Conferences

29        Penn Law Antitrust Association’s Annual Seminar Competition Around the Globe and Beyond; will host leading scholars and practitioners from the public and private sectors to explore the latest antitrust discussions spanning various areas around the globe; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; room 100, Golkin Hall; register: https://forms.gle/MmK6nsURoL29w1AAA (Penn Law).

Exhibits

29        Temperature of Wait; first-year master of fine arts exhibition; Addams Fine Art Gallery. Through November 12.

Penn Museum

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

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

30        Middle East Galleries Tour; 11 a.m. Also October 31, 11 a.m.

            Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.

31        Global Guide Tour: Africa Galleries; 2:30 p.m.

Films

28        In Search of a City and Oranges; online screenings; 7 p.m.; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/pew-fellows-x-pla-short-films (Penn Live Arts, Pew Fellows).

Fitness & Learning

27        History Department Open House; meet history students, faculty and advisors and learn about spring courses; 1-3:30 p.m.; room 209, College Hall (History).

28        Penn Alumni Water Forum Networking Lunch and Learn Water Trivia; hear from several water-related speakers and learn trivia about New York, D.C., and Chicago; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/water-trivia-oct-28 (Water Center).

Graduate School of Education (GSE)

Online events. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar?date=2021-10.

29        Friday Virtual Chats With Admissions; 9 a.m.

Penn Carey Law School
Unless noted, online events. Info: https://www.law.upenn.edu/newsevents/calendar.php#!view/all.

26        Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA) Panel; 7 p.m.

28        Master In Law Fall Semester Reception; 4:30 p.m.; courtyard, Penn Law.

LGBT Center

In-person and online events. In-person and online events. Info: https://tinyurl.com/lgbt-center-calendar.

29        Pumpkin Painting; 3 p.m.; LGBT Center.

            International LGBTQ+ Student Pizza Night; 5 p.m.; Goodhand Room, LGBT Center.

Music

29        Penn Symphony Orchestra: Primosch, Beethoven & Dvorak; performance featuring a tribute to late Penn professor and composer James Primosch; 8 p.m.; Irvine Aduitorium (Music).

On Stage

28        Bloomers Presents Off The Rails; a fun and transit-themed performance by Penn’s primarily women-led sketch comedy group; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Penn Live Arts; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/bloomers-comedy (Bloomers, Penn Live Arts). Also October 29; 6 and 9 p.m.; October 30, 7:30 p.m.

Readings & Signings

Kelly Writers House

Unless noted, in-person events at the Kelly Writers House. Info: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/1021.php.

28        A Conversation With Jessica Goodman; 5 p.m.

Special Events

28        Virtual Wistar Legacy Awards & 25th Jonathan Lax Lecture; honors the Wistar Institute’s extraordinary research partners and includes a lecture by Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; 5:30-7:45 p.m.; GoToWebinar event; register: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2829771712578722575 (Wistar Institute).

Talks

26        An Amalgamation-Based Statistical Learning Paradigm for Microbiome Data; Kun Chen, University of Connecticut; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/812676289/1348 (CCEB).

            Chemical Approaches for Modulating Lysine Post-Translational Modifications; George Burslem, chemistry; 3:30 p.m.; Carol Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex and Zoom; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97682459971 (Chemistry).

27        The Water-Energy Nexus – Opportunities & Innovation; panel of speakers; noon; location TBA; register: https://tinyurl.com/water-center-talk-oct-27 (Water Center).

            A People’s Art is the Genesis of Their Freedom: The Claudia Jones Project; panel of speakers; 12:30 p.m.; online event; join: upenn.zoom.us/my/ascmedarisk (Center for Media At Risk).

            Calling in the Calling Out Culture; Loretta Ross, Smith College; 7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ross-talk-oct-27 (Paideia Program).

28        Transforming Ideas to Reality: Emerging Nanotechnologies from the “Lab” to the “Fab”; Max Shulaker, MIT; 10:30 a.m.; room 225, Towne Building and Zoom; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/2822214402 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).

            Inequality in Bronze: Shared Authority and Collaborative Commemoration at Stenton; Laura Keim, historic preservation; noon; Morgan Gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/keim-talk-oct-28 (Historic Preservation).

            Interrupting Violence at the Point of Disclosure; Malik Washington, Penn Violence Prevention; noon; room 345, Fisher-Bennett Hall (GSWS).

            Optics on the Nanoscale: Conquering Absorption with Nonlinear Optics; Natalia Litchinitser, Duke University; 12:30 p.m.; auditorium, LRSM Building (Mechanical & Systems Engineering).

            Neutrophil and Barrier Dysfunction in Sepsis: Insights from Animal and Organ-on-a-Chip; Laurie Kilpatrick, Temple; 4 p.m.; room 11-146, Smilow Center (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).  

29        Armenian Photographers, a Turkish Sultan, a French Empress, and an American Doctor; Nicholas Brenner and John Pollack, Kislak Center; noon; room 626-627, Van Pelt Library (Kislak Center).

            How Status Seeking and Social Learning Shape Political Polarization on Social Media: Evidence from a Mixed-Method Field Experiment on Twitter; Christopher Bail, Duke University; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/bail-talk-oct-29 (Annenberg School).

            A Model for External Aerodynamics Based on Building-Block Flows; Adrián Lozano-Durán, MIT; 2 p.m.; PICS conference room, 3401 Walnut Street (Penn Institute for Computational Science).

            The Latest in Nanoscale Drivers of Large-Scale Earth Processes; Michael Hochella, Virginia Tech; 3 p.m.; room 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Science).

Africana Studies

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

27        Intimacies to Apocalypso: Decolonizing Diasporas & Afro-Atlantic Worldviews; Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez, Michigan State; 5:30 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall.

Asian American Studies (ASAM)

In-person events at room 473, McNeil Building. Info: https://asam.sas.upenn.edu/events.

28        Interrogating Identity in Latin America: A Conversation on the Asian Diaspora; Evelyn Hu-Dehart, Brown University; 6 p.m.

Economics

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

26        Uncertainty and the Demand for Insurance; Ricardo Serrano-Padial, Drexel; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

27        Financial Frictions and the Skewed Bank Distress Channel; Dohan Kim, economics; room 100, PCPSE.

            Competition in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Implications for Public Option; Stuart Craig, economics; 3:30 p.m.; room F45, Huntsman Hall.

            Job Attachment and Life Cycle Gender Wage Differences; Ni Wang, economics; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.

28        The Equilibrium Effects of Public Provision in Education Markets: Evidence from a Public School Expansion Policy; Michael Dinerstein, University of Chicago; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.

Latin American and Latinx Studies (LALS)

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

27        Afro-Cuban Invisibility and the Cuban People’s Protests; Amalia Daché, GSE; 11 a.m.; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall.

Mathematics

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

26        Gene Expression Dynamics and the Stability of Gene Regulatory Networks; Ariel Amir, Harvard; 4 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.

29        Artin’s Theorems in Supergeometry; Nadia Ott, mathematics; 3:30 p.m.; room A4, DRL.

Nursing

BlueJeans meetings. Info: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/calendar/view/month/date/20211001.

29        Conversations with Nurse Leaders: Nursing Leadership, Social Determinants of Health, and Health Equity; Ashley Darcy-Mahoney, George Washington University; Marcus Henderson, Penn Nursing; 4 p.m.

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

27        Here, There, and Elsewhere: The Making of Immigrant Identities in a Globalized World; Tahseen Shams, University of Toronto; noon; room 150, McNeil Building.

            Teaching In Person in the Present Circumstances: Strategies for Supporting Students Through the Fall of 2021; Melissa Wilde, sociology and physics & astronomy; 2 p.m.; room 134, Van Pelt Library.

29        Defying Death: Pediatric Chronic Health Conditions and Believability; Hillary Steinberg, Drexel; noon; Zoom meeting.

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