Fitness & Learning

4          Introduction to the Truman Scholarship with Truman Scholars; learn about the Truman Scholarship and Penn’s application process; Truman scholars will share their experiences as Scholars thus far and answer questions; 3:30 p.m.; room 223, Houston Hall (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).

6          Thouron Award Information Session; an information session with a representative of the Thouron Award, which provides full funding to graduating Penn students and recent alumni to earn a one- or two-year graduate degree at any university in any field in the U.K.; 3 p.m.; room 218, Houston Hall (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).

10        Religious Studies Information Session for PhD Program Applicants; webinar for students who are interested in applying to the PhD program, covering basic eligibility requirements, English language proficiency scores, and other supporting documents in the application; 6:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; info: https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/events (Religious Studies).

Readings & Signings

11        Stories Between Christianity and Islam: Saints, Memory, and Cultural Exchange in Late Antiquity and Beyond; Reyhan Durmaz, religious studies; 5:30 p.m.; online webinar; info: https://mec.sas.upenn.edu/events (Middle East Center).

Talks

4          Yaglom-Type Limits for Branching Brownian Motion with Absorption in the Slightly Subcritical Regime; Jiaqi Liu, mathematics; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL (Mathematics).

            Young Adult Court: A New Approach to Justice; Elizabeth Cauffman, University of California, Irvine; 3:30 p.m.; room 410, McNeil Building (Criminology).

6          Rough Fitness Landscapes: From Protein Evolution to Protein Design; Francesco Zamponi, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; 10:30 a.m.; room A8, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).

            Rich Babies, Poor Robots: Towards Rich Sensing, Continuous Data and Multiple Environments; Abhinav Gupta, Carnegie Mellon University; 3:30 p.m.; room 101, Levine Hall (Computer & Information Science).

11        Materials and Manufacturing Solutions for Sustainable Energy; Nicolas Argibay, U.S. Department of Energy; 10 a.m.; room 101, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

            Cars and Climate: The Electric Vehicle Transformation; panel of speakers; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/law-talk-oct-11 (Penn Program on Regulation).

            Studying the Neural Basis of Natural Spatial, Social and Acoustic Behaviors – in Freely Behaving and Flying Bats; Michael Yartsev, University of California, Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.; Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology (Bioengineering).

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

4          Market Power in the Single-Family Rental Industry; Felipe Barbieri, economics noon; room 200, PCPSE.

5          Population Aging, Fiscal Space and the Interest-Growth Differential; Felipe Ruiz Mazin, economics; 3:30 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

            The Bank Distress Amplifier of Recessions; Dohan Kim, economics; 4:45 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

10        Shrinkage Estimation of Teacher Value Added in Two-Way Fixed Effect Model; Sheng Chao Ho, economics; noon; room 225, PCPSE.

11        Social Learning with Heterogeneous Preferences; Pedro Brandão Solti, economics; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

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This is an update to the October AT PENN calendar, which is online now. Submissions for the November AT PENN calendar are due on Monday, October 10. Submit events to almanac@upenn.edu.