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Annenberg Center
Info: www.annenbergcenter.org
7 Ephrat Asherie Dance: Odeon; a Student Discovery performance for grades 2+; 10:30 a.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. Also see On Stage.
16 MUMMENSCHANZ: You & Me; musicians of silence take everyday objects and transform them into stunning shapes and forms; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre.
Morris Arboretum
Info: www.morrisarboretum.org
15 Witchhazel is Your Favorite?; children create witchhazel-related crafts and go on a scavenger hunt; 1-3 p.m.; free w/admission.
Penn Museum
Tickets: www.penn.museum
4 The Story of Anansi; museum playdate for ages 3-6; 10:30 a.m.; admission: $10/adult and child, $5/members, $2/additional child; tickets: www.penn.museum/calendar/28/the-story-of-anansi
8 Exploring Ancient Egypt; discover what life was like in Ancient Egypt; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; tickets: www.penn.museum/calendar/32/exploring-ancient-egypt
1 Fighting for Visibility: Asian Americans in Law and Politics; Penn APALSA 19th Annual Conference focusing on Asian American visibility in leadership positions throughout the law and politics; 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Penn Law School; register: https://tinyurl.com/AALawPolitics (Law).
14 Women in Data Science Philadelphia @ Penn; challenging perceptions: inspiring a new generation of data scientists; 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Perry World House; info: https://tinyurl.com/widsphila (Wharton, Engineering).
15 2nd Annual West Philadelphia Women’s Day; addressing major health issues of women, adolescent girls and gender minorities in West Philadelphia; 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; West Philadelphia High School; RSVP required: www.nursing.upenn.edu/womensday (Nursing).
20 Disrupting Asian American Feminism Symposium; Rupa Pillai, ASAM; Gina Velasco, Gettysburg College; Lani Teves, Univ. of Hawaii at Mānoa; Shireen Roshanravan, Kansas State Univ.; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; rm. 106, ARCH; register: https://tinyurl.com/rkwa7yd (Alice Paul Center).
Black Women Writing Across Genres in the Late 20th Century; 2020 Jay I. Kislak Symposium looks at the flourishing of Black women writers as a cultural force in late-20th century America; 4-9 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/wn5gap7 (Libraries). Through February 21, 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Also see Exhibits.
21 Ethnography in Education: Partnerships for Change; 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Graduate School of Education; register: https://tinyurl.com/ethnoinedu (GSE). Through February 22.
Forging Kinships: Humanities Symposium; how the bonds of kinship are created, lived and realized; 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; Goodhand Room, LGBT Center (Wolf Humanities Center).
Medicare for All and Beyond: Expanding Coverage, Containing Costs; 8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m.; Fitts Auditorium, Penn Law; register: https://ldi.upenn.edu/medicare-for-all-and-beyond (Annenberg School, Penn Law).
22 Mindfulness and Higher Education; keynote speaker: Harold Roth, Brown; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Class of 1949 Auditorium, Houston Hall; RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/MindfulHigherEd (GSE).
27 Epigenetics of Immunology: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities; joint epigenetics & immunology symposium; 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Rubenstein Auditorium, Smilow Center; register: www.med.upenn.edu/ifi/ifi-epigenetics-symposium.html (Immunology).
28 Surface Effects: Architectural Tile & Terrazzo and its Conservation; 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Lower/Upper Galleries, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/surfaceeffects (Weitzman).
Admission Donations and Hours
Arthur Ross Gallery (ARG), Fisher Fine Arts Library: free; hours: www.arthurrossgallery.org
Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House: free; hours, info: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/involved/series/brodskygallery/
Burrison Gallery, Inn at Penn: free; Mon-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; info: http://tinyurl.com/kaevlec
Esther Klein Gallery: free; Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; info: https://sciencecenter.org/discover/ekg
ICA: free; hours: https://icaphila.org
Architectural Archives at the Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library: free; Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; info: http://tinyurl.com/hvrlct4
Meyerson Hall, Weitzman School of Design: free; info: https://tinyurl.com/y27c5dty
Morris Arboretum: hours, prices: www.morrisarboretum.org
Penn Museum: hours, prices: www.penn.museum
Quorum: info: https://sciencecenter.org/discover/quorum
Slought: free, Tues.-Fri., noon-5 p.m.; info: slought.org
Van Pelt Library: free; hours, info: www.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt
Wistar: free; Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; info: https://wistar.org
Upcoming
1 Galapagos Memories; images by Jerry Porter, professor of mathematics emeritus; Burrison Gallery; opening reception: February 13, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Through March 9.
3 Nikon Small World Exhibition; winning images from the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition; Wistar Institute. Through April 10.
10 Making the Renaissance Manuscript Discoveries from Philadelphia Libraries; Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library; opening celebration: February 11, 5:15 p.m. tour, 6 p.m. lecture by curator Nicholas Herman; register: https://tinyurl.com/ren-ms-exhibit Through May 19.
13 Design and Science; an examination of the overlap between the processes used by designers and scientists; Esther Klein Gallery; panel discussion 5 p.m. and opening reception 6 p.m. Through March 28.
17 Remarkable Figures: Women in the Art of Ashley Bryan; Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library. Through April 17.
Now
We Are the Storm: Activist Poster Art by Justseeds Artists' Cooperative; focuses on climate justice and migration; Fisher Fine Arts Library. Through March 8.
The Zama Zama Project; a multi-format installation by Rosalind Morris about the world of informal mining in the abandoned gold mines of South Africa; Slought. Through March 20.
Frankenthaler on Paper; 10 unique paintings on paper and 17 prints by Helen Frankenthaler that date from the 1970s to the 1990s; ARG. Through March 29.
Writing Across Genres: African American Women in the Joanna Banks Collection; Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt Library. Through April 10. Also see Conferences.
Bearing Witness: Four Days in West Kingston; Penn Museum. Through April 26.
Moundbuilders: Ancient Architects of North America; Penn Museum. Through April 26.
Meme Tactics: How Artists Innovate Media to Make Underheard Voices Go Viral; part of sophisticated communications; rm. 500, Annenberg School. Through May.
Winter/Spring ICA Exhibits; featuring Karyn Olivier: Everything That’s Alive Moves; ongoing exhibit Michelle Lopez: Ballast & Barricades; and Trevor Shimizu: Performance Artist; ICA. Through May 10.
Penn in the Field 2019; Library and 2nd Floor, Penn Museum. Through August.
Musical Fund Society at 200; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt Library. Through June 25, 2021.
Ongoing
Africa Galleries: From Maker to Museum; outlines artifacts’ origins; Penn Museum.
Audubon’s Birds of America; 1st floor, Van Pelt Library.
Imagery, Narrative, Propaganda: Artists in the German Democratic Republic; rm. 500, Annenberg School.
Marian Anderson on the World Stage; Marian Anderson Gallery, Van Pelt Library.
Mexico and Central America Gallery; examines distinct societies and connections between political and divine power; Penn Museum.
Loop de Loop: Patrick Dougherty Installation; stickwork sculpture; Morris Arboretum. Ongoing until deterioration.
Out on a Limb; tree adventure exhibit celebrating its 10th year; Morris Arboretum.
Philadelphia Cartoonists; six local cartoonists; Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House.
Samuel Yellin, Metalworker: Drawings from the Architectural Archives; lobby, Inn at Penn.
Sphinx Gallery; collections from across the globe; Penn Museum.
We Are Not Alone; large-scale illustrations by Dwayne Booth; Forum, Annenberg School.
5 Naseem (The Morning Breeze); 7 p.m.; Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center (Wolf Humanities Center).
9 Keeping Up With the Kandasamys; romantic comedy centered on two South Asian families living in South Africa; 2 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum).
13 Coffee With a Keeper; morning coffee and discussion with Lynn Makowsky, keeper, Mediterranean Section; 9:30 a.m.; Cafe, Penn Museum; tickets: $5, members free (Museum).
Scribes of the Cairo Geniza Workshop; join volunteers to transcribe Hebrew and Arabic fragments of the 10th through 13th centuries—even if you don't know Hebrew or Arabic; 12:30 p.m.; Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library (Libraries).
14 Valentine Printing Drop-In; letterpress print your own valentines from type and images in the Common Press Collection, then add to your cards using pigments from the Materials Library; noon-3 p.m.; Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library (Libraries).
15 Valentine’s Skate; 6 p.m.; Class of 1923 Arena, Penn Ice Rink; buy one admission, get one free (Ice Rink).
25 Publishing Workshop for Early Career Scholars; Jerome Singerman, Penn Press; noon-2 p.m.; rm. 623, Williams Hall (Wolf Humanities Center).
26 I CARE Training; skill and resource training to intervene in student stress, distress and crisis; 9 a.m.-noon; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; register: www.vpul.upenn.edu/caps/icare (CAPS, VPUL).
Arthur Ross Gallery
Info: www.arthurrossgallery.org
5 12@12; Lynn Marsden-Atlass, Frankenthaler on Paper; noon.
12 A Conversation With PAFA’s Youth Council About At One Stroke: Prints by Helen Frankenthaler; 4:30 p.m.
21 Art Reset; coffee and conversation; 1:30 p.m.
26 Art at Lunch-PAFA; Lynn Marsden-Atlass, Frankenthaler on Paper; noon.
HR: Penn Healthy You Workshops
Open to faculty and staff. Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/myhr/registration
6 Gentle Yoga; 11 a.m. Also February 27.
11 Bodypump; noon.
Oral Health 101-All You Want to Know About Your Teeth and More; 12:30 p.m.
18 Spinning; 11:30 a.m.
19 Chair Yoga; noon.
21 February Indoor Wellness Walk; noon.
HR: Professional and Personal Development Programs
Open to faculty and staff. Register: http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu
4 Challenging Negative Attitudes; 12:30 p.m.
Leading With Emotional Intelligence; 9 a.m.-noon.
12 Tools for Career Assessment and Development; 12:30 p.m.
18 Getting Work Done; 12:30 p.m.
HR: Work-life Workshops
Open to faculty and staff. Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/registration
1 Faculty and Staff Family Days with Penn Basketball—Men's Basketball vs. Dartmouth; 7 p.m.; $6.50. Also see Special Events.
4 Planning For The Financial and Legal Aspects of Long-Term Care Webinar; 1 p.m.
5 Posture Strengthening in Your Workspace; 12:30 p.m.
10 Flexible Work Options; 12:30 p.m.
12 Guided Mindful Meditation; 12:30 p.m.
17 Mindfulness and Anxiety; 12:30 p.m.
18 Admissions Brown Bag: Undecided About Program of Study? And the Liberal Arts?; noon.
25 Retirement Planning: An Emotional Perspective; 12:30 p.m.
26 Guided Mindful Meditation; 12:30 p.m.
Institute of Contemporary Art
Info: https://icaphila.org/
7 Mindfulness at the Museum with Kate Johnson; noon.
9 Pennsight Drop-In Tour with Caroline Ma; 2 p.m.
12 Curator-Led Tour of Trevor Shimizu: Performance Artist and Michelle Lopez: Ballast & Barricades with Alex Klein; 6 p.m.
14 Mindfulness at the Museum with Shesheena Brey; noon.
16 Coffee and Conversation with Tamir Williams; 2 p.m.
21 Mindfulness with Sandi Herman; noon.
23 Pennsight Drop-In Tour with Dide Olmez; 2 p.m.
Liberal and Professional Studies
Ste. 100, 3440 Market St. unless otherwise noted.
Register: www.upenn.edu/lps-events
4 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Café; noon.
6 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Information Session; noon.
11 Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences Virtual Information Session; noon; register: https://lpsonline.sas.upenn.edu/events
Master of Science in Applied Geosciences Virtual Information Session; noon.
Fels Institute of Government Virtual Information Session; noon; register: www.fels.upenn.edu/events
18 Pre-Health Post-Baccalaureate Programs Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.
19 Master of Chemical Sciences Virtual Information Session; 5:30 p.m.
Organizational Dynamics On-Campus Information Session; 6 p.m.
20 Master of Liberal Arts Virtual Information Session; noon.
Fels Institute of Public Policy: Public Policy in Practice with Richard Painter; 5:30 p.m.; register: www.fels.upenn.edu/events
Morris Arboretum
Info: www.morrisarboretum.org
1 Winter Wellness Walks; Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.; Sundays at 1 p.m.; starts at Visitor Center. Also February 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29.
Conifers Tour; 11 a.m.; free with admission.
8 Winter Witchhazel Walk; 1 p.m.; free with admission. Also February 22.
Penn Home Ownership Services
Register: www.upenn.edu/homeownership
6 PHOS Home-Buying Seminar; 1 p.m.; HR Learning and Education Conference Room, 3624 Market St.
28 Exploring the PHOS Program; 1 p.m.; HR Learning and Education Conference Room, 3624 Market St.
Penn Vet Working Dog Center
Register: www.vet.upenn.edu/about/penn-vet-events-calendar
4 “Get Lost” Working Dog Center Tour; 1 p.m.
20 “Up & Over, Under & Through” Working Dog Center Tour; 10 a.m.
10 PPSA Open Board Meeting; 1 p.m.; rm. 112, Tanenbaum Hall.
19 University Council Meeting; 4 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall.
Annenberg Center
Info: www.annenbergcenter.org
16 Alicia Olatuja—Intuition: Songs From The Minds Of Women; 7:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre.
20 Angélique Kidjo; a singer who blends West African traditions of her childhood with R&B, funk and jazz; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre.
21 The Crossing: Knee Plays; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre. Also February 22, 8 p.m.
29 The Philip Glass Ensemble: Music in Twelve Parts; local premiere of Glass’ groundbreaking Music in Twelve Parts in its entirety; 6 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre.
Department of Music
Info: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/music/
18 Ayana Smith on 18th-Century Italian Opera; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 101, Lerner Center. Also see Talks.
World Cafe Live
Performances daily. For a complete listing, see: http://philly.worldcafelive.com/
Annenberg Center
Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org
7 Ephrat Asherie Dance: Odeon; a high-octane, full-length work set to the music of composer Ernesto Nazareth; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. Also February 8, 2 and 8 p.m. Also see Children's Activities.
13 The Government Inspector; presented by The Theatre Arts Program; 7 p.m.; Bruce Montgomery Theatre; info: theatrearts@sas.upenn.edu Also February 14-15, 7 p.m. and February 16, 2 p.m.
6 The New Woman: Literary Modernism, Queer Theory and the Trans Feminine Allegory; Emma Heaney; 5:30 p.m.; rm. 135, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).
Kelly Writers House
All events located in Arts Café.
Info: www.writing.upenn.edu/wh
5 A Conversation with David Zucchino; noon.
Speakeasy Open Mic Night; 7:30 p.m.
10 A Reading by Carmen Maria Machado; 6 p.m.
12 A Reading by Tommy Pico; 6 p.m.
17 A Reading by Saidiya Hartman; 6:30 p.m.; RSVP required: whfellow@writing.upenn.edu
19 Contemporary Iranian Fiction in Translation; 6 p.m.
24 Live at the Writers House; WXPN radio show; 7 p.m.
26 The Sensible Nonsense Project; 6 p.m.
[CANCELED] 27 A Reading by Major Jackson; 6 p.m.
Penn Bookstore
Info: www.upenn.edu/bookstore
4 Friendship; Lydia Denworth; 6 p.m.
6 Stop Missing Your Life; Cory Muscara, applied positive psychology; 7 p.m.
10 The Dark Fantastic; African American read-in featuring Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, GSE; 5 p.m.
11 Paradigm Lost; Ian Lustick, political science; 6 p.m.
27 London, Reign Over Me: How England’s Capital Built Classic Rock; Steven Tow; 6 p.m.
Penn Book Center
Info: www.pennbookcenter.com/event
4 Poetry Reading; Porsha Olayiwola & Adam Falkner; 6:30 p.m.
6 When Novels Were Books; Jordan Alexander Stein; 6 p.m.
7 Poetry Reading; Sutherland, Jones, Hashim, Matthews, & Mcbride-Ahebee; 6:30 p.m.
8 Driving in Cars with Homeless Men; Kate Wisel; 2:30 p.m.
10 She Came to Slay; Erica Armstrong Dunbar; 6:30 p.m.
12 Stop Telling Women to Smile; Tatyana Fazlalizadeh & Feminista Jones; 6:30 p.m.
13 Innocents Abroad; Joseph & Lisa McGrath; 6:30 p.m.
15 Poetry Reading; Maya Phillips & Daisy Fried; 2:30 p.m.
17 Shana Redmon's Everything Man; in conversation with Asali Solomon; 6:30 p.m.
18 Shadow Archives; Jean-Christophe Cloutier; 6:30 p.m.
19 This Brilliant Darkness; Jeff Sharlet; 6 p.m.
21 Fishtown Forget Me Not; Justin Coffin; 6:30 p.m.
25 Too Much; Rachel Vorona Cote; 6:30 p.m.
27 Night Theater; Vikram Paralkar; 6:30 p.m.
29 Real Life; Brandon Taylor; 2 p.m.
1 Faculty and Staff Family Days with Penn Basketball; discounted admission and concessions; 7 p.m.; order tickets by January 29: https://tinyurl.com/familypennbasketball (Human Resources, Penn Athletics). Also see Fitness & Learning.
5 Living Legacies: Artifacts Through Native Perspectives; gain insight into native North American artifacts normally not on view; 6-8 p.m.; Penn Museum; $5-10; tickets: https://tinyurl.com/livinglegacies (Museum).
15 African and Diasporic Cultures Celebration; festival of both contemporary and traditional cultural practices across Africa and the African diaspora; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Penn Museum; tickets: www.penn.museum/calendar/35/african-and-diasporic-cultures-celebration (Museum).
21 Grad Ben Talks; a day of TED Talk-style presentations by Penn Arts & Sciences graduate students; noon-5 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium (SAS).
25 Chili Cook Off; bring a batch of your best chili for a community tasting; 5 p.m.; dining room, Kelly Writers House (KWH).
27 Night Vision: Monsters, Myths and Legends Tour and Happy Hour; learn about the collections in the dark, with only flashlights to illuminate the way; 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; tickets: www.penn.museum/calendar/224/night-vision (Museum).
Info: http://www.pennathletics.com/
1 (M/W) Swimming vs. West Chester; noon.
(M/W) Squash vs. Brown; noon.
(M) Tennis vs. N.C. State; 12:30 p.m.
(M) Tennis vs. Drexel; 4:30 p.m.
(M) Basketball vs. Dartmouth; 6 p.m.
2 (M/W) Squash vs. Yale; noon.
(W) Tennis vs. NJIT; 1 p.m.
7 (M) Squash vs. Columbia; 4 p.m.
(W) Squash vs. Columbia; 6 p.m.
(W) Basketball vs. Columbia; 7 p.m.
8 Wrestling vs. Columbia; 11:30 a.m.
Wrestling vs. Cornell; 2 p.m.
(W) Basketball vs. Cornell; 7 p.m.
9 Gymnastics vs. Temple; 1 p.m.
14 (M) Basketball vs. Brown; 7 p.m.
15 (M) Basketball vs. Yale; 6 p.m.
16 Gymnastics vs. Bridgeport/West Chester/William & Mary; 11 a.m.
(W) Tennis vs. Stony Brook; noon.
Wrestling vs. Franklin & Marshall; 7 p.m.
20 Wrestling vs. Lehigh; 7 p.m.
21 (W) Basketball vs. Dartmouth; 7 p.m.
22 (W) Lacrosse vs. Johns Hopkins; 1 p.m.
(W) Basketball vs. Harvard; 7 p.m.
26 (M) Tennis vs. Temple; 6 p.m.
(W) Lacrosse vs. Rutgers; 6 p.m.
28 (W) Tennis vs. Drexel; 11 a.m.
(M) Tennis vs. Saint John’s; 2 p.m.
(W) Basketball vs. Yale; 7 p.m.
29 (M) Lacrosse vs. Penn State; 1 p.m.
(W) Basketball vs. Brown; 6 p.m.
3 Ethical Issues in the Design & Conduct of Community-Based Research; Karen Glanz, nursing and medicine; noon; Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg. (PSOM).
Sea-level Rise and Human Migration; Mathew Hauer, Florida State Univ.; noon; rm. 395, McNeil Bldg. (PSC).
Algebra Seminar; Hélène Esnault, Freie Universität Berlin; 3:15 p.m.; rm. 4N30, DRL (Math).
A Tale of Two Motilities: Organismal Adaptation to Complex, Changing Environments; Jasmine Nirody, Rockefeller Univ.; 4 p.m.; rm. A6, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
Leadership Lessons on Keeping Critical Missions on Track; Brett McGurk, Former Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL; 6 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall (SAS).
4 Heavy Metal Chelation: Applications in Industry and Medicine; Justin Wilson, Cornell; noon; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry).
Intracellular Protein Aggregation; Xin Zhang, Penn State; 3 p.m.; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry).
c2pLasso: The Categorical-Continuous Pliable Lasso to Identify Brain Regions Affecting Motor Impairment in Huntington Disease; Tanya Garcia, Texas A&M; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 701, Blockley Hall (PSOM).
Immunology Colloquium; Virginia Pascual, Weill Cornell Medical College; 4 p.m.; CRB (PSOM).
Annenberg Seminar in History; Chelsea Chamberlain and Kelsey Norris, history; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History).
Lecture Series on the Synthetic; Denice Frohman, poet; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Weitzman).
5 CRRWH Seminar; Katherine Nathanson, Abramson Cancer Center; noon; rm. 252, BRB (PSOM).
Regulation of Antibody Responses by the Immune System; Peter Sage, Harvard; noon; Austrian Auditorium and Lobby, CRB (Microbiology).
Penn Sociology Colloquium; Kendra Bischoff, Cornell; noon; rm. 150, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology).
Understanding and Controlling the Complexity of Catalytic Active Sites; Joaquin Resasco, UC Santa Barbara; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CBE).
Mechanically Active Materials from Particle Assemblies; Yifan Wang, California Institute of Technology; 4 p.m.; rm. A4, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
Helen Frankenthaler, Voices From the Archives; Avis Berman, American art historian; 5:30 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery (ARG).
Overturning of Space and Time: The End of the Inca Empire; Clark L. Erickson, Penn Museum; 6 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum ; tickets: www.penn.museum/calendar/29/overturning-of-space-and-time (Museum).
The EwingCole Lecture; Georgina Hulljich, UCLA; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Weitzman).
6 A Hinduism for Us: Feminist Interpretation of Guyanese Hinduism in NYC; Rupa Pillai, ASAM; noon; rm. 345, Fisher Bennett Hall (Alice Paul Center).
Code Ethnography and the Materiality of Power in Digital Communication Infrastructures; Fernanda Rosa, ASC; noon; sixth floor, 3901 Walnut St. (ASC).
Residential Segregation in Urban India; Sam Asher, Johns Hopkins; noon; ste. 230, PCPSE (CASI).
Revealing the Chemistry in Quantum Chemistry: From Diatomics to Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Enzymes; Gerald Knizia, Penn State; 1 p.m.; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry).
CAGE: Philadelphia Area Combinatorics and Alg. Geometry Seminar; George Seelinger, Univ. of Virginia; 3 p.m.; rm. 4C4, DRL (Math).
Geometry-Topology Seminar; Maggie Miller, Princeton; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 4C8, DRL (Math).
What People Think is Right and Wrong To Do With Neuroenhancement; John Medaglia, Drexel; 4:30 p.m.; rm. F85, Huntsman Hall (Psychology).
Castiglione and The Book of the Courtier; Roger Chartier, Collège de France; 5:30 p.m.; rm. 627, Van Pelt Library (Italian Studies).
Weitzman Lecture; Michelle Lopez, artist; 6:30 p.m.; ICA; register: https://icaphila.org/events/weitzman-lecture-michelle-lopez/ (ICA).
7 Basser Center Monthly Lecture; David Speicher, Wistar; noon; rm. 11-146AB, Smilow Center (PSOM).
Culture, Ethnography and Interaction; Sonita Moss, sociology; noon; rm. 367, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology).
Diffuse Optics in Treatment Monitoring for Photodynamic Therapy; Theresa Busch, radiation oncology; noon; Dripp Library, HUP (Physics & Astronomy).
GCB Chalk Talks; Christopher Adams, Voight Lab, and Jihoon Kim, Kim Lab; 2 p.m.; Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg. (BGS).
How Life Shapes the Lifeless World: Self-Organization and Mechanics in Biological Active Matter; Shreyas Gokhale, MIT; 2 p.m.; rm. A6, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
Multidisciplinary Immunology & Transplantation Interest; Maayan Levy, microbiology; 3 p.m.; BRB (Microbiology).
A Constellated Picture; Sam Mapp, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).
Mathematical Biology Seminar; Chuan Xue, Ohio State Univ.; 4 p.m.; Tedori Auditorium, Levin Bldg. (Physics & Astronomy).
10 Public Investments and Class Gaps in Parents’ Developmental Expenditures; Margot Jackson, Brown; noon; rm. 395, McNeil Bldg. (PSC).
Facilitating Chemical Process Development Using Theorietical Modeling and Machine Learning; Hanyu Gao, MIT; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CBE).
The Emperor, the Elephant and the Matzo Ball: Common Knowledge as a Ratifier of Relationships; Steven Pinker, Harvard; 3:30 p.m.; Tedori Auditorium, Levin Bldg. (Psychology).
Odyssey in the Critical Landscape: Quantum Phase Transitions Beyond the Landau Paradigm; Zhen Bi, MIT; 4 p.m.; rm. A6, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
Commercial Banking in the Russian Empire in 1860-1913: Development and Markets Integration; Galin Tihanov, Queen Mary Univ. of London; 6 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History).
At the Intersection of Art & Activism; panel discussion with Josh MacPhee, Justseeds Artists' Cooperative and the Interference Archive; 6:30 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery (Libraries).
11 Feeling What’s Not There: Latinidad and Affect in Carmen Maria Machado; Thomas Conners, Hispanic and Portuguese studies; noon; rm. 473, McNeil Bldg. (LALS).
Multiphoton Intravital Imaging at Single Cell Resolution Reveals the Mechanism of Cancer Cell Dissemination and Metastasis; John Condeelis, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; noon; Caplan Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Abramson Center).
Colloquium; Brian Kim, Washington Univ.; 4 p.m.; CRB (Immunology).
12 Thinking on Film: Arendt and Cavell; Jennifer Fay, Vanderbilt; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).
Viral Clues to Pandemic Origins; Michael Worobey, Univ. of Arizona; noon; Austrian Auditorium and lobby, CRB (Microbiology).
A Case for Carbon Dioxide Removal from Air; Jennifer Wilcox, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CBE).
Deconstructing How Cellular Interactions Ensure Robust Morphogenesis; Hannah Yevick, MIT; 4 p.m.; rm. A4, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
See You In Hell: Chaucer’s Claudian; Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Institute for Advanced Study; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).
Rethinking Care Work: Dis(Affection) and the Politics of Paid Household Labor; Premilla Nadasen, Barnard College; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; register: https://tinyurl.com/wv33pgw (Wolf Humanities Center).
13 A Case for Carbon Dioxide Removal from Air; Jennifer Wilcox, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; noon; Energy Forum, Kleinman Center; register: https://tinyurl.com/CDRemoval (Kleinman).
CAGE: Philadelphia Area Combinatorics and Algebraic Geometry Seminar; Siddhartha Sahi, Rutgers; 3 p.m.; rm. 4C4, DRL (Math).
Unexpected Diversity of Grass Abscission Zone; Elizabeth Kellogg, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; 4 p.m.; Tedori Auditorium, Levin Bldg. (Biology).
Mira Ingenia: Chymical Processes, Religious Metaphor and the Alchemical Restoration of Christendom?; Lawrence Principe, Johns Hopkins; 5:15 p.m.; Class of ’55 Conference Room, Van Pelt Library (Italian Studies).
AmLit; Lisi Schoenbach, Univ. of Tennessee; 5:30 p.m.; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).
14 Fluid-Structure Interactions for Energy and Climate; Ching-Yao Lai, Columbia; 2 p.m.; rm. A6, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
Mathematical Biology Seminar; Erick Matsen, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; 4 p.m.; Tedori Auditorium, Levin Bldg. (Physics & Astronomy).
17 Women's Political Participation and Maternal Mortality; Atheendar Venkataramani, LDI; noon; rm. 395, McNeil Bldg. (PSC).
Bacterial Swimming: Internal Clock and Fluid Environment; Nuris Figueroa-Morales, Penn State; 4 p.m.; rm. A6, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
Afro Now-ism: Community, Craft and the Vernacular in Artificial Intelligence; Stephanie Dinkins, Stony Brook Univ.; 4 p.m.; rm. 500, ASC (ASC).
18 Inorganic Chemistry Seminar; Elizabeth Papish, Univ. of Alabama; noon; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry).
Bioassay Development; Xi Chen, UC Davis; 3 p.m.; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry).
Immunology Colloquium; Nelson Michael, US Military HIV Research Program; 4 p.m.; CRB (PSOM, CFAR).
Fake News and False Images: Ocularcentrism and Operatic Culture in Arcadian Rome; Ayana Smith, Indiana Univ. Bloomington; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 101, Lerner Center (Italian Studies). Also see Music.
Rwandan Genocide Memorials; Randy Mason, historic preservation; 6 p.m.; Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hall; RSVP by February 4: https://tinyurl.com/rgenocidemem (Weitzman).
19 Melanoma Therapies Based on Resistance Mechanisms; Roger Lo, UCLA; 10 a.m.; Caplan Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).
CRRWH Seminar; Brian Hermann, UT San Antonio; noon; rm. 252, BRB (CRRWH).
Making the Switch: Human Cytomegalovirus Latency and Reactivation; Felicia Goodrum Sterling, Univ. of Arizona; noon; Austrian Auditorium and lobby, CRB (Microbiology).
Penn Sociology Colloquium Series; Jackelyn Hwang, Stanford; noon; rm. 150, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology).
Decomposition: Exploiting Structure in Chemical Systems to Solve Challenging Decision-Making Problems; Andrew Allman, Univ. of Minnesota; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CBE).
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium; Paul Chaikin, NYU; 4 p.m.; rm. A8, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
Until a Cure is Found: Children with AIDS and the People who Cared for Them, 1988-1994; Jason M. Chernesky, HSS; 4 p.m.; rm. 116, Claire Fagin Hall (Nursing).
Work-In-Progress Lecture; Alicia Meyer, English; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).
Shared Responsibility; Michel Rojkind, WeWork; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Weitzman).
20 The Emergence of Ambivalent Authoritarianism: Global Capital, Financial Journalism, and Independent Media in Morocco; Annemarie Iddins, Fairfield Univ.; noon; sixth floor, 3901 Walnut St. (ASC).
Informal Sector Workers and the Politics of FDI: A Conjoint Experiment in India; Nita Rudra, Georgetown; noon; ste. 230, PCPSE (CASI).
The Shocking Power of Electric Eels; Ken Catania, Vanderbilt; 4 p.m.; Tedori Auditorium, Levin Bldg. (Biology).
Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta: The Making of Calcutta; Debjani Bhattacharyya, Drexel; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).
Documentary for Critical Times; Rosalind Morris, Columbia, and Susan Meiselas, photographer; 6:30 p.m.; Slought; info: https://slought.org/resources/documentary_for_critical_times (Slought).
Weitzman Lecture; Steffani Jemison, artist; 6:30 p.m.; ICA; register: https://icaphila.org/events/weitzman-lecture-steffani-jemison/ (ICA).
21 Human Brain Interferometers for Better Blood Flow Monitoring; Vivek Srinivasan, UC Davis; noon; rm. 1212/1213, CHOP Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care (Physics & Astronomy).
Applied Math and Comp Sci Colloquium; Irene Gamba, UT Austin; 2 p.m.; rm. A6, DRL (Math).
Financing Urban Poor Relief in Early Modern Scotland; Margo Todd, history; 2 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History).
GCB Chalk Talks; Joseph Aicher, Barash and Bhoj Labs, and Alexandra Lee, Greene Lab; 2 p.m.; Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg. (BGS).
La Revolución Nos Mal-Cogió: Politics of Identity and the Left in Central America Today; Elyla Sinverguenza and Gabriel Miranda, artists; 6 p.m.; 3rd floor, Annenberg Center (LALS).
24 CDCS Workshop Series; Catherine Knight Steele, UMD; noon; rm. 300, Annenberg School (ASC).
The Female Life Cycle, Fertility and Women’s Status in Indian > Households; Megan Reed, population studies and sociology; noon; rm. 395, McNeil Bldg. (PSC).
Colloquia; Lila Davachi, Columbia; 3:30 p.m.; Tedori Auditorium, Levin Bldg. (Psychology).
Hospital Land USA: Sociological Adventures in Medicalization; Wendy Simonds, Georgia State; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Claudia Cohen Hall (HSS).
Artist Talk; Honour Mack, Maine College of Art; 5:30 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery (ARG).
25 The Order of Mutations in Tissue Specific Stem Cells Producing a Tumor Matter; Arnold Levine, Princeton; noon; Caplan Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).
Microtubules, Osteocyte MechanoTransduction and the Surprising Regulation of Sclerostin; Joseph Stains, UMD; 1:30 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium and lobby, CRB (IRM).
Protein Interactions and Chemistry; Lou Charkoudian, Haverford College; 3 p.m.; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry).
Immunology Colloquium; Alexander Marson, UC San Francisco; 4 p.m.; CRB (Immunology).
Physiological Redemption: Anti-Racist Science and the Study of Extreme Environments in the Southern Hemisphere, 1890-1960; Sebastian Gil-Riaño, history & sociology of science; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History).
26 CIMS Spring 2020 Colloquium; Peter Lesnik, italian studies; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).
Investigating The Role of Tet1 in Reprogramming of The Mammalian Germline; Lisa Vrooman, Bartolomei Lab and Nana Yaa Amoh, BGS Biomedical; noon; BRB (CRRWH).
Role of Nociceptor Neurons in Barrier Immunity and Host Defense; Isaac Chiu, Harvard; noon; Austrian Auditorium and lobby, CRB (Microbiology).
Understanding and Design of Materials of High Energy Density Batteries; Jeffrey Lopez, MIT; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CBE).
Community Conversations; Charles Howard, University Chaplain; 5:30 p.m.; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall (Weingarten Center).
27 Harnessing Clinical Effectiveness Studies to Advance the Field of Implementation Science; Rinad Beidas and Brittany Rudd, psychiatry; 9 a.m.; Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg. (CCEB).
Invited Speaker Seminar Series; Hong Chen, Harvard; noon; rm. 8-146AB, Smilow Center (Radiation Oncology).
The Clean Energy Revolution is (Finally) Here; Daniel Kammen, UC Berkeley; noon; forum, Kleinman Center (Kleinman).
Organic Lithium Ion Electrolytes: How Hard Can They Be To Characterize?; Daniel Kuroda, Louisiana State; 1 p.m.; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry).
Texts on Flyleaves: An Investigation on Petrarch’s Writing Uses; Maddalena Signorini, Italian Manuscript Studies; 5:15 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library (Italian Studies).
28 From Genes to Genomes to Biology and Health; Richard Lifton, Rockefeller Univ.; noon; Rubenstein Auditorium, Smilow Center (PSOM).
Mosaics, Metals, Mining and Money: Paintings For The Serbian Royalty, Thirteenth to Early Fourteenth Centuries; Ivan Drpić, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).
Mathematical Biology Seminar; Gillian Queisser, Temple Univ.; 4 p.m.; Tedori Auditorium, Levin Bldg. (Physics & Astronomy).
29 Happy Leap Day!; read about Penn's connection to leap year: https://tinyurl.com/ust3fne