Update: October AT PENN
Children’s Activities
Penn Museum
Info and to register: www.penn.museum/calendar
14 Virtual Archaeological Adventure: Mexico and Central America; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
17 At-Home Anthro LIVE: Reading Ancient Artifacts; 11 a.m.
Ask the Scientists: Ancient “-ologies”; 1 p.m.
Films
Cinema Studies
Info and to register: https://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/events
15 Jeronimo; includes talk with director Joseph Juhn; 8 p.m.
19 Jean Gentil; 6 p.m.
Fitness & Learning
16 Mindfulness at the Museum with Kate Johnson; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ica-mindfulness-oct-16 (ICA).
Master in Law Virtual Info Session for General Audiences; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/law-info-session-oct-16 (Penn Law).
Career Paths Panel; Penn English PhDs share their experiences; 1 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://www.english.upenn.edu/events/ (English).
17 Knowledge that Fits in the Palm of Your Hand—Analyzing 5,000-Year-Old Seeds; Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials workshop; 10 a.m.; virtual event; register: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/570/caam-workshop (Penn Museum).
Readings & Signings
13 A Conversation with Karley Sciortino; 6 p.m.; YouTube stream; info: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/1020.php (Kelly Writers House).
17 Duchamp Is My Lawyer; Kenneth Goldsmith, author; 1 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/events (Cinema Studies).
Special Events
Penn Museum
Info and to register: www.penn.museum/calendar
15 Ofrenda Workshop; 5 p.m.
17 Monsters, Myths, and Legends: Spirits and Storytelling; 7-9 p.m.
Talks
14 The Bluest Eye at 50: Reading Toni Morrison in the Age of Trump; Herman Beavers, English; noon; virtual event; register: https://tinyurl.com/herman-beavers-talk (Africana Studies).
Farm of the Future-III. Carbon; panel of environmental experts; 2 p.m.; virtual event; register: https://tinyurl.com/future-farm-oct-14 (Penn Vet).
Fuels and Chemicals Decarbonized; Ted Sargent, University of Toronto; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: chebiom@seas.upenn.edu (CBE).
Computational Epidemiology at the time of COVID-19; Alessandro Vespignani, Northeastern University; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.physics.upenn.edu/events/ (Physics & Astronomy).
15 Novel Affordable Oral Therapeutics and Booster Vaccine for COVID-19; Henry Daniell, biochemistry; noon; BlueJeans event; info: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/ (Penn Dental).
Cultivated by Hand: Amateur Musicians in the Early American Republic; Glenda Goodman, music; noon; virtual event; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/7132446 (Penn Libraries).
The Really Real: Fantasies of Materiality in the Study of Religion; Maia Kotrosits, Denison University; 3 p.m.; virtual event; info: https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Religious Studies).
16 Uncertainty-Driven Geometry Reconstruction and Understanding; Qixing Huang, UT Austin; 10 a.m.; info: cis-info@cis.upenn.edu (Sig Center for Computer Graphics).
MIC Center Roundtable; Sarah J. Jackson, Victor Pickard and Todd Wolfson, Media Inequality and Change (MIC) Center directors; noon; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events/ (ASC).
19 A Three-Dimensional Extracellular Matrix Supports Organoid Phenotype by Reducing Cortical Actin Tension to Maintain Endoplasmic Reticulum Function; FuiBoon Kai, UCSF; noon; virtual event; info: manu@seas.upenn.edu (PSOC).
Economics
Info and to register: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events
14 Inequality and Asset Prices during Sudden Stops; Sergio Villalvazo Martin, economics; 4 p.m.
15 Productivity Gains from Labor Outsourcing: The Role of Trade Secret; Gorkem Bostanci; economics; noon.
Dynamic College Admissions and the Determinants of Students’ College Retention; Tomas Larroucau, economics; 3:30 p.m.
19 Sequential Learning with Endogenous Consideration Sets; Daniel Fershtman, Tel Aviv University; noon.
Homophily and Selection: The Network Propensity Score; Alejandro Sanchez Becerra, economics; 4:30 p.m.
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AT PENN Deadlines
The November AT PENN calendar deadline is today. 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.