Films

27        Free Cece; screening of a documentary about Chrishaun Reed “CeCe” McDonald, a transgender woman who killed a man in self-defense and was incarcerated in a men’s prison; 7 p.m.; Hill College House (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies).

Fitness & Learning

21        Your Portfolio is Missing Something; Kortni Bottini, design manager, takes a deep dive into what hiring managers are looking for and tips on how to make the most impact when sharing your work; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/bottini-workshop-sep-21 (Fine Arts).

26        2022 Career Summit for Master’s Students; receive job search advice specifically designed to meet the unique professional development needs of master’s students; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/weitzman-career-summit-sep-26 (Weitzman School). Also September 27-30, noon.

27        Master in Law Information Session for Penn Faculty, Staff, and Students; learn about the Master in Law (ML) Program, which invites students to incorporate a legal perspective on the issues that intersect with their professional fields and academic interests; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/mil-workshop-sep-27 (Carey Law School).

            Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies Open House; meet FQT faculty, staff, and community members; 3:30 p.m.; courtyard behind Fisher-Bennett Hall (FQT).

Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Unless noted, online webinars. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.

21        One Book One GSE - Insights with David Eng; noon; 3440 Market Street.

22        GSE Staff & Faculty Break with Teacher Education; for GSE faculty and staff; 9:30 a.m.; room TBA, 3700 Walnut Street.

27        GSE Staff & Faculty Break with Admissions; for GSE faculty and staff; 9:30 a.m.; room TBA, 3700 Walnut Street.

            Information Session for the Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership; 6 p.m.

Penn Nursing
Online events. Info: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/calendar/.

21        Information Session: Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program; 6 p.m.

            Information Session: Post-Master’s DNP and Executive Leadership DNP Programs; 6 p.m.

23        Admissions Information Session: Accelerated Nursing Program; noon.                

Readings & Signings

Kelly Writers House
Unless noted, hybrid events at Arts Café, Kelly Writers House, and YouTube livestream. Info: https://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0922.php.

20        Zine Workshop; 6 p.m.

22        Careers in Journalism and New Media; 5 p.m.; panel of speakers.

Talks

20        On the Obsession with Observation: The Narrow Vision of Tuberculosis Care Delivery from the Sanatorium to the Digital Era; Ramnath Subbaraman, Tufts University; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/subbaraman-talk-sep-20 (Medical Ethics & Health Policy).

            Maoism and Memoir: Political Life Writing Across India and Peru; Nico Millman, English; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98087811012 (English).

21        Behavioral Insights, Public Consultation, and Regulatory Policy: Perspectives from Europe; Nicoletta Rangone, LUMSA University; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/rangone-talk-sep-21 (Carey Law School).

            Early Investigations into MERS-CoV and the Identification of its Zoonotic Reservoir; Ranawaka Perera, infectious diseases; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB, and BlueJeans webinar; join: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/xqbzwhrb (Microbiology).

            Explainable AI via Semantic Information Pursuit; René Vidal, Johns Hopkins University; noon; room 307, Levine Hall (Computer & Information Science ASSET Seminar).

            Quantitative Insights for Rapid Improvement of Sustainable Energy and Chemical Technologies; Micah Ziegler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 3:30 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering).

22        Airway Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery; Riccardo Gottardi, CHOP; noon; room 213, Stemmler Hall (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).

            Children’s Environmental Health Seminar: Does Air Pollution Contribute to Unique Asthma Subtypes? Hyunok Choi, Lehigh University; 3 p.m.; online webinar; info: jessica.gupta@pennmedicine.upenn.edu (Perelman School of Medicine).

            In Conversation; Steve Kornacki, MSNBC; John Lapinski, political science; 3 p.m.; auditorium, PCPSE; register: https://upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_81XCckqgdeDFfym (Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies).

            “Not a Song of Golden Greek”: Laura Cornelius Kellogg and Native North American Writing on Greco-Roman Antiquity; Craig Williams, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; 4:45 p.m.; room 402, Cohen Hall (Classical Studies).

23        Daring to Struggle: China's Global Ambitions Under Xi Jinping; Bates Gill, Macquarie University; 12:30 p.m.; room 418, PCPSE (Center for the Study of Contemporary China).

            Manually-Operated, Slider Cassette for Multiplexed Molecular Detection at the Point of Care; Qingtian Yin, MEAM; 1:30 p.m.; room 337, Towne Building (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

            Ironing Out Life’s First Breaths; Jennifer Glass, Georgia Institute of Technology; 3 p.m.; room 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Science).

            Review of Strokes and Neurologic Diseases; Michael McGarvey, neurology; 7 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/mcgarvey-talk-sep-23 (Penn Dental).

26        Motherhood Penalties in Latin America: Pondering the Role of Labor Informality; Aida Villanueva Montalvo, University of Massachusetts Amherst; noon; room 309, McNeil Building (Population Studies Center).

            Compromised Nuclear Envelope Integrity Leads to Tumor Cell Invasion; Guilherme Nader, CHOP; 1 p.m.; room 225, Towne Building, and Zoom webinar; info: manu@sas.upenn.edu (Physical Sciences Oncology Center).

27        Development of Astronomical Instrumentation to Study the Birth and Evolution of the Universe; Mark Devlin, astronomy and astrophysics; 10 a.m.; room 101, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

            Interesting Statistical Lessons in Providing Real World Evidence that the ensoETM Device Protects the Esophagus from Thermal Injury During Radiofrequency Ablation; Babette Brumback, University of Florida; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; https://tinyurl.com/brumback-talk-sep-27 (Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics).

            International Organizations and Japan's Role in the World; Christina Davis, Harvard University; 5:15 p.m.; room 111, Annenberg School; register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/410735740657 (Center for East Asian Studies).

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

20        Prison as a School of Crime: Evidence From Cell-Level Interactions; Priyanka Goonetileke, economics; noon; room 200, PCPSE.

            Stable Matching in Decentralized Teacher Labor Markets; Kristen Beamer, economics; 12:30 p.m.; room 200, PCPSE.

            Costly Monitoring in Signaling Games; Tommaso Denti, Cornell University; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

21        Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents: Sizing up the Real Income Channel; Ludwig Straub, Harvard University; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

26        Bayesian Bullshit; Rakesh Vohra, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.

27        Dynamic Effects of Common Ownership; Jonathan Arnold, economics; noon; room 200, PCPSE.

            Robust Model Misspecification and Paradigm Shifts; Cuimin Ba, economics; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

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

20        Multiplicative Hitchin System and Higgs-Vinberg Bundles II; Marielle Ong, mathematics; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C6, DRL.

21        Introduction to Decoupling in Fourier Analysis; Larry Guth, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 3:45 p.m.; Zoom webinar.

27        Groupoid $C^\infty$-rings and d-Manifolds; Quincy Frias, George Mason University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C6, DRL.

            Relaxing Turing's Idealization: Heterogeneous and Evolving Domains in Reaction-Diffusion Pattern Formation; Andrew Krause, Durham University; 4 p.m.; Zoom webinar.

Sociology
Unless noted, in-person events at room 367, McNeil Building. Info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events.

22        Helping Students Focus on Learning, Not Just Grades; Regina Baker, sociology; Marisa Kozlowski, chemistry; noon; room 134, Van Pelt Library.

23        "Mom Knows Best”: Black Women on the Labor of Mothering; Austin Lee, sociology; noon.

26        The Cumulative Effects of Colorism: Race, Wealth, and Skin Tone; Alex Adames, sociology; 10 a.m.

This is an update to the September AT PENN calendar, which is online now. The October AT PENN calendar will be published on Tuesday, September 27. To submit an event for an upcoming calendar or weekly update, email the salient details to almanac@upenn.edu.