at penn Calendar April 2020
Print Calendar At Penn Deadlines Download latest month's PDF13 Grade Type Change Deadline.
Last Day to Withdraw from a Course.
14 Registration for Summer Sessions Begins.
Advance Registration for Fall Term Session. Through April 24.
29 Last Day of Classes.
30 Reading Days. Through May 3.
3 Social Justice and the Remaking of Technological Cultures; virtual event; 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; register: https://tinyurl.com/cdcslaunch (ASC, Center on Digital Culture and Society).
28 MINS All-Day UnRetreat (Year of Brain Science Technology); 9 a.m.-7:15 p.m.; info, register and join: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/Yobst (MINS).
2 Virtual Studio Tours: Maiden Voyage; Esther Klein Gallery announces a visit to Marguerita Hagan's Northern Liberties studio in Philadelphia, curated by Angela McQuillan; 6:45 p.m.; info: https://venturecafephiladelphia.org/event/virtual-studio-tours-maiden-voyage-with-marguerita-hagan-curated-by-angela-mcqullian/
Penn Libraries
All exhibits are virtual.
Making the Renaissance Manuscript: Discoveries from Philadelphia Libraries; hear from the exhibition’s curator; www.library.upenn.edu/blogs/libraries-news/behind-scenes-curators-reflect-making-renaissance-manuscript-and-medieval-life; purchase the fully illustrated scholarly catalogue at https://tinyurl.com/scholarlycatalogue
Re-covering the Ney; access the online exhibit, including videos that showcase the collaboration among the Penn Libraries, the Penn Museum and Penn Music; https://middleear.net/ney-exhibit/
Remarkable Figures: Women in the Art of Ashley Bryan; learn more about the archive; www.library.upenn.edu/blogs/libraries-news/2019/11/13/penn-libraries-acquires-archive-of-renowned-author-and-artist-ashley-bryan; purchase a calendar featuring Bryan’s original artwork at www.library.upenn.edu/collections/libraries-publications/ashley-bryan-calendar
Writing Across Genres: African American Women Writers in the Joanna Banks Collection; watch a video interview with Johanna Banks and explore the collection online; www.library.upenn.edu/collections/special-notable/single/joanna-banks-collection-african-american-books
Penn Museum Archival Films; videos and films covering a range of archaeological and anthropological topics; www.penn.museum/collections/videos/ (Museum).
Morris From Home; access Morris Arboretum’s garden with weekly emails, daily updates on social media, blog posts, and online classes (coming soon); http://www.morrisarb.org (Morris Arboretum).
1 The Digital Daily Dig; a 3-minute video on an object or topic in the Penn Museum collections; 1 p.m.; www.penn.museum/events/adult-programs/the-daily-dig (Museum).
21 Webinar: Navigating Startup Challenges to Maximize Success; 11:30 a.m.; Zoom; register: https://tinyurl.com/uenzrvf (GSE).
Navigating Startup Challenges to Maximize Success; guidance on structuring your venture, protecting your IP, hiring the right team members and creating a nimble work environment to help you grow; 11:30 a.m.; register: https://bit.ly/W20Startup (GSE).
28 Remaking the Culture of College for Learning & Success; visit the origins of our existing cultures and examples of how culture can be reshaped around a vision of quantum improvements in student outcomes; 3 p.m.; register: http://bit.ly/RSVPW20Culture (GSE).
Graduate School of Education
All events are virtual. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar
3 International Education Development Program Info Session; noon.
21 Grad School Fair: CareerEco Education; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
28 Webinar: Remaking the Culture of College for Learning and Success; 3 p.m.
30 ECS Master’s Info Session; 4 p.m.
Human Resources Events
Info: www.hr.upenn.edu/registration
For event descriptions, see Human Resources article.
1 Webinar-Caring for the Caregiver; 12:30 p.m.
2 Vanguard Live Webinar-Volatile Markets: Principles of Investing Success; noon and 4 p.m. Also April 7, 9.
3 Call Up Calm Mindfulness Workshop By Phone; 12:30 p.m.
8 Webinar- Prevention Resources and Education for Parents and Caregivers; noon.
21 Webinar-Digital Distractions: When Technology Takes Over; 12:30 p.m.
Penn Libraries
National Poetry Month Featured E-Books; a roundup of featured e-books that are digitally accessible via Penn’s Franklin Catalog.; https://www.library.upenn.edu/blogs/libraries-news/featured-ebooks-national-poetry-month-2020 (Libraries).
Penn Libraries Guide to Virtual Services and Online Materials; virtual support for teaching, research & learning; www.library.upenn.edu/about/covid-19 (Libraries).
Scribes of the Cairo Transcribe-a-Thon; transcribe fragments of pre-modern and medieval Jewish texts online anytime; www.scribesofthecairogeniza.org
Liberal and Professional Studies
All sessions are virtual. Info (unless otherwise noted): www.upenn.edu/lps-events
7 Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences Info Session; noon
Master of Environmental Studies Café; noon.
15 Organizational Dynamics Info Session; 6 p.m.
16 Master of Liberal Arts Info Session; 5 p.m.
28 Fels Institute of Government Info Session; noon; info: www.fels.upenn.edu/events
29 Penn LPS Online Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology Info Session; 6 p.m.; info: www.lpsonline.sas.upenn.edu/events
13 PPSA Virtual Board Meeting; 1-2 p.m.; anyone interested in attending should email ppsa@lists.upenn.edu for the information.
WXPN
Visit https://xpn.org/events/concert-calendar for a list of livestream and archived concerts by musicians from all over the world.
World Café Live
See https://www.worldcafelive.com/ for info about their shows.
Amplify Nursing; created and hosted by Penn Nursing’s Marion Leary, director of innovation, and Angelarosa DiDonato, associate program administrator, features nurses who are leading the way in nursing science, policy and innovation; available every other Wednesday; https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/research/innovation/amplify-nursing-podcast/
Energy Policy Now; produced by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and hosted by energy journalist Andy Stone, who speaks with leaders from industry, government and academia as they shed light on today’s pressing energy policy debates; https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/energy-policy-now
Momentum 2020: The Power of Penn Women; podcast associated with a three-day conference in October celebrating the power of Penn women; https://pennmomentum.libsyn.com/
Office Hours; produced by the Office of University Communications, this podcast series explores the minds of the Penn’s academic talents in a more unbuttoned and freewheeling setting outside of the lecture hall; https://penntoday.upenn.edu/subtopic/office-hours?page=0
OMNIA; produced by the School of Arts and Sciences, this series provides insights and perspectives from the home of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences at Penn; https://soundcloud.com/omniapenn
Poem Talk; Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests; https://jacket2.org/content/poem-talk
The Daily Pennsylvanian podcasts; The DP produces several podcasts; https://www.thedp.com/section/podcasts
The Global Cable; produced by Perry World House, this podcast discusses “the world’s biggest issues with the people who work on them;” https://tinyurl.com/globalcablepodcast
The Media at Risk Podcast; produced by the Center for Media at Risk at the Annenberg School, this podcast gives voice to media practitioners and the dilemmas they face when political threat undermines their activity; https://www.ascmediarisk.org/ideas/podcasts/
Tradeoffs; Hosted by Dan Gorenstein, mediamaker-in-residence at the Annenberg School; episodes air every other Wednesday; https://tradeoffs.org/
Wharton Business Radio; a variety of shows and podcasts are produced at Wharton; visit https://businessradio.wharton.upenn.edu/shows/ for a full list.
Work-Life with Adam Grant; this TED original podcast takes you inside some truly unusual places, and helps make work not suck; https://www.adamgrant.net/worklife
20 Vital Decomposition: Soil Practitioners and Life Politics; Kristina Lyons; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom; join: https://sasupenn.zoom.us/j/767737043 (LALS).
Kelly Writers House
1 Soviet Diaspora Poetry by the Cheburashka Collective; Zoom session; 8 p.m.; to access the meeting: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0420.php
Kelly Writers House Past Events; videos of prior events can be found on YouTube at www.youtube.com/user/KellyWritersHouse
30 Virtual Dog Days; visit virtual rooms to meet and interact with therapy dogs and Penn Libraries pets; 1-3 p.m.; info: https://guides.library.upenn.edu/studybreaks (Libraries). Also May 1.
Penn Museum Lecture Series Playlists; lecture series and playlists grouping films and videos together around specific topics; www.penn.museum/collections/videos/playlist/ (Museum).
1 60-Second Lectures—In Quarantine Edition; 60-Second Lectures go digital as we seek to understand this difficult and unique moment in time; info: www.sas.upenn.edu/events/60-second-lectures-quarantine (SAS). Also April 8, 15, 22, 29.
2 The Fixers: Local News Workers and the Underground Labor of International Reporting; Lindsay Palmer, UW Madison; noon; BlueJeans meeting; info: https://tinyurl.com/ascpalmertalk (ASC).
6 Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality and the Struggle for Oral Health in America; Mary Otto, Association of Health Care Journalists; noon; BlueJeans meeting; register: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/kgfzusyb (Dental).
7 Are We Winning The War Against Coronavirus?; Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives; 10 a.m.; register: https://tinyurl.com/WinningWarCoronavirus (Perry World House).
8 Q&A with Tiger King Editor Dylan Hansen-Fiedler (C ’14); noon; connect via Zoom at https://sasupenn.zoom.us/j/790206153; Dial: +1 646 558 8656, Meeting ID: 790 206 153 (Cinema Studies).
13 Combating Climate Change Through Regulatory Relief; Hannah Wiseman, Florida State Univ.; 4 p.m.; zoom; register: https://tinyurl.com/CombatingClimateChange (Kleinman Center for Energy Policy).
16 China and COVID-19: A CSCC Roundtable Discussion; panel featuring several Penn scholars; noon; Zoom; info: cscc-contact@sas.upenn.edu (CSCC).
Linear Stability and Magnetic Confinement of the Relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell System; Zhiyuan Zhang, Brown University; 3 p.m.; Zoom Meeting ID: 581 213 244, password: STBN164Z02; info: www.math.upenn.edu/events/linear-stability-and-magnetic-confinement-relativistic-vlasov-maxwell-system (Math).
Treatment Planning and Biological Principles of Perio Prosthetic Therapy in the Aesthetic Zone; Dimitar Filtchev, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Sofia; 4 p.m.; join: https://tinyurl.com/rk6urjt (Penn Dental).
Willmore Stability of Lawson Minimal Surfaces in the 3-Sphere; Rob Kusner, UMass; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom; info: www.math.upenn.edu/events/willmore-stability-lawson-minimal-surfaces-3-sphere (Math).
17 Recessions and Health in the Time of COVID-19; Atheendar Venkataramani, PSOM; noon; BlueJeans; join: primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/kztrdeyg (LDI).
The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage; Mara Hvistendahl, journalist; noon; Zoom; info: cscc-contact@sas.upenn.edu (CSCC).
Robust Representation for Graph Data; Dongmian Zou, University of Minnesota; 2 p.m.; Zoom info: www.math.upenn.edu/events/robust-representation-graph-data (Math).
22 PPA 101 Webinar; hear about Penn's Power Purchase Agreement that will support the development of two new solar energy facilities in Pennsylvania; noon; register: bit.ly/pennppa101; info: sustainability.upenn.edu (Sustainability).
23 Osseodensification, The Science and the Clinical Applications; Salah Huwais, University of Minnesota; 5 p.m.; BlueJeans; join: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/bebswdeu (Penn Dental).
26 Living Room Lecture with Brian Rose; a conversational chat with a curator on a couch; 5:30 p.m.; Facebook Live; info: www.facebook.com/events/196149658476143/ (Museum).
28 iPSC Core; Wenli Yang, medicine; noon; Bluejeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/222470128 (Biomedical Graduate Studies).
Investigating the Neuroanatomical Substrates of the GLP-1 System to Treat Obesity and Diabetes; Matthew Hayes, psychiatry; 4 p.m.; Bluejeans meeting; info: Lisa Henry, (215) 898-4365 (IDOM).
29 At the Intersection of SelfManagement and Symptom Science; Barbara Riegel, biobehavioral health sciences; 1 p.m.; info: www.nursing.upenn.edu/live/news/1571-riegel-invited-to-present-at-2020-ninr-directors (Nursing).