Fitness & Learning

Common Press

In-person events at Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library. Info and to register: https://tinyurl.com/common-press-events.

22            Letterpress Printing; 2 p.m.

28            Celebrating Immigrant Stories with Penn Libraries; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Penn Libraries

Various locations. Info and to register: https://www.library.upenn.edu/events.

23            Academic Autumn: Citation Management Tools Featuring EndNote and Zotero; noon; virtual.

24            Bookbinding: Drum Leaf Binding; 4-7 p.m.; B level seminar room, Fisher Fine Arts Library.

                Coffee with a Codex: Dictionary of the Arabic Language; noon; online webinar.

                Create Interactive Halloween Cards; 1 p.m.; Education Commons.

25            Modelling the Middle Ages: VisColl as a Digital Tool for Manuscript Research; Suzette van Haaren, Ruhr-Universität Bochum; noon; online webinar.

28            BioCyc Fall Workshop; 10:30 a.m.; Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Holman Biotech Commons.

Films

22            64 Days: The Insurrection Playbook; screening and conversation with filmmaker Nick Quested; 6-8 p.m.; Public Trust, 4017 Walnut Street (Cinema & Media Studies).

23            The Green Ray; screening and a discussion with exhibiting artist Joanna; 6 p.m.; Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA).

24           Exposing Muybridge; includes conversation with director Marc Shaffer; 4:30 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum (Cinema & Media Studies).

Talks

22            Brain Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Infants HIV-Exposed Uninfected in Botswana; Hansel Otero, CHOP; noon; online and room 1402, Blockley Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/brain-oct-22 (Medical Ethics & Health Policy).

                 Climate Change in the Courts; Corinne Snow, Wharton School; noon; room 213, Gittis Hall (Penn Carey Law).

                 Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom; Rasool Berry, The Bridge Church; 6:30 p.m.; Harold Haskins Multipurpose Room, W.E.B. Du Bois College House (Africana Studies).

23            Improving Child Survival and Well-Being in Vulnerable Populations: Evidence-Based and Community-Driven Solutions; Grace Chan, Harvard University; 9 a.m.; online webinar and room 701, Blockley Hall (Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics).

                  Exploring the Bacterial Terpenome; Jeffrey Rudolf, University of Florida; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch lecture Hall, 1973 Chemistry Building (Chemistry).

                  Rickets in the History of Medicine: Bit Player or “A-Lister”?; Christian Warren, Brooklyn College; 4 p.m.; online webinar and Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Biotech Commons (Bates Center).

                  An Architecture That Cares; Lina Ghotmeh, architect; 6:30 p.m.; Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Architecture).

24            Kagome Metals and Their Unusual Electronics Properties; Stephen Wilson, University of California, Santa Barbara; 10:30 a.m.; info: https://tinyurl.com/kagome-oct-24 (Engineering).

                  America’s Growth Regions; panel discussion; 11 a.m.; zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/growth-oct-24 (PennIUR).

                  Complicated Implant Placement: Short and Long Term Considerations; Brian Ford, oral & maxillofacial surgery; noon; online and LL-20 A/B, Evans Building; register: https://tinyurl.com/implant-oct-24 (Penn Dental Medicine).

                  Experience Effects and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Aortic Valve Replacement; Kelly Yang, Indiana University; noon; online and room 1104, Blockley Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/experience-oct-24 (Medical Ethics & Health Policy).

                  Unraveling the Consequences of South Korea’s Demographic Policies on Women’s Empowerment; Soosun You, political science; noon; room 310, 3600 Market St (Korean Studies).

                  Disorienting Politics: Chimerican Media and Transpacific Entanglements; Fan Yang, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; 12:15 p.m.; room 500, Annenberg School (Cinema & Media Studies).

                  In Conversation; Joanna Piotrowska & Hallie Ringle, artists; 6 p.m.; Institute of Contemporary Art; register: https://tinyurl.com/ica-oct-24 (ICA).

25              Recognition of Second-Language (L2) Speech by Human and Machine Listeners; Ann Bradlow, Northwestern University; 10:15 a.m.; online webinar (Linguistics).

                  Interlocking Institutions: Welfare, Punishment, and the Governance of Crossover Youth; Catherine Sirois, Brown University; noon; room 353, McNeil Building (Sociology).

                  Chemoautotrophic Production in Hydrothermal Systems; Stefan Sievert, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; 3 p.m., room 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Studies).

28              Literal Brain Control: The Resurgence of Psycho-Surgery and the Search for a Science of Violence in the 1960s and 1970s; Rebecca Lemov, Harvard University; room 392, Cohen Hall (History and Sociology of Science).

                  The New Civic Commons: How Public Libraries Can Build Social Cohesion & Promote Civic Renewal; Shamichael Hallman, Urban Libraries Council; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register:  https://bit.ly/sprk24 (Penn Libraries).

Economics

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

23            Non-Traditional Credentials in LaborMarkets: Design and Impact; Susan Athey, Stanford University; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE (Economics).

Graduate School of Education

Info and to register: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.

22            The Intersection of Title IX and Disability; Jasmine E. Harris, Penn Carey Law School; noon; Zoom webinar.

Mathematics

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

24            Monodromy of Families of Curves in Surfaces; Nick Salter, University of Notre Dame; 3:30 p.m.; room 3W2, DRL.

28            A Logic of Belief Revision in Simplicial Complexes; Philip Sink, Carnegie Mellon University; 3:30 p.m.; online webinar.

                The Stable Homology of Dihedral Group Hurwitz Spaces; Aaron Landesman, Harvard University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4N30, DRL.

Physics & Astronomy

Info: https://www.physics.upenn.edu/events/.

23            Experimental Particle Physics: Expanding Horizons: Novel Strategies in Low Mass BSM Physics Exploration with CMS; Abhijith Gandrakota, Fermilab; room 2C6, DRL.

                The Present and Future of High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy; Naoko Kurahashi Neilson, Drexel University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4E19, DRL.

This is an update to the October AT PENN calendar. To submit events for future AT PENN calendars and weekly updates, email the salient details to almanac@upenn.edu.