Exhibits

11 Collecting the New Irascibles: Art in the 1980s: Tours With Penn Students; explore, ask questions, and connect with the lived experiences and social forces that shaped this pivotal period; 4 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library (Arthur Ross Gallery). Also February 14 and 15, noon. 

Fitness & Learning

12 “What is Love?” Conversation and Cookies with Religious Studies Faculty; a conversation between four professors who, between them, have expertise in affect theory, history of emotions, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, and secularism; 3:30 p.m.; room 402, Cohen Hall (Religious Studies). 

16 Playing with Digital History: Making Interactive Maps; undergraduate history students are invited to explore and interpret research topics in history from a spatial perspective; 5:15 p.m.; room 209, College Hall (History). 

Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships

Various locations. Info: https://curf.upenn.edu/events.

10 Schwarzman Scholars Information Session; learn about a fully-funded, one-year master’s degree program in global affairs at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University in Beijing, China; noon; room G08/09, College Hall. 

11 PURM Information Session; freshmen and sophomores are invited to learn about a great opportunity to get deeper into a field that might interest them, and to get a taste of what academic research is all about; 3 p.m.; room G08/09, College Hall. 

Graduate School of Education

Online webinars. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news-and-events. 

12 Penn Chief Learning Officer Virtual Information Session; noon.

     Health Professions Education Certificate Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.

Penn Libraries

Various locations. Info: https://www.library.upenn.edu/events. 

12 What’s New in Canvas for Spring 2026?; will introduce and explore the new tools, features, and updates in Canvas for spring 2026; noon; online webinar. 

17 Grad Cafe: Zotero 101; will demonstrate a basic overview of the organizational and annotation features of the application, a citation manager and developer; 3 p.m.; room 241, Van Pelt Library. 

Music

13 The Excelano Project and The Inspiration A Cappella Present: Love Talk and Slow Jams; a groovy, sultry evening of sweet melodies and romantic harmonies; 8 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; tickets: $9-$12 (Platt Performing Arts House). 

On Stage

13 PENNaach Presents Once Upon a Naach; Penn’s premier South Asian women’s dance troupe presents self-choreographed pieces fusing South Asian and Western dance styles; 5:30 p.m.; Iron Gate Theater; tickets: $9-$11 (Platt Performing Arts House). Also February 14, 6:30 p.m.

     Theatre Arts Council Presents: One Acts; a festival of five student-written, directed, and performed short plays ranging from abstract comedy to Western drama; 6 and 8:30 p.m.; Class of 1949 Auditorium, Houston Hall; tickets: $4-$8 (Platt Performing Arts House). Also February 14, 1 p.m.

     West African Vibe (WAVe) Presents Afia in Afroland; an African adaptation of Alice in Wonderland through the dances of the African diaspora; 8 p.m.; Iron Gate Theater; tickets: $10-$12 (Platt Performing Arts House). Also February 14, 4 p.m.

Readings & Signings

Kelly Writers House

In-person events at Kelly Writers House. Info: https://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0226.php. 

17 But Company; readings by Siyona Bordia (C’29), Lauren Cho (C’26), Ben Hornung, Karen Panckeri, Kristen Rice, Magda Andrews-Hoke, Sara Davis, and Kristina Garcia; 6 p.m.

Special Events

12 Seollal Janchi (Korean Lunar New Year Celebration); discover traditional Korean new year customs and enjoy Korean food; 5:30 p.m.; suite 310, 3600 Market Street (Korean Studies). 

17 Vietnamese Lunar New Year Open House; enjoy crafts, games, and activities and some Vietnamese refreshments and celebrate the year of the horse; 1-5 p.m.; room 642, Williams Hall (Center for East Asian Studies). 

Talks

10 Multiscale Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of the Aortic Aneurysm, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Enjoy a Life of Stress and Failure; Victor Barocas, University of Minnesota; 10:15 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics). 

     F-Block Photocatalysts for Inert Carbon-Element Bond Transformations; Polly L. Arnold, University of California, Berkeley; 4 p.m.; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, 1973 Chemistry Building (Chemistry). 

11 Toward Intelligent Metamaterial Machines; Katia Bertoldi, Harvard University; 10:30 a.m.; Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology (Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Material). 

    Biomaterial Solutions for Immunotherapy and Trauma Medicine; Suzie Pun, University of Washington; noon; room 10-146AB, Smilow Center (Bioengineering, CT3N). 

     Large-Scale Pretraining on Neural Data Allows for Transfer Across Individuals, Tasks and Species; Eva Dyer, bioengineering; noon; room 414, Gutmann Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/93936800903 (Bioengineering, ASSET Center). 

    Gender as a Prediction Problem; Joel Mittleman, sociology; 3 p.m.; room 403, McNeil Building (Population Studies Center). 

    On Supermoduli Space with Punctures; Tianyi Wang, mathematics; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C6, DRL (Mathematics). 

    The Physics of Climate Change; Michael Mann, earth & environmental science; 3:30 p.m.; room A8, DRL (Physics & Astronomy). 

    Towards Data Sets and AI/ML Models for All of Chemistry and Materials Science; Zack Ulissi, Meta FAIR; 3:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering). 

    Marital Privilege: Marriage, Inequality, and the Transformation of American Law; Serena Mayeri, Penn Carey Law; 4:45 p.m.; room 240B, Silverman Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/mayeri-talk-feb-11 (Penn Carey Law). 

    Reflections: Looking Forward > Through the Present < Looking Backward; Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake, architects; 6:30 p.m.; Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Architecture). 

12 Taming High Energy Intermediates with Macromolecular Catalysis; Cole Sorensen, Princeton University; 10:30 a.m.; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, 1973 Chemistry Building (Chemistry).

    Fast Convergence of High-Order ODE Solvers for Diffusion Models; Jiaoyang Huang, statistics & data science; noon; room 414, Gutmann Hall (IDEAS Center, Penn AI, Statistics & Data Science). 

    Periodic Maps of Surfaces and Wright’s Question; David Futer, Temple University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL (Mathematics). 

13 Properzia de’ Rossi in the Archive: Methods for Rewriting the History of Women’s Sculpture in Italy; Emanuele Lugli, Stanford University; 10:30 a.m.; room 627, Van Pelt Library (Francophone, Italian & Germanic Studies). 

    Protest In the Provinces: Coming to Terms with Capitalism in Russia’s Company Towns; Allison D. Evans, University of Nevado Reno; noon; forum, PCPSE (Russian & East European Studies). 

    Sustaining Ethnic Studies As It Grows; Emily Penner, University of California, Irvine; noon; room 259, Stiteler Hall (Graduate School of Education). 

    Creative Conservation as Anti-Fascism (1920s-1940s); Miguel Caballero, Northwestern University; 4:30 p.m.; room 543, Williams Hall (Spanish & Portuguese). 

16 Becoming Dangerous: Ecologies of Personhood in the Chimerican Jitsuverse; Jay Schutte, University of Colorado, Boulder; noon; room 345, Penn Museum (Anthropology). 

    Comparative Radiology of Fractures; Jason Syrcle, Penn Vet; noon; room 130, Hill Pavilion (Global Health). 

    Smallpox, Slavery, and Medical Myth-Making in the Spanish Empire; Farren Yero, Lehigh University; 3:30 p.m.; room 392, Cohen Hall (History & Sociology of Science).

17 From Rogue Waves to Origami: Energy Focusing and Dissipation in Mechanical Metamaterials; Jinkyu Yang, Seoul National University; 10:15 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics). 

Economics

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

11 Customer Competition in Credit Card Markets; Kenneth Eva, economics; noon; room 200, PCPSE. 

16 Separation of Powers or Division of Labor: What Patent Interference Disputes Show Us About the History of the Administrative State, 1836-1940; Naomi Lamoreaux, Yale University; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE. 

Korean Studies

In-person events at suite 310, 3600 Market Street. Info: https://korea.sas.upenn.edu/events. 

12 Defining the Computer: Project Memocall and the Politics of Computer Import and Localization in South Korea; Jina Ji Youn Hyun, history & sociology of science; noon. 

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This is an update to the February AT PENN calendar, which is online now. To submit events for future AT PENN calendars or weekly updates, email almanac@upenn.edu.