Update: January AT PENN
Films
28 Rough Magic: Exit Shakespeare; a desperate Shakespeare attempts to come to terms with the loss of his powers and the process of aging; features conversation with director Andy Wolk; 7 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/wolk-screening-jan-28 (Cinema & Media Studies).
Exhibits
Now
Vanitas: The S.ll Life Photographs of Audrey Flack; collection of works by an American visual artist who worked in a variety of mediums and was considered a pioneer in the genre of Photorealism, rendering fastidious still-life paintings based on the color photographs she took; 5th floor alcove, Van Pelt Library. Through May 19.
“My Soul is Anchored in the Lord”: A Story of Marian Anderson and Florence Price; view correspondence from longtime collaborators and friends, world-renowned contralto Marian Anderson and symphonic composer Florence Price, who had the shared experience of developing their careers in music while facing racial and gender discrimination; Ormandy Music Gallery, Van Pelt Library. Through December 15.
Fitness & Learning
24 Summer Humanities Internship Program (SHIP) Information Session; learn about a 10-week funded program in which students intern in arts, cultural, or historic organizations throughout Philadelphia; 3 p.m.; room 102, 3539 Locust Walk (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).
26 Sunday Reset with Craig; a herbal tea-making workshop where you’ll explore the art of blending herbs, learn about the properties of each ingredient, and create your own personalized tea blend, followed by a grounding yoga meditation; 2 p.m.; ICA; register: https://tinyurl.com/ica-reset-jan-26 (Institute of Contemporary Art).
28 Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program (PURM) Info Session; learn about a program that allows students to spend a summer conducting cutting-edge research under the guidance of a standing Penn faculty member; 1:30 p.m.; first floor, 3539 Locust Walk (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).
Penn Libraries
Info and to register: https://www.library.upenn.edu/events.
22 An Intro to Web Scraping; learn how to extract data from websites and build a functioning web scraper program from start to finish; 1 p.m.; Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange, Van Pelt Library.
23 Introduction to Bookbinding: Saddle Stitch, Accordions and Single-Page Books; explore the fundamentals of hand bookbinding, including basic sewing and paper-folding skills, vocabulary, and the use of bookbinding tools; noon; Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library.
28 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; noon; Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange, Van Pelt Library.
Readings & Signings
23 Mise-en-Scène: The Lives and Afterlives of Urban Landscapes; Chris Reed, Harvard University; Mike Belleme, photographer; 6:30 p.m.; Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Landscape Architecutre, McHarg Center).
Talks
22 Towards Improving the Reliability of AI: Perspectives from Uncertainty Quantification and Fairness; Edgar Dobriban, statistics & data science; noon; room 414, Amy Gutmann Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97670810812 (SEAS ASSET Center).
Who Gets to be an “Artist” in the Seventh Art? Karen Fang, University of Houston; noon; room 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema & Media Studies).
Unlocking New Therapeutic Strategies by Reconstructing Cell Signaling Networks from the Ground Up; Mohamad Abedi, University of Washington, Seattle; Mohamad Abedi, Jane Coffin Childs Fund; 3:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering).
23 A Changing Grid Powered by the New Generations of Power Conversion, Control, and Energy Management; Adel Nasiri, University of South Carolina; 11 a.m.; room 225, Towne Building (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
Growing Up in Gang Territory: Evidence from a Large Urban School District; noon; Jesse Bruhn, noon; room 403, McNeil Building (Criminology).
Preservation Challenges: Interpretation and Replication of Historic Paint Finishes; Dorothy Krotzer, Building Conservation Associates; noon; Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/krotzer-talk-jan-23 (Historic Preservation).
Women Wellness Influencers and Illiberal Religions; Ayala Fader, Fordham University; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/fader-talk-jan-23 (Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies).
The Neurobiology of Mistakes; Becket Ebitz, Université de Montréal; 3:30 p.m.; Berger Auditorium, Skirkanich Hall, and Zoom webinar; register: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/92192304656 (Bioengineering).
Novel Insights into the Pathogenesis of Pleural Fibrosis; Torry Tucker, University of Texas at Tyler; 4 p.m.; room 11-146, Smilow Center (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
27 Expanding Our Vision of Glasses: Physical Vapor Deposition Prepares Ultrastable and Anisotropic Materials; Mark Ediger, University of Wisconsin–Madison; 10:30 a.m.; Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology (LRSM).
Contribution of Gut Microbiota Towards Malaria in African Children: New Points of Intervention? Nathan Schmidt, Indiana University School of Medicine; noon; room 132, Hill Pavilion, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91485597704 (Penn Vet).
Measuring and Modeling the Impact of Partisanship Differences in Health Behaviors on COVID-19 Disease Spread; Audrey Dorélien, University of Washington; noon; room 403, McNeil Building (Population Studies Center).
Henri Bergson’s Turing Test for Humans; Carolyn Biltoft, Geneva Graduate Institute; 12:15 p.m.; room 300, Annenberg School; register: https://tinyurl.com/biltoft-talk-jan-27 (Center on Digital Culture & Society).
Designing Brighter Fluorophores for Advanced Bioimaging; Luke Lavis, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; 3 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute).
28 Robots That Evolve on Demand; Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, Yale University; 10:15 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).
Asian American Across the Disciplines; Elise Dudley, Penn Dining; noon; room 337, Cohen Hall (Asian American Studies).
Living Deliberately Through Existential Despair; Justin McDaniel, religious studies; noon; Café 58, Irvine Auditorium (Knowledge By the Slice).
What Does Diversity Mean in Biomedicine? Catherine Lee, Rutgers University; noon; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/lee-talk-jan-28 (Medical Ethics & Health Policy).
AI and Machine Learning in Law Libraries; Sarah Ryan, University of North Texas; Cas Laskowski, University of Arizona; 3 p.m.; online webinar; join; https://tinyurl.com/ryan-talk-jan-28 (Carey Law School Biddle Speaker Series).
30 Higher Education and the State: How Politics are Reshaping America’s Great Universities; Irene Mulvey, American Association of University Professors; Michael Roth, Wesleyan University; John Sexton, New York University; 4 p.m.; Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library, and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/senate-talk-jan-30 (Faculty Senate).
Biology
Info: https://www.bio.upenn.edu/events.
23 Generative Neural Network Methods for Evolutionary Inference; Sara Mathieson, Haverford College; noon; room 109, Leidy Lab, and Zoom webinar.
28 Integrative Models of 3D Nuclear DNA Organization; Anupama Jha, University of Washington; noon; room 116, Fagin Hall, and Zoom webinar.
Chemistry
In-person events at Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry 1973 Building. Info: https://www.chem.upenn.edu/events.
22 Phase Separation and Emergent Properties of Condensates; Tanja Mittag, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; noon.
Economics
In-person events. Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.
22 Endogenous Interference in Randomized Experiments; Mengsi Gao, University of California, Berkeley; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
23 Synthetic IV Estimation in Panels; Jaume Vives-i-Bastida, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
24 Identification of Long-Term Treatment Effects via Temporal Links, Observational, and Experimental Data; Filip Obradovic, Northwestern University; 4 p.m.; room 200, PCPSE.
27 Inference with Many Weak Instruments and Heterogeneity; Luther Yap, Princeton University; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
28 Nonparametric Network Bootstrap; Kamila Nowakowicz, London School of Economics; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
Physics & Astronomy
Info: https://www.physics.upenn.edu/events/.
22 Energetic Optimization During Cell Division; Michael Murrell, Yale University; 3:30 p.m.; room A8, DRL.
27 CMB Limits on Decaying Dark Matter: Going Beyond the Ionization Threshold; Wenzer Qin, New York University; 3:30 p.m.; room 3W2, DRL.
Of the Surface of Things: Ice, Drops, Bubbles, Singularities; Saurabh Nath, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 3:30 p.m.; room TBA, DRL.
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.