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Update: November AT PENN

Conferences

20    Expanding Scope of Practice After COVID-19; symposium examining practice reform; 8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; online event; register: https://penn-ldi.ticketleap.com/sop2020/ (LDI; Nursing).

Films

23    Mondays with Milford: In Performance Part 2; screening of rare footage from Milford Graves’s archives; 6 p.m.; online event (ICA).

Meetings

19    WPPSA Meeting; guest speaker Wydia Houston, CAPS; noon; more info and to register, email Mariel Featherstone at fmariel@upenn.edu (WPPSA).

Music

19    The Bach Project; movements from unaccompanied works by J.S. Bach; 8 p.m.; virtual event; register: https://tinyurl.com/bach-project-nov-20 (Music).
20    Cycles of My Being; performance of a song cycle written by Tyshawn Sorey; 8 p.m.; tickets: https://tinyurl.com/cycles-of-my-being (Music).

Sports

19   Penn vs Princeton; original broadcast: November 6, 1993; 8 p.m.; www.youtube.com/user/PennSportsNetwork (Penn Athletics).

Talks

18    Bioclimatic Double-Skin Façades; Mary Ben Bonham, Miami University (Ohio); 9 a.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/bonham-talk-nov-18 (Graduate Architecture).
       Serving our Veterans: Moving Forward the Have You Ever Served Initiative; Linda Spoonster Schwartz, former Assistant Secretary of Veteran Affairs; noon; BlueJeans event; register: https://tinyurl.com/schwartz-talk-nov-18 (Nursing).
       The Global Ethics of Vaccine Distribution; Kok-Chor Tan and Michael Weisberg, philosophy; noon; info: https://tinyurl.com/vaccine-nov-18 (Penn Science Cafe).
       True Crime and the Case for Abolition Documentary; Pooja Rangan, Amherst College; Brett Story, Ryerson; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/rangan-story-nov-18 (Cinema Studies).
       Photovoltaic Restoration of Sight in Age-related Macular Degeneration; Daniel Palanker, Stanford; 1 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: eprince@seas.upenn.edu (BE; Neuroengineering).
       The Party of Lincoln?; Tara Setmayer, CNN; Rogers Smith, political science; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://setmayer-party-of-lincoln.eventbrite.com (Andrea Mitchell Center).
19    Emerging Technologies for Detection of Early Stage Bladder Cancer; Audrey Bowden, Vanderbilt; 3 p.m.; online event; info: be@seas.upenn.edu (BE).
       A Lifetime of Adventures in East Asia; Jerome Cohen, NYU; 4:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/jerome-cohen-talk-nov-19 (CEAS).
       Paintings of Fragmented Identities and Cultures at Odds, Harmony or Flux. Live from Indian Territory, USA; Micah Wesley, artist; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: http://bit.ly/Roadwarrior (PNACC).
20    Smart Beds, Homes and Robots: Emerging Tech Opportunities for Aging; panel of speakers; 10:30 a.m.; BlueJeans meeting; register: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/kpwaypsx (Nursing).
       Designing Energy Conversion Materials with Ab-Initio and Active Machine Learning Computations of Electron-Phonon and Ion Dynamics; Boris Kozinsky, Harvard; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: kathom@seas.upenn.edu (PICS).
24    Thanksgiving Myths and Indigenous Memories; Marge Bruchac, Native American & Indigenous Studies; 5:30 p.m.; Facebook event (Museum).

Economics
Info and to register: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events
24    Choice with Endogenous Categorization; Andrew Ellis, London School of Economics; 4 p.m.
25    Are Consumption Taxes Really Better Than Labour Income Taxes? Theoretical and Quantitative Implications of the Choice of Tax Base; Kris Shaw, economics; 4 p.m.

Sociology
Info and to register: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events
18    Who Really Pays the Motherhood Wage Penalty? (And Why You Don’t Want to Use Quantile Regression to Answer This Question); Markus Gangl, Goethe University Frankfurt; noon.
20    “I’m Not Biracial, But Then Am I Mixed?:” Racial Categorization Patterns in Second-Generation Black-White Multiracials; Haley Pilgrim, sociology; noon.

caption: “Milford Graves In Performance” provides a glimpse into the artist’s prolific career in experimental instrumentation. The program offers an eclectic mix of footage consisting of individual performances and collaborative projects that Mr. Graves initiated over the years. Part 2 of the series highlights his solo work. Bi-weekly virtual screenings of rare digital footage from Milford Graves’s archives will be shown on ICA's website. Photo by George Etheredge.

AT PENN Deadlines

The November AT PENN calendar is online and will be updated throughout the month. The December AT PENN calendar will be published Tuesday, November 24. Submit events for weekly calendar updates at almanac@upenn.edu. Deadlines are Monday for the next Tuesday’s issue. The deadline for the January AT PENN calendar is Tuesday, December 1.

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