Films

30        Abortion and Women’s Rights: 1970; a documentary film by Mary Summers about the struggle for abortion rights and stories about women obtaining illegal abortions before Roe; 7 p.m.; room 250, PCPSE Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, SNF Paideia, and Penn Repro Justice).

Fitness & Learning

30        Penn Women's Center 50th Anniversary Service Project: Crafting Blankets for a Cause; drop by Penn Women’s Center to view its new archive display, learn about the impact of PWC at Penn, and make no-sew blankets to give to families in need; 1-4 p.m.; Penn Women’s Center (Penn Women’s Center).

            2024 PWAA Professional Review; students will have the opportunity to have their work reviewed by Penn alumni who are working professionals in their fields; 6-8 p.m.; Upper and Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Architecture).

31        Summer Humanities Internship Program (SHIP) Info Session; learn about a 10-week paid program in which students work in arts, cultural, or historic organizations throughout Philadelphia that is open to students in the College of Arts & Sciences; 1 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/curf-workshop-jan-31 (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).

Graduate School of Education

Unless noted, online webinars. Info and to register: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.

30        Education Entrepreneurship Virtual Information Session; 7 p.m.

31        Explore Teaching Graduate Programs at Penn GSE; 5 p.m.; room 202, GSE.

Penn Ice Rink

In-person events at Class of 1923 Ice Skating Rink. Info and to register: https://icerink.business-services.upenn.edu/calendar-page.

31        Wednesday Open Hockey; 8:15-9:45 a.m.

            Weekday Public Skate; 12:30-2 p.m.

            Freestyle - Monday and Wednesday; 2:15-3:15 p.m.

Talks

30        Making Dynamic Robots Taskable; Scott Kuindersma, Boston Dynamics; 10 a.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

            Policy Seminar; Morgan Cephas, PA State Representative; Auditorium, Colonial Penn Center; noon; register: http://tinyurl.com/cephas-talk-jan-30 (Leonard Davis Institute).

            Resurgence of the Yuan Non-Han Ancestry in Late Qing China; Tomoyasu Iiyama, Waseda University; 5:15 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/3187349023 (East Asian Languages & Civilizations).

31        Climate Crisis Communication: Urgency, Agency, and Love; Susan Joy Hassol, Aspen Global Change Institute; 10:30 a.m.; Zoom webinar; join: http://tinyurl.com/hassol-talk-jan-31 (Environmental Innovations Initiative).

            On Molds and Mutualisms: Integrating Natural History, Genomic, and Metabolic Perspectives on the Evolutionary Ecology of Fungi; Lotus Lofgren, Duke University; 10:30 a.m.; room 109, Leidy Lab (Biology).

            Chemistry or Harassment? Relational (Mis)matches in Orientations Toward Work in Pornography Production; Hannah Wohl, University of California, Santa Barbara; noon; room 403, McNeil Building (Sociology).

            Dynamic Behavior and Lineage Plasticity of the Pulmonary Venous Endothelium; Joanna Wong, cell & molecular biology; noon; room 213, Stemmler Hall (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).

            Environmental Justice for All: A Panel on Current Research and More Just Futures; Henry Daniell, Penn Dental Medicine; Kristina Lyons, anthropology; Rand Quinn, Graduate School of Education; Nicole A. Thomas, Urban Health Lab; noon; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium; register: http://tinyurl.com/gse-panel-jan-31 (Graduate School of Education).

            First-Person Film Theory/Supplemental Film Theory; Timothy Corrigan, cinema & media studies, history of art, and English; noon; room 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema & Media Studies).

            Selfish Genes, Competition and Consequences for Pneumococcal Pathogenesis; Jeffrey Weiser, New York University; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Microbiology).

            Simplifying Synthesis at the Interface of Organic and Materials Chemistry; Phillip Milner, Cornell University; noon; room TBA, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).

            Strengthening Families Impacted by Foster Care and Adoption; Stephanie Oyler, social worker; Joseph Crumbley, social worker; Amanda Woolston, Therapy Center for Transformative Growth; 1 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/field-center-talk-jan-31 (Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice, & Research).

            Magnetic Imaging of Domain Walls and Surface Transition in Antiferromagnetic Topological Insulators; Weida Wu, Rutgers University; 3:30 p.m.; room A8, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).

            Optimal Control as a Catalyst for Smart and Sustainable Systems; Benjamin Decardi-Nelson, Cornell University; 3:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering).

            Social and Climate Injustice: Examining the Effects on the Health of Farmworkers; Roxana Chicas, Emory University; 3:30 p.m.; Ann L. Roy Auditorium, Fagin Hall; RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/chicas-talk-jan-31 (Penn Nursing).

            Polygonal Billiards and Dynamics on Moduli Spaces; Alex Eskin, Princeton University and University of Chicago; 3:45 p.m.; room A2, DRL (Mathematics).

            Teaching Manga, Anime, and Traditional Japanese Culture; Jolyon Thomas, religious studies; 4:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; register: http://tinyurl.com/thomas-talk-jan-31 (Penn Museum).

            Emotional Heritage; Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores, Flores & Prats Architects; 6:30 p.m.; Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Architecture).

Economics

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

30        Peer Suspension Effects on Student Misbehavior; Ashley Schwanebeck, economics; 12:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.

31        New Survey Evidence of Gaps in MPCs: A Decomposition of Channels; Aina Puig, American University; noon; room 100, PCPSE.

            Transition Probabilities and Moment Restrictions in Dynamic Fixed Effects Logit Models; Kevin Dano, University of California, Berkeley; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

This is an update to the January AT PENN calendar. The February AT PENN calendar is also available now. To submit an event for a future calendar or weekly update, email almanac@upenn.edu.