Exhibits

30        Curator-Led Tour: RAW Academie at ICA: Infrastructure; 6 p.m.; Institute of Contemporary Art.

Films

31        Lina Wertmüller, the Woman in White Glasses; spotlight on Lina Wertmüller, the visionary and groundbreaking Italian director, who went on to make more than 30 films becoming the first woman ever to receive Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Film; 5:30 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).

Fitness & Learning

30        Overview of Penn's Accreditation with Middle States 2024; Karen Detlefsen, Vice Provost for Education; 3 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/pfwf-event-march-30 (Penn Forum for Women Faculty).

            CODE_A_WEBSITE; part of a series of student-led workshops that offer students a chance to share skills with their peers; 5 p.m.; room 320, Addams Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/code-a-website-march-30 (Fine Arts).

Graduate School of Education (GSE)

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

30        Intensifying Instruction to Strengthen Student Success; 1 p.m.

On Stage

Penn Live Arts

Info and tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/events/.

30        Wharton Dance Studio: Decadance; popular student group’s 10th anniversary showcase with 11 dances, 250+ dancers and surprise bonus performances; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center.

Readings & Signings

Kelly Writers House

Hybrid events at Arts Café, Kelly Writers House, and YouTube livestreams. Info: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0322.php.

31        The Music of David Bowie; David Barone, recording artist and author; 5 p.m.

Talks

30        Get(ting) Out of the American Horror Story; Mia Mask, Vassar College; noon; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/mask-talk-march-30 (Cinema Studies).

            Speech and Justice on American Campuses: Examining the Tensions; Greg Lukianoff, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education; 7:15 p.m.; GSE conference center, floor 5, 3440 Market Street; register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/291280426597 (Paideia Program).

31        Engineered Systems for Controlling Cellular Microenvironments: From Synthetic Extracellular Matrices to Multidimensional Disease Models; April Kloxin, University of Delaware; 3:30 p.m.; room 337, Towne Building (Bioengineering).

Asian American Studies

Unless noted, hybrid events at room 473, McNeil Building and Zoom webinars. Info: https://asam.sas.upenn.edu/events.

31        Asian America Across the Disciplines: Race and Gender/Youth /Family; Edwin Desamour, The Lighthouse, Inc.; Johnny Irizarry, CLALS; noon.

Chemistry

Unless noted, in-person events at Carol Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex. Info: https://www.chem.upenn.edu/events.   

30        Modeling and Design of RNA-Only Structures; Rhiju Das, Stanford University; noon; Zoom webinar.

31        Beyond Batteries: Reimagining the Role of Ions in Electronics; Susan Fullerton, University of Pittsburgh; 1 p.m.

Computer & Information Science (CIS)

Hybrid events at various locations and Zoom webinars. Info: https://www.cis.upenn.edu/events/.

29        Quantum Computation and Cryptography: A Changing Landscape; Andrea Coladangelo, Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing; 3:30 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall.

30        Building the Reliability Stack for Machine Learning; Eric Wong, MIT; 3:30 p.m.; room 307, Levine Hall.

31        Towards a Foundation for Reinforcement Learning; Ruosong Wang, Carnegie Mellon University; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar only.

Economics

Unless noted, in-person events at room 101, PCPSE. Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.

30        Structural Change or Declining Competition? Ricardo Vieira Marto, economics; noon; room 200, PCPSE.

            Spillover Effects of Opening a Market: A Study of the Indian Cellphone and Wireless Service Markets; Ying Fan, University of Michigan; 3:30 p.m.; room 1203, Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall.

            Sectoral Shocks and Mismatch Unemployment; Laura Pilossoph, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; 3:30 p.m.

Electrical & Systems Engineering (ESE)

Hybrid events at room 225, Towne Building, and Zoom webinars. Info: https://events.seas.upenn.edu/calendar/tag/ese/list/.

29        New Frontiers in Quantum Simulation and Computation with Neutral Atom Arrays; Giulia Semeghini, Harvard; 11 a.m.

30        Building Photonic Systems for Extreme-Scale Computing, Particle Accelerations, and Beyond; Kiyoul Yang, Stanford; 10:30 a.m.

31        From Exact Laws to Design Principles of Quantum Information Machines; Davide Girolami, Politecnico di Torino; 11 a.m.

Mathematics

Locations vary. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.

29        Graphon Dynamical Systems: A Law of Large Numbers, Large Deviations, and Metastability; Georgi Medvedev, Drexel University; 4 p.m.; room A1, DRL, and Zoom webinar.

30        The Math Underlying Proof of Work and Proof of Stake in Blockchains; Tal Rabin, mathematics; 3:45 p.m.; room A6, DRL.

31        Tiered Trees, Theta Operators, Delta Conjectures; Alessandro Iraci, UQAM; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C4, DRL.

            Progress on the Canham and Willmore Problems; Rob Kusner, UMass; 5:15 p.m.; Zoom webinar.

Medical Ethics & Health Policy

Online and in-person events. Info: https://medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/events.

29        Incorporating Social Determinants of Health into Clinical and Public Health Practice: Ethical and Policy Challenges; Renuka Tipirneni, University of Michigan; noon; Zoom webinar.

Sociology

Hybrid events at room 367, McNeil Building, and Zoom webinars. Info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events.

30        Paradoxes of Survivorhood; Paige Sweet, University of Michigan; noon; room 150, McNeil Building.

More March events can be found in the March AT PENN calendar, which is online now. To submit an event for a future AT PENN calendar or weekly update, email the salient details to almanac@upenn.edu!