at penn Calendar April 2021
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13 Advance Registration for Fall Term. Through April 23.
29 Last day of classes.
30 Reading Days. Through Mary 3.
Penn Museum
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.penn.museum/calendar.
6 Global Voyagers: Indigenous North America; 11 a.m.
At-Home Anthro Live: Let’s Play Indigenous Games!; 1 p.m.
9 Virtual Passport Day: The Americas; 11 a.m.
13 At-Home Anthro Live: Greca Escalonada Symbols; 1 p.m.
Penn Museum Anthropology Camp Open House; 6 p.m.
20 At-Home Anthro Live: Aztec Symbols and Stamps; 1 p.m.
21 World Wonders: Exploring Mesoamerican Frescoes; 4 p.m.
23 Virtual Passport Day: STEAM; 11 a.m.
27 At-Home Anthro Live: Create Your Own Tapa Cloth; 1 p.m.
7 Atlantic Jewish Worlds, 1500-1900 Conference; a two-day conference focused on Jewish life in the Atlantic world in the period between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries; 1-5:45 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/atlantic-jewish-worlds (Katz Center). Also April 8, 9 a.m.-5:45 p.m.
8 2021 CARGC Fellows Early Career Symposium: No Going Back: Global Communication & Post-Pandemic Politics; scholars, activists, artists, and journalists will reflect on the crucial role of communication in this moment of rupture; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; online event; register: https://cargc-fellows-conference.mailchimpsites.com/ (CARGC). Also April 9, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Clinical Research Business Symposium; learn about Penn’s clinical research infrastructure and expertise; 2 p.m.; online event; info: https://www.vet.upenn.edu/about/penn-vet-events-calendar (Penn Vet).
Environment, Gender, and Crisis; GSWS Program’s biannual student conference; 6:30 p.m.; online event; info: https://gsws.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (GSWS).
9 Liberté, Egalité, Identité: France, American Academia and the Islam Debate; conversation about the 2021 version of the French Cultural Wars in the wake of the murder of history teacher Samuel Paty; 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/middle-east-conf-apr-9 (Middle East Center).
12 13th University of Pennsylvania Conference on Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials: Cluster Randomized Clinical Trials; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; online event; info: https://events.med.upenn.edu/cceb/view/event/event_id/677840 (CCEB).
14 The State of the Nation: Antitrust, Privacy, and Healthcare Law and Policy in the Biden Administration; a discussion about the impact the Biden Administration may have on law and policy, with a focus on antitrust, privacy, and healthcare; 5 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/ctic-conf-apr-14 (Penn Law, CTIC).
15 Voting Access and Preparation for Youth in Foster Care; will bring together young adults with experience in foster care, advocates, and child welfare practitioners to offer strategies for improving access to voting for youth in foster care; noon; online event; info: https://www.sp2.upenn.edu/sp2-events/ (SP2, Penn Law).
Summit 2021: US-Japan Relations, Past, Present and Future; four distinguished speakers discuss Japanese and American aims for the Apr. 16, 2021 Suga-Biden summit and reflect upon U.S.-Japan relations past, present and future; 7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ceas-japan-summit-2021 (CEAS, Perry World House).
16 GPLASC & LALS Virtual Conference 2021 Student Research: Dispossessions in Latin America; tackles the issues of dispossessions of territory, bodies, and cultural heritage in Latin America; 9 a.m.; online event; info: https://lals.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (LALS).
2021 Screening Scholarship Media Festival: Rupture and Repair; an academic conference/film festival that allows attendees to engage with diverse multimedia projects; 5-7 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/asc-2021-media-festival (Annenberg School). Also April 17, 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. and April 18, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
17 Penn Global Surgery Group Spring Symposium: Women in Global Surgery; an opportunity for students to learn from mentors in surgery; 11 a.m.-1:15 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://tinyurl.com/women-global-surgery-2021 (Global Health).
23 Cybernationalism and the World: Populism, Identity, and Symbolic Politics in the Digital Age; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; online event; info: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events/ (Annenberg School, Center on Digital Culture and Society).
Senior Research Conference; poster sessions from undergraduate students in Earth & environmental science; 1-4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/ees-conf-apr-23 (Earth & Environmental Science).
28 Neural Networks for Machine Learning: 2021 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science; presented to Kunihiko Fukushima, Osaka University; 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; register: https://tinyurl.com/BowerFukushima (SEAS).
30 Undergraduate Senior Honors Thesis Poster Session; senior communications majors present on their theses; 10:30 a.m.; online event; info: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events/ (Annenberg School for Communication).
Museums Near Campus
For up-to-date information about, exhibits, prices, hours and COVID-19 restrictions for several museums on and near Penn’s campus, visit these websites.
Arthur Ross Gallery: http://www.arthurrossgallery.org/visit/schedule-your-visit/
Brodsky Gallery: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/involved/series/brodskygallery/
Esther Klein Gallery: https://sciencecenter.org/discover/ekg
ICA: https://icaphila.org
Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library: http://tinyurl.com/hvrlct4
Meyerson Hall: https://tinyurl.com/y27c5dty
Morris Arboretum: http://www.morrisarboretum.org/visit_hours.shtml
Penn Museum: https://www.penn.museum/visit/plan-your-visit
Quorum: https://sciencecenter.org/discover/quorum
Slought: https://slought.org/
Van Pelt Library: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/hours/vp
Wistar Institute: https://wistar.org/
Upcoming
9 Virtual Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; a thought-provoking tour of the Middle East Galleries led by a guide who grew up in the region; 2:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/705/virtual-global-guide-tour (Penn Museum).
16 Virtual Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; a thought-provoking tour of the Mexico and Central America Gallery by a guide who grew up in the region; 2:30 p.m.; info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/706/virtual-global-guide-tour (Penn Museum). Also April 23, register: https://tinyurl.com/global-guide-apr-23.
17 An Inner World: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting; features exceptional paintings by Dutch artists working in or near the city of Leiden; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through July 25.
26 Virtual Exhibit: Capturing My Healing; Laura Sinko will share her work amplifying survivor perspectives of healing and recovery through storytelling, photography, and film; 4-5 p.m.; info: https://stories.ourwave.org/share (GSWS).
30 Virtual Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; a thought-provoking tour of the Mexico and Central America Gallery by a guide who grew up in the region; 2:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/global-guide-apr-30 (Penn Museum).
Now
Unprecedented Times: A Socially Distanced Art Project; features artwork of over 100 artists from across the United States and the world who have collaborated remotely; Esther Klein Gallery. Through April 30.
Jessica Vaughn: Our Primary Focus Is to Be Successful; examines the everyday systems that dictate our understanding of labor, space, and inclusion; ICA. Through May 9.
RAW Académie Session 9: Infrastructure, directed by Linda Goode Bryant; examines ICA’s role within a major university and complicates the ways that education and knowledge is accessed and produced; ICA. Through May 9.
Invisible Beauty: The Art of Archaeological Science; reveals beautiful patterns visible in ancient artifacts through microscopes; Penn Museum. Through June 6.
Ongoing
Art By Mail; display of art made by community members with kits Kelly Writers House sent out in January; info: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0221.php (Kelly Writers House).
Morris Arboretum
Loop de Loop: Patrick Dougherty Installation; stick-work sculpture. Ongoing until deterioration.
Out on a Limb; tree adventure exhibit celebrating its 10th year.
Penn Museum
Africa Galleries: From Maker to Museum; explore the origins of African civilizations.
Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display; examines the process of building an exhibit.
Asia Galleries; view ancient Asian artifacts, many of which show the development of Buddhism.
Canaan & Ancient Israel Gallery; explore ancient artifacts from several civilizations that have inhabited this land.
Egypt Galleries; view highlights from the Museum’s mummy collection and more.
Etruscan Italy Gallery; learn about the first great rulers of central Italy.
Greece Gallery; explore the ancient history of the Greek empire.
Living with the Sea: Charting the Pacific; highlights Penn Museum’s rarely-seen Oceanian collection.
Mexico and Central America Gallery; examine several distinct societies and collections.
Middle East Galleries; trace the histories of Mesopotamian civilizations.
Native American Voices; see ancient Native American artifacts alongside contemporary perspectives.
Sphinx Gallery; view the Museum’s famous Sphinx among sympathetic objects from across the globe.
Rome Gallery; explore everyday items from the Roman Republic and Empire.
6 True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality; features facilitated discussion; 5:30 p.m.; online screening; register: https://forms.gle/WwTXpxu2yPXzYoVE8 (GSE).
Out There Without Fear: Jamaica’s Dancehall; features dance demonstration and panel discussion; 6 p.m.; online screening; register: https://upennoutthere.eventbrite.com (Africana Studies).
7 The Fits; features discussion; 3 p.m.; online screening; info: jamyers@sas.upenn.edu (English).
13 In the Company of Men; 8 p.m.; online event; info: https://icaphila.org/calendar/ (ICA).
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Online screenings. Info and to register: https://annenbergcenter.org/events/.
7 Test Pattern; 7 p.m.
14 Destiny of Lesser Animals; 7 p.m.
21 Strawberry Fields; 7 p.m.
28 Colewell; 7 p.m.
Cinema Studies
Online screenings. Info and to register: https://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/events/.
14 Salam; features discussion; noon.
21 Dirty; features discussion; noon.
28 Single; features discussion; noon.
1 The Deep Dig: Ancient Threads—Part 1; course that unearths the rich and varied history of cloth and clothing; 6:30 p.m.; registration: $175/general, $125/member; https://tinyurl.com/deep-dig-apr-1 (Penn Museum). Also April 8, 15, 22.
2 Walking Tour: The Modern Before Modern Architecture; William Whitaker, curator of the Weitzman School Architecture Archives, leads a walking tour of modern architecture in Center City; 11 a.m.-1 p.m; info: https://tinyurl.com/modern-tour-apr-1 (Historic Preservation).
How to be Community-Engaged at Penn: A Guide for First-Year SEAS Students; learn how to integrate community engagement with studies; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/seas-engagement-apr-2 (Paideia Program, Civic House, Netter Center).
6 Tuesday Tea With PWC; virtual tea and friendship; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://www.vpul-upenn.zoom.us/j/97336657480 (VPUL, PWC). Weekly.
Publishing Workshop for Early Career Scholars; features Jerome Singerman, Penn Press; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/publishing-workshop-apr-6 (Wolf Humanities Center).
The Future of Copyright Law: The CASE Act and Beyond; panel of distinguished experts will discuss implications of the CASE Act as well as potential developments in copyright law; 4:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/case-act-apr-6 (Penn Law).
Monthly Alumni-Student Networking Series; opportunity to connect with fellow students and alumni in various fields about job experience, life after graduation, and more; 7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/nursing-alumni-apr-6 (Nursing).
7 Career Industry and Networking Series—Public Health; a rounded discussion on different public health career paths traveled by fellow Penn alums; 7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/paideia-talk-apr-7 (Paideia Program).
8 Stammtisch 2021; virtual gathering to speak German; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: cefrei@sas.upenn.edu (Germanic Languages & Literatures). Also April 22.
9 Penn Campus Tour with David Hollenberg; walking tour of Penn’s campus with former University Architect; 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; register: https://tinyurl.com/campus-tour-apr-9 (Historic Preservation).
Clinical Legal Studies Workshop: Advocating for Black and Brown Low-Wage Workers; conversation about strategic lawyering and creative advocacy strategies for Black and Brown low-wage workers; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/racial-justice-law-workshop (Penn Law).
Houdini Presentation; demonstration of 3D cinematic scientific visualization; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: kathom@seas.upenn.edu (PICS).
11 Coffee and Conversation – Something That Could Be Anything: Minimalism, Diversity, and Social Critique in the Modern American Workplace; open conversation; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/coffee-convo-apr-11 (ICA).
13 Everything You Wanted to Know About Making a Record; workshop about recording with the PRISM Quartet; noon; online event; info: https://music.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Music).
Architecture Virtual Studio Tour; hosted by Keith Moskow, Moskow Linn Architects; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: kmeeks@design.upenn.edu (Weitzman School).
14 Beyond NPL: Post-Grad Perspectives from the Field; panel discussion on post-graduate careers in the nonprofit and social impact sector; noon; register: https://tinyurl.com/npl-postgrad (SP2).
Black Cultural Studies Collective: Spells & Spirit Writing; Yolanda Wisher, author; 3 p.m.; examine vintage texts by Ntozake Shange and use them as a blueprint for a poetry exercise; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/wisher-workshop-apr-14 (English).
15 Law School Over Lunch; students interested in law school can connect with the Latinx Law Students Association; noon; online event; info: https://lacasa.vpul.upenn.edu/
Virtual: Master in Law Information Session for General Audiences; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/law-info-session-apr-15 (Penn Law).(La Casa Latina).
Exhibiting Your Work; learn about gallery representation, curatorial relationships, self-organized exhibition making, publishing, and online publicity and presence from artists; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: kmeeks@design.upenn.edu (Weitzman School).
16 Tour: Penn's Meeting and Guest House- Adaptive Re-Use of a West Philadelphia Twin; tour of renovations to a historic 1898 house at 38th and Walnut; 11 a.m.; register: https://tinyurl.com/guest-house-tour (Historic Preservation).
17 Restorative Justice Training; an introduction to restorative justice and restorative processes, with an interactive training on restorative practice skills; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: ashapell@pennlaw.upenn.edu (Youth Advocacy Project; Penn Law).
18 Coffee & Conversation: Art Work – Labor and Ecology; conversation that expands on how everyday objects are laden with complex histories of class, race, and gender; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/coffee-convo-apr-18 (ICA).
19 Collecting Evidence: Specimens & Artifacts That Demonstrate Climate Change; see rarely-displayed artifacts from three museums; 3 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/museum-talk-apr-19 (Penn Museum).
Beyond Land Acknowledgment with Natives at Penn; round table discussion unpacking land recognition and ways to extend this far beyond verbal recognition; 6 p.m.; registration: $5; https://tinyurl.com/land-acknowledgement-apr-19 (Penn Museum).
20 Addressing DEI Issues in the Workplace and the Job Search Process; a safe forum for current students who identify as BIPOC to network with BIPOC alumni, ask career questions, and learn from others’ experiences; 6:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.design.upenn.edu/career-resources/events/ (Weitzman School).
Black Cultural Studies Collective: Ambient Fugitivity: Synthesizing and Integrating Deep Listening; explores deep listening to music as a radical act; 7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://forms.gle/Yqe7EGktA5fQv8xg8 (English). Also April 27.
22 CPR—Stayin’ Alive! Updates on RECOVER; Kim Slensky and Vince Thawley, Penn Vet; 5-7:30 p.m.; online event; register: www.alumni.upenn.edu/CPRApril222021 (Penn Vet, Penn Alumni).
23 Master Class: All About Producing; learn about the process of producing films from film executives Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/cinema-masterclass-apr-23 (Cinema Studies).
25 Coffee & Conversation: Materializing the Everyday; a discussion of Jessica Vaughn’s current ICA exhibit; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/coffee-convo-apr-25 (ICA).
27 ODEI Spotlight: Understanding Asian Racialized Trauma; aims to help the Asian international student body of Penn and allies to start a conversation, centering Asian perspectives, about the rising anti-Asian hate we are witnessing nationally; 11 a.m.; online event; register: https://understanding-asian-racialized-trauma.eventbrite.com (ODEI; Penn Engineering).
28 iCommunicate Workshop Series: The World of Intercultural Communication; learn how to advance meaningful exchange, understanding, and respect among members of the diverse Penn community; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/i-comm-workshop (Nursing).
29 Take Back the Night; digital version of the popular anti-sexual violence march, hosted in conjunction with several local universities; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://forms.gle/4pzq2kZFGzBc9NzX9 (Penn Women’s Center, Thomas Jefferson University).
African-American Resource Center (AARC)
Online events. Info and to register: https://aarc.upenn.edu/events.
13 Life Hacks; noon.
14 Race, Solidarity and Allyship; 5:30 p.m.
15 Men of Color (Monthly Huddle Meeting); 1-3 p.m.
21 WOCAP Noontime Lunch Series: To Be Female, Anxious & a Women of Color: The Effects of Stress on Everyday Living; noon-2 p.m.
30 Community Lunch Program—Open Forum with AARC and PWC; noon.
Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF)
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.curf.upenn.edu/curf-events.
9 Fellowships Explained; 3 p.m. Also April 19, 11 a.m. and April 29, 1 p.m.
22 Behind the CV: Roy Hamilton; 3 p.m.
23 CURF Spring 2021 Research Fair; 1-4 p.m.
Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.
2 Friday Virtual Chats with Admissions; 8 a.m. Also April 9, noon; April 16, 8 a.m.; April 23, noon.
IES Predoctoral Program Seminar; Terri Pigott, Loyola University Chicago; noon.
7 Literary Lunch with Juliana; for staff and faculty; noon.
12 International Educational Development Program Virtual Info Session; 9 a.m.
14 Grad School Fair: Diversity in Ed Virtual Fair; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Education Entrepreneurship Program Virtual Info Session; noon.
15 Breakroom with the Community-Building Committee; 12:30 p.m.
Virtual Spring Penn Employee Info Session; 12:30 p.m.
16 IES Predoctoral Program Seminar; Jessaca Spybrook, Western Michigan University; noon.
Staff Reading Initiative; Jalil Mustaffa Bishop, GSE; 3:30 p.m.
20 Get HEARD: “Toward Understanding Versatile-Thinking and Meaning-Making”; noon.
21 Administrative Professionals' Day - Tango Concert; 4 p.m.
23 IES Predoctoral Program Seminar; Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, Insight Policy Research; noon.
Language Educator Symposium 2021; 2 p.m.
28 Visiting Faculty Scholars of Color Series; Monique Morris, author, filmmaker; noon.
29 Literary Lunch with Juliana; for staff and faculty; noon.
Stress Management; 12:30-3 p.m.
30 IES Predoctoral Program Seminar; Leah Jones, GSE; noon.
HR: Personal and Professional Development Workshops
Open to faculty and staff. Online events. Info and to register: http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu.
20 Assertiveness Skills; 12:30 p.m.
HR: Penn Healthy You Workshops
Open to faculty and staff. Online events. Info and to register: www.hr.upenn.edu/registration.
7 Preparing to Care for an Aging Parent; noon.
9 Gentle Yoga; noon.
14 HIIT Strength; noon.
16 Bodycombat; noon.
20 Vinyasa Flow Yoga; noon.
27 Women and Investing with PNC; 12:30 p.m.
HR: Work-Life Workshops
Open to faculty and staff. Online events. Info and to register: www.hr.upenn.edu/registration.
1 Living Debt-Free; available online all month.
5 4-Week Mindfulness Course - Positive Momentum; 12:30 p.m.
6 Call Up Calm Mindfulness Workshop; 12:30 p.m.
7 Chair Yoga; noon. Also April 21.
8 6-Week Resilience and Well-Being Workshop (Week 3); noon.
13 Removing the Man-Cant Myth; noon.
Radical Resilience Discussion Group; 2 p.m.
15 Taking Care of Your Emotional Well-Being; 12:30 p.m.
23 Guided Mindful Meditation; 12:30 p.m.
28 Maximizing the Campus Visit; 12:30 p.m.
29 Stress Management; 12:30 p.m.
30 Guided Mindful Meditation; 12:30 p.m.
Penn Libraries
Online events. Info and to register: https://guides.library.upenn.edu/workshops.
1 Raising the Visibility of Your Scholarship Through Sharing Platforms and Measuring Your Impact; 10 a.m.
5 Sign Up for Postcard Subscription Program; all day.
Coffee with a Codex; noon. Also April 12, 26.
Understanding Plagiarism and the Chicago Manual of Style; 4 p.m.
6 Dissertation & Copyright; 11 a.m.
Library 101 Drop In; 2 p.m.
7 I Finished My Dissertation, Now What? 11 a.m.
Virtual Engineering Librarian Office Hours; noon. Weekly.
Penn Libraries Presents: Speculative Design and Post-Pandemic Libraries; noon.
Canvas Office Hours; 1 p.m. Weekly.
8 Ethical Dissertation Writing: Reuse, Permission, and References; 10 a.m.
Creating Comics with ComicLife 3; 2 p.m.
9 Critical Issues in Data and Research Discussion Group; 11 a.m.
12 InterProfessional Student Advisory Gatherings (#IPSAG): Virtual Health Tea & Coffee Chat; 11 a.m.
13 Recognizing Predatory Publishing; 11 a.m.
Adobe Illustrator: Making Shapes; 2 p.m.
19 Finding and Retrieving Crystal Structures; 3 p.m.
20 Intro to Audio Editing with Audacity; 11 a.m.
22 Cambridge Structural Database: Basics; 3 p.m.
Adobe Photoshop: Select, Mask, Composite!; 4 p.m.
23 Virtual Wellness Workshop: Meditate with Manuel; noon.
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations; 1 p.m.
27 What’s with All the SciFinders?; 3 p.m.
29 Advanced Reaxys Searching and Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry; 3 p.m.
30 Book Making for Summer Writing & Sketching; 1 p.m.
Liberal and Professional Studies
Online events. Info and to register (unless otherwise noted): www.upenn.edu/lps-events.
1 Master of Science in Applied Geosciences Virtual Café; noon.
6 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Café; noon.
Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences Virtual Information Session; 5:30 p.m.; register: www.lpsonline.sas.upenn.edu/events. Also April 20, noon.
Fels Institute of Government Virtual Information Session; 6 p.m. Also April 27.
13 Organizational Dynamics Virtual Information Session; 6 p.m.
14 Pre-Health Post-Baccalaureate Programs Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.
20 Master of Liberal Arts Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.
Morris Arboretum
Online events. Info and to register: https://experience.morrisarboretum.org/Info.aspx?EventID=31.
2 Propagating Carnivorous Houseplants; Emily Conn, Grow, Sip, Repeat Tea & Plant Boutique; 1 p.m.
7 Exploring Historic Irish Gardens from Your Own Home!; Julia Callahan, Morris Arboretum; 1 p.m.
9 Bouquet Bonanza: Floral Arranging from Home; Delainey Williams, Morris Arboretum; 1 p.m.
Japanese Flowering Cherries: “The Loveliest Trees”; Anthony Aiello; Morris Arboretum; 1 p.m.
14 Nursery Tree Production Techniques; Hasan Malik, Tree Authority LLC; 1 p.m.
16 Native Pollinators of Pennsylvania; Samantha Nestory, Stoneleigh; 1 p.m.
21 A - Z of Spring Bulbs and More; Jenny Rose Carey, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; 10 a.m.
28 Birding at Brigantine; on-location field trip with birder Sharon Meeker; 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; tickets: $45/members; $50/non-members; info: https://experience.morrisarboretum.org/Info.aspx?EventID=24
School of Social Policy and Practice (SP2)
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.sp2.upenn.edu/sp2-events/.
1 Coffee O’Clock; 8:15 a.m.
2 MSW Student Advising Drop In Hour; 10 a.m. Weekly.
14 SP2 Minute; 8 a.m.
12 PPSA Board Meeting; 1 p.m.; online event; info: https://ppsa.upenn.edu/ (PPSA).
20 WXPN Policy Board Meeting; 1 p.m.; online event; info: tess@xpn.org (WXPN).
29 WPPSA Meeting; features guest speaker Benjamin Oh, Netter Center; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/7027535959 (WPPSA).
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Online events. Info and to register: https://annenbergcenter.org/events/.
8 Zakir Hussain: Masters of Percussion; “peerless master of the Indian tabla” showcases the liveliness of Indian music; 7 p.m.
15 Immanuel Wilkins; alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins plays selections from his award-winning 2020 debut album; 7 p.m.
Penn Music Department
Online events. Info and to register: https://music.sas.upenn.edu/events.
14 The Fantasia Project; Early Music Ensemble presents Telemann’s sets of fantasias for flute, violin, gamba and keyboard; 8 p.m.
21 An Evening of Opera Arias; performance by Opera and Musical Theater Workshop; 6 p.m.
25 A Street Fair; performance by Penn Flutes featuring several pre-recorded ensemble pieces; 4 p.m.
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Online events. Info and to register: https://annenbergcenter.org/events/.
1 Rennie Harris Puremovement; “the most brilliant hip-hop choreographer in America” performs a work that addresses systemic issues with America; 7 p.m.
22 Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers; Kun-Yang Lin himself performs a spiritual piece, The Wind; 7 p.m.
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/
Case in Point; produced by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, this podcast provides smart, informative conversations about the law, society, and culture. By bringing together top scholars with experts on politics, business, health, education, and science, Case in Point gives an in-depth look at how the law touches every part of our lives; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/case-in-point/id969189587
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
Future of the Business World; created and hosted by the Wharton Global Youth Program, this podcast features high school entrepreneurs from around the world discussing their ventures and exploring themes related to innovation and business, such as ideation, grit, design thinking and collaboration; new episodes available monthly https://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/category/podcasts/
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/
No Stupid Questions; Stephen Dubner (co-author of the Freakonomics book series) and Angela Duckworth (Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor of Psychology and Senior Scientific Advisor of the Positive Psychology Center) really like to ask people questions, and came to believe there's no such thing as a stupid one. So they made a podcast where they can ask each other as many “stupid questions” as they want; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-stupid-questions/id1510056899
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
1 Book Launch: White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America; Anthea Butler; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/butler-reading-apr-1 (Religious Studies).
6 Book Launch: Another Aesthetics is Possible; Jennifer S. Ponce de León; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.english.upenn.edu/events/ (English).
8 How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict; Nina Jankowicz; 4 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/jankowicz-reading-apr-8 (Penn Law).
Brave Testimony; Airea D. Matthews; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/matthews-reading-apr-8 (Africana Studies).
Timescales: Thinking across Ecological Temporalities; book launch with co-author Patricia Kim, G’19; 6 p.m.; Zoom event; register: https://tinyurl.com/kim-launch-apr-8 (History of Art).
12 Between the Lines: A House with a Date Palm Will Never Starve by Michael Rakowitz; 2-part book club; 5:30 p.m.; online event; tickets: $5 for 2 meetings; https://tinyurl.com/between-the-lines-apr-12 (Penn Museum). Also April 26.
26 A New Dawn: Celebrating Karen Buhler Wilkerson’s False Dawn; celebration of a classic book’s republication; 4 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/new-dawn-apr-22 (Nursing).
27 Book Launch: Another Aesthetics Is Possible Arts of Rebellion in the Fourth World War; Jennifer Ponce de León, English; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ponce-deleon-book-launch (GSWS).
Celebrating New Faculty Books: Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance (2021); Mia Bay, Jared Farmer; history; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98382156078 (History).
Kelly Writers House
Online events. Info and to register: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0421.php.
1 Nona Hendryx: A Conversation; 6 p.m.
5 A Meeting of the Writers House Planning Committee; 5 p.m.
7 Speakeasy Open Mic Night; 7:30 p.m.
13 The next American poetry: Levi Bentley, Susan Briante, Simone White, and Timothy Yu; 6 p.m.
15 Marathon Reading of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; 3 p.m. until end of book.
19 Hanif Abdurraqib: Reading and Conversation; 6 p.m.
20 Writing About Politics in the Biden Era; noon.
21 Dance and the Poetics of Fatigue; 7 p.m.
22 Maria Kuznetsova and the Cheburashka Collective; 8 p.m.
26 A Reading by Gabrielle Hamilton; 6:30 p.m.
27 A Conversation with Gabrielle Hamilton; 11 a.m.
28 Virtual Honors Thesis Reading; 5 p.m.
6 16th Annual Urban Leadership Awards: Mayoral Leadership in Challenging Times; presented to Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone; Marvin Rees, mayor of Bristol, UK; 2:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/iur-awards-apr-6 (PennIUR).
15 16th Claire M. Fagin Distinguished Researcher Award; presented to Deborah Watkins Bruner, Emory; 3 p.m.; online event; info: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/calendar/ (Nursing).
29 ICA Annual Benefit 2021; virtual celebration honoring Kaja Silverman, history of art; and Charline von Heyl, artist; 7 p.m.; online event; info about attending or contributing: tajaj@ica.upenn.edu (ICA).
30 2021 Carnot Prize Award Ceremony; awarded to Sheila Oparaocha, ENERGIA; noon; online event; info: https://tinyurl.com/carnot-2021 (Kleinman Center for Energy Policy).
Charles “Chuck” Bosk Remembrance Event; 1-3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/bosk-memorial-apr-30 (Sociology).
Earth Week 2021
Info and to register: https://sustainability.upenn.edu/news/earth-week-2021
19 Yoga at Shoemaker Green with Penn Recreation; Shoemaker Green; noon.
Environmental Injustice: A Tool of Israeli Occupation; Zoom meeting; 6:30 p.m.
20 Green Labs Info Session; Zoom meeting; noon.
Penn Athletics
Online streams of games. Info: https://pennathletics.com/index.aspx
20 Baseball at La Salle; 3 p.m.
21 Softball at Drexel; 2 p.m.
(W) Tennis at St. Joseph’s; 2:30 p.m.
22 (M) Tennis at St. Joseph’s; 2 p.m.
(W) Lacrosse at La Salle; 4 p.m.
24 (M/W) Track & Field at Philadelphia Metropolitan; time TBA.
29 Baseball at La Salle; 3 p.m.
30 Baseball at Lasalle; time TBA.
(M/W) Track & Field at Penn Twilight; time TBA.
1 Reaction-Diffusion Driven Pattern Formation in Thermosetting Polymers; Nancy Sottos, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 10:45 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: info-mse@seas.upenn.edu (MSE).
Engineering (Useful) Quantum Systems; Sara Mouradian, UC Berkeley; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: jbatter@seas.upenn.edu (ESE).
North Korea’s Nuclear Posture and Implications for the Biden Administration; Hyun-Binn Cho, College of New Jersey; Ariel Petrovics, Harvard; 1 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/cho-talk-apr-1 (Korean Studies).
Coral Eco-Immunity in a Disease Landscape of Unknowns; Nikki Traylor-Knowles, University of Miami; Zoom meeting; 4 p.m.; join: https://tinyurl.com/bomblies-talk-march-4 (Biology).
Pythagoreanism, Magic, Child Sacrifice (And Other Pastimes of Late Republican Roman Senators); Katharina Volk, Columbia; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.classics.upenn.edu/events/ (Classical Studies).
Other Ways of Knowing: The Listening Project; Ernesto Pujol, artist; Carol Muller, music; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/pujol-muller-apr-1 (Paideia Program).
2 Lubrication and Tribology Trends and Challenges in Passenger Electric Vehicles; Martin Webster, MEAM; 10 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (MEAM).
Molecular Engineering of Ice Responsive Materials: Decoding Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation; Sapna Sarupria, Clemson; 2 p.m.; info: kathom@seas.upenn.edu (The Penn Institute for Computational Science).
Visualizing Universality: The Codex, the Clock, and the Late-Medieval Christian Worldview; Elly Truitt, Bryn Mawr College; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/99905925385 (History of Art).
5 Cancer Cell Unjamming as Predictive Tumor Marker; Josef Käs, University of Leipzig; noon; online event; info: manu@seas.upenn.edu (Physical Sciences in Oncology Center).
Fc-Dependent IgG Parasite Clearance as a Guide for Vaccine Development Against P. Falciparum Malaria; Faith Osier, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/osier-talk-apr-5 (Penn Vet).
The Fertility of Child Migrants Later in Life: Understanding the Role of Age at Arrival for Women and Men; Ben Wilson, Stockholm University; noon; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.pop.upenn.edu/ (PSC).
Emerging Imaging Technologies to Study Cell Architecture, Dynamics, and Function; Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/99149352564 (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute).
Debating Resource Scarcity, Global Population, and Hunger in the early Cold War—a View from Brazil; Eve Buckley, University of Delaware, 3:30 p.m.; online event; info: https://hss.sas.upenn.edu/events (History and Sociology of Science).
6 Structure Preserving Reduced Order Models; Jan Hesthaven, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne; 10:30 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (MEAM).
Harnessing Light-Matter Interaction for Photonic Quantum Technologies; Alisa Javadi, University of Basel; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: jbatter@seas.upenn.edu (ESE).
Global Discovery Series: The Divergent Climate Futures of Jakarta and Amsterdam; Simon Richter, German; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/richter-talk-apr-6 (Penn Alumni).
Montaigne, the Wave, the Diagram: Depicting Life (and Death); Carlo Ginzburg, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa; noon; online event; register: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/carlo-ginzburg-2021 (Penn Libraries, Italian Studies).
An Explosion of Feminism: The Radical Negativity and Utopian Horizons of Chile’s New Feminist Vanguard; Jennifer Thompson, theatre arts; noon; online event; info: https://lals.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (LALS).
Well-Posedness of the Muskat Problem; Quoc Hung Nguyen, Shanghaitech University; 12:15 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events/ (Mathematics).
Epistemology of the Violets: Heuristics Toward a Sensorium of Afro-Japanese Co-Creativity; Will Bridges, University of Rochester; 4 p.m.; online event; register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/149154243357 (Center for East Asian Studies).
The Temporal Life of States: Central Europe and the Transformation of Modern Sovereignty; Natasha Wheatley, Princeton; 4:30 p.m.; online event; info: https://www.history.upenn.edu/events (History).
A Dialogue; Nakita Reed, architect; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/reed-talk-apr-6 (Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites).
Laminitis Management: From Research Lab to the Barn; Andrew van Eps and Patrick Reilly, New Bolton Center; 6:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/eps-reilly-apr-6 (Penn Vet).
7 How Do You Say ‘Caméra-Stylo’ in Hindi? Vikrant Dadawala, English and cinema studies; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/dadawala-talk-apr-7 (Cinema Studies).
The Long Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capitalism; Jordanna Matlon, American University; noon; online event; info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Sociology).
Engineering Microsystems and Computational Pipelines to Understand the Brain; Hang Lu, Georgia Tech; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://cbe.seas.upenn.edu/events/ (CBE).
Descriptions of Algebraic Structures Over Fields; Danny Krashen, Rutgers; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events/ (Mathematics).
In Conversation; Jessica Vaughn, artist; Meg Onli, ICA; 6:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/onli-talk-apr-7 (ICA).
8 Exploring the Elevation in Mortality Among People Living with HIV; Jessie Edwards, UNC Chapel Hill; 9 a.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/368827150 (CCEB).
Bio-like Structural Hydrogels with Life-like Intelligence; Ximin He, UCLA; 10:45 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: info-mse@seas.upenn.edu (Materials Science and Engineering).
Funny—You Don’t Look Jewish!; Helen Kim and Noah Leavitt, Whitman College; 1:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/funny-you-dont-look-jewish (Katz Center).
Re-Reading Persian Love Poetry: From the Ethics of Experience to the Aesthetics of Vision; Domenico Ingenito, UCLA; 1:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ingenito-talk-apr-8 (Middle East Center).
McGraw Prize Webinar: How Will We Create an Education System Where Equity is the Rule?; Reshma Saujani, Girls Who Code; 2 p.m.; online event; register: https://bit.ly/McGrawWebinar21 (GSE).
Reaction-Coupled Solid-State Nanopore Digital Counting: Towards Sensitive, Selective and Fast Nucleic Acid Testing; Weihua Guan, Penn State; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: be@seas.upenn.edu (Bioengineering).
Religious Studies and Digital Humanities; Max Johnson Dugan, religious studies; 3 p.m.; online event; info: https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Religious Studies).
Physiologic and Pathologic Alveolar Regeneration; Rachel Zemans, University of Michigan; 4 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/497920610 (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
The Role of RNAi in Defending Sex Chromosome Conflict; Eric Lai, Sloan Kettering; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/sallam-talk-march-2 (Biology).
Democratic Ceilings in East Asia: The Long Shadow of Nationalist Polarization; Aram Hur, University of Missouri; 4:30 p.m.; online event; info: https://ceas.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (CEAS).
Old Media and New: Early Greek Epigram; Donald Lavigne, Texas Tech; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.classics.upenn.edu/events/ (Classical Studies).
The Architectural Historian; Daniel Barber, architecture; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/barber-talk-apr-8 (Landscape Architecture).
Longer than Rope: A Performance/Talk; David Chavannes, musician; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://gsws.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (GSWS).
The Origins of Language: Evidence from Nicaraguan Sign Language; Annemarie Kocab, Harvard; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://tinyurl.com/kocab-talk-apr-8 (Linguistics).
The Roundhouse: A Convergence of Politics, Planning, Design, Engineering and Construction Technology That Produced One of the Most Important Concrete Buildings in the USA at Mid-Century; Jack Pyburn, Lord Aeck Sargent; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/pyburn-talk-apr-8 (Historic Preservation).
Countering Infrastructural Violence: Grassroots Innovations in African Cities; Charisma Acey, UC Berkeley; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/acey-talk-apr-8 (City & Regional Planning).
Gender and Violence in Latin America; Suyai Garcia Gualda, Ciencia Política y Administración Pública; Marielle De León, La Sombrilla Cuir; 6 p.m.; online event; info: https://lals.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (LALS).
9 On the Connection between Deep Neural Networks and Kernel Methods; Ronen Basri, Weizmann Institute of Science; 10 a.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91784948875 (Mathematics).
Patriarchal Racism: The Convergence of Anti-Blackness and Gender Tensions on Chinese Social Media; Benson Zhou, Center for the Study of Contemporary China; noon; online event; info: https://cscc.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (CSCC).
Trauma Behind the Walls: A Case Study of Eastern State Penitentiary; Stephanie Gibson, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/99905925385 (History of Art).
12 Morphology and History; Carlo Ginzburg, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa; Roger Chartier, history; noon; online event; register: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/carlo-ginzburg-2021 (Penn Libraries, Italian Studies).
The Impact of COVID-19 Policy Responses on Mental Well-being: Evidence from 27 European Countries; Arnstein Aassve, Bocconi University; noon; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.pop.upenn.edu/ (Population Studies Center).
Halting Legacies of Trauma; Brian Dias, USC; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://psychology.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Psychology).
Quandaries in a Psy-History-In-Progress: With Psychopolitics, Everyday Psychiatries; Nancy Rose Hunt, University of Florida; 3:30 p.m.; online event; info: https://hss.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (History and Sociology of Science).
13 Racial Differences in Wealth Trajectories during Early Adulthood; Alexander Adames & Ellen Bryer, sociology; 9 a.m.; online event; info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Sociology).
“The Safest Place I Could Be”: Examining the Stratification of Security Among Undergraduate Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic; Elena van Stee, sociology; 9 a.m.; online event; info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Sociology).
Design, Fabrication, and Control of Biologically Inspired Soft Robots; Michael Tolley, UC San Diego; 10:30 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics).
Green Social Housing at Scale: Lessons from Vienna’s Social Housing on Project Finance, Housing Immigrants, and Climate-Friendly Urbanism; Daniel Aldana Cohen, sociology; noon; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.pop.upenn.edu/ (Population Studies Center).
Mechanisms of Chromosome Folding; Job Dekker, University of Massachusetts; noon; GoToMeeting; join: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/227215405 (Wistar Institute).
Planning for a Post-Pandemic Penn; Laura Perna, vice provost for faculty; Dawn Bonnell, vice provost for research; Jennifer Pinto-Martin, ombuds; 1 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/pfwf-talk-apr-13 (PFWF).
Advancing Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy in Movement Disorders: From Surgical Implantation to Behavior-Based Responsive Therapeutic Stimulation; Enrico Opri, Emory University; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join; https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/97483734781 (Bioengineering; Neuroengineering).
Obiora Udechukwu, Drawing and the Poetic Imagination; Chika Okeke-Agulu, Princeton; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/okeke-agulu-apr-13 (Africana Studies).
Remaindered Life; Neferti Tadiar, Barnard; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.english.upenn.edu/events/ (English).
The Emergence of Sō-on in Industrial Japan: Kōjō Ongaku and An/Aesthetic Strategies for Factory Management; Keisuke Yamada, University of Pittsburgh; 5:15 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/yamada-talk-apr-13 (Music).
14 Airborne Transmission of Influenza Viruses; Seema Lakdawala, University of Pittsburgh; noon; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/xqbzwhrb (Microbiology).
The Impact of Recreational Cannabis Laws on Cannabis Use & Harm: How You Measure the Market Matters; Rosalie Pacula, USC; noon; Zoom meeting; info: https://crim.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Criminology).
Robots That Eat, Breathe and Bleed; James Pikul, MEAM; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://cbe.seas.upenn.edu/events/ (CBE).
“Surplus Woman”: On Female Sexuality and the Origins of Modern Social Thought; Durba Mitra, Harvard; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97122379649 (South Asia Studies).
In Conversation; Louis Massiah, filmmaker; Jonathan Moreno, medical ethics & health policy; Alex Pittman, Barnard; 6:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ica-talk-apr-14 (ICA).
15 60-Second Lectures - Weaponizing Truth; M. Susan Lindee, HSS; noon; online event; info: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/60-second (60-Second Lectures).
Lessons from the Pandemic; Howard Kunreuther, Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center; Cary Coglianese, Penn Law; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/kunreuther-coglianese-apr-15 (Penn Law).
Special Briefing: State Budgeting, the COVID-19 Recession, and What Comes Next; panel of speakers; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/iur-talk-apr-15 (Penn IUR).
FANtasy Changes the World: Straight Korean Female Fans, Their Gay Fantasies, and Korean Popular Culture; Jungmin Kwon, Portland State University; 1 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/kwon-talk-apr-15 (Korean Studies).
The Diaspora Within: Mizrahi Jews from Minneapolis to Jerusalem; Claris Harbon, human rights lawyer; 1:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/diaspora-within-mizrahi-jews-minneapolis-jerusalem (Katz Center).
Is There a Secular Tradition? How Religious Studies Can Help Us Understand Secular People; Joseph Blankholm, UC Santa Barbara; 3 p.m.; online event; info: https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Religious Studies).
Understanding Spatiotemporal Cell Reprogramming for Precision Medicine; Xiling Shen, Duke; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: be@seas.upenn.edu (Bioengineering).
Are You Connected to the Future? Michael Tchong, Ubercool Innovation; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/tchong-talk-apr-15 (Penn Center for Innovation, 1776).
Development and Diversity of Neural Cell Types in the Septum; Corey Harwell, Harvard; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98844553589 (Biology).
Regulation of Cellular Identity in Lung Cancer; Eric Snyder, University of Utah; 4 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/497920610 (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
A Language for Blackness; Sarah Derbew, Stanford; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.classics.upenn.edu/events/ (Classical Studies).
On Christopher Chitty's “Sexual Hegemony”; Max Fox, Duke University Press; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.english.upenn.edu/events/ (English).
How the Political Communications Profession Helped Divide America; Craig Snyder, Indigo Global Corporation; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://www.fels.upenn.edu/events/craig-snyder (Fels Institute).
Greek Love; Rachel Lesser, Gettysburg; 7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://forms.gle/ZyD7cThzWse3kAgS7 (Classical Studies).
16 Black Privilege Modern Middle-Class Blacks with Credentials and Cash to Spend; Cassi Pittman Claytor, Case Western Reserve; noon; online event; info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Sociology).
Queer Dissension: AIDS, Sexuality and Aesthetics in Mexico; Jorge Sánchez Cruz, GSWS; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/cruz-talk-apr-16 (GSWS).
Bowman Lecture: Les Personnages Comme Populations. Différences de Genre, ou de Gender?; Françoise Lavocat, Sorbonne-Nouvelle University; noon; Zoom meeting; info: https://french.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (French & Francophone Studies).
Modeling and Simulations of Protein Conformational Changes and Virus Entry; Jin Liu, Washington State University; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: kathom@seas.upenn.edu (The Penn Institute for Computational Science).
19 Multiphoton Autofluorescence Imaging of Immune Cells in Cancer; Melissa Skala, University of Wisconsin-Madison; noon; online event; info: manu@seas.upenn.edu (Physical Sciences in Oncology Center).
Pandemic Progress with Schistome Genetics; Tim Anderson, Texas Biomedical Research Institute; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/osier-talk-apr-5 (Penn Vet).
The Reindeer at the End of the World: Apocalypse, Climate, and Soviet Dreams; Bathsheba Demuth, Brown; 3:30 p.m.; online event; info: https://hss.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (History and Sociology of Science).
COVID-19 and Decision-Making Under Uncertainty; Joseph Kable, MindCORE; Barbara Mellers, psychology; 4 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/kable-mellers-apr-19 (Penn Science Café).
Post-Soviet Russia’s Rejection of Liberal Politics via Marxist Critiques of Trotsky and Fukuyama; Christopher Miller, Tufts; 6 p.m.; online event; info: https://www.history.upenn.edu/events (History).
20 Micromechanics of Near-Ideal Polymer Networks; Laurence Brassart, Oxford; 10:30 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (MEAM).
Third Annual Jeremy Nowak Lecture: Equitable Recovery and CDFIs; panel of speakers; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://third-annual-jeremy-nowak-lecture.eventbrite.com (Penn IUR).
The Evolution of the Racism Sequence; Ben Jealous, People for the American Way; Jeanne Arnold, Gettysburg; Jack Lewis, SP2; Amy Hillier, SP2; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://www.alumni.upenn.edu/sp2speakerseriesfour (SP2).
The Pan American Health Organization: Improving Health in the Americas; Marcos Espinal, Pan American Health Organization; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/espinal-talk-apr-20 (LALS).
Cancer Cells and Their Epithelial Neighbors; Katrina Podsypanina, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/hinow-talk-feb-9 (Mathematics).
Out of Egypt: Haitian Princesses, Abyssinian Priests, and the Politics of Afro-Reinvention; Brandon Byrd, Vanderbilt University; 4:30 p.m.; online event; info: https://www.history.upenn.edu/node/14211 (History).
Research in Good Relation: Toward Decolonizing Music Studies; Olivia Bloechl, University of Pittsburgh; Lee Veeraraghavan, University of Pittsburgh; Elyse Carter Vosen, College of St. Scholastica; 5:15 p.m.; online event; info: maryca@sas.upenn.edu (Music).
21 Pandemic Health Legislation and Policy Around the World: What Have We Learned and What is Needed Now?; Michele Forzley, Forzley & Associates; Kashish Aneja, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law; Matthew Kavanagh, O’Neill Institute; 9:30 a.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/law-talk-apr-21 (Penn Law).
Regulation of Cell Shape and Virulence by Temperature in the Fungal Pathogen Histoplasma Capsulatum; Anita Sil, UC San Francisco; noon; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/xqbzwhrb (Microbiology).
The Politics of Dating Apps: Gender, Sexuality, and Emergent Publics in Urban China; Lik Sam Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/chan-talk-apr-21 (Center for the Study of Contemporary China).
Uncovering New Transport Regimes and Light-Induced Phases in Quantum Materials; Margaret Murnane, University of Colorado Boulder; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/murnane-talk-apr-21 (Physics & Astronomy).
In Conversation; David Hartt, artist; Zoë Ryan, ICA; 6:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ryan-talk-apr-21 (ICA).
22 Atomic-Scale Insights into Electrocatalyst Structure and Function; Anthony Shoji Hall, Johns Hopkins; 10:45 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: info-mse@seas.upenn.edu (Materials Science & Engineering).
60-Second Lectures - Good Climate Policy STARTS with Good Water Policy; Howard Neukrug, Penn Water Center; noon; online event; info: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/events/upcoming-events (School of Arts and Sciences).
PrEP Implementation & Stigma; Sarit Golub, Hunter College; noon; BlueJeans meeting; info: https://www.med.upenn.edu/cfar/seminar-series.html (Center for AIDS Research).
Purity Politics and the Problem of Jewish Solidarity; Shana Sippy, Centre College and Carleton College; 1:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/purity-politics-and-problem-jewish-solidarity (Katz Center).
Clocking Reproductive Time: On Poetic Forms in The Sacramento of Desire; Julia Bloch, English; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/bloch-talk-apr-22 (GSWS).
Making Black Lives Matter in Philadelphia: Perspectives from the Health Sciences; Eugenia South, emergency medicine; 3-5 p.m.; online event; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/calendar/webinars/blm-health (Penn Libraries).
México y el Multilateralismo Regional; Efraín Guadarrama, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations; Spanish-language talk; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/guadarrama-talk-apr-22 (LALS).
Promoting Appendage/Limb Regeneration in Jellyfish, Drosophila, and Mouse; Lea Goentoro, Caltech; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: be@seas.upenn.edu (Bioengineering).
Prophethood in Poetic Wisdom: Beginnings, Adab and Muhammad Iqbal; Abdul Manan Bhat, religious studies; 3 p.m.; online event; info: https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Religious Studies).
Mutualism: What Do We Know, and Where Do We Go From Here?; Judie Bronstein, University of Arizona; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/bomblies-talk-march-4 (Biology).
Fels Public Policy in Practice Speaker Series; Susan Urahn, Pew Charitable Trusts; 6 p.m.; online event; register: https://www.fels.upenn.edu/events/ppp-speaker-series-susan-k-urahn (Fels Institute).
Imperial Entanglements: Kinship, Accommodation, and Imagination of Self; Ananya Chakravarti, Georgetown University, Jessica Marie Johnson, Johns Hopkins; 7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/chakravarti-talk-apr-22 (History).
23 Autonomous, Agile Micro Drones: Perception, Learning, and Control; Davide Scaramuzza, University of Zurich; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95220228264 (GRASP Lab).
A Nourishing Prescription: Food as Medicine to Promote Health and Health Equity; panel of speakers; noon; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/xjbffkve (Leonard Davis Institute).
Network-Based Characterization, Modeling, and Control of Fluid Flows; Kunihiko (Sam) Taira, UCLA; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: kathom@seas.upenn.edu (The Penn Institute for Computational Science).
The Warrior’s Return: Iconography and Power Between Early Dynastic Lagash and Nippur; Holly Pittman, history of art; Steve Tinney, linguistics; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/99905925385 (History of Art).
Community Justice & The Ivory Tower; panel of speakers; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/community-justice-423 (Wolf Humanities Center).
26 Brazilian Black Movements Against Police Violence in Brazil: From Redemocratization to the Present; Paulo Ramos, CEBRAP Brazil; 10 a.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ramos-talk-apr-26 (LALS).
Models of Social Change: Methods and Principles of Age-Period-Cohort Analysis; Christopher Winship, Harvard; Ethan Fosse, University of Toronto; noon; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.pop.upenn.edu/ (PSC).
Preparing for Climate Change in the Wake of Houston’s Water Crisis; Yvonne Forrest, Houston Public Works; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/forrest-talk-apr-26 (Penn Water Center).
27 Mediterranean Diplomacy in the Early Sixteenth Century: Domenico Trevisan’s Journey from Venice to Cairo; Laura Benedetti, Georgetown; noon; online event; info: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/italians/center/events (Italian Studies).
Inductive Bias of Neural Networks; Cengiz Pehlevan, Harvard; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events (Mathematics).
28 Applications of Economics and Behavioral Science to Public Health; Harsha Thirumurthy, medical ethics & health policy; 10 a.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/thirumurthy-talk-apr-28 (South Asia Center).
The Peril and Promise of Three-Dimensional Planets; Emily Rauscher, University of Michigan; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/rauscher-talk-apr-28 (Physics & Astronomy).
29 60-Second Lectures - Being Stuck “Here”: Comics’ Lessons for Pandemic Living; Jean-Christophe Cloutier, English; noon; Twitter and Facebook stream: @pennsas (School of Arts and Sciences).
Not Just a Trend: Digital Activism, Black Lives Matter, and Black Japanese Storytelling; Kimberly Hassel, Princeton; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/hassel-talk-apr-29 (Center for East Asian Studies).
Mutualisms to Scale: How Ant-Plant Mutualisms Increase Diversity and Impact the Carbon Cycle; Beth Pringle, University of Nevada, Reno; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/murthy-talk-march-18 (Biology).
Reducing Maternal Mortality: Harnessing Multilevel Approaches to Reduce Maternal Death; panel of speakers; 7-8:45 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; register: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/tskdgtje (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies, Nursing).
30 Dear Pandemic: Nerdy Girls Navigating the COVID-19 Overwhelm; Alison Buttenheim, Penn Nursing; 1:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/buttenheim-talk-apr-30 (Penn Forum for Women Faculty).
Social Norms-Based Messaging: A (Nonpolluting) Engine for Environmental Action; Robert Cialdini, author; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/cialdini-talk-apr-30 (Goldstone Forum, Penn Alumni).
Annenberg School for Communication
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events/.
2 Re-imagining Connections Between Academia and Activism; Jessa Lingel, ASC; Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Princeton; noon.
7 What Could a Biden-Harris Administration Achieve for Reproductive Rights? Galina Espinoza, Rewire News Group; Imani Gandy, Rewire News Group; Sophie Maddocks, ASC; noon.
14 Understanding Anti-AAPI Sentiment and Violence from Anti-Asian Laws and the Vincent Chin Murder to the “China Virus”; panel of speakers; noon.
15 Socially Mediated Visibility in Socially and Politically Authoritarian Societies; Katy Pearce, University of Washington; noon.
20 Exploring the Recent Uber Driver Victory in the UK and Its Impact on Gig Workers Across the Globe; Zweli Ngwenya, The Movement; Ali Razak, Philadelphia Drivers Union; Tonje Ettesvoll, Rideshare Drivers United; 1 p.m.
21 Center for Media at Risk Film Discussion: Movement at the Margins; Farrah Rahaman, Maori Karmael Holmes, Annenberg School; D. Sabela Grimes, USC; noon.
22 Mental Health and Abolition: Racism, Policing, and Care; panel of speakers; 5:30 p.m.
23 Threat as News: Examining the Ways that News Coverage of Immigration Constrains Marginalized Groups; Dana Mastro, UC Santa Barbara; noon.
Asian-American Studies (ASAM)
Online events. Info and to register: https://asam.sas.upenn.edu/events.
1 Family, Generations, and Korean Americans; Im Ja Choi, Penn Asian American Senior Services; noon.
2 A Conversation on Healthcare Access, Quality, and Disparities in Asian American Communities; Dalmacio Dennis Flores, nursing; Sumie Okazaki, NYU Steinhardt; May Sudhinaraset, UCLA; 1 p.m.
6 Disalienation: Politics, Philosophy, and Radical Psychiatry in Postwar France; Camille Robcis, Columbia; 3 p.m.
8 Work and Identity, Mental Health and Wellness; Sarorng Sorn, Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services; noon.
15 The Things We Carried: A People’s Archive of Guyanese Migration to the United States; Gaiutra Bahadur, author; 3 p.m.
22 Asian American LGBTQ Community and the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition; Sayeeda Rashid, Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition; noon.
Architecture
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.design.upenn.edu/architecture/graduate/events.
7 Master Lecture; Martha Tsigkari, Foster + Partners; 2 p.m.
14 Master Lecture; Vishwadeep Deo, Front Inc.; 2 p.m.
Living Off The Land; Scott Erdy, architecture; 6:30 p.m.
19 Master Lecture; Catherine Ircha, filmmaker; 2 p.m.
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB)
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.cceb.med.upenn.edu/events.
1 Incidence of Neurological and Mental Health Comorbidity over Time: A Population-Based Study in Ontario, Canada; Colleen Maxwell, University of Waterloo; 9 a.m.
6 Deciphering Cell Type Specific Information from Bulk High-Throughput Omics Data; Hao Wu, Emory; 3:30 p.m.
15 Causal Inference in Neurology: Advanced Methods to Overcome Common Research Obstacles in Real-World Neurology Research; Lidia Moura, Harvard; 9 a.m.
16 Open Insights in Biomedical Data Science: Getting to the Cause of Complex Diseases – State of the Art on Mendelian Randomization; Qingyuan Zhao and Stephen Burgess, Cambridge; 1 p.m.
20 Tales of Bayesian Inference from the Pandemic: Partial Progress via Partial Identification; Paul Gustafson, University of British Columbia; 3:30 p.m.
22 Social Network Correlates of Injection Drug Use Cessation; Abby Rudolph, Temple; 9 a.m.
27 Jointly Interpreting Graphical Models and Correlation Networks for Omics Data Analyses; Denise Scholtens, Northwestern University; 3:30 p.m.
Center for the Study of Contemporary China (CSCC)
Online events. Info and to register: https://cscc.sas.upenn.edu/events.
8 The Limits of State-Led Innovation: Evidence from Chinese Patents; Yuen Yuen Ang, University of Michigan; noon.
15 The Evolution of the Chinese Internet: Creative Visibility in the Digital Public; Shaohua Guo, Carleton College; noon.
16 Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Will Challenge Global Regulation; Angela Zhang, University of Hong Kong; noon.
Computer and Information Science (CIS)
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.cis.upenn.edu/events/.
1 Expanding the Reach of Fuzzing; Caroline Lemieux, UC Berkeley; 3 p.m.
6 Bridging Learning and Decision Making; Dylan Foster, MIT; 3 p.m.
7 Human-Centered Interactive Systems for Configuring, Extending, and Developing AI Applications; Toby Li, Carnegie Mellon; 3 p.m.
8 Machine Learning and Causality: Building Efficient, Reliable Models for Decision-Making; Maggie Makar, MIT; 3 p.m.
14 Digital Humans That Move, Interact, Express, and Feel, Just Like Us!; Aniket Bera, UMD; 3 p.m.
15 AI for Population Health: Melding Data and Algorithms on Networks; Bryan Wilder, Harvard; 3 p.m.
20 Exploiting Latent Structure and Bisimulation Metrics for Better Generalization in Reinforcement Learning; Amy Zhang, McGill University; 3 p.m.
21 Learning with Label Noise: A Progressive Approach; Yikai Zhang, Yuriy Nevmyvaka, Morgan Stanley ML Research; 3 p.m.
Economics
Online events. Info and to register: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.
1 Transportation, Gentrification, and Urban Mobility: The Inequality Effects of Place-Based Policies; Melanie Morten, Stanford; 3:30 p.m.
5 Text into FX: Exchange Rate Supervised Topic Extraction; Aaron Mora Melendez, economics; noon.
6 Optimal Affirmative Action Under Uncertainty; Shuo Yang, economics; 12:30 p.m.
The Common-Probability Auction Puzzle; Kathleen Ngangoué, NYU; 4 p.m.
7 Integrated Epi-Econ Assessment; Jonna Olsson, University of Edinburgh; 4 p.m.
8 Eviction and Poverty in American Cities: Evidence from Chicago and New York; Winnie Van Dijk, UChicago; 3:30 p.m.
12 Time Series Models for Epidemics: Leading Indicators, Control Groups and Policy Assessment; Andrew Harvey, Cambridge; noon.
13 Value-Based Distance Between Information Structures; Marcin Pęski, University of Toronto; 4 p.m.
14 Financial Frictions: Macro vs Micro Volatility; Morten Ravn, University College London; noon.
The Distributional Impacts of Real-Time Pricing; Mar Reguant, Northwestern University; 3:30 p.m.
15 Financial Literacy and Wealth Inequality; Min Kim, economics; noon.
Job Attachment and Life Cycle Gender Wage Differences; Ni Wang, economics; 12:30 p.m.
Firm Investment, Labor Supply, and the Design of Social Insurance: Evidence from Accommodations for Workplace Injuries; Corina Mommaerts, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 3:30 p.m.
19 Empirical Estimates for the Snow Albedo Feedback Effect; Robert Kaufmann, Boston University; 4:30 p.m.
20 Dynamic Information Acquisition Under Ambiguity; Sarah Auster, Universität Bonn, 4 p.m.
21 Cognitive Imprecision and Choice Under Risk; Michael Woodford, Columbia; 4 p.m.
22 Where is Standard of Living the Highest? Local Prices and the Geography of Consumption; Rebecca Diamond, Stanford; 3:30 p.m.
26 Costly Misallocation: Endogenous Growth and Asset Prices; Di Tian, economics; noon.
Validity vs Information: Generalized Focused Moment Selection for GEL with Possible Many Moments; Di Tian, economics; noon.
Selective Nonparametric Specification Test; Zhipeng Liao, UCLA; 4:30 p.m.
27 Naive Analytics Equilibrium; Ron Berman, Wharton; 4 p.m.
28 Falling Interest Rates and Misallocations: Lessons from General Equilibrium; Vladimir Asriyan, CREI; noon.
Quantum Proof Systems—How Powerful Are They?; Anindya De, economics; noon.
Demand Analysis Under Latent Choice Constraints: An Application to the US Dialysis Industry; Nikhil Agarwal, MIT; 3:30 p.m.
29 Direct and Spillover Effects of Vaccine-Hesitant Providers; Julie Cullen, UC San Diego; 3:30 p.m.
Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Online events. Info and to register: https://medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/events.
5 The Sustained Aeration of Infant Lung RCT: Balancing Ethics and the Need for Evidence; Haresh Kirpalani, pediatrics; noon.
6 Disparities in Diagnosed ADRD; Andrew Gellert, medical ethics & health policy; noon.
20 Bioethics and Deliberative Democracy; Naomi Scheinerman, medical ethics & health policy; noon.
27 Clinical Case: TBA; Aliza Narva, HUP; noon.
Penn Dental
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/.
1 Perinatal Oral Health Translational Research—An Underestimated Power for Shaping a Better Future; Jin Xiao, University of Rochester; noon.
7 The Role of Dentists in Protecting Human Milk & Breastfeeding; Diane Spatz, CHOP; 6:30 p.m.
8 Peri-Implant Tissue and Prosthesis Relationship in the Anterior Sector; Oscar Gonzalez Martín, University Complutense of Madrid; 6 p.m.
12 The Joy of Treating patients with Special Healthcare Needs (IDD); Allen Wong, UC San Francisco; 5:30 p.m.
14 Oh My, Is That A Tongue Tie?!; Deep Shah, Penn Dental; Abhinav Sinha, CHOP; 6:30 p.m.
15 Chondrocyte Epigenetics, Metabolism and Osteoarthritis; Regis O’Keefe, Washington University; noon.
Peri-Implant Tissue and Prosthesis Relationship in the Anterior Sector; Oscar González Martín, University Complutense of Madrid; 6 p.m.
19 Emergencies in the Dental Office; Man Ching Ho, Penn Dental; 6:30 p.m.
21 Orofacial Rehabilitation: The Impact of Maxillofacial Prosthodontics on Survivorship; Sarah Lee, Mayo Clinic; 6 p.m.
22 Management of Pediatric Ankylosis of Mandible and Associated Facial Deformities; Douglas Sinn, cosmetic surgeon; 5:30 p.m.
26 The Scope, Origins and Maintenance of Dental Fear; Amy M. Smith Slep, NYU; 5:30 p.m.
27 Nano to Microscale Engineering and Bioprinting of Complex Craniofacial Tissues; Luiz Bertassoni, Oregon Health & Science University; noon.
Non-Pharmacologic Management Strategies for Dental Fear; Richard Heyman, NYU; 5:30 p.m.
29 Implants in the Esthetic Zone, Current Developments; Stavros Pelekanos, gIDE Institute; 6 p.m.
Penn Museum
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/.
6 Honoring Black Stories in White Institutions: A Programmatic Collaboration between Black History Untold and the Penn Museum; panel of speakers; 6 p.m.
7 The War Memorials of Imperial Rome; C. Brian Rose, classical studies; 6 p.m.
8 Living Room Lecture: A Hidden Cultural Lens: Investigating Museum Science Displays; Lizzie Oakley, anthropology; 5:30 p.m.
16 Our Language Sits Alive Inside of Us; X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell, artist; Lucy Fowler Williams, American section; 6 p.m.
18 Jazz Combos: Pushing the Limits; David Cutler, University of South Carolina; Roger Beaty, Penn State; 4:30 p.m.
22 Heritage, Rights, and Land Reclamation for California Native American Tribes; panel of speakers; 12:30 p.m.
Living Room Lecture: A Hidden Cultural Lens: Investigating Museum Science Displays (New Date); Lizzie Oakley, anthropology; 5:30 p.m.
29 Living Room Lecture: Quechua: Celebrating the Relevance of Indigenous Cultures; Américo Mendoza–Mori, Quechua and Spanish; 5:30 p.m.
Penn Nursing
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/calendar/.
7 Using Illustrations and Comics for Better Health and Science Communication; MK Czerwiec, “comic nurse”; Jaye Gardiner, JKX Comics; Rachael Acker, Healthero; noon.
Localism’s Last Stand: The Community Health Vision, Then and Now; Merlin Chowkwanyun, Columbia; 4 p.m.
8 Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women; Christina Lamb, author; noon.
14 Diverse Perspectives in Nursing: Nursing Career Panel Webinar; panel of speakers; 7 p.m.
Workshop in the History of Material Texts
Lecture series. Online events. Info: https://pennmaterialtexts.org/about/events/.
5 Flash Forward: A Bibliographical Analysis of Two Modern Theatrical Texts; Erin McGuirl, Bibliographical Society of America; 5:15 p.m.
12 The Republic of Letters in 18th-Century Philadelphia; Diego Pirillo, UC Berkeley; 5:15 p.m.
19 Environmental Material Texts; panel of speakers; 5:15 p.m.
26 Meaning Affects Form. Gracián from Oracular in-24 to Courtly Quarto; Roger Chartier, history; 5:15 p.m.