Update: October AT PENN
Films
12 Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania; filmmaker Jonas Mekas creates an elegiac diary of a trip to his home country of Lithuania; 7 p.m.; rooftop lounge, Harnwell College House (Cinema & Media Studies).
Fitness & Learning
10 Graduate School Application Workshop; come learn application tips from CURF and workshop drafts of your application materials with peers; 3:30 p.m.; room 202, 3539 Locust Walk (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).
13 K-12 Virtual Open House; a free monthly online introduction to the Penn Museum’s educational programs; 3 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/museum-workshop-oct-13 (Penn Museum).
14 Celebration of Writing and Literacy: Creating Brave Spaces in Schools and Communities; a day of learning, reflection, and joy as we share promising practices and resources for supporting writing and literacy among young people; 8:15 a.m.-4 p.m.; Penn Museum; tickets: $25; register: https://brave.philwp.org (Penn Museum).
16 Breakfast Workshop: How To Thrive As Scholars at Minority Serving Institutions; Gretta Blackwell, PhD '16, and Derek Blackwell, PhD '14, will share their experiences as professors at Prairie View A&M, one of the 107 historically Black colleges in the U.S.; 10 a.m.; room 223, Annenberg School; register: https://tinyurl.com/annenberg-workshop-oct-16 (Annenberg School).
Writing a Diversity Statement; workshop geared towards graduate students in the Francophone, Italian, & Germanic Studies departments; 5 p.m.; room 543, Williams Hall; register: https://ctl.upenn.edu/event/writing-a-diversity-statement-2/ (Center for Teaching & Learning).
17 Inclusive and Equitable Teaching; workshop geared towards graduate students in the Francophone, Italian, & Germanic Studies departments; 2:30 p.m.; room 543, Williams Hall; register: https://ctl.upenn.edu/event/inclusive-and-equitable-teaching-2/ (Center for Teaching & Learning).
Graduate School of Education
Online webinars. Info and to register: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar?date=2023-10.
10 Penn GSE Virtual Information Session for City Year Alumni; 6 p.m.
17 Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management Virtual Information Session; noon.
Morris Arboretum & Gardens
Unless noted, in-person events at Morris Arboretum. Info and to register: https://experience.morrisarboretum.org/Info.aspx?Event.
13 Spooky Jack-O-Lantern Crafts; make crafty paper jack-o-lanterns without the mess of carving a real pumpkin; 11 a.m.
14 Native Trees Tour; tour showcasing fall foliage; 11 a.m.
Readings & Signings
17 Artist-in-Residence Live; Jennifer Egan, author; 3:30 p.m.; room 135, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).
Book Launch: Gego; Mónica Amor, Maryland Institute College of Art; 6 p.m.; Institute of Contemporary Art; register: https://tinyurl.com/amor-book-launch-oct-17 (Institute of Contemporary Art).
Special Events
10 Chili Cook-Off; revival of the annual Kelly Writers House Chili Cook-Off; anyone can enter the competition and compete to win the title of best chili maker; to participate, please make a big batch of your best chili and bring it to the KWH ready to eat for a community tasting; 5:30 p.m.; Kelly Writers House; register: https://tinyurl.com/kwh-chili-oct-10 (Kelly Writers House).
Talks
10 New Actinide Molecules and Materials; John Arnold, University of Berkeley; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).
Bridging Research & Action in Education Development – Insights from Pakistan & Beyond; Robert Jenkins, UNICEF; Qaiser Rashid, secretary of school education in Punjab, Pakistan; Ahmad Iqbal, Dehleez; Brad Olsen, Brookings Institute; Raja Jawad, Education Reforms; 2:30 p.m.; World Forum, Perry World House; register: https://forms.gle/c4d3PqS3GcTFVM5x5 (Graduate School of Education).
An Alternative View on AI: Collaborative Learning, Incentives, and Social Welfare; Michael I. Jordan, University of California, Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Computer & Information Science).
11 Towards Code-Aware Code Models; Baishakhi Ray, Columbia University; noon; room 307, Levine Hall (ASSET).
Unraveling Some Modern Mysteries About Illegal Drug Supply: Can Evolutionary Economic Theory Help? Peter Reuter, University of Maryland; 1:30 p.m.; room 403, McNeil Building (Criminology).
Morphological Computation – Building Smart Bodies for Smart Robots; Helmut Hauser, University of Bristol; 3 p.m.; room 307, Levine Hall and Zoom webinar; register: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/99611740636 (GRASP Lab).
12 New Designs for Early Literacy: Play and the Everyday; Leah Durán, University of Arizona; 10 a.m.; 2nd floor forum, PCPSE (Graduate School of Education).
Do Dollars Make Sense? How Russian Savers Responded to Sanctions; Daniel McDowell, Syracuse University; David A. Steinberg, Johns Hopkins University; noon; 2nd floor forum, PCPSE (Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics).
16 Daughters of Japan: Women and the Household Registration System; Genevieve Tan, GSWS; Can Protozoa Die? On Heredity and Reproductive Futurity in Late Nineteenth-Century German Biology; Yingchen Kwok, history and sociology of science; noon; room 345, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies).
Spatial Ethnoarchaeology of Change in Mobile Pastoralist and Marsh-Dwelling Communities; Emily Hammer, near eastern languages & civilizations; noon; room 345, Penn Museum (Anthropology).
17 A Symbiotic Philosophy for Bio-Inspired Robotics; Talia Y. Moore, University of Michigan; 10 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).
A Framework for Assessing the Value of Expanding First-Line Treatment Choices; Boshen Jiao, Harvard University; noon; auditorium, Colonial Penn Center; register: https://tinyurl.com/jiao-talk-oct-17 (Leonard Davis Institute).
Why “Tough on Crime” Is Neither Christian Nor Conservative; Matthew Martens, WilmerHale; 4:30 p.m.; room 2, Gittis Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/martens-talk-oct-17 (Penn Christian Legal Society).
Economics
In-person events. Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.
11 Neighbors, A Network Approach for Intergenerational Mobility; Rodrigo Morales Mendoza, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.
Mortgage Choice; German Sanchez Sanchez, economics; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
16 Estimating the Effects of a New Technology Using a Duration Model for Staggered Adoption; Sida Peng, Microsoft Research; 4:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
17 The Welfare Implications of Hurricane Risks on Capital; Ji Hwan Kim, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
Mathematics
Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.
10 Semistable Non Abelian Hodge Theorem in Positive Characteristic; Andres Fernandez Herrero, Columbia University; 5:15 p.m.; room 3C8, DRL.
12 Genus-Zero R-Spin Invariants; Tyler Kelly, University of Birmingham; 5:15 p.m.; room 3C8, DRL.
13 Intro to Hodge Theory; Vivek Chakrabhavi, mathematics; 10 a.m.; room 3N6, DRL.
17 Sample Duality; Adrián González-Casanova, University of California, Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.
This is an update to the October AT PENN calendar, which is online now. The November AT PENN calendar will be published on October 31. Submit items for the November AT PENN calendar to almanac@upenn.edu by October 16.