Films

29        The Shadow War; tells the compelling stories of four young people as they struggle to survive a war that ended nearly 20 years ago; 6:15 p.m.; Perry World House (Perry World House, Cinema & Media Studies).

Fitness & Learning

29        Talking With Your Students About the Election; discussion for Penn faculty about how to prepare yourself and your class for the stress-filled time before the election, the day after the election, and whatever happens after; noon; room 134, Van Pelt Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/cetli-workshop-oct-29 (Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning &Innovation).

30        Finding Your Path: Navigating Elections, Reducing Cynicism, and Engaging in Politics; Leanne Krueger, PA House of Representatives, and Laurie Friedman, deputy finance director, will discuss practicalities surrounding the election and reducing cynicism in navigating the political environment; 2:30 p.m.; 4^th floor, McNeil Building; register: https://tinyurl.com/sp2-workshop-oct-30 (School of Social Policy & Practice).

Penn Libraries

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

29        Shop Talk: Iron Handpress Use; noon; Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library.

            Should You Register the Copyright in Your Dissertation? 3 p.m.; Class of 1955 Conference Room, Van Pelt Library.

30        Death Café; 11 a.m.; Holman Biotech Commons.

            Introduction to Design Elements and Storytelling in Data Visualizations; 2:30 p.m.; Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Stemmler Hall.

31        Halloween Party; noon; Levy Dental Medicine Library.  

            Tea & Tarot—Halloween Edition; noon; Weigle Information Commons, Van Pelt Library.

            Coffee with a Codex: Occult Collection for Halloween; noon; online webinar.

            Open Studio Print Event: Print a Magic Spell; 1-4 p.m.; Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library.

            Spooky Fun; 1-5 p.m.; Fisher Fine Arts Library.

Talks

29        Earth-Abundant Elements in a New Light: Photophysics and Photochemistry of Early Transition Metal Photosensitizers; Carsten Milsmann, University of Delaware; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, 1973 Chemistry Building (Chemistry).

            Kisaeng: A Sociopolitical History of Women's Entertainment Labor in Korea, 1900-1950; Laurie Lee, music; noon; room 543, Williams Hall (East Asian Studies).

            Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction; Steven Swarbrick, City University of New York; Jean-Thomas Tremblay, York University; 4 p.m.; room 135, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema & Media Studies).

            Power and Possibility at the U.S. Supreme Court: A Historian’s View of the Most Recent Term; Karen Tani, SAS and Carey Law School; 4:30 p.m.; Michael A. Fitts Auditorium, Carey Law School (History, Owen J. Roberts Lecture in Constitutional Law).

30        Ecology-Driven Natural Product Discovery; Emily Mevers, Virginia Tech; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, 1973 Chemistry Building (Chemistry).

            New Ethnicities, Again: Notes on Diasporic Worldmaking in a Digital Era; Aswin Punathambekar, Annenberg School of Communication; noon; room 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema & Media Studies).

            The Rising Generation and the Long History of Emancipation; Sarah Gronningsater, history; noon; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/gronningsater-talk-oct-30 (Penn Press, Penn Spectrum, School of Arts & Sciences).

            Unraveling SARS-CoV-2-Induced Diabetic Impairment in Adaptive Immunity: Exploring Compensatory Innate Responses and Implications for Severe Disease; Sara Kass-Gergi, pulmonary, allergy & critical care; noon; room 213, Stemmler Hall (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).

            The Trial as Theater in Medieval Japan; Vyjayanthi Selinger, Bowdoin College; 4:30 p.m.; room 623, Williams Hall (East Asian Languages & Civilizations).

31        From Philadelphia to Pusan: Korean Replies to a Student's Homicide During the Cold War; Justine Guichard, Université Paris Cité; noon; suite 310, 3600 Market Street (Korean Studies).

            Building a "Great Wall of Esoteric Buddhism" on the Sino-Russian Borderlands: Buddhist Pan-Asianism and (Re)Education in the Japanese Empire; Daigengna Duoer, Boston College; 3:30 p.m.; room 204, Cohen Hall (Religious Studies).

Economics

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

29        Selected Facts; Archishman Chakraborty, Yeshiva University; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

30        Macroeconomic Consequences of Greenwashing; Joseph Huang, economics; noon; room 625, PCPSE.

            Market Power and the Welfare Effects of Institutional Investors; Felipe Barbieri, economics; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.

Mathematics

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

31        The Line Segment Extension Problem for Packing Dimension; Jacob Fiedler, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.

            Scissors Automorphism Groups and Homological Stability; Ezekiel Lemann, Binghamton University; 3:30 p.m.; room 3W2, DRL.

Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics

In-person events at Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall. Info: https://events.seas.upenn.edu/calendar/tag/meam/list/.

29        Engineering Innovation in Maternal and Fetal Health: The Biomechanics of High-Risk Pregnancies; Kristin M. Myers, Columbia University; 10:15 a.m.

Physics & Astronomy

In-person events at room A8, DRL. Info: https://www.physics.upenn.edu/events/.

30        From Stars to Quasars: Microlensing as a Tool for Galactic and Extra-Galactic Discovery; Somayeh Khakpash, Rutgers 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.