Fitness & Learning

Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships

Online webinars. Info and to register: https://curf.upenn.edu/events.

6/27     Thinking About Graduate and/or Professional School? 4 p.m.

7/1       Introduction to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program; 3:30 p.m.

Graduate School of Education

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

6/27     Learning Analytics, MSEd (Online) Virtual Information Session; 8 p.m.

Special Events

6/28     Circus Week at the Garden Railway; listen for the call of the ringmaster as you watch the colorful railroad cars bring the “Big Top” to the garden; free with admission; Morris Arboretum & Gardens. Through July 7.

            Wawa Welcome America Celebration; bring friends and family to explore the Penn Museum for free as part of this year’s Wawa Welcome America, the largest July 4th celebration in America; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; free admission; Penn Museum (Penn Museum).

Talks

6/25     Rapidly Understanding Novel Object Dynamics for Robotic Manipulation; Bibit Bianchini, mechanical engineering & applied mechanics; 10 a.m.; room 337, Towne Building (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

6/26     Impact of Breast Density for Breast Cancer Prevention; Anne Marie McCarthy, biostatistics, epidemiology & biostatistics; 9 a.m.; room 701, Blockley Hall, and Zoom webinar; register: https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/96442998641 (Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics).

            State Government Initiatives to Improve Oral Health for Older Adults; Samuel Zwetchkenbaum, Rhode Island Department of Health; 5:30 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/zwetchkenbaum-talk-jun-26 (Penn Dental Medicine).

6/27     Special Briefing: State Tax Breaks; Matt Fabian and Lisa Washburn, Municipal Market Analytics; Jonathan Ball, legislative fiscal analyst, State of Utah; Tim Bartik, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; Arlene Martinez, Good Jobs First; 11 a.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/iur-talk-jun-27 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).

            Fluorite and Wurtzite Structure Ferroelectrics: From Fundamentals to Semiconductor Applications; Uwe Schroeder, NaMLab; 1:30 p.m.; Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology (Electrical & Systems Engineering).

6/28     The Evolution of Robotics/AI: an Industry Perspective; Sami Atiya, ABB Ltd.; 10:30 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94363843166 (GRASP Lab).

7/2       Macroscopic Ensemble Methods for Robot Team Data Collection in Dynamic Environments; Victoria Edwards, mechanical engineering & applied mechanics; 10 a.m.; room 337, Towne Building (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

This is an update to the Summer AT PENN calendar, which is online now. To include events in a future AT PENN calendar or weekly update, send the salient details to almanac@upenn.edu.