Fitness & Learning

16        Pre-Prods Spring 2025: Show Production, Group Communications, & Space Shares; student performing arts groups are welcome to learn the basics of putting on performances at Penn; 6 p.m.; Zoom webinar; info: https://tinyurl.com/platt-house-events (Platt Performing Arts House). Also January 17, 1 p.m.

College of Liberal & Professional Studies

Online webinars. Info and to register: https://www.lps.upenn.edu/about/events.

16        Master of Applied Positive Psychology Virtual Alumni Panel; 5:30 p.m.

Graduate School of Education

Online webinars. Info and to register: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar?date=2024-12.

14        Education Entrepreneurship Virtual Information Session; 9 a.m.

16        Penn Chief Learning Officer Virtual Information Session; noon.

20        Urban Education (Online) Virtual Information Session; 7 p.m.

            Urban Teaching Residency Virtual Information Session; 7 p.m.

21        Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management Virtual Information Session; 4 p.m.

Penn Libraries

Unless noted, online webinars. Info and to register: https://www.library.upenn.edu/events.

16        An Introduction to LaTeX and Overleaf; learn the basics of a program that will help you format equations, make a sweet-looking resume, or write a thesis or dissertation; 11 a.m.; Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange, Van Pelt Library.

21        Research Data Management for Teams; will teach the importance of data management principles, such as file naming, file organization, and metadata, as they apply to teams; 11 a.m.

On Stage

17        Penn Masti Presents “Best of Bollywood”; an annual celebration of South Asian and fusion dance, featuring electrifying performances that blend hip-hop, lyrical, bhangra, classical, and tolly styles of dance; 7 p.m.; Iron Gate Theater; tickets: $10-$12 (Platt Performing Arts House). Also January 18, 7 p.m.

Talks

15        2025 Martin Luther King Jr. Health Equity Symposium; Ala Stanford, Penn Institute for mRNA Innovation; noon; Smilow Center; register: https://tinyurl.com/stanford-talk-jan-15 (Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity).

            Enhancing Adoptive T Cell Therapy Against Solid Tumor: In Situ T Cell Activation With Diacylglycerol Kinase Inhibitor; Phurin Areesawangkit, pulmonary, allergy & critical care; noon; room 213, Stemmler Hall (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).

            Locoregional Flap Reconstruction; Kanvar Panesar, University of Alabama at Birmingham; noon; William W.M. Cheung Auditorium, Penn Dental Medicine, and Zoom webinar; register: https://cde.dental.upenn.edu/Course/1578-Locoregional-flap-reconstruction (Penn Dental Medicine).

            Poison and Cure: Non-Convex Optimization Techniques for Private Synthetic Data and Reconstruction Attacks; Michael Kearns, computer & information science; noon; room 414, Amy Gutmann Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97716959173 (SEAS ASSET Center).

16        Large Language Models (LLMs) and Their Transformative Possibilities; Chris Callison-Burch, computer & information science; noon; William W.M. Cheung Auditorium, Penn Dental Medicine, and Zoom webinar; register: https://cde.dental.upenn.edu/Course/1575-LunchLearn-AI (Penn Dental Medicine).

            The Fifty Daughters of Selene and the Aitolian Politics of Kinship; Hanna Golab, Columbia University; 4:45 p.m.; room 402, Cohen Hall (Classical Studies).

18        Art of Art Collecting; Allison Zuckerman, artist; Susie Kravets, gallerist; 2 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library (Arthur Ross Gallery).

            In Conversation; Carl Cheng, artist; Alex Klein, Contemporary Austin; 2 p.m.; Institute of Contemporary Art and virtual livestream; register: https://tinyurl.com/cheng-klein-jan-18 (Institute of Contemporary Art).

21        Machine Learning for Aging and Spatial Omics; Eric D. Sun, Stanford University; 3:30 p.m.; room 701, Blockley Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/sun-talk-jan-21 (Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics).

Biology

Unless noted, hybrid events at room 109, Leidy Laboratory, and Zoom webinar. Info: https://www.bio.upenn.edu/events.

16        Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in Human-altered Environments: Insights Across Scales of Organization; Mattheau Comerford, University of Massachusetts, Boston; noon.

21        Probabilistic Machine Learning for Therapeutic Discovery; Eli Weinstein, Columbia University; noon; room 116, Fagin Hall.

Chemistry

In-person events at Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry 1973 Building. Info: https://www.chem.upenn.edu/events.

16        Solving Hard Chemistry Problems by Throwing Dice; David R. Reichman, Columbia University; noon.

21        Chemical Approaches to Decipher Molecular Codes of Biomolecular Condensates; Xiao Xie, Princeton University; 10:30 a.m.

Economics

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

21        On the Asymptotic Properties of Debiased Machine Learning Estimators; Amilcar Velez, Northwestern University; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.

Microbiology

In-person events at Austrian Auditorium, CRB. Info: https://www.med.upenn.edu/micro/seminars-and-events.html.

15        γδ Intraepithelial Lymphocyte Regulation of the Intestinal Barrier; Karen Edelblum, Icahn School of Medicine; noon.

This is an update to the January AT PENN calendar. To submit events for an upcoming AT PENN calendar or weekly update, email almanac@upenn.edu.