Fitness & Learning

5          Time Together: Post-Election Emotional Processing; a peaceful, social, supportive drop-in space for Black people of all nationalities and the people who love them on a day of national and international consequence; 1 p.m.; Goodhand Room, LGBT Center (Paideia Program).

8          Hot Wings & Hot Takes; good food and lively conversation around the night’s burning topics; 6:30-9 p.m.; Multipurpose Room, DuBois College House; register: https://tinyurl.com/hot-wings-hot-takes-nov-8 (Africana Studies).

Graduate School of Education

Online webinars. Info and to register: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.

6          Literacy Studies Doctoral Virtual Information Session; 9 a.m.

            Tips for a Successful Penn GSE Application Virtual Session; 7:30 p.m.

7          Belonging at GSE: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Virtual Session; 7 p.m.

11        Urban Teaching Residency Virtual Information Session; 7 p.m.

            Urban Education (Online) Virtual Information Session; 7 p.m.

12        Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management Virtual Information Session; 4 p.m.

            Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership Virtual Information Session; 6 p.m.

Morris Arboretum & Gardens

In-person events. Info and to register: https://www.morrisarboretum.org/.

10        Eco-Printing 101: Tote Bags; 1:30 p.m.

On Stage

Platt Student Performing Arts House

In-person events. Info and to register: https://tinyurl.com/platt-house-events.

8          The Excelano Project Presents “Dollhouse”; Penn's premier spoken word poetry collective presents their 2024 fall show, wherein poets perform original pieces with immense passion, wit, subversion, and vulnerability; 8 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum. Also November 9, 6 p.m.

Talks

5          Multifunctional Architected Structures; Masoud Akbarzadeh, architecture; 10:15 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

6          What’s In My Network? On Learned Proximals and Testing for Explanations; Jeremias Sulam, Johns Hopkins University; noon; room 225, Towne Building (ASSET Center).

7          David P. Pope Distinguished Lecture: Supersonic Collisions of Microparticles on Metal: In-Situ Studies at the Nanosecond and Micrometer Scales; Christopher A. Schuh, Northwestern University; 10:30 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Materials Science & Engineering).

            Building Ghosts: Past Lives and Lost Places in a Changing City; Molly Lester, Urban Heritage Project; Michael Bixler, Hidden City Philadelphia; Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/lester-bixler-nov-7 (Historic Preservation).

            Metabolic Vulnerabilities in NRF2-Driven Tumorigenesis; Gina DeNicola, Moffitt Cancer Center; 2 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Cancer Biology).

            Optimal Nonparametric Capture-Recapture Methods for Estimating Population Size; Edward H. Kennedy, Carnegie Mellon University; 2 p.m.; room 131, Blockley Hall, and online webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/kennedy-talk-nov-7 (Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics).

            Cedar: A Language for Expressing Fast, Safe, and Fine-Grained Authorization Policies; Michael Hicks, Amazon Web Services; 3:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Computer & Information Science).

8          Hierarchy, Abstractions and Geometry; Nicholas Roy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 10:30 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91899445930 (GRASP Lab).

            A Post Election Conversation: The Past and Possible Futures of American Politics; Laura K. Field, political theorist; Nikil Saval, PA State Senator; Timothy Shenk, George Washington University; noon; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium (History).

11        Medium-Range Order and Local Structure Fluctuations in Metallic Glass; Xun-Li Wang, City University of Hong Kong; 12:30 p.m.; room 2N3, DRL (Center for Soft and Living Matter).

12        A Monumental Endeavor; Molly Gleeson, Penn Museum; noon; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/gleeson-talk-nov-12 (Global Discovery Series).

            The Role of Universities in Modern Democracy; Hahrie Han, Johns Hopkins University; John Holmwood, University of Nottingham; Irene Mulvey, Fairfield University; John Tomasi, Heterodox Academy; 5 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/paideia-talk-nov-12 (Paideia Program).

Economics

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

7          Hours Worked and Lifetime Earnings Inequality; Richard Rogerson, Princeton University; 1:30 p.m.; auditorium, PCPSE.

            Reforming the U.S. Long-Term Care Insurance System; Karen Kopecky, Federal Reserve Board of Cleveland; 2:30 p.m.; auditorium, PCPSE.

            How Should Governments Sell Their Bonds? A Walrasian Comparison of Market Protocols; Harold Cole, economics; 4 p.m.; auditorium, PCPSE.

            From Population Growth to TFP Growth; Juan M. Sánchez, Federal Reserve Board of St. Louis; 5 p.m.; auditorium, PCPSE.

8          The Technological Roots of the Great Moderation; Mehmet Yörükoğlu, Koc University; 9 a.m.; auditorium, PCPSE.

            Informality, Enforcement and Firm Growth; Philipp Kircher, Cornell University; 10 a.m.; auditorium, PCPSE.

            Women's Liberation and the Demographic Transition; David Weiss, Tel Aviv University; 11:30 a.m.; auditorium, PCPSE.

            Product Variety in Young Firms; Boyan Jovanovic, New York University; 1:30 p.m.; auditorium, PCPSE.

            Technology Driven Market Concentration Through Idea Allocation; Yueyuan Ma, University of California, Santa Barbara; 2:30 p.m.; auditorium, PCPSE.

            Technifying Ventures; Jeremy Greenwood, economics; 4 p.m.; auditorium, PCPSE.

12        Blackwell-Monotone Updating Rules; Mark Whitmeyer, Arizona State University; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

Graduate School of Education

Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar?date=2024-11.

6          Community Circle: The Role of Academia in Bridging Political Divides; Raquel Arredondo and Lauren Scicluna, GSE; noon; room 355, Stiteler Hall.

Mathematics

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

5          New Solutions for the Hull-Strominger System; Jose Medel, Florida International University; 3:30 p.m.; room 3C2, DRL.

7          Gauge Theory and the Bogomolov-Miyaoka-Yau Inequality; Paul Feehan, Rutgers University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.

            Three Stories of Optimal Transport; Yasuaki Hiraoka, Jun Okamoto and Yuya Tokuta, Kyoto University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C6, DRL.

8          Mac Lane Valuations and Algebraic Geometry; Andrew Obus, City University of New York; 9:30 a.m.; room A1, DRL, and 2:45 p.m.; room 303, Towne Building.

            Zeta Functions and Symplectic Duality; Yiannis Sakellaridis, Johns Hopkins University; 11 a.m.; room A1, DRL, and 4 p.m.; room 303, Towne Building.

11        The Impact of Rainfall Variability on Pattern Formation in a Flow-Kick Model for Dryland Vegetation Bands; Punit Gandhi, Virginia Commonwealth University; 4 p.m.; room 2C8, DRL.

This is an update to the November AT PENN calendar. To submit events for future AT PENN calendars and weekly updates, email the salient details to almanac@upenn.edu.