Fitness & Learning

28        T32 Best Practices Discussion; special session on training grants and the SCOTUS decision on Students For Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College AND SFFA v. University of North Carolina; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3FWLBRN (Perelman School of Medicine).

29        Behind the CV: Stories from Faculty; Rakesh Vohra, economics and electrical & systems engineering, share his stories, with a focus on the unspoken challenges of a life in academia; 5 p.m.; Café 58, Irvine Auditorium (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).

30        You Do-Nut Have to Be in STEM; join humanities & social science RPAs to discuss opportunities and enjoy donuts; 7-9 p.m.; RDDSx, first floor, Van Pelt Library (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).

Graduate School of Education

Online webinars. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar?date=2023-11.

30        Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership Virtual Information Session; 7 p.m.

Special Events

26        Family Game Day; learn more about games played around the world: Challenge the family to a friendly game of mancala, learn how to play the ancient games of knucklebones (Greece/Rome) and Senet (Egypt), and design your own board game to take home; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Penn Museum; included with admission (Penn Museum).

Talks

27        Dawn of the Anthropocene: How Humans in a Warming Climate Drove Pleistocene Mammal Extinctions and Re-shaped California’s Landscapes; Emily Lindsey, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum; noon; room 345, Penn Museum (Anthropology).

            Increasing Human Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Taste and Smell Science; Patrice Hubert, Monell Chemical Senses Center; 3 p.m.; room 302, CRB, and Zoom webinar; join: https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/98960742438 (Global Health).

28        Advancing Bioadhesive Technologies with Mechanical Principles; Jianyu Li, McGill University; 10 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

29        How Design Can Make a Positive Impact on Health, the Environment, and Education; Raja Schaar, Drexel University; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/schaar-talk-nov-29 (Nursing).

            Inherent Interpretability via Language Model Guided Bottleneck Design; Mark Yatskar, computer & information science; noon; room 307, Levine Hall (ASSET Center).

            Adventures at the Nexus of Synthetic, Analytical and Biological Chemistry With an Enzymatic Sub-Theme; David Berkowitz, National Science Foundation; noon; Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).

            Topological States in Magnetic Pyrochlore Iridates; Jak Chakhalian, Rutgers University; 3 p.m.; room A4, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).

            Does Architecture Speak Politically? Aggiornamento, Representation, and the Global History of the Cold War; Vanessa Grossman, architecture; 6:30 p.m.; Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Architecture).

30        Aluminum Scandium Nitride Thin Films and Microdevices for Radio Frequency Filters and Magnetoelectric Sensors; Roy (Troy) Olsson, electrical & systems engineering; 10:30 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Materials Science & Engineering).

            Special Briefing: Public Pensions - Still a Crisis?; panel of speakers; 11 a.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/iur-talk-nov-30 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).

            The Korean DMZ as an Impossible Space: Reflections on Peace Beyond Geopolitics; Eleana Kim, University of California Irvine; noon; suite 310, 3600 Market Street (Korean Studies).

            Locals, Leaders and the Reverberating Consequences of Disaster Intervention: Some Case Studies from the Late Roman World; Cam Grey, classical studies; 4:45 p.m.; room 402, Cohen Hall (Classical Studies).

            What We Owe: Reparations in Literature and Law; Sangina Patnaik, Swarthmore College; 5 p.m.; room 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall; RSVP: elombard@sas.upenn.edu or eying@sas.upenn.edu (English).

            Fels Racial Equity and Social Justice Conversation Series; Sulaiman W. Rahman, DiverseForce; 6 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/rahman-talk-nov-30 (Fels Institute of Government).

Economics

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

27        Testing Mechanisms; Soonwoo Kwon, Brown University; 4:30 p.m. room 100, PCPSE.

28        Diversity, Disagreement, and Information Aggregation; Tilman Börgers, University of Michigan; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

Mathematics

In-person events. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.

29        A^1-Homotopical Approach to the Study of A^1-Connected Smooth Projective Varieties; Fabien Morel, Institute for Advanced Study; 3:45 p.m.; room A2, DRL.

Sociology

Info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events.

29        Recognizing “Camera Cues”: Policing, Cellphones, and Citizen Countersurveillance; Brandon Alston, Ohio State University; noon; room 403, McNeil Building.

This is an update to the November AT PENN calendar. The December AT PENN calendar appears in this issue. To submit events for a future AT PENN calendar or update, send the salient details to almanac@upenn.edu.