Update: March AT PENN
Children’s Activites
Penn Museum
Online events. Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar.
15 At-Home Anthro Live: Celebrate the Spring Equinox; 1 p.m.
18 Virtual Passport Day: Celebrate Across Asia; 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
22 At-Home Anthro Live: Star Navigation; 1 p.m.
Conferences
17 Ninth Annual Penn Law Entertainment and Sports Law Symposium; exploring cutting-edge topics in entertainment and sports law in a rapidly changing environment for both; 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; room 100, Golkin Hall, and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/esls-symposium-2022 (Penn Carey Law School).
Exhibits
Penn Museum
In-person and online events. Info: https://penn.museum/calendar.
18 Virtual Global Guide Tour: Asia Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
19 Middle East Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
20 Rome Gallery Tour; 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.
Films
17 Cursed Be Your Name, Freedom: Rock and Aids in 1990s Cuba; includes discussion with director Vladimir Ceballos; 5:15 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies, CLALS).
18 The Donut King; includes discussion with director Alice Gu; 5 p.m.; room 111, Annenberg School; register: https://upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0iVWQrpfhhODW74 (Asian American Studies).
Penn Live Arts
In-person screenings at Montgomery Theater, Annenberg Center, and online screenings. Info: https://pennlivearts.org/events/.
17 La Casa de Mama Icha; 7 p.m.
18 Chèche Lavi; 7 p.m.
19 Mija; 7 p.m.
Fitness & Learning
22 Master in Law Information Webinar for General Audiences; will give an overview of the Master in Law (ML) degree, application instructions, highlight various courses of study available, and provide insight into the student experience as an ML degree candidate; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/ml-info-mar-22 (Penn Carey Law School).
Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF)
Zoom webinars. Info: https://www.curf.upenn.edu/curf-events.
22 Schwarzman Scholars Program Information Session; 5 p.m.
Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Unless noted, online events. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.
15 Coffee Break with ISHD/Counseling Team; for faculty and staff; 9:30 a.m.; GSE tent.
Submatriculation Information Session; noon; Amado Recital Room, Irvine Auditorium.
17 Monthly Wellness Walk - St. Patrick's Day; for faculty and staff; noon; meet at Palestra.
18 Effective Communication; for faculty and staff; 12:30 p.m.
22 Fostering Positive Attitudes and Embracing Change; for faculty and staff; 11 a.m.
LGBT Center
Unless noted, in-person events at LGBT Center. Info: https://www.vpul.upenn.edu/secure/calendar/host/LGBT-Center/24.
18 Chinese Queer Women’s Groups; 4 p.m.
20 QPenn Kickoff: Opening Speaker and Mixer; 4-6:30 p.m.
21 Lambda Grads Open Forum; 5 p.m.; Zoom webinar.
RP&P Event; 5:15 p.m.
Queer Interfaith Game Night; 7-9 p.m.
22 Pocket Sewing Workshop; 2 p.m.
“I Am” Collective Workshop; 7 p.m.
Morris Arboretum
In-person events. Info: https://www.morrisarboretum.org/events_special.shtml#simple3.
17 Pruning for the Homeowner; Vince Marrocco, Morris Arboretum; 9 a.m.-noon.
19 Propagating Ferns; Kyra Matin, Morris Arboretum; 10:30 a.m.
On Stage
Penn Live Arts
Info and tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/events/.
17 Penn Players: Small Mouth Sounds; bi-annual show from an esteemed Penn theater group asks how we address life’s biggest questions when words fail us; 8:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center. Also March 18, 8:30 p.m.; March 19, 2:30 p.m.
Readings & Signings
16 Seeing Human Rights: Video Activism as a Proxy Profession; Sandra Ristovska, University of Colorado Boulder; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/5172747925%25C2%25A0 (Annenberg School).
The Afghanistan Papers; Craig Whitlock, Washington Post; 5 p.m.; room TBA, Annenberg Public Policy Center; register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/274213288327 (Annenberg Public Policy Center).
18 Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance After Communism; Jelena Subotic, Georgia State University; noon; Forum Room, PCPSE (Russian & East European Studies).
Kelly Writers House
Hybrid events at Arts Café, Kelly Writers House, and YouTube livestream. Info: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0322.php.
16 Black Radical Comics; Ben Passmore, artist; 6 p.m.
17 Diasporic Poetics; Timothy Yu, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Josephine Park and Al Filreis, English; noon.
21 Live at the Writers House; six writers from the class of 2022; 6 p.m.
Special Events
19 CultureFest! Nowruz; celebrate the Persian New Year with friends and family and learn how the holiday is observed by people in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and beyond; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Penn Museum; info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/1116/culturefest-nowruz (Penn Museum).
Talks
15 Humans and Alcohol: The Archaeology of a Deeply Entangled Relationship; Michael Dietler, University of Chicago; 6:15 p.m.; Penn Museum and online webinar; register: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/1147/humans-and-alcohol (Penn Museum).
16 The Entropy of Hawking Radiation; Juan Maldacena, Institute for Advanced Study; 3:30 p.m.; room A4, DRL, and Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/maldacena-talk-mar-16 (Physics & Astronomy).
The Preservation of Racial Order Through Legal Transformations; Michele Goodwin, UC Irvine; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/goodwin-talk-mar-16 (Africana Studies).
17 Special Briefing on Work from Home: What it Means for State and Local Economies and Revenues; panel of speakers; 11 a.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/iur-talk-mar-17 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).
Estimating the Effects of Shrinking the Criminal Justice System on Criminal Recidivism; Charles Loeffler, criminology; noon; room 200, Education Building (Criminology).
Androgen Receptor Splice Variants; Cynthia Sprenger, University of Washington; 3 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/95935762965 (Center of Excellence in Environmental Technology).
When Homeostatic Responses Become Pathologic: Mechanisms of Type 2 Immunity in the Airway; Maya Kotas, UC San Francisco; 4 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/nelson-talk-jan-13 (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Series).
Crazy Determined Asians; Jon Chu, director of Crazy Rich Asians; 4:30 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum; register: https://tinyurl.com/chu-talk-mar-17 (Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum).
18 Researching Human Beliefs and Perceptions of AI Decision-Making; Sonia Shaikh, Annenberg School; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/shaikh-talk-mar-18 (Annenberg School).
Wars in the Workshop: Digitizing Manuscript Rolls; Natasha Hodgson, Nottingham Trent University; 1 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/calendar/kislak/WarsInTheWorkshop (Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies).
Computational Image Analysis For Individualized Surgical Treatment Planning of Bicuspid Aortic Valves; Alison Pouch, radiology and bioengineering; 2 p.m.; PICS Large Conference Room, 3401 Walnut St. (Penn Institute for Computational Science).
22 Agile Maneuver with Under-Actuated Millirobots; Ronald S. Fearing, UC Berkeley; 10 a.m.; Zoom webinar; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).
Working with Rivers; Annea Lockwood, Vassar College; 5:15 p.m.; room 101, Lerner Building (Music).
Distinguished Lecture in African Studies; Wole Soyinka, poet and Nobel laureate; 5:30 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum; 5:30 p.m.; register: https://tinyurl.com/soyinka-talk-mar-22 (Africana Studies).
Chemistry
Unless noted, in-person events at Carol Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex. Info: https://www.chem.upenn.edu/events.
15 Thermodynamic and Mechanistic Studies of CO2 Reduction Catalysts; Caroline Saouma, University of Utah; noon.
16 Reimagining Druggability using Chemoproteomic Platforms; Dan Nomura, UC Berkeley; noon; Zoom webinar.
Cinema Studies
Unless noted, in person events at room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall. Info: https://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/events.
16 On Escapism: Redemptive Readings of a Deeply Disparaged Pleasure; Caetlin Benson-Allott, Georgetown University; noon; room 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
Flipping the Script | Making Documentaries; Bedatri D. Choudhary, documentary filmmaker; 7 p.m.
18 Flipping the Script | Community Organizing & Film Festivals; Marángeli Mejia-Rabell, Philadelphia Latino Film Festival; noon.
21 Flipping the Script | Film Education; Yuby Hernandez, Ghetto Film School, and Sharese Bailey-Bullock, Overstand Consulting; 7 p.m.
Computer & Information Science (CIS)
Hybrid events at various locations and Zoom webinars. Info: https://www.cis.upenn.edu/events/.
16 Principled Algorithm Design in the Era of Deep Learning; Surbhi Goel, Microsoft Research; 3:30 p.m.; room 307, Levine Hall.
17 Learning-Based Program Synthesis: Learning for Program Synthesis and Program Synthesis for Learning; Xinyun Chen, UC Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar.
Penn Dental
Zoom webinars. Info: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/.
17 Trends Between Periodontal Disease and Vascular Calcification in Undiagnosed Type II Diabetes Mellitus; Adeyinka Dayo, oral medicine; noon.
Economics
Unless noted, in-person events at room 101, PCPSE. Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.
16 The Macroeconomics of Intensive Agriculture; Hannes Malmberg, University of Minnesota; 4 p.m.
17 Social Networks with Unobserved Links; Xun Tang, Rice University; 3:30 p.m.
21 Constrained Classification and Policy Learning; Toru Kitagawa, Brown University; 3:30 p.m.
22 Growing a Mega City; Xuequan Elsie Peng, economics; noon; room 202, PCPSE.
GRASP Lab
In-person events at Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall. Info: https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/events/month/2022-03/.
16 The Reasonable Effectiveness of Dynamic Manipulation for Deformable Objects; Shuran Song, Columbia University; 3 p.m.; room 512, Levine Hall.
18 Observing, Learning and Executing Fine-Grained Manipulation Activities; Gregory Hager, Johns Hopkins University; 10:30 a.m.
Historic Preservation
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.design.upenn.edu/historic-preservation/events.
17 Excavating and Re-Creating Color and Texture at Stenton; Catherine Myers, Myers Conservation; noon; upper gallery, Meyerson Hall.
Mathematics
Locations vary. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.
15 Metric Growth Dynamics in Liouville Quantum Gravity; Hugo Falconet, Courant Institute; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.
16 p-Adic Geometry and Problems in Algebra; David Harbater, math; 3:45 p.m.; location TBA.
Medical Ethics & Health Policy
Online and in-person events. Info: https://medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/events.
15 COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Solid Organ Transplant Candidates; Aliza Narva, HUP; noon; Zoom webinar.
Sociology
Unless noted, hybrid events at room 367, McNeil Building, and Zoom webinars. Info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events.
16 Latino Elites as Ethnoracial Capitalists; Jody Agius Vallejo, University of Southern California; noon; room 150, McNeil Building.
17 Understanding Subjective Inequality in China; Xi Song, sociology; 9:30 a.m.
18 His and Hers Earnings Trajectories: Analyzing Links Between Husbands' and Wives' Long-Term Earnings Patterns; Allison Dunatchik, sociology; noon.
More events can be found in the March AT PENN calendar, which is now online. To submit an event for a future AT PENN calendar or update, email almanac@upenn.edu.