Conferences

7     Black Lives and Freedom Journeys: The Legacies of the Still Family of Philadelphia; celebrates the birth of Philadelphia activist William Still by considering his remarkable life and legacy; 1-7 p.m.; online event; info: http://www.mceas.org/blacklives/index.htm (McNeil Center for Early American Studies). Also October 8, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Exhibits

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

8      Virtual Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.

9      Egypt Galleries Tour; 11 a.m. Also October 10, 11 a.m.

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

10    Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.

Films

7       Free, White and 21; includes discussion with director Howardena Pindell; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/pindell-screening-oct-7 (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies). 

         Saturday Night Fever; 7 p.m.; College Green (Cinema & Media Studies, Italian Studies, Romance Languages). 

Fitness and Learning

Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships (CURF)
Online events. Info: https://www.curf.upenn.edu/curf-events.

6       Truman Scholarship Information Session Featuring Recent Truman Scholars; 4 p.m.

         President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes Joint Info Session; 6 p.m.

Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Online events. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar?date=2021-10.

5       Grad School Fair: Diversity in Ed Virtual Fair; 3-6 p.m. 

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

7       Fall Open House; 8 a.m.

8       Friday Virtual Chats with Admissions; noon.

         Welcoming Afghan Refugees into Our Communities; noon.

         Education Entrepreneurship-October Virtual Information Session; 1 p.m. 

12     Fall Open House; 7:30 p.m.

LGBT Center
In-person and online events. Info: https://www.vpul.upenn.edu/secure/calendar/host/LGBT%20Center/24.

8       International Chinese LGBTQ+ Student Meet Up; 5 p.m.; LGBT Center. 

11     Our Communities: Honoring Indigenous Two Spirit and Queer Relatives; 7 p.m.; LGBT Center and online. 

Readings & Signings

6       Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement; Tarana Burke, founder of #MeToo movement; 5:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center; info: https://tinyurl.com/burke-reading-oct-6 (GSWS, Authors@Wharton). 

12      The Muridiyya on the Move. Islam, Migration, and Place Making; Cheikh Babou, history; 5 p.m.; room 209, College Hall, and Zoom; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91097007775#success (History). 

Special Events

5        Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition 2021 Virtual Finals; virtual pitch festival for finalists; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/milken-penn-finals-2021 (GSE, Catalyst@Penn). 

7        Remembering Ken Steif (1982-2001); celebrating the life of Ken Steif, associate professor in the Weitzman School and director of the MUSA program; 4 p.m.; Kleinman Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/steif-memorial-oct-7 (Weitzman School). 

Talks

5        Energy Balancing of Covariate Distributions for Estimation of Causal Effects; Jared Huling, University of Minnesota; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/515188833/2631 (CCEB). 

6        From “Post-Race” to “Diversity and Inclusion”: Contextualizing Contemporary Black Visibility; Jade Petermon, Georgia State University; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/petermon-talk-oct-6 (Cinema & Media Studies). 

          Jihadi Terror Attacks and Local Hate Crime; Steve Machin, London School of Economics; noon; Zoom meeting; info: https://tinyurl.com/machin-talk-oct-6 (Criminology). 

          Reporting the Capitol Riots: Kadia Goba, BuzzFeed News; Malachy Browne, The New York Times; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: upenn.zoom.us/my/ascmedarisk (Annenberg School). 

          Electrolytes for High Energy Li-ion and Li Metal Batteries; Chunsheng Wang, University of Maryland; 3:30 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical & Biomechanical Engineering). 

          How Existing Buildings Save Carbon, Build Community and Support Equity; Larry Strain, Siegel & Strain Architects; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/strain-talk-oct-6 (Historic Preservation). 

7        Metals and Alloys: A Critical Weapon in the Fight Against Climate Change; Eric Detsi, materials science & engineering; 12:15 p.m.; auditorium, LRSM building; info: info-mse@seas.upenn.edu (MSE). 

12       Resist Fatigue by De-Concentrating Stress; Zhigang Suo, Harvard; 10 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (Tedori-Callinan Lecture). 

          Modeling Enzymatic Reactivity with Coordination Compounds; Shiyu Zhang, Ohio State; noon; Carol Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex; info: rvargas@sas.upenn.edu (Chemistry). 

           Mediation Analysis for Count and Zero-Inflated Count Data; Jing Cheng, UC San Francisco; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/515188833/2631 (CCEB). 

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

5         Job Attachment and Life Cycle Gender Wage Differences; Ni Wang, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.

           Progressive Random Choice; Yusufcan Masatlioglu, University of Maryland; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

7         Equilibrium Effects of Food Labeling Policies; Nano Barahona, UC Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.

11        Automatic Debiased Machine Learning in Presence of Endogeneity; Edvard Bakhitov, economics; 4:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE. 

12       Optimal Recommender System-Student Job Market; ChangHwa Lee, economics; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE. 

Penn Dental
In-person and online events. Info: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/. 

5        Glycan Recognition at the Saliva – Oral Microbiome Interface in the Human Mouth; Stefan Ruhl, University of Buffalo; noon; William W.M. Cheung Auditorium, Penn Dental. 

6        Minimally Invasive Procedure: A Question of Sustainability; panel of speakers; 1 p.m.; Zoom meeting. 

7        Synthetic Nucleic Acid (DNA) Approaches for Immunization and Immunotherapy; David Weiner, Wistar Institute; noon; Zoom meeting. 

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

6        Spectral Techniques in Markov Chain Mixing; Evita Nestoridi, Princeton; 3:45 p.m.; room A4, DRL. 

8        Structure Preserving Machine Learning for Data-Driven Multiscale/Multiphysics Modeling; Nathaniel Trask, Sandia National Laboratories; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting. 

12       Microswimmers Propelled by Bacterial Flagella: Modeling, Simulations, and Analysis; Sookkyung Lim, University of Cincinnati; 4 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL, and Zoom. 

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

6         How Status Seeking and Identity Maintenance Shape Political Polarization on Social Media: Evidence from a Mixed-Method Field Experiment on Twitter; Chris Bail, Duke University; noon; room 150, McNeil Building. 

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