at penn Calendar April 2022

Penn Museum
Unless noted, online events. Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar.

2          Scout Day; 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; in person.

5          Global Voyagers: Indigenous North America; 11 a.m.

            At-Home Anthro Live: Incantation Bowls; 1 p.m.

12        At-Home Anthro Live: Preserving the Past; 1 p.m.

19        At-Home Anthro Live: Designing Pomo Baskets; 1 p.m.

21        History Alive! Super Heroes; 6 p.m.

22        Virtual Passport Day: Archaeology & Science; 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

26        At-Home Anthro Live: Weaving with Recycled Materials; 1 p.m.

1          Beyond the Rose and the Nightingale: What Makes Islamic Literature Islamic?; will further our understanding of literary and cultural production in the Islamic world and center Islamic cultures as productive contexts for intellectual inquiry; 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Golkin Room, Houston Hall, and online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/wolf-conference-april-1 (Wolf Humanities Center). Also April 2, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

            The Asian American Experience: Diversity and Challenges; will address the complexities of Asian American identity, data and methodological innovations, the diversity of the U.S. Asian population, and Asian youth and activism; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; the Forum, PCPSE; info and to register: https://web.sas.upenn.edu/cseri/upcoming-events/ (Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race and Immigration).

2          Reclaiming Narratives; will explore the power dynamics that shape and marginalize Asian American narratives; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; room 108, ARCH; register: https://tinyurl.com/asam-conf-april-2-in-person  Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/asam-conf-april-2-zoom (Asian American Studies).

            Li Delun in Philadelphia: Ethnography, Archives, and Music Across the Pacific; a public symposium, pop-up photo exhibit, and recital honoring Li Delun, a conductor, multi-instrumentalist, and advocate for the arts in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) who was often  hailed as the father of Western classical music in China; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Class of ’78 Pavilion, Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library and Zoom webinar; info and to register: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/li-delun-philadelphia (Penn Libraries).

7          Wharton Future of Work Conference; while work is evolving, seeks evidence rather than opinion when considering the questions of how, where, and when we work; includes keynote speakers Satya Nadell, Microsoft CEO; Carol Dweck, psychologist; John Amaechi, APS Intelligence; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; online event; info and to register: https://wpa.wharton.upenn.edu/conference/ (Wharton).

8          Philosophy of Disability and Illness; the 6th annual Minorities and Philosophy (MAP-Penn) conference, focusing on aspects of the philosophy of disability and illness; 11:20 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; online event; info and to register: https://tinyurl.com/minorities-philosophy (Wolf Humanities Center). Through April 10, noon-5 p.m.

14        Medicine & the Afterlives of Slavery; will examine Penn Medical School’s historical entanglements with the institution of slavery and the continuing legacies of slavery in the production of medical knowledge, practice, and policies; 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; online event; info and to register: https://tinyurl.com/prss-conf-april-14 (Penn Program on Race, Science and Society).

15        Third Annual Wharton Future of Cities Conference; leading industry and academic experts will discuss the impact of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on sustainable urban development; all day, Perry World House; info and to register: https://www.whartonfuturecities.com/ (Wharton, Institute for Urban Research).

16        Innovation, Fabrication, Conservation: Responding to the Past(s) of East Asian Cultures; will bring graduate students working in East Asian studies at Penn and institutions around the world together to showcase their research, exchange ideas, and engage in stimulating debate; 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; room 208, Houston Hall; register: https://web.sas.upenn.edu/ealcgradcon/register/ (Wolf Humanities Center, East Asian Studies).

18        CRIM Day 2022; displays the current projects of criminology masters students and gives undergraduate class a chance to learn more about criminology's master’s program; also features a keynote speaker who will discuss a relevant topic in criminology; 1:45 p.m.; room B6, Stiteler Hall; register: breyanam@sas.upenn.edu (Criminology).

21        “Ethel Day” Symposium: Unearthed History of Black Garden Clubs in America; honors African American gardeners who have contributed to the gardening paradigm, the beautification movement, and American history, marking the 90th Anniversary of the Negro Garden Club of Virginia; 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; online event; register: https://experience.morrisarboretum.org/Info.aspx?EventID=22 (Morris Arboretum).

             Haitian Migration Through the Americas; speakers will propose steps that civil society organizations and governments, acting both at the national and international levels, at home and abroad, could undertake to ameliorate the difficult situation of millions of Haitian citizens both inside and outside of Haiti; 2-5:30 p.m.; room 133, PCPSE, and Zoom webinar; info: https://tinyurl.com/clals-conference-apr-21 (Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies; Sociology).

22        Precarity: PhD Conference on Architectural Research; features papers that examine the transience of architecture from the perspectives of technology, project-making, and history/theory; 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/architecture-conf-apr-22 (Architecture). Also April 23, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

            2022 Penn Vet Working Dog Conference: True Grit: Resilience and Mental Fortitude of the K9 Team; an interactive virtual event that will be exploring resiliency in K9 teams and throughout the entire working dog industry; 3-5 p.m.; register: https://tinyurl.com/working-dog-conf-apr-22 (Penn Working Dog Center). Also April 23 and 24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

23        Wolf Conference 2022: From Idea to Film; aims to acquaint current students with the different paths alums have taken in the film industry; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library; info: https://tinyurl.com/cinema-conf-apr-23 (Cinema & Media Studies).

26        Classical Studies Senior Colloquium; celebrate this year’s graduating majors in classical studies and ancient history and reflect on what their work tells us about what it means to study classical studies and ancient history; 5:15-7:15 p.m.; room 402, Cohen Hall (Classical Studies).

27        4th Annual DBEI & CCEB Research Day; presentation of recent research from the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, featuring a keynote by Kevin Johnson, PIK professor; 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Gaulton Auditorium, BRB; register: https://www.dbei.med.upenn.edu/2022ResearchDay (CCEB).

28        Building Logistical Solidarity: Transnational Media and Movements Against Extractivism; will engage leading thinkers, artists, and activists in a joint conversation about media, tactics, and strategies for building a transnational movement against extractivism; draws issues of environmental activism, art, media, and decolonization down into situated spaces, and attempts to open dialogue and build solidarity between these spaces; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/cargc-conference-apr-28 (Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication, Center on Digital Culture and Society).

            Black Queer Town Hall in STEM and Healthcare; highlights the power, strength, and resilience of Black Queer scientists who navigate the dual marginalization of racism and queerphobia, featuring keynotes, flash talks, and panels from prominent Black Queer scientists and advocates; noon-4 p.m.; online event; info: https://tinyurl.com/lgbt-center-calendar (CEMB, LGBT Center, Penn Medicine).

            Penn History Honors Thesis Symposium; celebrate the accomplishments of this year’s graduating Honors Thesis students with presentations and a poster session; 2:30-4 p.m.; McNeil Center for Early American Studies (History).

29        Undergraduate Senior Honors & ComPS Capstone Thesis Poster Session; senior Communication majors will present their year-long individual research projects; 10:30 a.m.-noon; Annenberg Plaza (Annenberg School).

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

6          12@12; quick tour of an Arthur Ross Gallery artifact with Siyuan (Alice) Zhao, history; Catherine Bartch, CLALS; noon; Arthur Ross Gallery and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/12-at-12-april-6 (Arthur Ross Gallery).

           Fighting Racism! 40 Years of Memory in Afro-Brazilian Posters; faithfully portrays actors and important moments for the so-called contemporary Brazilian Black movement, and its struggle for life, cultural heritage, and lands; 2^nd floor atrium, McNeil Building. Through May 10.

 

Penn Museum

Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar.

8          Virtual Global Guide Tour: Asia Galleries; 2:30 p.m.

9          Highlights of the Penn Museum Tour; 11 a.m.

            The Stories We Wear Guided Tour; 1 p.m.

            Global Guide Tour: Africa Galleries; 2:30 p.m.

10        Asia Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.

            Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.

15        Virtual Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.

16        Africa Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.

            Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.

22        Virtual Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.

23        Egypt Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.

            Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.

24        Asia Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.

            Global Guide Tour: Africa Galleries; 2:30 p.m.

29        Virtual Global Guide Tour: Asia Galleries; 2:30 p.m.

30        Egypt Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.

            Mexico & Central America Galleries Tour; 2:30 p.m.

 

Now

            Building in China: A Century of Dialogues on Modern Architecture; an exhibition tracing China’s shifting design practices over a century in which many of its leading practitioners and scholars were educated at Penn; Architectural Archives, Fisher Fine Arts Gallery. Through April 22.

            No Ocean Between Us: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America & The Caribbean, 1945–Present; features modern and contemporary art by Latin American and Caribbean artists of Asian descent, highlighting artists whose work reflects the global dialogues between their Asian heritages and their Latin American or Caribbean identities; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through May 23.

            Mark Stockton: 100 People; examines who and how we venerate and connect, using a group of 100 hand drawn portraits, photo-referent, made with graphite on paper, and intended to be received as a single work in form and experience; Feintuch Family Lobby, Annenberg Center. Through May 31.

            The Stories We Wear; reveals how clothing and accessories offer powerful expressions of identity and examines the purpose and meaning behind what we wear, showcasing 2,500 years of style via 250 objects; Penn Museum. Guided tour: April 9, 1 p.m. Through June 12.

            FCC On 6, 7, 8: Na Kim; installation comprising bold colors, shapes, and patterns inspired by everyday life, designed by conceptually-driven graphic designer Na Kim; ICA. Through July 10.

 

Ongoing

            Art By Mail; display of art made by community members with kits distributed by Kelly Writers House in January; Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House.

            Late for Revision, Drawings by Jen Wroblewski; a group of small graphite drawings by Jen Wroblewski that investigate the peculiar capacity of line and mark to cohere into narrative that exists outside of syntactic structures; Brodsky Gallery.

            Martha Rich: It Goes By Fast; an exuberant and joyful splash of energy that takes full advantage of a 75’ by 20’ brick wall, painted by Martha Rich, MFA’11; Feintuch Family Lobby, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center.

 

Morris Arboretum

            Loop de Loop: Patrick Dougherty Installation; stick-work sculpture. Ongoing until deterioration.

            Out on a Limb; tree adventure exhibit celebrating its 11th 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.

            Rome Gallery; explore everyday items from the Roman Republic and Empire.

            Sphinx Gallery; view the Sphinx among sympathetic objects from across the globe.

1          Essentially Criminal; includes discussion with director Maya Pratt; 5 p.m.; auditorium, PCPSE (Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies).

7          The Lake and The Lake; dwells in the peripheries of Bellandur lake in Bangalore, a spectacularly toxic lake that remains a valuable resource and refuge for counterpublics; available all day; virtual screening register: https://tinyurl.com/lake-and-lake (Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication; Center on Digital Culture and Society). Through April 10.

11        As If Sand Were Stone; an essay documentary about the intersections of nature and technology along the New York City waterfront; available all day; virtual screening; register: https://tinyurl.com/sand-were-stone (Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication; Center on Digital Culture and Society). Through April 15.

12        Flee; is based on the life story of the director’s childhood friend, Afghan refugee Amin Nawabi, as he grapples with a painful secret; includes discussion with Fernando Chang-Muy, Carey Law and SP2; Graeme Reid, Human Rights Watch; 4 p.m.; World Forum, Perry World House, and Zoom webinar; https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flee-registration-306592525497 (LGBT Center, Perry World House, Wolf Humanities Center).

14        Loose Cannons; the story of Tommasso, an Italian pasta heir who struggles to reveal to his family that he is gay; 6 p.m.; LGBT Center (LGBT Center, Cinema Studies).

16        Behemoth; details the economic victories and ecological costs of mining in Asia, beginning with a mining explosion in Mongolia and ending in a ghost city west of Beijing; begins at noon, available all day; virtual screening; register: https://tinyurl.com/behemoth-apr-16 (Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication; Center on Digital Culture and Society). Through April 20.

21        In the Shadow of Tugtupite; a cinematic portrait of despair and anxiety towards an unknown future for the Inuit of the world's largest island; available all day; virtual screening; register: https://tinyurl.com/tugtupite (Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication; Center on Digital Culture and Society). Through April 25.

22        Tupinambá – The Return of the Land; includes discussion with director Daniela Fernandes; 5 p.m.; room 473, McNeil Building; register: https://tinyurl.com/tupinamba-april-22-2022 (Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies).

27        Fly Me to the Moon; a feature documentary by Jamaican independent filmmaker Esther Figueroa that takes us on a journey into the unexpected ways we are all connected on Earth, by following aluminum around the world and into space; available all day; virtual screening; register: https://tinyurl.com/fly-me-apr-27 (Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication; Center on Digital Culture and Society). Through April 28

 

Cinema & Media Studies

Unless noted, in-person screenings at room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall. Info: https://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/events.

7          It Will Be Chaos; includes discussion with directors Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo; 5:30 p.m.

10        Perfect Strangers; 6 p.m.; room M20, Harrison College House.

19        Song of Salt; sneak preview including discussion with directors Emma Baiada and Nicolas Snyder; 5:30 p.m.

1          30x30 Challenge; month-long challenge to spend at least 30 minutes outdoors each day during the month of April; info: https://tinyurl.com/30x30-2022 (Penn Sustainability, Wellness at Penn, Nature Rx).

            Chinese Queer Women’s Group; Mandarin-speaking group; 4 p.m.; LGBT Center (LGBT Center). Also April 15, 29.

3          Penn Day at the Penn Ice Rink; $5 admission, including skates; 1-2 p.m.; Penn Ice Rink (Business Services).

5          Master in Law (ML)/ Master in Regulatory Affairs (MRA) Dual Degree Information Session; will cover the ML/MRA dual-degree requirements, curriculum, the application process, and the student experience; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/mra-ml-info-april-5 (Carey Law School).

            Planning for Retirement: Nuts & Bolts of Retirement; a panel of retired Penn faculty talk about the retirement process; 3:30 p.m.; online webinar; info: pasef@pobox.upenn.edu (Penn Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty).

6          Wednesday Nights with ASAM Alumni; lively memories and shared experiences of undergraduate and graduate life with alumni of Penn’s Asian American Studies program; 7 p.m.; online event; register: https://bit.ly/Wednights-asamalumni (ASAM). Also April 13, 20, 27.

7          Working Dog Center Tour; watch as the Working Dog Center staff explains the step-by-step process to preparing a dog to serve as in explosive detection, search & rescue, cancer detection, and more; 2 p.m.; Penn Innovation Center; register: pvwdcoutreach@vet.upenn.edu (Penn Vet).

11        Best Practices for Supporting Faculty During COVID; featuring PFWF leading members Monisha Kumar, Carmen Guerra, and Chenoa Flippen; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/pfwf-seminar-apr-11 (Penn Forum for Women Faculty).

13        Women in Media and Communication Wikipedia Edit-a-thon; an afternoon of editing Wikipedia pages for women in communication and media, led by Katie Rawson and Isabelle Langrock; 1-3 p.m.; library, Annenberg School, and Zoom webinar; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/8991586 (Penn Libraries, Annenberg School).

16        TEDxPenn 2022: Æffect; explore the reciprocal nature of action via speakers ranging from artists to activists, from executives to restaurateurs, who will consider how their journeys have been affected, as well as the effect that they have left on the world; 1 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center; tickets: https://tickets.annenbergcenter.org/0/75962 (TEDxPenn).

18        Earth Week Data Jam; week of sessions in which participants can create, analyze, visualize, and experiment with data related to environmental issues and the natural world; noon; hybrid events at various locations; full schedule: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/earth-week-data-jam (Penn Libraries). Various times through April 22.

22        Master in Law Information Webinar for General Audiences; will give an overview of the Master in Law (ML) degree, application instructions, highlight various courses of study available, and provide insight into the student experience as an ML degree candidate; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/ml-info-apr-22 (Carey Law School).

 

African-American Resource Center
Unless noted, Zoom webinars. Info: https://aarc.upenn.edu/events.

1          Jazz for King: Dr. King Goes to Africa; 6-8 p.m.; Inn At Penn.

12        Crucial Conversations; noon.

20        WOCAP Noontime Lunch Series Presents: Developing Political Savvy: Hard Work and Talent are Not Enough; noon.

21        Men of Color (Monthly Huddle Meeting) Presents: Ready to Move Up: Career and Professional Development; 1 p.m.

29        Community Lunch Program: Open Forum with AARC and PWC; noon.

 

Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF)
Online events. Info: https://www.curf.upenn.edu/curf-events.

8          Fellowships Explained; 3 p.m.

            Fulbright U.S. Student Program Information Session; 4 p.m. Also April 22, 3 p.m.

14        Behind the CV: Stories from Faculty; Elizabeth (Zab) Johnson, Wharton; 4 p.m.

15        Fulbright Study/Research Brainstorming Workshop; 3 p.m.

19        Fulbright U.S. Student Program Information Session; 4 p.m.

20        Fulbright/IIE Introduction to English Teaching Assistant; 2 p.m.

21        Truman Scholarship: Who, What, Why, How, When; 3 p.m.

            Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Brainstorming Workshop; 4 p.m.

22        Fulbright Recent Recipients Panel; 1 p.m.

            How to Build an Effective Fellowship Application; 2 p.m.

            Annual Spring Poster Symposium; 4 p.m.; room 208, ARCH.

27        Truman Scholar Panel; 3:30 p.m.

 

College of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS)
Online events. Info: www.upenn.edu/lps-events.

5          Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Café; noon.

            Fels Institute of Government Virtual Information Session; 6 p.m.

7          Master of Science in Applied Geosciences Virtual Café; noon.

12        Pre-Health Post-Baccalaureate Programs Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.

19        Organizational Dynamics Virtual Information Session; 6 p.m.

21        Master of Liberal Arts Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.

 

Earth Week 2022
Online and in-person events. Sponsored by Penn Sustainability. Info: https://www.sustainability.upenn.edu/penn-community/earth-week.

19        Campus Ecology Tour; 10-11:30 a.m.; meet at College Hall.

            Wellness Week: Wellness Walk; noon; meet at the Palestra.

20        Wellness Week: Yoga at Penn Park; 4 p.m.; meet at Penn Park Farm.

21        Panel Discussion: Governing Net Zero; noon; Kleinman Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Building.

            Climate Leaders @ Penn Earth Week Happy Hour; 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Triple Bottom Brewing, 915 Spring Garden Street.

22        Green Fest; 1-4 p.m.; College Green.

23        Earth Week Wissahickon/Schuylkill Rivershed Cleanup; 9 a.m.; Flat Rock Park, 122 River Rd, Gladwyne, PA.

            Tree Planting; noon-4 p.m.; Woodlands Cemetery, 4000 Woodland Ave.

 

Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Unless noted, online events. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.

1          Friday Virtual Chats with Admissions; noon. Also April 8, 9 a.m.; April 15, noon; April 22, 9 a.m.; April 29, noon.

            Penn GSE Live; Sarah Kavanagh, GSE; 12:30 p.m.

7          Literary Lunch with Juliana; for faculty and staff; noon.

            Get HEARD Presents Mothers at the Center: Culture Circles as Reclamation, Love, and Future Dreaming in Qualitative Research; 5 p.m.

13        Education Entrepreneurship - Virtual Information Session; 4 p.m.

19        Medical Education Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.

20        Designing with Canva; noon.

            Penn GSE Teacher Programs Information Session; 5 p.m.

21        Coffee Break; Raquel Arredondo, assistant dean for DEI; for faculty and staff; 9:30 a.m.; GSE Tent.

26        Planter Painting; for staff and faculty; noon; GSE courtyard tent.

27        Administrative Professionals' Day; for faculty and staff; 9:30-11:30 a.m.; GSE courtyard tent.

            Designing with Canva; noon.

            Reading/Writing/Literacy - Virtual Information Session; 6:30 p.m.

28        Literary Lunch with Juliana; for faculty and staff; noon.

 

Human Resources
Unless noted, online events. Info: https://tinyurl.com/penn-hr-programs.

1          30-Minute Guided Meditation; noon. Also April 8, noon; April 15, noon; April 22, noon; April 29, noon.

4          30-Minute Chair Yoga Plus Core; noon. Also April 11, noon; April 18, noon; April 25, noon. 

5          Resilience Workshop: Joy Multiplier; 12:30 p.m.

6          Chair Yoga; noon.

            Monthly Wellness Walk – April; noon; meet in front of College Hall.

            Assertiveness Skills; 12:30 p.m.

7          Guided Mindful Meditation; noon.

            Virgin Pulse Wellness Platform Demo; noon.

8          Conflict Resolution; 12:30 p.m.

12        Managing Money in Today’s Uncertain Times; 11:30 a.m.

            Mindful Use of Technology; 12:30 p.m.

13        Bodypump; noon; in-person.

19        Resilience Workshop: Positive Emotions and Resilience Symbols; 12:30 p.m.

20        Time and Energy Management: Ideas for Sustainable Life Balance; 11 a.m.

21        How to Make Yourself Indispensable; 12:30 p.m.

27        Maximizing Campus and Virtual Visits: Presented by Penn Admissions; noon.

28        Express Workshop: Deskercise with Campus Recreation; noon.

            Mindfulness-Based Tools for Self-Care; 3 p.m.

 

Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) RAW Académie
Hybrid events at ICA and Zoom webinars. Info: https://icaphila.org/calendar/.

8          Louis Massiah; filmmaker; 6 p.m.

13        Gudskul; Indonesian learning platform; 6 p.m.

15        Sarah Workneh; Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture; 6 p.m.

20        Compression —> Transmission; Bryant Wells, designer; 6 p.m.

27        Closing Event; Linda Goode Bryant, filmmaker, and RAW Académie fellows; 6 p.m.

 

Morris Arboretum
In-person events at Morris Arboretum. Info: https://experience.morrisarboretum.org/.

2          Installation of the Bees; Edian Rodriguez, Erdenheim Farm beekeeper; 10 a.m.-noon.

            We Need to Talk About Lawn; Lucy Dinsmore, Plant Lady Lucy; 10:30 a.m.

            Wellness Walk; 10:30 a.m. Weekends.

            Garden Highlights Tour; 1 p.m. Weekends.

            Magnolias: The Essentials; Jen Monico, Morris Arboretum; 2:30 p.m.

6          Insect Pests of Woody Ornamentals; Richard Buckley, Rutgers University; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

9          Spring Buds & Blooms Tour; 11 a.m.

12        Who Needs Hostas? Creating a Beautiful Native Shade Garden; Marc Radell, Penn State Extension; 4-6 p.m.

13        Build a Centerpiece With Fresh Spring Flowers; Cheryl Wilks, Flowers on Location; 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Also April 16, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

19        Vase Arranging - Loose Flowers in Glass; Cheryl Wilks, Flowers on Location; 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

21        Native Woody Plants for the Landscape; Robert Wells, arborist; 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

23        Going Native: Gardening with Native Plants and Wildflowers; Pam Morris Olshefski, Morris Arboretum; 10:30 a.m.

            Create a Decorative Floral Wreath; Cheryl Wilks, Flowers on Location; 1 p.m. Also April 28, 10:30 a.m.

26        Money Rose Workshop – The “Warm” Way to Give “Cold” Cash; Cheryl Wilks, Flowers on Location; 12:30 p.m.

27        Birding at the Arboretum: Wetland Wednesdays; Sharon Meeker, birder; 7:30-10:30 a.m.

 

Penn Libraries
Zoom webinars. Info: https://guides.library.upenn.edu/workshops.

1          Meditative Writing; 1 p.m.; Also April 8, 15, 22, 29.

4          Introduction to Online Academic Profile Services; 2 p.m.

5          Raising the Visibility of Your Scholarship through Scholarly Platforms and Measuring Your Impact; 1 p.m.

6          Coffee with a Codex; noon. Wednesdays.

11        Dissertation & Copyright; 1 p.m.

12        Ethical Dissertation Writing: Reuse, Permission, and References; 2 p.m.

14        Spotting Red Flags for Low-Quality Journals; 2 p.m.

 

Penn Nursing
Online events. Info: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/calendar/.

6          ONR Colloquium Event: New Kids on the Block - Three New Assistant Professors; noon.

13        ONR Colloquium Event: Doctoral Fellow Lightning Round; noon.

            Admissions Webinar for High School Students; 6 p.m. Also April 27.

8          Garden Jams; weekly lunchtime performance series featuring Penn student groups like Penn Jazz, Penn Flutes, and Penn Chamber; noon; Warden Garden, Penn Museum; info: https://fb.me/e/3A1YNxlpE (Penn Museum).

 

Music Department
Various locations. Info: https://music.sas.upenn.edu/events.

1          Penn Jazz Ensembles: Part One; 6 p.m.; room 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall.

            Penn Jazz Ensembles: Part Two; 7:30 p.m.; room 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall.

2          Speak to Us of Joy and Sorrow: Music for These Unprecedented Times: An Afternoon of Nine Readings and Songs; 3 p.m.; St. Mary’s Church, 3916 Locust Walk.

3          Penn Wind Ensemble Spring Concert; 3 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium.

10        Penn Flutes: Museum Crawl; 4 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall.

11        Music for Spirit and Soul; featuring Penn Collegium Musicum; 7:30 p.m.; St. Mary’s Church, 3916 Locust Walk.

13        I Want Magic! featuring Penn Opera and Musical Theater; 7 p.m.; room 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall.

20        Penn Baroque and Recorder Ensembles Spring Concert; 8 p.m.; room 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall.

21        Penn Arab Music Ensemble Spring Concert; 8 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall.

22        Penn Chamber: Part One; 3 p.m.; room 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall.

            Penn Chamber: Part Two; 6 p.m.; room 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall.

23        Penn Symphony Orchestra; 8-10 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium.

25        Penn Samba Spring Concert; 7:30 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall.

 

Penn Live Arts
In-person events. Info: https://pennlivearts.org/events/.

1          Patience; Penn Singers Light Opera Company presents a Gilbert and Sullivan classic featuring a milkmaid in a quaint village who has never understood everyone’s obsession with love; 5:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center. Also April 2, 1 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

            Quaker Notes: Y2Quake; a cappella group the Quaker Notes sing all your favorite 2000s throwbacks and more; 8:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center. Also April 2, 5:30 p.m.

3          SFJAZZ Collective; a group of contemporary jazz all stars perform a program of new compositions written in response to the extraordinary social and global issues we have faced in recent years; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center.

7          Zakir Hussain: Triveni; “the presiding genius and global ambassador for North Indian classical music” leads an exploration of the varied musical dialogues of North and South Indian rhythm traditions; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center.

8          Joel Ross & Gabrielle Garo; breakout jazz vibraphonist Joel Ross and flautist Gabrielle Garo tour to promote Mr. Ross’s second studio album; 7:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center, and online livestream.

15        The Pennchants: The Handsome Menace; a cappella group the Pennchants’ annual spring show, featuring solos from all 15 of their talented young singers; 6:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater. Also April 16, 7:30 p.m.

21        Lila Downs; performance by a global superstar whose exquisite artistry bridges the musical traditions of Mexico and South America with North American folk, jazz and blues; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center.

22        Penny Loafers: City of Brotherly Loaf; grab some wooder ice and your favorite Philly cheesesteak and head on over to a cappella group Penny Loafers’ spring show, featuring songs by Adele, Lewis Capaldi, and the Zac Brown Band; 6 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater. Also April 23, 7 p.m.

16        Penn Chinese Theater: Goodbye, Mr. Loser; popular Chinese comedy with elements of music and twists of today’s pop culture; 6 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/penn-chinese-theater (Penn Chinese Theater, Penn Live Arts).

22        Soundworks Tap Factory: Dapper Tapper; Penn’s one and only strictly tap dancing group puts on a show fusing elements of rhythm tap, Broadway-style tap, hip hop, jazz and more, including a solo by Penn senior Natalie Doppelt; 8:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/soundworks-tap-factory-1082 (Soundworks Tap Factory, Penn Live Arts). Also April 23, 5 p.m.

28        University of the Arts School of Dance: Spring Dance Series; the University of the Arts School of Dance presents its Spring Dance Series, featuring two distinct programs that include ten works created by UArts faculty and guest artists; 9 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/university-of-the-arts-school-of-dance (Penn Live Arts, University of the Arts). Also April 29, 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.; April 30, noon.

          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/

           MES and MSAG podcasts: Podcasts about environmental issues from the master of environmental studies and master of science in applied geosciences programs in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies are available on Soundcloud.

           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://web.sas.upenn.edu/in-these-times/

           Organizational Dynamics Programs Learning Aloud: Listen to Learning Aloud, a podcast from the Organizational Dynamics community at the University of Pennsylvania hosted by Steve Hart.

           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

5          The Soviet Issue: A Jewish Currents Reading and Release Party; celebrate the release of the latest issue with local contributors and guest editors; 6 p.m.; room B6, Stiteler Hall (Russian & East European Studies).

6          Brave Testimony: A Celebration of Poetry of the African Diaspora; Patricia Smith, poet; 6 p.m.; Arts Café, Kelly Writers House; info: https://tinyurl.com/smith-reading-april-6 (Africana Studies).

13        Celebrating New Faculty Books: On Screen and Off: Cinema and the Making of Nazi Hamburg; Anne Berg and Warren Breckman, history; 5 p.m.; room 209, College Hall (History).

21        A Molecule Away From Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain; Sara Manning Peskin, clinical neurology; 2 p.m.; Biotech Commons; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/9061940 (Penn Libraries).

22       News for the Rich, White, and Blue: How Place and Power Distort American Journalism; Nikki Usher, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/usher-reading-apr-22 (Annenberg School).

            Celebrating New Faculty Books: Won in Translation. Textual Mobility in Early Modern Europe; Roger Chartier, history; 5 p.m.; room 209, College Hall (History).

 

Kelly Writers House
Hybrid events at Arts Café, Kelly Writers House, and YouTube livestreams. Info: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0422.php.

4          The Education of a Journalist; Dan Rottenberg, editor of Broad Street Review; noon.

            Noticing as a Writer; 6 p.m.

5          A Conversation (2021-22 Weber Symposium); Liaquat Ahamed, author; 5 p.m.

11        A Conversation: Applebaum Editors and Publishers Series; John Freeman, editor at Alfred A. Knopf; 6 p.m.

12        Stand-Ups Sit Down; Emmy Blotnick and Gary Gulman, comedians; 6 p.m.

13        Speakeasy Open Mic Night; 7:30 p.m.

18        A Conversation: 2021-2022 Hartman Symposium; Dana Stevens, author; 6 p.m.

19        Circuits of the Sacred: Faggotology in the Black Latinx Caribbean; Carlos Decena, Rutgers University; 6 p.m.

20        Liu Program: Reading, Conversation, and Book Party; Fayyaz Vellani, critical writing; 6 p.m.

21        Marathon Reading: Kafka on the Shore; 9 a.m. until end of book.

25        A Reading; Doug Glanville, baseball player and author; 6:30 p.m.

26        A Conversation; Doug Glanville, baseball player and author; 10 a.m.

27        Creative Writing Program Honors Thesis Reading; 5 p.m.

6          Norma M. Lang Distinguished Award for Scholarly Practice and Policy; presentation of a biannual award to Regina S. Cunningham, CEO, University of Pennsylvania Health System, featuring a lecture, The 3’s, Influence, Inspire, and Impact: The Road to Success; 3 p.m.; BlueJeans webinar; join: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/pscgrxgd (Nursing).

7          Take Back the Night; a rally/protest that begins on College Green, followed by aa march around campus with the Penn Band, a survivor speak-out, and a candlelight vigil; 5:30 p.m. College Green (Program in Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies; Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies).

28        ICA Annual Benefit 2022; an extraordinary evening honoring celebrated artist, writer, filmmaker, and activist, Linda Goode Bryant; rings together art lovers and supporters to celebrate our mission to showcase the art and artists of our time in innovative and ambitious ways and honor important figures in contemporary art; 6:30 p.m.; Tuttleman Terrace, Institute of Contemporary Art; tickets: https://icaphila.org/events/ica-annual-benefit-2022/ (ICA).

29        Cultural Resource Centers Spring Festival; a fun and relaxing afternoon including DIY flower crown making, terracotta pot painting, spring art coloring pages, small succulents and air plant giveaways, and flower/butterfly sand art designing; 2-5 p.m.; patio and café, ARCH (Cultural Resource Centers).

Penn home games only. Locations and more info: https://pennathletics.com/.

2          Baseball vs. Dartmouth; 11:30 a.m.

            Softball vs. Cornell; 12:30 p.m.

            (M) Tennis vs. Princeton; 2 p.m.

            (M/W) Track & Field hosts Big 5 Meet; all day.

3          (W) Lacrosse vs. Northwestern; noon.

            Baseball vs. Dartmouth; noon.

            Softball vs. Cornell; 12:30 p.m.

5          Baseball vs. Villanova or Delaware State; 3 p.m.

6          Softball vs. Villanova or Delaware State; 4 p.m.

9          (M) Lacrosse vs. Brown; 1 p.m.

            (M) Tennis vs. Brown; 1 p.m.

10        (M) Tennis vs. Yale; 1 p.m.

16        Baseball vs. Cornell; 11:30 a.m.

            (W) Lacrosse vs. Brown; noon.

            Softball vs. Dartmouth; 12:30 p.m.

            (W) Tennis vs. Dartmouth; 1 p.m.

            (M) Lacrosse vs. Harvard; 3:30 p.m.

            (M) Heavyweight Rowing hoses Blackwell Cup; time TBA.

            (M) Lightweight Rowing hosts Dodge Cup; time TBA.

            (W) Rowing at Kerr Cup; time TBA.

17        Baseball vs. Cornell; noon.

            Softball vs. Dartmouth; 12:30 p.m.

            (W) Tennis vs. Harvard; 1 p.m.

20        Softball vs. Drexel; 4 p.m.

22        (M) Tennis vs. Columbia; 1 p.m.

23        Baseball vs. Brown (DH); 11:30 a.m.

24        Baseball vs. Brown; noon.

            (W) Tennis vs. Cornell; 1 p.m.

26        (M) Lacrosse vs. Saint Joseph’s; 7 p.m.

27        Baseball vs. Rider; 3 p.m.

29        Softball vs. Yale; 2 p.m.

30        Softball vs. Yale (DH); 12:30 p.m.

            (M) Lightweight Rowing hosts Callow Cup; time TBA.

1          Poland’s Constitutional Breakdown; Wojciech Sadurski, University of Sydney; Claire Finkelstein, Carey Law School; R. Daniel Kelemen, Rutgers University; noon; room 108, ARCH; register: https://tinyurl.com/sadurski-talk-april-1 (Russian and East European Studies).

            Searching for Signs of Life and its Origin on Other Planets; Laurie Barge, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; 3 p.m.; room 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Science).

4          A Biomechanical Approach that Differentially Regulates Thrombosis and Hemostasis from the Atomic Level; Yunfeng Chen, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston; noon; room 225, Towne Building, and Zoom webinar; info: manu@seas.upenn.edu (Physical Sciences in Oncology Center).

            Skeletons and Scent; Jill Weber, Penn Museum; noon; room 345, Penn Museum (Anthropology).

            Specters of Justice: Mental Health and Terror in Cold War Argentina; Marco Ramos, Yale University; 3:30 p.m.; room 392, Cohen Hall (History & Sociology of Science).

5          From Mollusk Shells to Dense Architectured Materials to Granular Crystals: How Building Blocks and Weak Interfaces Create High Mechanical Performance; Francois Barthelat, University of Colorado Boulder; 10 a.m.; Zoom webinar; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

            Revisiting Spatially Targeted Policies for Regional Development; panel of speakers; 1:30 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/iur-talk-april-5 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).

            Laminitis: A Path to Prevention; Andrew van Eps, Penn Vet; 6:30 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/arbittier-talk-feb-1 (Penn Vet).

6          With Nonchalance at the Abyss: the New Munich Group, Klaus Lemke’s SYLVIE, and the Lightness of a Left Without Leftism; Marco Abel, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; noon; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/abel-talk-april-6 (Cinema & Media Studies).

            Phase Separation Inside Cells; Ned Wingreen, Princeton University; 3:30 p.m.; room A4, DRL, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/wingreen-talk-apr-6 (Physics & Astronomy).

            Diabetes: A History of Race and Disease; Arleen Tuchman, Vanderbilt University; 4 p.m.; BlueJeans webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/tuchman-talk-april-6 (Nursing).

            The Abend Family Lecture; Anna Dyson, Yale University; 6:30 p.m.; Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/dyson-talk-april-6 (Architecture).

            A Conversation; John Bolton, former member of the Trump adminitration; 7 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/bolton-talk-apr-6 (Penn Political Union).

7          Hierarchically Ordered Block Copolymer Materials via Nonequilibrium Processing; Robert Hickey, Penn State University; 10:30 a.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Materials Science and Engineering).

           Minimally Invasive and Chronically Stable Brain-Machine Interface; Tao Zhou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 11 a.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/zhou-talk-apr-7 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).

            Mechanisms of HIV Persistence - A Single-Cell Multi-Omics Approach; Ya-Chi Ho, Yale University; noon; BlueJeans webinar; info: https://www.med.upenn.edu/cfar/seminar-series.html (Center for AIDS Research).

            Environmental Racism and Infrastructure Injustice in the United States and Beyond; panel of speakers; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/cargc-talk-apr-7 (Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication; Center on Digital Culture and Society).

            Reflections on National Security: Fireside Chat; Jeh Johnson, former Secretary of Homeland Security; Claire Finkelstein, Carey Law; 4 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/johnson-talk-april-7 (Perry World House, Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, Christopher H. Browne Center).

            Urban Environments, Nature and Well-Being: An Environmental Neuroscience Perspective; Marc Berman, University of Chicago; 4:30 p.m.; room 218, Houston Hall (Center for Neuroscience and Society).

            Migration and Empires in Latin America and the Caribbean: How to Explain the Large Presence of Asians in the Americas; Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Brown University; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/hu-dehart-talk-april-7 (Arthur Ross Gallery).

            The Institute of Contemporary Art and the Stuart Weitzman School of Design Lecture Series; David Harper, artist; 6 p.m.; Institute of Contemporary Art and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/harper-talk-apr-7 (ICA, Fine Arts).

8          40 Years of Queer BIPOC Feminism; Jennifer Nash, Duke University; Jasbir Puar, Rutgers University; noon; YouTube livestream; join: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBt1cuaLR1s (Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies).

            Disrupting Monoliths; Heryk Tomassini, artist; Wit Lopez, artist; Jæ, performer; 3 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/fine-arts-talk-apr-8 (Fine Arts).

            The Stories Rivers Tell: Using Aquatic Signals to Detect Change in Arctic Watersheds; Arial Shogren, University of Alabama; 3 p.m.; room 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Science).

11        Career Arcs of Leaders in Business Law; panel of speakers; 4:30 p.m.; the Study at University City, 20 S 33^rd St.; register: https://tinyurl.com/ile-talk-april-11 (Institute for Law and Economics).

            2021-2022 Sachs Visiting Professor Lecture; Every Ocean Hughes, Weitzman School artist-in-residence; 6 p.m.; Arts Lounge, Annenberg Center, and Zoom webinar; info: https://tinyurl.com/hughes-talk-april-11 (Fine Arts).

            Why All the Pain? A Conversation on the Meaning of Suffering; Miroslav Volf, Yale Divinity School; Jake Jackson, philosophy; 8 p.m.; Penn Newman Center (Veritas Forum).

12        The Statistical Mechanics of Granular Clogging; Douglas J. Durian, physics & astronomy; 10 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

            Urgency, Agency, and Climate Action: The Role of Communication; panel of speakers; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/annenberg-talk-apr-12 (Annenberg School). 

            Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism; Safiya Umoja Noble, University of California Los Angeles; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library, and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/noble-talk-april-12 (Penn Libraries).

            The Year of the Discovery; Luis López Carrasco, filmmaker; 5:30 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema & Media Studies, Hispanic & Portuguese Studies).

13        The Declaration’s Journey: Thinking About the 250th Exhibition at the Museum of the American Revolution; Phillip Mead, Museum of the American Revolution; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/calendar/kislak/mead (Penn Libraries).

            The End of the Affair: Reflecting on the Ruins of Soviet-Third-World Networks; Rossen Djagalov, New York University; noon; room 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema & Media Studies).

            The Protective Image; Lucia Allais, Columbia University; noon; Kleinman Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Building; register: https://tinyurl.com/allais-talk-april-13 (Historic Preservation).

            First Results from the Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermilab’s Muon Campus; Chris Polly, Fermilab; 3:30 p.m.; room A4, DRL, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/polly-talk-apr-13 (Physics & Astronomy).

14        Converging Across Oceans: Approaches to Logistics, Environment, and Power; panel of speakers; 9 a.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/cargc-talk-apri-14 (Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication, Center on Digital Culture and Society).

            Role of Solvation and Dynamics on Ion Transport in Polymer Electrolytes; Shrayesh Patel, University of Chicago; 10:30 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Materials Science and Engineering).

            Exploiting Environmental Fields for Orienteering and Planning Problems; Ariella Mansfield, mechanical engineering & applied mechanics; 1:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

            Deterritorializing the Flesh: HIV/AIDS and Black Queer Aesthetics; Jamal Batts, fine arts; 6 p.m.; Institute of Contemporary Art, and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/batts-talk-apr-14 (Fine Arts, ICA).

            Gracián between Oracolo Manuale and L’Huomo di Corte; Roger Chartier, history; 5:30 p.m.; Lea Library, Van Pelt Library (Italian Studies).

15        Addressing Structural Racism in Medicaid to Promote Health Equity; Cara James, Grantmakers in Health; Leighton Ku, George Washington University; Emma Sandoe, Duke University; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/ldi-talk-april-15 (Leonard Davis Institute).

19       Locating the History of Sexuality in Jean Rhys’s Birth Narratives; Matty Hemming, English; Netherlandish Wasteways; Anna-Claire Stinebring, history of art; 4 p.m.; room 345, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).

            The Vow from Hiroshima: Film, Advocacy, and Nuclear Disarmament; panel of speakers; 4 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/pwh-talk-apr-19 (Perry World House).

20        Plant Homologs of PIEZO Mechanosensitive Ion Channels Localize to the Tonoplast and Affect Vacuolar Morphology; Ivan Radin, Washington University in St. Louis; 11 a.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/future-leaders-mb (Center for Engineering MechanoBiology).

            Counter-Memory, Critical Histories and Speculative Futures; Safiyah Cheatam, artist; Cassandra Jones, University of Cincinnati; Azsaneé Truss, Annenberg School; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/5172747925 (Center for Media at Risk).

            17th Annual Urban Leadership Forum; Saiz Carrancedo, Secretary General, United Cities and Local Government; Claudio Orrego, Governor, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile; 3 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/iur-talk-apr-20 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).

            The Rich Inner Life of the Cell Nucleus: Dynamic Organization, Active Flows and Emergent Rheology; Alexandra Zidovska, New York University; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/zidovska-talk-apr-20 (Physics & Astronomy).

            Human Toll: Accounting For Damage Wrought by Freeways in the Twin Cities; Greg Donofrio, University of Minnesota; 5:30 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/donofrio-talk-apr-20 (Historic Preservation).

            Porosity/Fusion; Steven Holl, Steven Holl Architects; 6:30 p.m.; Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/holl-talk-april-20 (Architecture).

21       Multiphoton Microscopy for Imaging Deeper, Wider, and Faster; Chris Xu, Cornell University; 10:30 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall; info: info-mse@seas.upenn.edu (Materials & Science Engineering).

            Special Briefing on Inflation and Recession Risks for States and Cities; panel of speakers; 11 a.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/iur-talk-apr-21 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).

            Emergency Infrastructures: The Experience of the Pandemic; panel of speakers; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/cargc-talk-apr-21 (Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication, Center on Digital Culture and Society).

            Why Speaking Surpasses Understanding, Sometimes; Colin Phillips, University of Maryland; 3:30 p.m.; room 116, Fagin Hall (Linguistics).

            Uncovering Buried Contributions: Indigenous Maya Archaeologists of the Early 20th Century; Francisco Diaz, anthropology; 5:30 p.m.; Facebook livestream; info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/1196/living-room-lecture (Penn Museum).

            Fels Public Policy in Practice Speaker Series; Cindy Dunn, secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; 6 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://www.fels.upenn.edu/events/ppp-speaker-series-cindy-dunn (Fels Institute of Government).

22        How Trees Speak to Us: The Human-Tree Connection; Jared Farmer, history; Bill Cullina, Morris Arboretum; Michelle Kondo, USDA; noon; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/earth-day-panel-2022 (Morris Arboretum).

            Orrin Evans and All Negro Comics; Sean Quimby, Kislak Center; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/8905746 (Penn Libraries).

            Samuel P. Martin, III, MD Memorial Lecture; Alicia Fernandez, University of California San Francisco; noon; auditorium, Colonial Penn Center, and Zoom webinar; info: https://tinyurl.com/fernandez-talk-april-22 (Leonard Davis Institute).  

            Alliances of Survival: Ala Plastica, thislandisyourland, and the Arts of Entanglement in the Capitalocene; Jens Andermann, New York University; 4 p.m.; room 543, Williams Hall (Hispanic & Portuguese Studies).

25        From Planarians to Parasites: Unexpected Roles for Monoamine Transmitters; Phil Newmark, Morgridge Institute; noon; Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91921012177 (Penn Vet).

            Who is Speaking? Stenography and the Cultural Technique of the Liberal Subject in Modern Japan; Miyako Inoue, Stanford University; noon; room 345, Penn Museum (Anthropology).

             Neuronal Mechanisms of Value-Based Decision-Making: A Brain-Machine Interface Approach; Joni Wallis, University of California Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.; auditorium, Levin Building (Psychology).

            The Friending Plot: Sexual and Economic Freedoms in Early-Twentieth-Century Caribbean Fiction; Kaneesha Parsard, University of Chicago; 4 p.m.; Zoom webinar; info: https://www.english.upenn.edu/events/ (English).

            Do Digital Markets Need a New Legal Regime? Views from Europe and the U.S.; Heike Schweitzer, Humboldt University; Herbert Hovenkamp, Carey Law School; 4:30 p.m.; Penn Law and online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/schweitzer-hovenkamp-apr-25 (Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition).

26        The Eukaryotic RNA-Protein Interaction Code: Binding, Interfaces, and Evolution; Quaid Morris, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; noon; online webinar; info: alston@Wistar.org (Wistar Institute).

            How Common is Common Sense? Duncan Watts, PIK professor; 3 p.m.; Singh Center and online webinar; info: pasef@pobox.upenn.edu (Penn Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty).

27        Pioneers Long Before #MOIAUSSI- Insights On The #METOO Movement in Quebec; Kharoll-Ann Souffrant, University of Ottawa; 3:30 p.m.; room 500, Annenberg School (Annenberg School).

            Setting the Stage for Warhol and the Philadelphia Exploding Plastic Inevitable Event in 1966; Cheryl Harper, art historian; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/9107276 (Penn Libraries).

            Tribal Sovereignty and Indian Self-Determination; John Echohawk, Native American Rights Fund; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum and online webinar; tickets: $15/general, $9/member, $5/virtual; register: https://tinyurl.com/echohawk-talk-april-27 (Penn Museum).

28        Does Black and Blue Matter? An Experimental Investigation of Race and Perceptions of Police Bias; Mackenzie Alston, Florida State University; noon; room 150, McNeil Building (Criminology).

            Ransomware Attacks in Health Care: Implications for Hospitals and Patients; Hannah Neprash, University of Minnesota; noon; auditorium, Colonial Penn Center, and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/neprash-talk-apr-28 (Leonard Davis Institute).

            Genetics of Pulmonary Fibrosis: Inherited Susceptibilities and Personalized Prognostics; Christine Garcia, Columbia University; 4 p.m.; room 11-146, Smilow Center (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Series).

29        Beyond the Page: Immaterial Texts in Late Medieval England; Daniel Wakelin, University of Oxford; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/calendar/kislak/BeyondThePage (Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies).

            The Origin and Emergence of Global Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles; Paul Falkowski, Rutgers Energy Institute; 1 p.m.; Lynch Room, Chemistry Complex (Earth & Environmental Science).

 

60-Second Lectures

Sponsored by the School of Arts and Sciences. In-person events at Benjamin Franklin Statue, College Green.

5          Solidarity and the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies; Melissa Sanchez, English; noon.

12        Hostility Among Friends Can Come From Surprising Places; Annette Lareau, sociology; noon.

19        The First 60 Seconds of the Universe; Jonathan Heckman, physics & astronomy; noon.

 

Asian American Studies
Unless noted, hybrid events at room 473, McNeil Building and Zoom webinars. Info: https://asam.sas.upenn.edu/events.

7          Asian America Across the Disciplines: Race and Media/Film Representations; John Jackson, dean of the Annenberg School; noon.

11        Asian America Across the Disciplines; Jason Chu, hip hop artist; 5:15 p.m.; room 315, Williams Hall.

19        Asian America Across the Disciplines: Race and Crime; Jessie Harper, GSE; noon.

 

Biology

In-person events at Tedori Family Auditorium, Levin Building. Info: https://www.bio.upenn.edu/events.

7          Ecological Complexity Across Scales; Senay Yitbarek, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; 4 p.m.

12        Designing Programmable Biosensors; Elizabeth Libby, Northeastern University; 4 p.m.

19        Bayesian Information-Theoretic Calibration of Radiotherapy Sensitivity Parameters for Informing Effective Scanning Protocols in Cancer; Katie Storey, Lafayette College; 4 p.m.; Zoom webinar.

26        Mechanisms of CRISPR-Mediated Immunity and Applications Beyond Editing; Andrew Santiago-Frangos, Montana State University; 4 p.m.

28        The Origin and Evolution of de Novo Genes; Li Zhao, Rockefeller University; 4 p.m.

 

Carey Law School
Various locations. Info: https://www.law.upenn.edu/newsevents/calendar.php.

4          Crypto and the Climate Crisis; Lawrence Baxter, Duke University; 2 p.m.; Zoom webinar.

5          Administrative Law’s Racial Blind Spot; Daniel Ho, Stanford University; 5 p.m.; Zoom webinar.

7          Creating Common Law in the Corporate Context – Delaware Style; Karen Valihura, Delaware Supreme Court; 4:30 p.m.; room 240A, Silverman Hall.

13        Implicit Bias, Structural Bias, and Implications for Law and Policy; Goodwin Liu, California State Supreme Court; 4 p.m.; room 100, Golkin Hall.

 

Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics (CCEB)

Zoom webinars. Info: https://www.cceb.med.upenn.edu/events.

5          A Statistical Journey through Trustworthy AI; Guang Cheng, Purdue University and University of California Los Angeles; 3:30 p.m.

7          Understanding the Dynamics of Pandemic and Preparing for Better Prevention; Jing Huang, biostatistics; 9 a.m.

12        Study Efficacy and Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines Using Modern Statistical Methods; Lili Zhao, University of Michigan; 3:30 p.m.

19        A Flexible Approach for the Analysis of Repeated Attempt Designs; Michael Daniels, University of Florida; 3:30 p.m.

 

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)
In-person events at Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall. Info: https://cbe.seas.upenn.edu/events/.

6          Progressive-Cleavage and Functionalization-Cleavage for Deconstruction of Polyolefins; Aaron Sadow, Iowa State University; 3:30 p.m.

13        Molecular and Colloidal Interactions in Water; Nicholas Abbott, Cornell University; 3:30 p.m.

20        Design of Advanced Functional Surfaces Using Oxygen-Tolerant Photopolymerization; Christian Pester, Penn State University; 3:30 p.m.

 

Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS)
Zoom webinars. Info: https://ceas.sas.upenn.edu/events.

12        Ed Reishauer's Area Studies and Japan-South Korea Normalization; Toyomi Asano, Waseda University; 5 p.m.; room 402, Cohen Hall.

14        Language and Truth in North Korea; Sonia Ryang, Rice University; 5:15 p.m.

18        March 11th, 2011... Community and Architecture; Hitoshi Abe, University of California Los Angeles; 5:15 p.m.

21        Vietnam: Fifty Years On; Edward Miller, Dartmouth University; 5:15 p.m.

 

Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies (CLALS)
Unless noted, hybrid events at room 473, McNeil Building, and Zoom webinars. Info: https://clals.sas.upenn.edu/events.

4          Embracing Multiple Visions of Indigenous Education in Latin American Universities: Experiences in Mexico and Peru; panel of speakers; 4 p.m.; online webinar.

5          The Constitution on the Throne: Emotions and Archetypes in the First Republic of Colombia; Juan Pablo Ardila, history; noon.

8          Justicia Cosmo-Geológica: Rutas del Agua y Políticas Imposibles en el Salar de Atacama; Manuel Tironi, Universidad Católica de Chile; Sonia Ramos, sanadora indígena Lickanantay; 4 p.m.

19        Dispossessions in the Bolivian Highlands; Carmen Medeiros, CLALS; noon.

20        Retaking the Land and Defending our Territory: the Struggle of the Tupinambá in Bahia, Brazil; Glicéria Jesus da Silva (Célia Tupinambá), Tupinambá de Olivença Indigenous Territory; 10 a.m.; hybrid event.

26        Venezuelan Politics; Maryhen Jiménez, University of Oxford; 4 p.m.

 

Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies

Various locations. Info: https://gsws.sas.upenn.edu/events.

13        Queer and Trans of Color Activism in Philadelphia; Hanae Masonfrom, Black Lives Matter Philadelphia; Jorian Rivera-Veintidos, GALAEI: QTBIPOC Radical Social Justice; 4 p.m.; room 250, PCPSE, and Zoom webinar.

14        Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans; David Eng, English and Asian American studies; noon; Zoom webinar.

            The Queen's Two Bodies, or a Political Theology of Trans Femininity; 3:30 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall, and Zoom webinar.

 

Center for the Study of Contemporary China (CSCC)
Unless noted, in-person events at room 418, PCPSE. Info: https://cscc.sas.upenn.edu/events.

7          Building a New JV University from Scratch in China: The Case of Duke Kunshan University; Denis Simon, Duke University; 4:30 p.m.

8          Performing Legality: When and Why Chinese Government Leaders Show Up in Court; Jieun Kim, CSCC Postdoctoral Fellow; 12:30 p.m.

11        Can China Stop Climate Change?; Eyck Freymann, University of Oxford; 1:45 p.m.; hybrid event.

12        Constitutionalism in Context: The Extreme Cases of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan; David Law, University of Virginia; Albert Hung-yee Chen, University of Hong Kong; Cora Chan, University of Hong Kong; 10 a.m.

14        The Cold War’s Long Shadow: Indian Foreign Policy and the Current State of Play of Indo-Pacific Geopolitics; Swagato Ganguly, The Times of India; noon; Zoom webinar.

15        Grand Strategy or Grand Tragedy? China’s Foreign Policy in the Xi Jinping Era; Jude Blanchette, Center for Strategic and International Studies; 12:30 p.m.; online webinar.

22        When Autocrats Clean House: Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Campaign and Its Consequences; Chris Carothers, CSCC; 12:30 p.m.

26        China and the World after COVID and Ukraine; Anla Cheng, SupChina; Jeremy Goldkorn, SupChina; 5 p.m.; auditorium, PCPSE.

 

Chemistry
Unless noted, in-person events at Carol Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex.. Info: https://www.chem.upenn.edu/events.

4          Alkenes as Universal Functional Group Progenitors; Keary Engle, Scripps Research Institute; noon.

6          Population-Scale Off-Target Assessment of Cas9 and Other Gene Editing Enzymes; Vikram Pattanayak, Massachusetts General Hospital; noon.

            Driving the Production of Chemical Fuels from Sunlight; Jillian Dempsey, University of North Carolina; 5 p.m.; Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Building, and Zoom webinar.

7          What 2DIR Can Tell Us About Complex and Heterogeneous Biophysical Systems; Arnaldo Serrano, University of Notre Dame; 1 p.m.

            How Molecular Catalysts Mediate the Electrochemical Generation of Fuels; Jillian Dempsey, University of North Carolina; 3 p.m.

11        Alkene Dicarbofunctionalization: Bond Formation at Classical and Non-Classical Sites; Ramesh Giri, Penn State University; noon.

14        Probing Ultrafast Electron Transfer in Solution With High Spatial and Temporal Resolution; Munria Khalil, University of Washington; 1 p.m.; Zoom webinar.

21        Genome Organization through Phase Separation: Random yet Precise; Bin Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 1 p.m.

 

Classical Studies
Unless noted, in-person events at Widener Lecture Hall, Penn Museum. Info: https://www.classics.upenn.edu/events.

7          Farming, Food and Diet: Living On (And Off) the Land in Early Greece; Lin Foxhall, University of Liverpool; 4:45 p.m.; room 402, Cohen Hall, and Zoom webinar.

14        Public Matters: Prompts for the Study of Ancient Cultures; Joy Connolly, American Council of Learned Societies; 5 p.m.

15        Being a “Whole Scholar”: Readiness for Life Inside and Outside Academia; Joy Connolly, American Council of Learned Societies; 3 p.m.; room 337, Cohen Hall.

18        Building the Future of the Humanities; Joy Connolly, American Council of Learned Societies; 5 p.m.; room 108, ARCH.

19        The Skills of World-Making; Joy Connolly, American Council of Learned Societies, President; 5 p.m.

20        How Do We Design our Research Questions?; Joy Connolly, American Council of Learned Societies; 5:15 p.m.; room 242, Van Pelt Library.

21        Collaborator, Translator, Constructor; Joy Connolly, American Council of Learned Societies, President; 5 p.m.

 

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

4          The Quest for Excellence in Orthodontics; Ute Schneider-Moser, orthodontist; 6:30 p.m.

5          Inspiring Impact Faculty Series: Transforming the Future of Oral Health; Michel Koo, Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry; noon.

14        Smart Denture Conversions – A Novel Approach for Converting a Full-Arch Denture to a Fixed Interim, Screw-Retained Implant Prostheses; Brandon Kofford, Cary Prosthodontics; 6 p.m.

20        Letting the Air Out of Orthodontic Treatment of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Patients with Down Syndrome; Marc Ackerman, dentist; 5:30 p.m.

22        TMJ Information Adds More Value in Orthodontic Treatment; Kazumi Ikeda, American Association of Orthodontists; 7 a.m.

25        On Care; Victor Montori, Mayo Clinic; 5:30 p.m.

 

Economics
Unless noted, in-person events at room 101, PCPSE. Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.

4          Bayesain Persuasion: Reduced Form Approach; Rakesh Vohra, economics; noon; room 200, PCPSE.

5          Newspaper Consolidation and the Decline of Local News; Lucie L’Heudé, economics; noon; room 202, PCPSE.

            Information Cost Trilemmas; Alexander Bloedel, California Institute of Technology; 4 p.m.

6          Coordination and Commitment in International Climate Action: Evidence from Palm Oil; Allan Hsiao, University of Chicago; 3:30 p.m.; room 1203, Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall.

            Plants in Space; Ezra Oberfield, Princeton University; 4 p.m.

8          Dynamics of High-Growth Young Firms and the Role of Venture Capitalists; Yoshiki Ando, economics; noon; room 200, PCPSE.

11        Fast, Detail-Free, and Approximately Correct: Estimating Mixed Demand Systems; Bernard Salanié, Columbia University; 4:30 p.m.

12        An Axiomatic Approach to the Law of Small Numbers; Jawwad Noor, Boston University; 4 p.m.

13        High-Cost Credit and Household Financial Distress; Jincheng (Eric) Huang, economics; noon; room 200, PCPSE.

            Suppliers and Demanders of Flexibility: The Demographics of Gig Work; Judy Chevalier, Yale University; 3:30 p.m.; room 1203, Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall.

            The Downward Spiral; Karen Kopecky, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; 4 p.m.

14        Human Capital Investment in the Presence of Child Labor; Natalie Bau, University of California Los Angeles; 3:30 p.m.

18        Learning Across Bandits in High Dimension via Robust Statistics; Kan Xu, economics; noon.

            Efficient Market Mechanisms for Discrete Allocation Problems; Wolfgang Pesendorfer, Princeton University; 4 p.m.; location TBA.

            Revealing Unobservables by Deep Learning; Yingyao Hu, Johns Hopkins University; 4:30 p.m.

19       State Dependence in Residential Location Choice; Jungsoo Yoo, economics; noon; room 202, PCPSE.

            Multi-Dimensional Screening: Buyer-Optimal Learning and informational Robustness; Anne-Katrin Roesler, University of Toronto; 4 p.m.

21        School Choice, Competition, and Aggregate School Quality; Michael Gilraine, New York University; 3:30 p.m.

22        Monetary Economics: How It Started, How It's Going; Ricardo Lagos, New York University; 4 p.m.

            Semiparametric Bayesian Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models; Andriy Norets, Brown University; 4:30 p.m.

25        Caution and Reference Effects; David Dillenberger, economics; noon; room 200, PCPSE.

26        Background Risk and Small-Stakes Risk Aversion; Luciano Pomatto, California Institute of Technology; 4 p.m.

27        Have Mergers Raised Prices? Evidence from U.S. Retail; Vivek Bhattacharya, Northwestern University; 3:30 p.m.; room 1203, Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall.

            New Pricing Models, Same Old Phillips Curves? Matthew Rognlie, Northwestern University; 4 p.m.

28        Search Frictions and Product Design in the Municipal Bond Market; Karam Kang, Carnegie Mellon University; 3:30 p.m.

29        Firm Dynamics in the Digital Economy; Ryan Zalla, economics; noon; room 203, PCPSE.

            A Smooth Shadow-Rate Dynamic Nelson-Siegel Model for Yields at the Zero Lower Bound; Daan Opschoor, Erasmus University Rotterdam; noon.

 

GRASP Lab
Hybrid events at Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinars. Info: https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/events/month/2022-04/.

1          Robot Manipulation Research in the Center for Robotics and Biosystems; Kevin Lynch, Northwestern University; 10:30 a.m.

8          Perception-Action Synergy in Uncertain Environments; Jing Xiao, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; 10:30 a.m.

14        Swarms Across Length Scales with Local-to-Global Behaviors; Steven Ceron, Cornell University; 10:30 a.m.; room 337, Towne Building.

15        Self-Supervised Scene Representation Learning for Robotics; Vincent Sitzmann, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 10:30 a.m.

20        Towards Complex Language in Partially Observed Environments; Stefanie Tellex, Brown University; 3 p.m.

22        Haptics and Physical Human-Robot Interaction; Katherine Kuchenbecker, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems; 10:30 a.m.

 

Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Unless noted, hybrid events at room 203, GSE, and Zoom webinars. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.

1          Designing and Managing Evaluations for Policy Decision-Making: Case Studies from the U.S. Department of Education; Marsha Silverberg, Institute of Education Sciences; 12:30 p.m.

7          Mothers at the Center: Culture Circles as Reclamation, Love, and Future Dreaming in Qualitative Research; Sambolín Morales, University of Colorado; 5 p.m.; Zoom webinar only.

8          Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: Causal Impacts of Reverse Transfer Associate Degrees on Education and Labor-Market Outcomes; Lauren Russell, Fels Institute of Government; 12:30 p.m.

15        Leveraging Home Reading to Strengthen Literacy Development in Kindergarten; Brooks Bowden, GSE; 12:30 p.m.

20        Visiting Faculty Scholars of Color; Joy Gaston Gayles, North Carolina State University; noon; room 200, GSE.

29        The Racial Wealth Gap, Financial Aid, and College Access; Dubravka Ritter, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; 12:30 p.m.

 

History of Art
Unless noted, hybrid events at room B3, Meyerson Hall, and Zoom webinars. Info: https://arth.sas.upenn.edu/calendar/month.

1          Materializing Silver Flows across the Indian and Atlantic Oceans: On Seventeenth-Century Arabian Coins in Colonial New England; Nancy Um, Binghamton University; 3:30 p.m.; room 110, Annenberg School, and Zoom webinar.

8          Looking Through Books; Nicholas Herman, history of art; 3:30 p.m.

15        Amphibian Journeys: Art, Event, and Environment in India; Sonal Khullar, history of art; 3:30 p.m.

22        Pictures in the Age of their Mass Production; Michael Leja, history of art; 3:30 p.m.

 

Mathematics
Various locations. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.

4          Reductive Quotients of Singularities and Applications; Joaquín Moraga, Princeton University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C6, DRL.

5          Algebraic Integrability of the Pentagram Map; Max Weinreich, Brown University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C4, DRL.

            Flow Sensing in Cancer; Andrew Mugler, University of Pittsburgh; 4 p.m.; room A1, DRL, and Zoom webinar.

6          Periodic Homogenization of Hamilton-Jacobi Equations: Some Recent Progresses; Hung Vinh Tran, University of Wisconsin Madison; 3:45 p.m.; room A6, DRL.

8          Solution Strategies for Stable and Robust Model Predictive Control and Dynamic Real-time Optimization; Lorenz T. Biegler, Carnegie Mellon University; 2 p.m.; room A1, DRL.

12        Six-Vertex Model and the KPZ Universality Class; Amol Aggarwal, Columbia University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.

            Modeling Microbial Biofilms in Their Environments; Isaac Klapper, Temple University; 4 p.m.; room A1, DRL, and Zoom webinar.

18        Kripke–Joyal Semantics for Type Theory; Steve Awodey, Carnegie Mellon University; 3:30 p.m.; online webinar.

20        What is Algebraic Geometry, Really?; Max Lieblich, University of Washington; 3:45 p.m.; room A6, DRL.

21        From Logic to Technology and Back; Moshe Vardi, Rice University; 3:30 p.m.; location TBA.

26        Exploration of Global and Local Properties of Complex Networks with Random Walks; Alexandre Morozov, Rutgers University; 4 p.m.; room A1, DRL, and Zoom webinar.

27        Homology Cobordism and Heegaard Floer Homology; Jennifer Hom, Georgia Institute of Technology; room A6, DRL.

 

Medical Ethics & Health Policy
Zoom webinars. Info: https://medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/events.

5          Regulating Misinformation by Government Clinicians; Allison M. Whelan, Carey Law School; noon.

12        Equity and Efficiency in the Allocation of Absolutely Scarce Health Care Resources; William Parker, University of Chicago; noon.

19        Data Monitoring and the Uncertain Ethics of Ongoing Clinical Trials; Seema Shah, Northwestern University; noon.

26        What Does the Field of Bioethics Owe to Minoritized Populations? Faith Fletcher, Baylor College of Medicine; noon.

28        The Genome Defense: The Story Behind the Lawsuit that Ended Gene Patenting in America; Jorge Contreras, University of Utah; 10 a.m.; room 505, Jordan Medical Education Center, and Zoom webinar.

 

Microbiology
Unless noted, hybrid events at Austrian Auditorium, CRB, and BlueJeans webinars. Join: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/xqbzwhrb.

6          Metagenomics in 2022: Next Frontiers in Human Microbiome Research; Nicola Segata, University of Trento, Italy; noon; BlueJeans webinar only.

13        Antibody and Vaccine Mediated Protection to Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants; Michael Diamond, Washington University in St. Louis; noon; BlueJeans webinar only.

20        Biological Systems of Cell Defense: New Nanomachines for Immunity to Infection; John MacMicking, Yale University; noon.

 

Middle East Center
Unless noted, online webinars. Info: https://mec.sas.upenn.edu/events.

5          Change and the Guard: New Work on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps; Annie Tracy Samuel, University of Tennessee; Maryam Alemzadeh, Princeton University; 5:30 p.m.; room 402, Cohen Hall.

7          Was the Arab Spring a Failure? Notes from Movements and Non-Movements on the Ground; Asef Bayat, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nermin Allam, Rutgers University—Newark; 4 p.m.

13        The Limits of U.S. Influence: Evolution of American Intervention in Syria; Sara Plana, Perry World House; 6:30 p.m.

14        Theorizing Political Violence: Banu Bargu and Murad Idris; Banu Bargu, University of California Santa Cruz; Murad Idris, University of Michigan; 4:30 p.m.; room 250, PCPSE.

20        Revolutionary Religion: Youth and Islam in Post-2011 Egypt; Nareman Amin, Andrea Mitchell Center; 6:30 p.m.

 

Penn Institute for Computational Science (PICS)
Unless noted, in-person events at PICS Conference Room, 3401 Walnut Street. Info: https://pics.upenn.edu/events/.

1          Preserving Microscale Features in Continuum Models of Fiber Network Materials; Ing. Alexander Ehret, Institute for Mechanical Systems, Zürich; 2 p.m.; online webinar.

8          The Dynamics of Gas-Particle Partitioning: Insights from Laboratory, Field, and Modeling studies; Rahul Zaveri, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; 2 p.m.

15        Transforming Healthcare from the Outside: The OBSERVER Project; Kevin Johnson, PIK professor; 2 p.m.

 

Pennsylvania Muscle Institute
Unless noted, in-person events at Austrian Auditorium, CRB. Info: https://www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/events?eventCategories%255B0%255D=seminars.

11        Deciphering the Mechanics of Complex Microtubule Networks; Scott Forth, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; 2 p.m.

18        Opening Windows into the Cell: Bringing Structure to Cell Biology Using Cryo-Electron Tomography; Elizabeth Villa, University of California San Diego; 2 p.m.; Zoom webinar.

25        A Single-Molecule View of the Dynamics and Functions of Prokaryotic Cytoskeletons in Cell Division; Jie Xiao, Johns Hopkins University; noon.

 

Population Studies Center
In-person events at room 150, McNeil Building. Info: https://www.pop.upenn.edu/.

4          Mental Health Deterioration During the Covid-19 Pandemic; Eugenio Proto, University of Glasgow; noon.

11        Family Spatial Proximity and its Implications for Paid and Unpaid Healthcare for Older Adults in the U.S.; Hwajung Choi, University of Michigan; noon.

18        Understanding Processes of Communication Leading to Behavioral Change: The Case of COVID-19 and Other Infections in the United States; Dolores Albarracín, Annenberg School; noon.

25        If You’re Talking About Her, You’re Talking About Me: Vicarious Racism, Social Networks, and Health; Clarence Gravlee, University of Florida; noon.

 

Sociology
Hybrid events at room 367, McNeil Building, and Zoom webinars. Info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events.

4          Institutional Bias in Sociology Journals; Gavin Cook, Princeton University; 10 a.m.

6          Coming to Terms with Platform Labor: The Normalization of Risk among Gig Workers in Boston; Steven Vallas, Northeastern University; noon.

8          Fragmented Control of Platform Game Work in China; Mengyang Zhao, sociology; noon.

20        The Stratification of Human Contact: The Present and Future of Connective Labor; Allison Pugh, University of Virginia; noon.

22        Phenotypic Stratification in the Black-White Wealth Gap; Alex Adames, sociology; noon.

25        Who Funds Youth Leadership for Development in Africa? A Network Analysis of Youth Leadership Programs; Rehana Odendaal, sociology; 10 a.m.

 

Workshop in the History of Material Texts
Unless noted, in-person events at Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library. Info: https://pennmaterialtexts.org/about/events/

4          The Skin of an Innocent Lamb: Jack Cade and the Roman Law; Roger Chartier, history; 5:15 p.m.

11        Women Collectors and Their Collections; Lisa Baskin and Emiko Hastings, William L. Clements Library; Sarah Lindenbaum and Caroline Schimmel, English; 5:15 p.m.; online webinar.

18        Book Traces: Library History and the Marks of Collaborative Reading; Andrew Stauffer, University of Virginia; Amanda Licastro, Penn Libraries; 5:15 p.m.

25        Honoring Jerry Singerman: A Celebration of His Work as Humanities Editor at the University of Pennsylvania Press; panel of speakers; 5:15 p.m.