshua Weitz, University of Maryland; 4 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.
This is an update to the February AT PENN calendar. To submit events for an upcoming AT PENN calendar or weekly update, email almanac@upenn.edu.