Conferences

30        Nuclear Weapons and International Law 2025: Nuclear Risks Through a Legal Lens; 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/cerl-conf-jan-30 (Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law).

Fitness & Learning

29        ComPITence Project Workshop for Faculty and Graduate Students; learn how to use nine Public Interest Technology learning competencies that have been developed to help teachers create a syllabus, develop assignments and adopt in your curricula; 2 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/5N7TYD8B (Paideia Program).

30        Virtual 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; 1 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/curf-ship-jan-30 (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).

            Healing in the Face of Harm: The Future of Racial Equity on College Campuses; an essential conversation bringing together students, alumni, and campus partners to explore the evolving landscape of social justice and racial equity within university spaces; 6 p.m.; room 108, ARCH (Makuu).

31        Spring Career & Internship Fair; enhance your search for full-time postgraduate positions and/or summer internships by taking the opportunity to connect with a variety of employers; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/career-fair-jan-31 (Career Services).

Penn Libraries

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

28        Setting Up Your Gradebook; will provide step-by-step guidance on how to set up the Canvas Gradebook; noon; Zoom webinar.

29        LaTeX Reference Management with BibTeX; learn more about formatting academic publications for your thesis or dissertation; 11 a.m.; Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange, Van Pelt Library.

30        Computational Thinking & Board Games; see how computer science concepts show up in games like Catan, Ticket to Ride, etc.; 11 a.m.; Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange, Van Pelt Library.

31        Studio Use Training: Letterpress Printing; learn and practice the basics of letterpress printing and typesetting; 10 a.m.; Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library.

Readings & Signings

Kelly Writers House

In-person events at Arts Café, Kelly Writers House. Info and to register: https://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0125.php.

28        Muriel Rukeyser's "Waking This Morning"; Jane Malcolm, University of Montreal; Kathy Lou Schultz, University of Memphis; Evie Shockley, poet; noon.

30        Kelly Writers House Prize Presentations; 6 p.m.

Special Events

28        LGBT Center Family Dinner; a delicious free meal and a chance to connect with lots of different folks and meet LGBT Center staff; 5 p.m.; LGBT Center (LGBT Center).

30        Korean Language and Culture Table: Celebrate Korean Seollal; learn about traditional Korean New Year traditions and enjoy Korean food; 5:30 p.m.; suite 310, 3600 Market Street (Korean Studies).

Talks

28        Living Deliberately Through Existential Despair; Justin McDaniel, religious studies; noon; Café 58, Irvine Auditorium (Knowledge By the Slice).

29        Efficient Sharing of AI Infrastructures with Specialized Serverless Computing; Yao Fu, University of Edinburgh; noon; room 414, Amy Gutmann Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95090162762 (SEAS Asset Center).

            Emergence of Inflammatory Fibroblasts in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome; Brandon Banaschewski, pulmonary medicine; noon; room 213, Stemmler Hall (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).

            Toward Spatial Intelligence with Limited Data; Guandao Yang, Stanford University; 3 p.m.; room 307, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98540261772 (GRASP Lab).

            Decentralized Mechanism Design: Cryptography Meets Game Theory; Elaine Shi, Carnegie Mellon University; 3:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Computer & Information Science).

            Engineering Technologies for Enhanced Modeling, Detection, and Treatment of Neurological Disease; Alice Stanton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 3:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering).

            Paul Klee’s Automata; Francesca Ferrari, Metropolitan Museum of Art; 5 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/ferrari-talk-jan-29 (Arthur Ross Gallery).

            The Cunningham Lecture; Bjarke Ingels, architect; 6:30 p.m.; Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Architecture).

30        Tuning Nanostructured Materials for Combustion Applications; Kerri-Lee A. Chintersingh, New Jersey Institute of Technology; 10:30 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Materials Science & Engineering).

            Asian American Across the Disciplines; Elise Dudley, Bon Appétit; Shahzad Khan, Penn Dining; noon; room 337, Cohen Hall, and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/asam-talk-jan-30 (Asian American Studies).

            Backlash Against Gender Quotas to Enhance Women’s Political Representation in South Korea; Ki-young Shin, Ochanomizu University; noon; suite 310, 3600 Market Street (Korean Studies).

            Death in Custody: How America Ignores the Truth and What We Can Do About It; Jay Aronson, Carnegie Mellon University; noon; room 240A, Silverman Hall (Criminology).

            Opportunities and Challenges in Bridging Orthodontic Education and Innovation – Optimized Teaching for Personalized Care; Chenshuang (Monica) Li, Penn Dental Medicine; noon; room LL20A, Evans Building, and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/li-talk-jan-30 (Penn Dental Medicine).

            Assumption-Lean (Causal) Modeling; Stijn Vansteelandt, Ghent University; 1 p.m.; room 701, Blockley Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/vansteelandt-talk-jan-30 (Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics).

31        Learn Your History: Ballroom, Femme Queen Performance, and Appropriation Today; Niambi Stanley and Eva Pensis, ballroom scholars and performers; 5:30 p.m.; Public Trust, 4017 Walnut Street; register: https://publictrust.org/learn-your-history (Public Trust).

Biology

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

30        Exploring Evolutionary Novelty in Human-Altered Landscapes: Mechanisms of Survival and Persistence Under Global Change; Anthony Snead, New York University; noon.

Chemistry

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

29        Building Molecular Complexity Through Visible Light Photocatalysis: Spotlight on Undergraduate Research; Emily McLaughlin, Bard College; noon.

31        Exploring and Repurposing Nature’s Molecular Machinery for Applications in Chemistry and Biology; Kai Chen, University of California, Berkeley; 10:30 a.m.

Economics

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

30        Semiparametric Bayesian Inference for a Conditional Moment Equality Model; Christopher D. Walker, Harvard 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.

29        Importance of Commensal Fungi to Group B Streptococcal Vaginal Colonization; Kelly Doran, University of Colorado; noon.

Physics & Astronomy

Info: https://www.physics.upenn.edu/events/.

29        Cellular Collective Behavior in Spatially Complex Environments; 3:30 p.m.; room A8, 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.