Children’s Activities

Penn Museum

Online events. Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/.

9          At-Home Anthro Live: Celebrating Diwali; 1 p.m.

Exhibits

Penn Museum

Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/.

5          Graduate Guide Highlights Tour; 11 a.m.

            Virtual Global Guide Tour: Asia Galleries; 2:30 p.m.

6          Africa Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.

            Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 12:30 p.m.

7          Egypt Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.

            The Stories We Wear Guided Tour; 1 p.m.

            Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.

Fitness & Learning

2          Truman Scholarship Application Review and Scholar Panel; a virtual information session featuring recent Truman Scholarship recipients; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/truman-scholars-nov-2 (Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships).

9          Professional, Personal, Virtual: Fostering Human Connections; panel of experts in organizational dynamics and instructional design share tools and resources to help you stay emotionally connected while socially distant and create a renewed sense of community; 5:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/professional-personal-virtual (Penn Alumni, School of Arts & Sciences).

Graduate School of Education (GSE)

Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.

4          Submatriculation Information Session; noon, Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall.

LGBT Center

Unless noted, online events. Info: https://tinyurl.com/lgbt-center-calendar.

5          Chinese LGBTQ+ Board Game Night; 5 p.m.; LGBT Center.

Music

5          Inspiration: Songs in the Key of Love; a carefully curated set of songs by student acappella group The Inspiration, guaranteed to bring out emotions and thoroughly entertain; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/the-inspiration. Also November 6, 6 p.m.

7          Relâche: Re|Union; five instrumental pieces by contemporary classical group Relâche celebrating workers, solidarity and the strength of the human spirit; 1-3 p.m.; Widener Hall, Penn Museum; tickets: $20/adult, $10/student, $25/door; register: https://relache.ticketleap.com/reunion/ (Penn Museum).

Readings & Signings

2          When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America; Theodore Johnson, NYU; 4 p.m.; World Forum, Perry World House and Zoom; register: https://tinyurl.com/johnson-reading-nov-2 (Perry World House).

9    John Keats: Scientist and Poet; Toni Bowers, English; Jason Karlawish, PMC; 7 p.m.; Kelly Writers House and YouTube livestream; register: https://pennmemorycenter.org/keats/ (KWH, PMC).

Talks

2          A Communications Perspective on Digital Privacy; Elza Erkip, NYU; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/2822214402 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).

            How Intervention Research Informs Policy and Inequality; Rekha Balu, MDRC Center for Applied Behavioral Science; 1:30 p.m.; rooms B21/B26, Stiteler Hall (GSE).

            Sketching Algorithms; Jelani Nelson, UC Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall and Zoom; info: cherylh@cis.upenn.edu (Computer & Information Science).

3          Reeducation Camps and the Politics of Morality and Citizenship in Socialist Mozambique, 1974-1990; Benedito Machava, Yale; 5:30 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/machava-talk-nov-3 (Africana Studies).

4          Blue Shield Georgia and its Work With the Heritage Community; Manana Tevzadze, Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield; 12:30 p.m.; online event; tickets: https://tinyurl.com/tevzadze-talk-nov-4 (Penn Museum).

            Landscapes of Glass; Douglas Jerolmack, Earth & environmental science and mechanical engineering & applied mechanics; 12:30 p.m.; auditorium, LRSM Building; info: info-mse@seas.upenn.edu (Materials Science & Engineering).

            Critical Race Theory and DEI: From Theory to Practice; panel of speakers; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/7443577924 (Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Programs).

5          Can Information Reduce Physician Bias? Jevay Grooms, Howard University; noon; auditorium, Colonial Penn Center; register: https://tinyurl.com/grooms-talk-nov-5 (Leonard Davis Institute).

9          2D Materials, from Academia to Industry; Carl Naylor, Intel Corporation; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/2822214402 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).

            Single-Cell Multi-Omic Velocity Infers Dynamic and Decoupled Gene Regulation; Joshua Welch, University of Michigan; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/812676289/1348 (CCEB).

            Visual Studies/Sachs Lecture in Contemporary Art; Liz Deschenes, photographer; 5:30 p.m.; ICA and Zoom; info: ejchong@ica.upenn.edu (Institute of Contemporary Art).

Penn Dental

Online events. Info: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/.

2          Clinical Solutions for Esthetic Rehabilitations Using Adhesive Dentistry; Sillas Duarte, USC; 6 p.m.

Economics

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

2          Growing a Mega City; Xuequan Elsie Peng, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.

3          Technology Transition with Frictions: Evidence from the IP Address Market; Sarah George, economics; 3:30 p.m.; room F45, Huntsman Hall.

8          Forecasting with Prior Wisdom on Group Structure; Boyuan Zhang, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.

English

Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.english.upenn.edu/events.

3          Milton, Spinoza, and the Critique of Institutions: Natural Religion and Rational Religion; Russ Leo, Princeton; 5:15 p.m.; room 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall.

Mathematics

Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.

3          4D/2D Duality and Representation Theory; Tomoyuki Arakawa, Kyoto University; 3:45 p.m.; Zoom meeting.

8          Curved Koszul Duality and Cyclic (Co)Homology; Yining Zhang, University of Colorado; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting.

Physics & Astronomy

Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.physics.upenn.edu/index.php/events.

3          Broken Symmetries in Living Matter; Nikta Fakhri, MIT; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting.

8          An Introduction to the Lattice-Continuum Correspondence; Djordje Radicevic, Brandeis University; 2 p.m.; location TBA.

Sociology

Online and in-person events. Info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events.

3          What Is Perceived When Race Is Perceived and Why It Matters for Causal Inference; Issa Kohler-Hausmann, Yale; Lily Hu, Harvard; noon; room 150, McNeil Building.

For a complete listing of events in November, visit the November AT PENN calendar.