Exhibits

8/25     Book.Data.File.; explores digitized books and resources, and answers the question of what it takes to make digital objects useful for research; pushes the boundaries of data-driven research and scholarship with library collections; Kamin Gallery, first floor, Van Pelt Library. Through March 7, 2023.

Fitness & Learning

8/25     The Emotional Tax on BIPOC Professionals; provides a safe forum for incoming and returning Weitzman School students to network with BIPOC alumni, ask career questions, and learn from the experience of others; 6 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/weitzman-bipoc-aug-25 (Weitzman School of Design).

8/26     Defining Your Expectations and Creating a Syllabus for a Penn Class; will examine a set of syllabuses from successful Penn classes to talk about how to make explicit the expectations that instructors have for students, while also thinking about some of the implicit expectations Penn students have, and how to work with them; 2 p.m.; room 623, Williams Hall, and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/wolf-workshop-aug-26 (Wolf Humanities Center, Center for Teaching and Learning).

8/30     Master of Science in Nutrition Science Information Session; learn about Penn Nursing’s interdisciplinary online Master of Science in Nutrition Science program, which is designed to meet the educational needs of multiple licensed health care professionals, trainees, and students seeking a rigorous graduate education in advanced nutrition science; 6 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/msns-workshop-aug-30 (Penn Nursing).

Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships (CURF)

Online events. Info: https://www.curf.upenn.edu/curf-events.

8/27     How to Get Started in Research and Fellowships; 11 a.m. Also August 29, 11 a.m.

LGBT Center

Online and in-person events. Info: https://tinyurl.com/lgbt-center-calendar.

8/26     Make Your Own Sand Art! First Year and Transfer Student Open House; 3-5 p.m.

Readings & Signings

8/26     Speakeasy Open Mic Night: NSO Edition; features performances by the incoming class.; bring your poetry, your guitar, or your award winning essay and share your talents with your classmates, or just come to hang out, listen, and check out the Kelly Writers House; 9-11 p.m., garden, Kelly Writers House (Kelly Writers House).

Talks

8/27     Way Past Normal: American Politics in 2022 and Beyond; Jamelle Bouie, New York Times columnist; 11 a.m.; auditorium, PCPSE (Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy; SNF Paideia).

Penn Dental

Online events. Info: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/.

8/29     Integration, Innovation, & Interdisciplinary: The Intersection of Oral Medicine & Public Health; Roopali Kulkarni, oral medicine; noon.

This is an update to the Summer AT PENN calendar, which is online now. The next monthly calendar, September AT PENN, will be published next Tuesday, August 30. To submit events for a future AT PENN calendar or weekly update, email almanac@upenn.edu.