Update: January AT PENN
Exhibits
Upcoming
22 Virtual Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/global-guide-jan-22 (Penn Museum).
Fitness & Learning
19 Garden Design for Homeowners 101; six-session online course that explores how to plan your outdoor living upgrades strategically with Valerie Solitrin, landscape designer; 7 p.m.; registration: $135/non-members; $120/members: https://tinyurl.com/morris-arb-classes-jan-19 (Morris Arboretum). Weekly through February 23.
20 Supporting Patients with OUD through Peer Outreach & Telehealth; seminar exploring how to treat various substance abuse disorders remotely; 9 a.m.; Microsoft Teams meeting; info: https://events.med.upenn.edu/view/event/event_id/722706 (PSOM).
Breath of Self-Care: Yoga and Meditation for Penn Nursing Alumni; 7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/nursing-sc-jan-20 (Penn Nursing).
24 Coffee & Conversation: Spirituality and Healing Practices in Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal; discussion about how Milford Graves uses West African influences in his work; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ica-coffee-convo-jan-24 (ICA).
Graduate School of Education
Online events. Info and to register: www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar
21 Education Entrepreneurship Program Virtual Info Session; 7 p.m.
22 Guided Mindful Meditation; 12:30 p.m.
25 International Educational Development Program Virtual Info Session; 8:30 a.m.
A Healthier You—How Mental Health Affects Physical Health; 12:30 p.m.
Penn Libraries
Online events. Info and to register: https://guides.library.upenn.edu/workshops
19 Getting Started with Data Management; 2 p.m.
20 Excel Basics: Get Started in Excel; noon.
Digital Mappa Workshop; 3 p.m.
21 Excel Basics: Skills for Business Consulting and Industry; noon.
22 Overview of the Provisional Press—A Portable Letterpress Machine; noon.
25 R Basics: Get Started in RStudio; noon.
Readings & Signings
21 Faking Liberties: Religious Freedom in American-Occupied Japan; Jolyon Baraka Thomas; 3 p.m.; online event; info: https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/events (Religious Studies).
22 Histories of the Transgender Child; Jules Gill-Peterson; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: jamyers@sas.upenn.edu (English).
Talks
19 Hash Tables Lecture; Franceska Xhakaj, Carnegie Mellon; 11 a.m.; online event; info: cis-info@cis.upenn.edu (CIS).
20 Animating Authorities: Natural Language Processing and the Development of National Markets; Carly Knight, NYU; noon; online event; info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events (Sociology).
Should There Be Vertical Choice in Health Insurance Markets?; Victoria Marone, University of Texas; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events (Economics).
21 Adherence Interventions: “Call Me, Maybe?”; Robert Gross, PSOM; 9 a.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/368827150 (CCEB).
The Basic Biology of an African Savanna in Rehab; Robert Pringle, Princeton; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/pringle-talk-jan-21 (Biology).
Writings, Woodblocks, and Winged Lions: Recent Research; Adam Smith, curator of Asian section, Penn Museum; 5:30 p.m.; online event; info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/640/living-room-lecture (Penn Museum).
22 Machine Learning for Fluid Mechanics; Steven Brunton, University of Washington; 2 p.m.; online event; info: kathom@seas.upenn.edu (PICS).
25 Digitizing Bodies: The Politics of Evidence and Avenues for Sociotechnical Change; Britt Paris, Rutgers; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/paris-talk-jan-25 (Annenberg School).
Advances in the Establishment of Administrative Data Linkage Centers for Population and Policy Research; Dennis Culhane, SP2; noon; Zoom meeting; info: https://tinyurl.com/culhane-talk-jan-25 (Population Studies Center).
Combinatorial Creatures: Cortical Plasticity Within and Across Lifetimes; Leah Krubitzer, UC Davis; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://psychology.sas.upenn.edu/calendar/month/ (Psychology).
Penn Dental
Online events. Info and register: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/
19 Advocacy, Policy and Treatment of Children and Adults with Disabilities; Steven Perlman, Boston University; 5:30 p.m.
20 Positive Exposure: Seeing Beyond the Diagnosis; Rick Guidotti, photojournalist; 5:30 p.m.
21 Therapeutic Oral Care Considerations for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Lyubov Slashcheva, Apple Tree Dental, Rochester, MN; 5:30 p.m.
25 Defining Disabilities: Disabilities Across a Lifetime; Miriam Robbins, NYU; 5:30 p.m.
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AT PENN Deadlines
The January AT PENN calendar is online. The deadline for the February AT PENN is today, January 12. Submit events and other information at almanac@upenn.edu.