Update: October AT PENN
Conferences
10 South Asia Studies Digital Humanities Workshop; participants will strive for a nuanced and informed understanding of the possibilities and limitations of critical digital humanities tools, particularly computational text analysis (CTA) of content found in manuscripts, inscriptions, maps, and other historical documents; 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/sas-conference-oct-10 (South Asia Studies, Penn Libraries). Also October 11, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Exhibits
10 A Dialogue in 4 Acts: Mobile Community Brick Factory & Monument; invites the community to learn about and participate in the process of making a monument as a part of the Mobile Community Brick Factory & Monument exhibit; noon; Meyerson Hall Dean's Alley (Weitzman School of Design).
Fitness & Learning
9 Queer & Transgender Healing and Solidarity Circle; join Restorative Practices @ Penn to connect, and build community among queer and transgender staff and faculty members through circle format; 3:30 p.m.; LGBT Center; register: https://tinyurl.com/gsws-healing-circle-oct-9 (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies).
10 Personal Statement Workshop: Writing About Your Research; learn how to accentuate your research in your personal statement through narrative writing strategies to showcase your experiences, interests, and future aspirations; 1 p.m.; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).
Exhibiting Your Work; artists Alessandro Facente and Aisha Zia will share information regarding gallery representation, curatorial relationships, self-organized exhibition making, publishing, and online publicity and presence; 5 p.m.; room B4, Meyerson Hall (Fine Arts).
Graduate School of Education
Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar?date=2024-10.
9 Education Entrepreneurship Virtual Information Session; noon.
10 Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s Degree Program Information Session; 12:30 p.m.
11 Friday Virtual Chat; 9 a.m.
14 Urban Teaching Residency Virtual Information Session; 7 p.m.
15 Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management Virtual Information Session; noon.
Readings & Signings
10 Silt Sand Slurry: Dredging, Sediment, and the Worlds We Are Making; Justine Holzman, Sean Burkholder, Gena Wirth, Brett Milligan, and Rob Holmes, Dredge Research Collaborative; 6:30 p.m.; Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library (McHarg Center).
14 Tea With Ms. Tanzania; Fayyaz A. Vellani, critical writing; 6 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery; register: https://tinyurl.com/vellani-reading-oct-14 (Arthur Ross Gallery).
15 The Sing Sing Files; Dan Slepian, NBC News; 6 p.m.; room TBA, Carey Law School; register: https://tinyurl.com/slepian-reading-oct-15 (Quattrone Center).
Talks
8 Reflections on Learning About Learning: A Case Study on Where Ideas Come From in (In-)Secure Processor Design; Christopher Fletcher, University of California, Berkeley; 11 a.m.; room 225, Towne Building (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
Improving Foundation Models Using Human Data; Vijay Krishnan, Turing; 3:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinar; info: https://www.cis.upenn.edu/events/ (Computer & Information Science).
9 Conformal Alignment: Knowing When to Trust Foundation Models with Guarantees; Zhimei Ren, statistics and data science; 9 a.m.; room 701, Blockley Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/96442998641 (Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics).
Community Circle: Political Expression Across Differences; Raquel Arredondo, Tolulope Olasewere, Lauren Scicluna, Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging; noon; room TBA, 3700 Walnut Street (Graduate School of Education).
Freedom of Expression on Campus After Oct. 7; David M. Rabban, University of Texas; noon; room 357, Stiteler Hall (Graduate School of Education).
Wood Wide Models; Pradeep Ravikumar, Carnegie Mellon University; noon; room 225, Towne Building, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98029108883 (ASSET Center).
10 Color From Colorless Materials: Harnessing Multi-Reflection Interference in Microstructures; Lauren Zarzar, Penn State University; 10:30 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Materials Science & Engineering).
Deep Latent Variable Models for Compression and Natural Science; Stephan Mandt, University of California, Irvine; 11 a.m.; room 225, Towne Building (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
Diversifying the Next Generation of Healers & Health Innovators: Why This Still Matters; John Paul Sánchez, Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine; noon; Law Auditorium, 5th floor, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine (Perelman School of Medicine).
Interaction Tests for Bivariate Point Processes With Applications to Policing Research; noon; Geroge Mohler, Boston College; noon; room 403, McNeil Building (Criminology).
Switching Trks: Emergence and Persistence of a Disease-Associated Endothelial Cell State Following Viral Lung Injury; Joseph Planer, pulmonary, allergy & critical care; noon; room 213, Stemmler Hall (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
Neurosymbolic AI for Safety-Critical Agile Control; Yisong Yue, California Institute of Technology; 3:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinar; info: https://www.cis.upenn.edu/events/ (Computer & Information Science).
Brokering Understanding: Deaf Interpreters’ Role and Practice; Kristin Snoddon, Toronto Metropolitan University; 5:30 p.m.; room B1, Meyerson Hall (Linguistics).
My Side of the River; Elizabeth Camarillo Gutiérrez, author; 6 p.m.; room 208, ARCH (La Casa Latina).
14 Learning from In Vitro Models of Cardiomyopathy; Stuart Campbell, Yale University; 3 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute).
15 ALD-Driven Design of Hierarchical Hydrogenation Catalysts; Titel Jurca, University of Central Florida; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch lecture Hall, 1973 Chemistry Building (Chemistry).
Financing Resilient Cities for the Future; Nathaniel Echeverria, Resilient Cities Network; Jaime Pumarejo, former mayor of Barranquilla, Colombia; Mauricio Rodas, former mayor of Quito, Ecuador; and Gulnara Roll, United Nations Environment Program; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/iur-panel-oct-15 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).
Math for Communication: The Inka Khipu; panel of speakers; 4:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; register: https://tinyurl.com/museum-talk-oct-15 (Penn Museum).
Biology
Info and to register: https://www.bio.upenn.edu/events.
8 Contractile Cytoskeletal Networks: The Guiding Role of Friction; Mariya Savinov, New York University; 4 p.m.; room 2C8, DRL, and Zoom webinar.
Economics
In-person events. Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.
9 The Welfare Implications of Climate Change Adaptation; Ji Hwan Kim, economics; noon; room 625, PCPSE.
The Global Allocative Efficiency of Deforestation; Prakash Mishra, economics; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
10 People- or Place-Based Policies to Tackle Disadvantage? Evidence from Matched Family-School-Neighborhood Data; Lucienne Disch, economics; 3:30 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
Mathematics
In-person events. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.
10 The Radon-Carleman Problem in Uniformly Rectifiable Domains; Irina Mitrea, Temple University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.
14 Decidability in Nonassociative Logics; Eben Blaisdell, mathematics and computer & information science; 3:30 p.m.; online webinar.
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.