Films

16        CHANGES: Community Voices on Health, Basic Needs, and Neighborhood Resilience; a documentary by Helena Jeudin highlighting community voices on health, basic needs, and neighborhood resilience; 5 p.m.; room TBA, Annenberg School; register: https://tinyurl.com/eii-film-sep-16 (Environmental Innovations Initiative).

Fitness & Learning

10        Soros Fellowships Information Session; learn about a fellowship opportunity that provides merit-based graduate study funding for New Americans, immigrants, and children of immigrants; noon; room G08/09, College Hall (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).

11        Makuu Open House; learn more about Makuu, a group that centers the experience, concerns, and possibilities of students of the African Diaspora, and the resources they have available; 4-8 p.m.; ARCH (Makuu: The Black Cultural Center).

15        Procession of Flags & La Casa Latina Open House; learn about a group that promotes greater awareness of Latinx issues, culture, and identity at the University of Pennsylvania; 5:30 p.m.; ARCH (La Casa Latina).

16        The ABCs of Constructive Conversation: A Workshop to Explore Different Perspectives; an interactive workshop to practice how you can navigate differences with clarity, empathy, and confidence; 4 p.m.; room 201, Walnut Street West Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/paideia-workshop-sep-11 (SNF Paideia Program).

Penn Libraries

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

10        Writing a Data Management & Sharing Plan Using DMPTool; learn how to write a Data Management & Sharing Plan, which will soon be a requirement for all federally funded grant applications; 11 a.m.; online webinar.

            R Basics: Get Started in RStudio; learn how to use R and RStudio for assignments, research, teaching, service, or the job market; 3:30 p.m.; room 244, Van Pelt Library, and online webinar.

Music

13        Blacktronika Presents: Tyshawn Sorey and King Britt; d rummer, composer, and Pulitzer Prize winner Tyshawn Sorey, alongside veteran producer, synthesist, and Pew Fellow King Britt, embody the spirit of improvised performance, deep sonic exploration, and polyrhythmic time travel; 6:30 p.m.; Institute for Contemporary Art; register: https://tinyurl.com/ica-blaktronica (ICA).

Readings & Signings

15        Reparations and the Human; David Eng, English; 6:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/eng-reading-sep-15 (English).

Talks

10        Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Lipid Vesicles Using Automated Flow Control; Charles Schroeder, Princeton University; 10:30 a.m.; room 101, Levine Hall (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering).

            Plants, People, Planet; Doris Wagner, biology; noon; Ben Franklin statue, College Hall (60-Second Lectures).

            Rethinking Test-Time Thinking: From Token-Level Rewards to Robust Generative Agents; Furong Huang, University of Maryland; noon; room 414, Amy Gutmann Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94857956796 (ASSET Center).

            Towards an HIV Cure: Strategies for Post-ART Viral Control; Afam Okoye, Oregon Health & Science University; noon; Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building (Microbiology).

            Scalable Sim-to-Real Learning for General-Purpose Humanoid Skills; Tairan He, Carnegie Mellon University; 3 p.m.; room 307, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96632884234 (GRASP Lab).

            Geometry and Topology of Vector Fields in Three-Dimensions; Francesco Lin, Columbia University; 3:30 p.m.; room A4, DRL (Mathematics).

            The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts; Victoria Kaspi, McGill University; 3:30 p.m.; room A8, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).

            What We Value; Katy Milkman, Wharton School; Emily Falk, psychology and communication; 4 p.m.; Agora, Annenberg Public Policy Center (Communication Neuroscience Lab).

11        Algorithmic Stability for Regression and Classification; Rina Foygel Barber, University of Chicago; noon; room 414, Amy Gutmann Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98220304722 (IDEAS Center).

            Asian American Across the Disciplines; Samip Mallick, South Asian American Digital Archive; noon; room 244, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Asian American Studies).

            Locus-Specific Differential Expression of Pericentric Satellite DNA in Cancer Cells; Dawn Carone, Swarthmore College; noon; room 109, Leidy Hall, and Zoom webinar; https://tinyurl.com/biology-zoom-fall-2025 (Biology).

            A Stealth Urban History from the Countryside: Punjab's Early-Twentieth-Century Canal Colonies as Urban Space; Will Glover, University of Michigan; noon; Blank Forum, PCPSE (Center for the Advanced Study of India).

            Curvature, Cobordism, and Twisted Dirac Operators; Jackson Goodman, California Polytechnic State University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL (Mathematics).

            Two-Dimensional Artificial Lattice Structures: Production and Properties; Fang Liu, Stanford University; 4 p.m.; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, 1973 Chemistry Building (Chemistry).

15        The Other History of the Green Revolution; Prakash Kumar, Pennsylvania State University; 3:30 p.m.; room 392, Cohen Hall (History & Sociology of Science).

            Interference Competition Mechanisms in a Bacterial Symbiont; Tim Miyashiro, Pennsylvania State University; 4 p.m.; room 209, Johnson Pavilion (Microbiology).

            The Age of Choice Technology; Sophia Rosenfeld, history; 5:15 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library (Workshop in the History of Material Texts).

            Denise Scott Brown: Thinking Through Photography; Izzy Kornblatt, Yale University; Lars Müller, publisher; Joan Ockman, architecture; Bill Whitaker, Architectural Archives; 6:30 p.m.; Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library (Architectural Archives).

16        Micro-Surgical Tools for Dissecting Cells and Tissues; Sindy Tang, Stanford University; 10:15 a.m.; room 101, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

Economics

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

9          Auctions as Competition Policy in Markets with Consumer Inertia: Evidence from Chile's Pension Fund Market; Keusang Song, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.

10        The Optimal Monetary Policy Response to Tariffs; Louphou Coulibaly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; 4 p.m.; room 200, PCPSE.

This is an update to the September AT PENN calendar, which is available online now. The deadline to submit events for Almanac’s October AT PENN calendar is Monday, September 16. Submit events for AT PENN calendars or weekly updates at almanac@upenn.edu.