Conferences

9    Power, Politics, and Pediatrics: Assessing the Impact of Governance on Global Child Health; 12th Annual CHOP Pediatric Global Health Virtual Conference; 11 a.m.-3:15 p.m.; register: https://chop.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=1101 (CHOP, Nursing).

Fitness and Learning

7    Fostering College Success in Pennsylvania; session on improving higher education access and success for students who have experienced foster care; 10 a.m.; info: https://www.sp2.upenn.edu/sp2-events/2020-10/ (SP2).

Readings and Signings

Psychology
   For a full listing of book clubs in October, visit https://psychology.sas.upenn.edu/calendar/

Special Events

6    Honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; discussion with several Penn Law professors; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom event; join: https://tinyurl.com/penn-law-rbg (Penn Law).

8    Penn Virtual Employee Resource Fair; access to information on the vast and varied campus resources and services available to staff and faculty; info: https://www.upenn.edu/erf/ (PPSA). Through October 9.

11    Queer Quizzo; celebration of National Coming Out Day; 10:30 a.m.; tickets: $10; https://www.penn.museum/calendar/567/queer-quizzo (Penn Museum).

Talks

7    Laughing in the Face of Death: The Comedic Force of Isabelle Huppert in La Cérémonie; Karen Redrobe, history of art; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91846842646 (History of Art).
    In Search Of: Failed Supernovae; Chris Kochanek, Ohio State; 2 p.m.; online event; info: https://www.physics.upenn.edu/events/ (Physics & Astronomy).
    Farm of the Future—II. Designing Places of Demonstration; Scott Erdy, and Sierra Bainbridge, architects; 2 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/vet-erdy-bainbridge (Penn Vet).
    The Toponym of "Good Governance": Racialization and Street (Re)naming in Post-Apartheid South Africa; Wale Adebanwi, Oxford; 4 p.m.; online event; info: https://africana.sas.upenn.edu/events (Africana Studies).

    Topple: The Reckoning and Re-Imagining of Contemporary Monuments; Paul Farber, Monument Lab; 6 p.m.; online event; tickets: $5; https://www.penn.museum/calendar/540/topple (Penn Museum).
8    Children’s Time Use in Routine Housework in US, 1997-2014; Kai Feng, Penn PSC; 9 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Sociology).
    Peptide Gels to Guide Tissue Growth; Vivek Kumar, NJ Institute of Technology; noon; BlueJeans meeting; info: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/ (Dental).
9    Race, Social Justice, and Social Media; Benjamin Todd Jealous, People for the American Way; Sarah Jackson, Annenberg; noon; virtual event; info: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events (ASC).
    Changes in the Deep Gulf of Mexico and Connections to the Labrador Sea–Insights from the CIGOM Program; Rainer Amon, Texas A&M; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/amon-talk (Earth & Environmental Studies).
    Out of Culture and Preservation, a Racial and Economic Justice Movement; Brent Leggs, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/leggs-talk (Historic Preservation).
12     Manipulating Macrophage Signaling—How Macrophages Measure ‘Eat Me’ and ‘Don’t Eat Me’ Signals; Meghan Morrissey, UC Santa Barbara; noon; online event; info: manu@seas.upenn.edu (PSOC).
13    Between a Rock and Hard Place: Securing the Future of Independent News; Mark Thompson, New York Times; 5 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/thompson-annenberg-talk (ASC and Andrea Mitchell Center).
    Excellence in Restorative Dentistry Lecture Series; Joseph Kan, Loma Linda University; 5 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; register: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/quyxduwy (Dental).

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AT PENN Deadlines

The deadline for the November AT PENN calendar is October 12. It will be published on October 27.

The deadline to submit your October events to be featured in the next Update is the Monday prior.

View the full list of October AT PENN events which will be updated throughout the month.