Update: Summer AT PENN
Fitness & Learning
8/28 Korean Studies Show & Tell; introduce yourself, share your research topics, and get to know your colleagues in Korean Studies at Penn; noon; suite 310, 3600 Market Street (Korean Studies).
8/29 Almuerzo de Bienvenida; annual welcome lunch, featuring a demonstration by muralist and artist César Viveros; noon; room 403 and 2nd floor atrium, McNeil Building; register: https://tinyurl.com/clals-aug-29 (Center for Latin American & Latinx Studies).
Kelly Writers House Activities Fair; learn about student-led Writers House activities and initiatives, including magazines, writing groups, film production, and more; noon-2 p.m.; Kelly Writers House; register: https://forms.gle/NEV2sxPkD86oXooM9 (Kelly Writers House).
On Stage
8/26 Penn Singers Presents: Singers Cabaret; mix and mingle with members of one of Penn’s premiere singing theater troupes; 8 p.m.; lobby, Platt Performing Arts House (Student Performing Arts Council).
8/28 Student Performing Arts Night; brings together 50+ student performing arts groups and hundreds of new Penn performing artists for a whirlwind collage of short, get-to-know-you performances; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center; register: https://pennlivearts.org/event/SPAN25 (Penn Live Arts, Student Performing Arts Council).
8/29 Mask & Wig and Bloomers Presents: Free Show; Penn’s two premier comedy groups will be performing some of their best sketches and musical numbers in a one-night-only, no-holds barred, anything goes extravaganza; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center (Student Performing Arts Council).
Talks
8/26 Working Time Reductions and Monopsony Power; Antoine Germain, School of Social Policy & Practice; noon; room 101, PCPSE (Economics).
8/27 Entrepreneur Breakthroughs: Teacher Voice to Drive Retention; Karen (Stephan) Borchert, Alpaca; Maria H. Andersen, Socrait; 2 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://calendly.com/johngamba/breakthroughs?month=2025-08 (Graduate School of Education).
Rupture, Instability, and Phase Transitions Via Constrained Expansion; Abigail Plummer, Boston University; 3:30 p.m.; room A8, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
8/28 The Question Mark Function, Welding, and Complex Dynamics; Curtis McMullen, Harvard University; 3:30 p.m.; room A2, DRL (Mathematics).
This is an update to the Summer AT PENN calendar. The September AT PENN calendar is online now. To submit events for the monthly AT PENN calendar or weekly calendar updates, email almanac@upenn.edu.