Children’s Activities

8/25     At-Home Anthro Live: Think Like an Archaeologist; students will learn how to de-code secrets about artifacts by closely observing, questioning, and talking about them while preparing their own archaeological field notes; 1 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/25/at-home-anthro-live (Penn Museum).

Exhibits

8/28     Agit-Prop at Common Press; sheds light on this powerful use of the letterpress studio, showcasing projects created over the past four years with themes of social justice, protest, and political action, building on the term agitprop, which has been used for more than a century to describe art and media created to influence public opinion; Fisher Fine Arts Library. Through December 15.

            Laurence Salzmann: A Life with Others; explore the major themes of Laurence Salzmann, one of Philadelphia’s most renowned photographers, and his remarkable and ongoing fifty-year career; his photographs and films challenge us to meet his subjects on their own terms, to defend those who are vulnerable to ignorance and stereotype, and to transcend cultural and psychological barriers in the pursuit of human dignity; Goldstein Family Gallery, Van Pelt Library. Through December 4.

Fitness & Learning

8/25     Introduction to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program; join CURF staff to learn about opportunities available through the Fulbright U.S.; 2 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/curf-fulbright-aug-25 (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).

Talks

8/24     Vibrating Beam MEMS Accelerometers for Gravity and Seismic Measurements; Ashwin Seshia, Cambridge University; 10:30 a.m.; room 337, Towne Building (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

8/28     Roots of Wisdom; Brian O’Connell, Trinity College, Dublin; 5:30 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/o-connell-talk-aug-28 (Penn Dental Medicine).

8/29     The Multiphysics Stochastic Brain; Antoine Jerusalem, University of Oxford; 10 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

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