Children’s Activities

22        At-Home Anthro Live: Legendary Heroes from Around the World; students will hear epic tales of heroes from around the world as told through artifacts in the Penn Museum collection, then use these tales as inspiration to create their own legendary heroes; 1 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/63/at-home-anthro-live (Penn Museum).

23        Teen Workshop: Hands-On History: Paper Making; participate in every step of the ancient (and modern) process from harvesting, processing, refining, pulping, and pulling sheets of paper; 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; free to high school students; register: https://tinyurl.com/museum-wkshp-sep-23 (Penn Museum).

Conferences

21        The U.S., China, and the Global South; will examine how China is shaping developmental (and associated) norms at the national and international levels; will bring together legal scholars and social scientists whose research provides empirical, conceptual, and analytical insights; 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; room 147, Silverman Hall (Center for the Study of Contemporary China).

Fitness & Learning

20        What I Did Last Summer: Student Career Presentation & Lunch; an informal presentation of summer work positions which current landscape architecture students held across the United States and internationally; 11:30 a.m.; plaza gallery, Meyerson Hall (Landscape Architecture).

            Behind the CV: Stories from Faculty; an event series about becoming and being a researcher and scholar; Gareth Roberts, linguistics, shares stories with a focus on the unspoken challenges of a life in academia; 3:30 p.m.; Fireside Lounge, ARCH (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).

21        Archival Methods Workshop; Jolyon Thomas, religious studies, demonstrates how to prepare before you actually head to the archive, how to approach materials once you're there, and how to file your materials so that you can find them later when you need them; 3:30 p.m.; location TBA; info: https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Religious Studies).

            Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies/Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies Open House; celebrate the new year with FQT and GSWS faculty, staff and students; remarks by director Melissa Wilde at 4 p.m.; 3:30-5:30 p.m.; green space behind Fisher-Bennett Hall (FQT/GSWS).

            Penn Vet Fall 2023 BioBlitz; discover the biodiversity around our campus by joining Penn Vet for the semiannual BioBlitz through iNaturalist or in person; 4-6 p.m.; Kaskey Park (Bio Pond); info: https://tinyurl.com/vet-bioblitz-2023 (Penn Vet).

            Penn Student Making Workshop: Evil is in the Eye of the Beholder; explores the various talismans, amulets, and rituals employed to ward off evil spirits and many Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cultures; 6-8 p.m.; Penn Museum; open to Penn students free with PennCard; https://tinyurl.com/museum-wkshp-sep-21 (Penn Museum).

22        Truman Scholarship: Q & A with Penn Truman Scholars; virtual panel of Penn Truman Scholars who will share their perspectives on the application process, experiences as a Scholar, and useful tips; 2 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/curf-workshop-sep-22 (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).

Graduate School of Education

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

20        Learning Analytics Virtual Information Session; 7 p.m.

26        Medical Education Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.

Readings & Signings

22        Poetry Reading and Performance; Lucas Rivera, AfroLatinx artist; 5 p.m.; DuBois College House; followed by book signing; RSVP: https://bit.ly/LucasRivera2023; Penn ID needed to enter building (La Casa Latina).

Special Events

26        Beirut 1983: 40 Year Memorial to Janet Lee Stevens; commemorate the 40th anniversary of the passing of Janet Lee Stevens, a doctoral student at Penn who lost her life in a 1983 bombing in Beirut and who dedicated her life to bridging cultures and fostering understanding in the Arab world; 5:30 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Middle East Center).

Talks

20        1.5* Minute Climate Lectures; panel of speakers; noon; Climate Week tent, College Green; speaker lineup: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/events/15-minute-climate-lectures-1 (School of Arts & Sciences).

            Curiosity in the Lab, in Situ, and Online: Implications for Health and Well-Being; David Lydon-Staley, Annenberg School for Communication; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/lydon-stanley-sep-20 (Nursing).

            Du Boisian Methodology and Historical Sociology: Colonialism, Racism and Modernity; José Itzigsohn, Brown University; noon; room 150, McNeil Building (Sociology).

            Super SDKs: Tracking Personal Data and Platform Monopolies in the Mobile Ecosystem; Jennifer Pybus, York University; noon; room 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema & Media Studies).

            Avian Inspired Design; David Lentink, University of Groningen; 3 p.m.; room 307, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/99611740636 (GRASP Lab).

21        DumoLab Research: Regenerative Architecture with Biomaterials; Laia Mogas Soldevila, Weitzman School of Design; 10:30 a.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Materials Science & Engineering).

            After the Storm: How the Lung Heals Following Viral Lung Injury; Joe Planer, pulmonology; noon; room 213, Stemmler Hall (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).

            Memory Movements and Reparations: Public History for Accountability; Liz Ševčenko, Humanities Action Lab; noon; upper gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/sevcenko-talk-sep-21 (Historic Preservation).

            Raising Public Awareness on Climate Change: Spotlight on Ecologically Sensitive Urban Places; Kelly Kennedy, Galapagos Education and Research Alliance; Joshua Mosley, fine arts; Simon Richter, German; noon; World Forum, Perry World House; register: https://tinyurl.com/iur-talk-sep-21 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).

            Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning; David Rolnick, McGill University; noon; Kleinman Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library; register: https://www.cvent.com/d/tpqwzz Carey Law School).

            Gender and the Economy in Early Iron Age Greece; Sarah Murray, University of Toronto; 4:45 p.m.; room 402, Cohen Hall (Classical Studies).

            Dead Letters: Neocolonial Espionage, Open Access Epistolarity, and the Sovereignty of the Author in the Long Haitian Revolution; Doris Garraway, Northwestern University; 5:15 p.m.; Cherpack Seminar Room, Williams Hall (French & Francophone Studies).

22        His and Hers Earnings Trajectories: Economic Homogamy and Long-Term Earnings Inequality Within and Between Different-Sex Couples? Allison Dunatchik, sociology; noon; room 367, McNeil Building (Sociology).

            Changing Ice in a Warming Climate; Ching-Yao Lai, Stanford University; 3 p.m.; room 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Studies).

            The Many Worlds of Quantum Mechanics; Sean Carroll, John Hopkins University; 6 p.m.; room 208, ARCH; register: https://tinyurl.com/carroll-talk-sep-22 (Physics & Astronomy, Penn Alumni).

25        Community Engaged Ancient DNA and Microbiome Research Provides Insights Into the Lives of 18th Century African Descendants in Charleston, South Carolina; Theodore Schurr, anthropology; noon; room 345, Penn Museum (Anthropology).

            The Taiwan Straits Crisis and its Influence on Japanese National Security; Tomohisa Takei, 32nd Chief of Staff, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force; noon; room 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/takei-talk-sep-25 (Center for East Asian Studies).

            Active & Adaptive Matter Driving Cell Dynamics; Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago; 4 p.m.; Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology (Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter).

26        Current and Emerging Issues in Technology, Intellectual Property, and Entertainment & Media Law; Cynthia Laury Dahl, Herbert Hovenkamp, Gideon Parchomovsky, Jennifer E. Rothman, and Polk Wagner, Carey Law School; 4:30 p.m.; room 2, Gittis Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/ctic-talk-sep-26 (Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition).

            Secret Documents in Soviet Ukraine and the Making of The Face of Fire; Alexei Nikitin, author; 5:15 p.m.; room 27, Williams Hall (Russian & East European Studies).

            Machine Learning: How To Do It Well? Konrad Kording, Penn Integrates Knowledge professor; 8 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/kording-talk-sep-26 (Wharton China Center).

Economics

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

20        What Falls During a Recession - The Three Margins of Employment Insurance; Andrei Zaloilo, Toulouse School of Economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.

            Heterogeneity in the Credit Card Market; Burcu Eyigungor, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

21        Judicial Bias Against Attorneys; Priyanka Goonetilleke, economics; 3:30 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.

26        The Role of Discounting in Bargaining with One-Sided Offers; Francesc Dilmé, University of Bonn; 4 p.m.

Mathematics

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

20        Formalizing Condensed Mathematics; Adam Topaz, University of Alberta; 3:45 p.m.; room A2, DRL.

21        Generic Mean Curvature Flow with Cylindrical Singularities; Ao Sun, Lehigh University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.

22        GIT and Quivers; Emma Lennen, mathematics; 10 a.m.; room 3N6, DRL.

This is an update to the September AT PENN calendar, which is online now. To submit an event for a future AT PENN calendar or weekly update, email the salient details to almanac@upenn.edu.