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Penn Museum
Online events. Info and to register: www.penn.museum
1 World Wonders: Trip to China and Beyond; learn about Chinese cultures using games; 4 p.m.; online; tickets: https://tinyurl.com/world-wonders-jan-20
2 Global Voyagers: Expedition to Africa; 11 a.m.
At-Home Anthro Live: Design a Mancala Board; 1 p.m.
9 At-Home Anthro Live: Adinkra Symbols and Proverbs; 1 p.m.
16 At-Home Anthro Live: Think Like an Archaeologist!; 1 p.m.
17 World Wonders: Day in the Life of a Nairobi School Girl; 4 p.m.
23 At-Home Anthro Live: Kanga: Message Carriers of East Africa; 1 p.m.
24 Virtual Archaeological Adventures: All Around Africa; 10 a.m.
5 40th Annual Edward V. Sparer Symposium: Reimaging Freedom: Abolition as a Practice; explores how abolition can dismantle the carceral state and change how we conceptualize and experience freedom in all segments of society; all day; online event; info: all-tpic@law.upenn.edu (Penn Law).
12 2021 Law Review Symposium; all day; online event; info: mdgw@pennlaw.upenn.edu (Penn Law). Also February 13, all day.
Civil Procedure, Judicial Administration, and the Future of the Field: A Festschrift in Honor of Professor Stephen B. Burbank; brings together leading scholars in civil procedure and judicial administration along with renowned jurists; noon-8 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/burbank-conference (Penn Law). Also February 13, 10 a.m.-5:15 p.m.
18 Wharton Healthcare Business Conference: Redrawing the Curve: New Paradigms in Healthcare; learn how industry leaders are working to create new paradigms in healthcare; 5:30-8 p.m.; online event; info: gahow@wharton.upenn.edu (Wharton; PSOM). Also February 19, 8 a.m.-5:10 p.m.
19 Forum On Choice; brings together nine artists, activists, and scholars from across disciplinary boundaries to explore how choices are made, and why; 11 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; online event; info: https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/upcoming (Wolf Humanities Center). Also February 20, 2-3:30 p.m.
Symposium Humanizing Asylum for All: Gender-Based Violence in Central America and the Effects of US Policy; will focus on gender-based violence in Central America and gender-based asylum in the United States; 2-5 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/lals-conference-feb-19 (LALS).
20 Penn Law Lambda Symposium 2021: LGBTQ Health and the Law: Advocacy and Action; discussion on LGBTQ access to and discrimination within healthcare and how lawyers are currently working to expand rights and support clients faced with healthcare challenges; 1-7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/law-lambda-2021 (Penn Law).
23 Beyond Survival: Eco-Feminist Imaginings in Precarious Times; concerns the overlapping projects of environmental justice, feminist activism, indigenous epistemologies, and artistic performance as feminist method; 4 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/beyond-survival-feb-23 (GSWS). Also February 25, 26.
24 Importance and Challenges of Increasing Ethnic Diversity in Human Genomics Research; speakers discuss their research and experiences in increasing diversity in human genomics and the ethical issues to be considered; noon-4 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; register: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/bcbdbqzv (Biology). Also February 25, noon-4 p.m.
25 Graduate Student Symposium in the History of Art; brings together graduate students from nine mid-Atlantic colleges and universities to present current research in the field of art history; 6:30-8 p.m.; YouTube stream; join: https://www.youtube.com/user/BarnesFoundation (History of Art; Barnes Foundation). Also February 26, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
26 8th Annual Penn Law Entertainment & Sports Law Symposium; five panels discussing various topics of recent research in sports law; 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/esls-symposium-feb-26 (Penn Law).
2021 Ethnography in Education Research Forum; focuses on the complexities associated with race and inequity that have historically defined social systems in the U.S.; all day; online event; register: https://2021forum.dryfta.com/attendees-authors-registration (GSE; Center for Urban Ethnography). Also February 27, all day.
27 33rd Annual Dr. Sadie T.M. Alexander Commemorative Conference; engages with pertinent legal issues in hopes of getting closer to solutions, providing professional development opportunities for students, and giving back to the Philadelphia community; all day; online event; info: BLSASadieConference@gmail.com (Penn Law).
Museums Near Campus
For up-to-date information about 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
3 Virtual 12@12; Lynn Smith Dolby, University Art Collection Manager, gives a 12-minute talk on the current Arthur Ross Gallery exhibit, Many Voices, Many Rooms; noon; info: http://www.arthurrossgallery.org/events/event/1212-42/ (Arthur Ross Gallery).
4 The Deep Dig: Africa and the World; 4-part series discussing how people and events in Africa shape our world today; tickets: $125/member; $175/general; register: https://tinyurl.com/deep-dig-feb-2021 (Penn Museum). Also February 11, 18, 25.
11 Unprecedented Times: A Socially Distanced Art Project; features artwork of over 100 artists from across the United States and the world who have collaborated remotely; Esther Klein Gallery. Through April 30.
12 Virtual Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/global-guide-feb-12 (Penn Museum).
Nikon Small World Virtual Event: Science Meets Art in the Infinitely Small; virtual conversation on microscope photography; 5 p.m.; GoToMeeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/nikon-small-world-2021 (Wistar Institute).
19 A Conversation with Dana Rice and Alli Davis on Artist Dox Thrash and The Dox Thrash House Project; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/92688494278#success (Arthur Ross Gallery).
Virtual Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/global-guide-feb-19 (Penn Museum).
24 Art By Mail; opening of display of art made by community members with kits Kelly Writers House sent out in January; 6 p.m.; info: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0221.php (Kelly Writers House).
26 Virtual Global Guide Tour: Africa Galleries; 2:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/global-guide-feb-26 (Penn Museum).
Jessica Vaughn: Our Primary Focus Is to Be Successful; examines the everyday systems that dictate our understanding of labor, space, and inclusion; ICA; opening: February 26, 6:30 p.m. Through May 9.
RAW Académie Session 9: Infrastructure, directed by Linda Goode Bryant; examines ICA’s role within a major university and complicates the ways that education and knowledge is accessed and produced; ICA. Through May 9.
Now
Many Voices, Many Visions; 35 works of art drawn from Penn’s Art Collection that resonate with contemporary themes of grief and alienation; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through March 28.
Invisible Beauty: The Art of Archaeological Science; reveals beautiful patterns visible in ancient artifacts through microscopes; Penn Museum. Through June 6.
Ongoing
Morris Arboretum
Loop de Loop: Patrick Dougherty Installation; stick-work sculpture. Ongoing until deterioration.
Out on a Limb; tree adventure exhibit celebrating its 10th year.
Penn Museum
Africa Galleries: From Maker to Museum; explore the origins of African civilizations.
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.
Mexico and Central America Gallery; examine several distinct societies and collections.
Middle East Galleries; trace the histories of Mesopotamian civilizations.
Native American Voices; see ancient Native American artifacts alongside contemporary perspectives.
Sphinx Gallery; view the Museum’s famous Sphinx among sympathetic objects from across the globe.
Rome Gallery; explore everyday items from the Roman Republic and Empire.
5 Nicht der Homosexuelle ist Pervers, Sondern die Situation, in Der er Lebt; 3 p.m.; Zoom screening; and discussion; info: jamyers@sas.upenn.edu (English).
9 June, includes discussion with director Huay-Bing Law; 11 a.m.; online screening; info: Rupa Pillai, rupillai@sas.upenn.edu (Asian-American Studies).
14 Welcome Valentine and Asho; 2-4 p.m.; online screening; register: https://tinyurl.com/welcome-valentine-feb-14 (Penn Museum, Wolf Humanities Center).
1 February is for witchhazels; take a self-guided tour of the garden to see Morris Arboretum’s impressive collection of witchhazels; maps: www.morrisarboretum.org/visit_hours.shtml#map; 40% off of regular admission, free to PennCard holders. Through February 28.
5 Accessing and Using Aging Data at Penn; information about three aging-related data sets housed at Penn; 2-4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/psc-aging-data-feb-5 (Population Studies Center).
9 Tuesday Tea With PWC; virtual tea and friendship; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://www.vpul-upenn.zoom.us/j/97336657480 (VPUL, PWC).
10 Virtual 2021 Spring Career & Internship Fair; open to students from all majors and degree levels, featuring a wide variety of employers from across all industries; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Handshake event; info: https://upenn.joinhandshake.com/events/676707 (Career Services).
CIMS Pedagogy Workshop: Periodization in Film and Media Studies; workshop to trade ideas to redesign cinema studies; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/cims-workshop-feb-10 (Cinema Studies).
12 Know Your Rights: Support for Students Regardless of Your Immigration Status; learn more about immigration and/or whose families are impacted by immigration restrictions; 3 p.m.; online event; register: http://bit.ly/PennDACA (La Casa Latina, Law, GIC, CAPS).
17 Carey JD/MBA Overview Webinar; director Kelly McLaughlin offers an overview of the JD/MBA program; noon; online event; register: https://mba.wharton.upenn.edu/event/carey-jd-mba-overview-webinar-11/ (Penn Law).
The Masc We Live In – Cultural Implications of Masculinity; open discussion on masculinity in different cultural contexts; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/masculinity-feb-17 (VPUL; Penn Violence Prevention).
18 CE Series: Advanced Urinary Care; learn about fundamentals of veterinary care from Penn Vet experts; 6 p.m.; online event; register: www.alumni.upenn.edu/AUCFeb182021 (Penn Vet).
Career Conversations: Industry Perseverance – Real Estate & Law; dynamic conversation with Penn alumni discussing how COVID has affected careers in the real estate industry; 6 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/career-conversations-feb-18 (SAS; Penn Alumni).
19 Professional Development and Career Resources; virtual fair for students interested in careers in design; noon-5 p.m.; info: https://www.design.upenn.edu/career-resources/events/design-creative-career-fair (Weitzman School).
It’s the Journey that Matters: Applying for Fellowships; panel of experts discuss scholarships like Fulbright and Marshall; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/curf-seminar-feb-19 (CURF).
Penn & Slavery Project’s Augmented Reality Campus Tour App; webinar launching a product of Penn & Slavery Project’s research; 3 p.m.; online event; register: https://bit.ly/PSProjectAR (Penn & Slavery Project).
23 Managing Remotely; specific, research-based steps that managers can take without great effort to improve the engagement and productivity of remote employees; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/managing-remotely-feb-23 (PPSA).
24 Enhancements to PCIV's Company Formation Programs; PCI Ventures team introduces and further explains their updated company formation models; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/pciv-feb-24 (Penn Center for Innovation).
Making Sense of the Science: A Workshop on Effective Scientific Writing; Judith Swan, Princeton; 1:40 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/swan-workshop-feb-24 (PICS).
Improving the Safety of Virtual Meetings and Conferences; training session on how to protect the privacy of virtual gatherings and learn best practices for securing online meetings and conferences; 3 p.m.; online event; register: https://forms.gle/cwhPkUTgFyPdCww77 (AARC, OIS).
25 Behind the CV: John Dani; one of a series of events wherein faculty share their experiences with research; 3 p.m.; online event; info: curf@upenn.edu (CURF).
Stammtisch 2021; gather around the virtual table and speak German together; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: cefrei@sas.upenn.edu (Germanic Languages & Literatures).
26 Why Should I Write an NIH Grant? & Other Related Topics; session on grant writing for the Quartet Pilot Competition; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/nih-grant-feb-26 (PSC).
African-American Resource Center
Online events. Info and to register: https://aarc.upenn.edu/events
5 Jazz For King; 6 p.m.
10 Black History Month Program; noon.
17 WOCAP Noontime Lunch Series: When Love is Not Enough (Abusive Relationships); noon-2 p.m.
18 Men of Color (Monthly Huddle Meeting); 1-3 p.m.
26 Community Lunch Program—Open Forum with AARC and PWC; noon.
Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF)
Online events; info and to register: https://www.curf.upenn.edu/curf-events
4 Research Workshop for Students with Disabilities; 8 p.m.
5 R&F Month - Make the Most of Your Summer Through CURF Opportunities; 3 p.m.
8 Ask Me Anything: Research Peer Advisors Edition; 5 p.m.
10 Summer Humanities Internships Info Session; 5 p.m.
12 R&F Month—Civic Engagement through Research & Fellowships; 3 p.m.
16 PURM Info Session; 3 p.m.
Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar
5 IES Predoctoral Program Seminar: Dr. Sharon Wolf; noon.
9 Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management Program Information Session; noon.
10 Literary Lunch with Juliana; open to faculty and staff; noon. Also February 25.
Applying to College 101; 12:30 p.m.
11 Planning for College; noon.
12 Friday Virtual Chats with Admissions; noon. Also February 19, 8 a.m.; February 26, noon.
IES Predoctoral Program Seminar: Dr. Sarah Komisarow; noon.
15 ExCITe Center's 7th Annual (First Virtual) STEAM Education Workshop; 9 a.m.-noon.
Education Entrepreneurship Program Virtual Info Session; 7 p.m.
16 Making Tax Returns Less Taxing; open to GSE and SP2 staff and faculty; noon.
Leadership Awareness Training; 12:30 p.m.
Innovation for Equity: Meeting the Moment; 2 p.m.
Food for Thought: Mardi Gras! 6 p.m.
Admissions: Virtual Financial Aid Session; 6 p.m.
17 Perfecting Your No-Guilt No; noon.
18 Breakroom with the Community-Building Committee; 12:30 p.m.
Admissions: Web Chat with Current Students; 7 p.m.
19 IES Predoctoral Program Seminar: Dr. Michael Weiss; noon.
Guided Mindful Meditation with Liz Mackenzie; 12:30 p.m.
22 International Educational Development Program Virtual Info Session; noon.
23 Food for Thought with Zachary Herrmann; noon.
Virtual Training 101; 12:30 p.m.
24 Visiting Faculty Scholars of Color Series: Dr. Dominique Baker, Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University; noon.
Navigating Penn’s Tuition Benefit and Financial Aid for Your College Age Dependent; 12:30 p.m.
Teacher Education Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.
25 6-Week Resilience and Well-Being Workshop; noon.
Coping with Change; 12:30 p.m.
26 IES Predoctoral Program Seminar: Dr. James Kim; noon.
Liberal and Professional Studies
Online events. Info and to register (unless noted): www.upenn.edu/lps-events
2 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Café; noon.
4 Master of Science in Applied Geosciences Virtual Café; noon.
9 Master of Science in Applied Geosciences Virtual Information Session; noon.
Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences Virtual Information Session; 5:30 p.m.; info: www.lpsonline.sas.upenn.edu/events Also February 23, noon.
10 Fels Institute of Government Virtual Information Session; noon.
Pre-Health Post-Baccalaureate Programs Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.
11 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Information Session; noon.
16 Master of Liberal Arts Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.
Organizational Dynamics Virtual Information Session; 6 p.m.
17 Master of Chemical Sciences Virtual Information Session; 5:30 p.m.
Morris Arboretum
Online classes. Info and to register: https://experience.morrisarboretum.org/Info.aspx?EventID=31
2 Garden Design for Homeowners 101; Valerie Solitrin, landscape designer; 7 p.m. Also February 9, 16, 23.
3 Lose the Lilacs: Plant These Native Woodies Instead; Marc Radell, Penn State; 1 p.m.
12 Organic Gardening; William Cullina, Morris Arboretum; 10 a.m.
18 Water Management Solutions for Your Landscape; Valerie Solitrin, landscape designer; 6:30-9 p.m.
20 Rain Gardens: A Cost Effective and Beautiful Way to Reduce Runoff; Bess Trout, Tyler Arboretum; 1 p.m. Also February 27.
21 Get Outside! Tips for Finding Hiking and Hidden Nature in the Delaware Valley; Lori Litchman, author; 1 p.m.
24 Close Observations: Winter Buds to Spring Blooms; Jehane Samaha, Pennsylvania Horticulture Society; 1 p.m.
25 Devils and Saints: Plant Exploration in Honshu, Japan; Anthony Aiello, curator; 1 p.m.
26 Trees in the Designed Landscape: Selecting, Planting, and Preserving; Jason Lubar, Morris Arboretum; 1-3 p.m.
Penn Libraries
Online events. Info and to register: https://guides.library.upenn.edu/workshops
1 Coffee with a Codex; noon. Also February 8, 15, 22.
Letterpress Postcard Subscription Sign-up; all day.
Remote Research Recap! 4 p.m.
2 Library 101 Drop-In; 2 p.m.
3 Virtual Engineering Librarian Office Hours; noon-2 p.m. Also February 10, 17, 24.
Penn Libraries Presents; noon. Also February 10, 17.
Canvas Office Hours; 1 p.m. Also February 10, 17, 24.
8 Introduction to Zotero; 4 p.m.
Valentine Mail Art Happy Hour; 5 p.m.
9 Introduction to Mendeley: Managing and Citing Sources; 11 a.m.
10 Getting the Most out of Mendeley: Collaborating with Mendeley; 1 p.m.
12 Critical Issues in Data and Research discussion group; 11 a.m.
15 Organizing Your Research Practice; 4 p.m.
19 Linocut & Protest; 2 p.m.
Penn Nursing
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/calendar/
3 Research Colloquium Event; noon. Also February 10, 24.
Admissions Webinar for High School Students; 5 p.m. Weekly through March 24.
5 Restorative Practices: How to Hold a Community Building Circle; 9:30-11:30 a.m.; Also February 12, 19.
10 MSN & Nurse Anesthesia DNP Programs Admissions Webinar; noon and 6 p.m.
17 Nursing Story Slam; 7 p.m.
22 Schools of Nursing Graduate Admissions Webinar; 6 p.m.
24 Diverse Perspectives in Nursing: Nursing Career Panel Webinar; 7 p.m.
School of Social Policy and Practice (SP2)
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.sp2.upenn.edu/sp2-events/
3 Coffee O’Clock; 8:15 a.m.
5 MSW Student Advising Drop In Hour; 10 a.m. Also February 12, 19, 26.
17 SP2 Minute; 8 a.m.
8 PPSA Board Meeting; 1 p.m.; info: https://ppsa.upenn.edu/ (PPSA).
25 WPPSA Meeting; noon; online event; includes guest speaker Lynn Marsden-Atlass, Arthur Ross Gallery; info: fmariel@upenn.edu (WPPSA).
Annenberg Center
Online events. Info and to buy tickets: https://annenbergcenter.org/
4 Samara Joy & Pasquale Grasso; Annenberg Center debut of rising star jazz vocalist and guitarist; 7 p.m.
25 Duo Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts (flute) and Richard Stone (theorbo) combine baroque and modern influences in a duo concert; 7 p.m.
18 Paul Taylor Dance Company; a contrasting pair of works that reveal the joy and darkness of human nature, performed by an elegant company of six dancers; 7 p.m.; online event; info and tickets: https://annenbergcenter.org/event/paul-taylor-dance-company-969 (Annenberg Center).
Amplify Nursing; created and hosted by Penn Nursing’s Marion Leary, director of innovation, and Angelarosa DiDonato, associate program administrator, features nurses who are leading the way in nursing science, policy and innovation; available every other Wednesday; https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/research/innovation/amplify-nursing-podcast/
Case in Point; produced by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, this podcast provides smart, informative conversations about the law, society, and culture. By bringing together top scholars with experts on politics, business, health, education, and science, Case in Point gives an in-depth look at how the law touches every part of our lives; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/case-in-point/id969189587
Energy Policy Now; produced by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and hosted by energy journalist Andy Stone, who speaks with leaders from industry, government and academia as they shed light on today’s pressing energy policy debates; https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/energy-policy-now
Future of the Business World; created and hosted by the Wharton Global Youth Program, this podcast features high school entrepreneurs from around the world discussing their ventures and exploring themes related to innovation and business, such as ideation, grit, design thinking and collaboration; new episodes available monthly https://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/category/podcasts/
Momentum 2020: The Power of Penn Women; podcast associated with a three-day conference in October celebrating the power of Penn women; https://pennmomentum.libsyn.com/
No Stupid Questions; Stephen Dubner (co-author of the Freakonomics book series) and Angela Duckworth (Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor of Psychology and Senior Scientific Advisor of the Positive Psychology Center) really like to ask people questions, and came to believe there's no such thing as a stupid one. So they made a podcast where they can ask each other as many “stupid questions” as they want; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-stupid-questions/id1510056899
Office Hours; produced by the Office of University Communications, this podcast series explores the minds of the Penn’s academic talents in a more unbuttoned and freewheeling setting outside of the lecture hall; https://penntoday.upenn.edu/subtopic/office-hours?page=0
OMNIA; produced by the School of Arts and Sciences, this series provides insights and perspectives from the home of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences at Penn; https://soundcloud.com/omniapenn
Poem Talk; Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests; https://jacket2.org/content/poem-talk
The Daily Pennsylvanian podcasts; The DP produces several podcasts; https://www.thedp.com/section/podcasts
The Global Cable; produced by Perry World House, this podcast discusses “the world’s biggest issues with the people who work on them;” https://tinyurl.com/globalcablepodcast
The Media at Risk Podcast; produced by the Center for Media at Risk at the Annenberg School, this podcast gives voice to media practitioners and the dilemmas they face when political threat undermines their activity; https://www.ascmediarisk.org/ideas/podcasts/
Tradeoffs; Hosted by Dan Gorenstein, mediamaker-in-residence at the Annenberg School; episodes air every other Wednesday; https://tradeoffs.org/
Wharton Business Radio; a variety of shows and podcasts are produced at Wharton; visit https://businessradio.wharton.upenn.edu/shows/ for a full list.
Work-Life with Adam Grant; this TED original podcast takes you inside some truly unusual places, and helps make work not suck; https://www.adamgrant.net/worklife
4 Experiments with Power: Obeah and the Remaking of Religion in Trinidad; J. Brent Crosson; 3 p.m.; online event; info: https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/events (Religious Studies).
8 Between the Lines: On the Hummus Route by Ariel Rosenthal, Orly Peli-Bronshtein, and Dan Alexander; book club discussion; 5:30 p.m.; info: www.penn.museum/calendar/644/between-the-lines (Penn Museum). Also February 22.
17 Book Launch: Radiant Infrastructures; Rahul Mukherjee; noon; online event; info: https://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/events (Cinema Studies).
18 Print & the Urdu Public: Muslims, Newspapers, & Urban Life in Colonial India; Megan Eaton Robb; 3 p.m.; online event; info: https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/events (Religious Studies).
Defending Frenemies: Alliances, Politics, and Nuclear Nonproliferation in US Foreign Policy; Jeffrey W. Taliaferro; 4 p.m.; online event; info: https://www.law.upenn.edu/institutes/cerl/events.php (CERL).
22 A Revolution in Rhyme; Fatemeh Shams; 2 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/shams-reading-feb-22 (Middle East Center).
24 PPSA Book Club: The Authenticity Project; noon; online event; info: https://ppsa.upenn.edu/initiatives/ppsa-book-club (PPSA)
25 Book Club Live: The Story and Impact of Filipino Migrant Nurses; 7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/nursing-bookclub-feb-25 (Nursing).
Asian-American Studies
Online events. Info and to register: https://asam.sas.upenn.edu/events
4 Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans; David Eng and Shinhee Han; 5 p.m.
16 Series of Events: The Asian American Experience and the Craft of Writing with Jenny Zhang; 6 p.m.
17 A Reading With Poet and Essayist Jenny Zhang; 6 p.m.
18 ASAM and GSWS In Conversation with Jenny Zhang; 6 p.m.
Kelly Writers House
Online events. Info and to register: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0221.php
2 A Conversation with Mirin Fader; noon.
3 Words Without Borders: Russophone Young Writers; noon.
4 The Nib: A Panel Discussion; 6 p.m.
8 Hub Meeting; 5 p.m.
9 The Good Poem Project; 7 p.m.
10 Speakeasy Open Mic Night; 7:30 p.m.
11 Existing In-Between: Spatial Precarity in Literature and Art; 1:30-4:30 p.m.
15 Instant Literature; 7 p.m.
22 A Reading by Erica Hunt; 6:30 p.m.
23 A Conversation with Erica Hunt; 11 a.m.
25 Janis Joplin: Her Life and Music; Holly George-Warren; 5 p.m.
4 Fun @ Work Day; Penn Nursing event featuring bingo; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/fun-at-work-feb-4 (Penn Nursing).
8 CultureFest: The Masks Seen; learn about the Dogon people of Mali’s ceremonial production and use of masks throughout the Fêtes des Masques; 6 p.m.; online event; tickets: $10; register: https://tinyurl.com/fetes-de-masques-feb-8 (Penn Museum).
12 Left of Queer: Happy Hour With Social Text; launch of a special magazine edition; 5-7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/left-of-queer-feb-12 (GSWS).
15 ENIAC Day: 75th Anniversary of ENIAC Mini-Symposium; celebration of how far we’ve come since ENIAC and what lies ahead; 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/eniac-day-feb-15 (SEAS).
Penn Basketball Virtual Season
Info: https://pennathletics.com/sports/2021/1/19/penn-basketball-virtual-season.aspx
4 Men at Yale; original broadcast: March 3, 2006.
11 Women vs Yale; orginal broadcast: March 3, 2001.
18 Men vs Princeton; orginal broadcast: March 5, 1996.
25 Men vs La Salle; original broadcast: February 17, 1981.
1 Self-Experimentation and Rare Disease Research; David C. Fajgenbaum, medicine; 11:30 a.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/fajgenbaum-talk-feb-1 (Medical Ethics & Health Policy).
2 Current Migration Patterns and Philadelphia Japanese Americans; Hiro Nishikawa, Japanese American Citizens League; noon; online event; info: https://asam.sas.upenn.edu/events (Asian-American Studies).
Institutional Design and Metropolitan Environmental Planning: Bridging the Gap Between Municipal Autonomy and Regional Environmental Needs; Andrea Restrepo-Mieth, Perry World House scholar; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/restrepo-meith-feb-2 (LALS).
Prediction, Power, and Policy: Ethical Dimensions of the Regulation of Clinical Prediction Models; Gary Weissman, medicine; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://zoom.us/j/95819586999 (Medical Ethics & Health Policy).
Assessing Immune Correlates of Protection in COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy Trials; Peter Gilbert, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/553472553 (CCEB).
Dissecting Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Look at the Attack on the U.S. Capitol; panel of speakers; 4 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/dissectiing-chaos-feb-2 (Wharton; Law; ASC).
Stochastic Modeling of Reaction-Diffusion Processes in Biology; Hye-Won Kang, UMD Baltimore County; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/kang-talk-feb-2 (Mathematics).
“Dare You Meet a Woman”: Black Women, Abolitionism, and Protective Violence, 1850–1859; Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97078227894 (History).
Problems ‘Eye’ Commonly See; Nicole Scherrer, Penn Vet; 6:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/scherrer-talk-fab-2 (Penn Vet).
3 Applying Design as an Elected Official; Roberto Treviño, San Antonio, Texas councilmember; 10 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: kmeeks@design.upenn.edu (Weitzman School).
Impassioned Speech: Cinema & Sonic Individuation in Colonial India; Debashree Mukherjee, Columbia University; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/mukherjee-talk-feb-3 (Cinema Studies).
2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Health Equity Symposium: The History and Future of Race, Health and Justice; Dorothy Roberts, Penn Law; noon; online event; info: https://tinyurl.com/roberts-talk-feb-3 (PSOM).
Racial Equity & Philanthropy Panel; panel of speakers; noon; Zoom meeting; register: http://tinyurl.com/pennrepp (SP2).
Thomas Jesse Jones: Sociology, Philanthropy and the Education of Black Folk; Karida Brown, UCLA; noon; online event; info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events (Sociology).
Astronomy in the Era of Mega-Constellations of Low Earth Orbiting Satellites; Tony Tyson, UC Davis; 2 p.m.; online event; info: https://www.physics.upenn.edu/events/ (Physics & Astronomy).
Integrating Machine Learning and Multiscale Modeling in Biomedicine; Lu Lu, MIT; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: chebiom@seas.upenn.edu (CBE).
Death Wish: End-of-Life Care in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia; Timothy Kent Holliday, McNeil Center; 4 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/holliday-talk-feb-3 (Penn Nursing).
Slave Dwellings, Monuments, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy; Joseph McGill, Magnolia Plantation; 6 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/mcgill-talk-feb-3 (Penn Museum).
Graduate Architecture Lecture; Gökhan Avcıoğlu, GAD Istanbul; 6:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/avcioglu-talk-feb-4 (Architecture).
4 Natural Control of HIV-1, Elite Controllers, Clinical Strategies That May Yield to Long Term Drug Free Remission; Mathias Lichterfeld, Harvard; noon; BlueJeans meeting; info: https://www.med.upenn.edu/cfar/seminar-series.html (Center for AIDS Research).
Museums, Immigrants, and Social Justice; Sophia Labadi, University of Kent; 12:30 p.m.; info: www.penn.museum/calendar/652/museums-immigrants-and-social-justice (Penn Museum).
Grounds for Dreaming; Lori Flores, Stony Brook University; 2:45 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/flores-talk-feb-4 (LALS).
Microbes in Biomechanics; Christopher Hernandez, Cornell; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: be@seas.upenn.edu (Bioengineering).
Single Molecule Transcription Factor Dynamics During Zygotic Genome Activation; Mustafa Mir, cell and developmental biology; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/mir-talk-feb-4 (Biology).
Stabilizing Inflammatory Programs in Type 2 Airway Disease; Nora Barrett, Brigham & Women’s Hospital; 4 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/497920610 (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
The Descendants of Aeneas in New Rome: Epigrams on the Fall of Troy from the Cycle of Agathias; Steven Smith, Hofstra University; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/smith-talk-feb-4 (Classical Studies).
Islamic Origins from the Perspective of Enslaved Persons: A View from Below; Elizabeth Urban, West Chester University; 6:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://web.sas.upenn.edu/psco/schedule/4-february-2021/ (Religious Studies).
5 Behind Activism: Feminist Digital Labor Against Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence; Jinsook Kim, ASC; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/kim-talk-feb-5 (GSWS).
Conversation with Curlee Holton; Curlee Holton, UMD; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/holton-talk-feb-5 (Arthur Ross Gallery).
Following the Money: Deepening our Understanding of the Black-White Wealth Gap; Ashleigh Cartwright and Annette Lareau, sociology; noon; online event; info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events (Sociology).
The Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai and its Manuscripts: Crossroads of Culture in the Medieval Mediterranean; Claudia Rapp, University of Vienna; 1 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/7366958 (Penn Libraries).
A Conversation with Curtis Zunigha; Curtis Zunigha, Lenape Center; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/99905925385 (History of Art).
8 Abnormal Mechanics in Brain Tumors; Meenal Datta, Massachusetts General Hospital; noon; online event; info: manu@seas.upenn.edu (PSOC).
Structure-Function Relationships of an Atypical Secretory Kinase Essential for Toxoplasma Gondii Invasion; Dominique Soldati-Favre, University of Geneva; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/soldati-favre-feb-8 (Penn Vet).
Gender, Race, and University Administration; 4 p.m.; Beverly Daniel Tatum, Spelman College; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/tatum-talk-feb-8 (GSWS).
Neglected No More: Housing Markets, Mortgage Markets, and Sea Level Rise; Benjamin Keys, Wharton; 8 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/keys-talk-feb-8 (Master of Urban Spatial Analytics).
9 Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia; Rosie Bsheer, historian; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/bsheer-talk-feb-9 (Middle East Center).
A Utilitarian COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy: Prioritizing Prevention of Transmission Over Prevention of High-Risk Infection; Brittany Johnson, University of Alabama; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://zoom.us/j/99098593893 (Medical Ethics & Health Policy).
Embracing Tumor Heterogeneity with Mouse Models of Pancreas Cancer; Ben Stanger, PSOM; noon; GoToMeeting; join: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/227215405 (Wistar Institute).
Automated Feature Extraction from Large Cardiac Electrophysiological Data Sets; Peter Hinow, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/hinow-talk-feb-9 (Mathematics).
Punishing Slavery: Enforcing Abolition in Southwest Ethiopia, 1942-1952; Lacy Feigh, history; “The Color Line Was Washed Away in the Blood': Race and Prosperity in the Pentecostal Healing Revival, 1940s – 1960s; Gabriel Raeburn, history; 4:30 p.m.; online event; info: https://www.history.upenn.edu/events (History).
Laurie Anderson, Ronald Reagan, and Vocal Drag; Maria Murphy, GSWS; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/murphy-talk-feb-9 (GSWS).
Making Meaning of the Election Part II: What Do We Need from the Biden-Harris Administration Now; Ezekiel Dixon-Román, Fernando Chang-Muy, and Ioana E. Marinescu, SP2; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/election-panel-feb-9 (SP2).
10 Mental Health and Immigrants Issues; Denise Ziya Berte, NBC; 9:15 a.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/berte-talk-feb-10 (LALS).
Global Discovery Series: Pilgrimage Routes Across the World; Justin McDaniel, religious studies; 1 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/mcdaniel-talk-feb-10 (Penn Alumni, SAS).
Engineering Bacteria to Expand the Chemistry of Life; Jorge Marchand, Harvard; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: chebiom@seas.upenn.edu (CBE).
The Ethical Algorithm and the Future of Choice; Michael Kearns, CIS; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/kearns-talk-feb-10 (Wolf Humanities Center).
What is Race?; Quayshawn Spencer, philosophy; Chike Jeffers, Dalhousie University; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/spencer-jeffers-feb-10 (Africana Studies).
Panel Discussion on Criminal Justice Reform; Joanna McClinton and Jordan Harris, state representatives; 6 p.m.; online event; register: https://www.fels.upenn.edu/events/fresjc-panel-discussion (Fels Institute).
Revolution: A Programmatic Collaboration Between Black History Untold and the Penn Museum; Sofiya Ballin, Black History Untold Project; 6:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/ballin-talk-feb-10 (Penn Museum).
11 Conducting Real-World Data Studies on the Effectiveness and Safety of Diabetes Medications; Elisabetta Patorno, Harvard; 9 a.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/368827150 (CCEB).
Asian America Across the Disciplines Series; Samip Mallick, South Asian American Digital Archive; noon; Zoom meeting; info: anabelb@sas.upenn.edu (ASAM).
Critiquing the Category of Religion in Muslim South Asia; Brannon Ingram, Northwestern; 3 p.m.; online event; info: https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Religious Studies).
Multi-Input Chemical Control With Computationally Designed Proteins for Research Tools and Cell Therapies; Glenna Wink Foight, Lyell Immunopharma; 3 p.m.; online event; info: be@seas.upenn.edu (Bioengineering).
Cellular Signaling and Transcriptional Responses to Injury of Regenerative Lung Alveolar Epithelium; Ying Tian, Temple; 4 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/497920610 (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
Power of Penn Faculty Series: Pandemic Ethics: No One is Immune; panel of speakers; 4 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/power-of-penn-feb-11 (SAS).
Humanities and the Community College: Lessons for Classical Studies; Lauren Braun-Strumfels, Raritan Valley Community College; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/braun-strumfels-feb-11 (Classical Studies).
Black Dance and the Politics of Movement; Jasmine Elizabeth Johnson, Africana studies; 5:30 p.m.; Facebook stream; info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/660/living-room-lecture (Penn Museum).
Graduate Fine Arts Event; Ricardo Dominguez, UC San Diego; 6 p.m.; online event; info: mfa@design.upenn.edu (Fine Arts).
12 Anxious China: Inner Revolution and Politics of Psychotherapy; Li Zhang, UC Davis; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/zhang-talk-feb-12 (CSCC).
15 Sensing Matrix Rigidity: Transducing Mechanical Signals From Integrins to the Nucleus; Pere Roca-Cusachs Soulere, University of Barcelona; noon; Zoom meeting; info: manu@seas.upenn.edu (PSOC).
Interior Exclusion, Japanese American Incarceration During WWII; Shirley Ann Higuchi, Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: anabelb@sas.upenn.edu (ASAM).
Bad Impressions: Livery Badges and Lucre in Late Medieval England; Sonja Drimmer, UMass Amherst; 5:15 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://pennmaterialtexts.org/about/events/ (Workshop in the History of Material Texts).
16 China and Southeast Asia: A Contemporary History; Prasenjit Duara, Duke; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/duara-talk-feb-16 (CEAS).
Community Engagement and SEAMACC; Thoai Nguyen, SEAMACC; noon; Zoom meeting; info: anabelb@sas.upenn.edu (ASAM).
Past and Future Limits on Human Gene Editing in Bioethical Debate: A Social Explanation; John Evans, UC San Diego; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://zoom.us/j/91537426186 (MEHP).
Science, Technology, and Modern War: The Rational Fog; Susan Lindee, HSS; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/lindee-talk-feb-16 (Perry World House).
McGraw Prize Webinar: Sustaining Innovation in Education; panel of 2020 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education winners; 2 p.m.; online event; register: http://bit.ly/McGrawGSEPanel (McGraw Prize, Catalyst, GSE).
Stain Removal, Ethics and Race; J. Reid Miller, Haverford College; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/miller-talk-feb-16 (ASAM).
Structural Foundations of Efficient Reinforcement Learning; Alekh Agarwal, Microsoft; 3 p.m.; online event; info: cis-info@cis.upenn.edu (CIS).
Latent Network Structure Learning from High Dimensional Multivariate Point Processes; Emma Jingfei Zhang, University of Miami; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/553472553 (CCEB).
Building Better Government: Priorities and Challenges for the New Administration; Philip Howard, Covington & Burling; Elaine Kamarck, Brookings Institution; Peter Schuck, Yale; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/building-better-feb-16 (Penn Law).
Mechanisms Underlying Spatiotemporal Patterning in Microbial Collectives: A Model's Perspective; Bhargav Karamched, Florida State; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/karamched-talk-feb-16 (Mathematics).
Geographies of Reproduction: Racial Capitalism and Gender in the Atlantic World; Elizabeth Maddock Dillon, Northeastern University; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.english.upenn.edu/events (English).
17 Booming Economies and the Ethno-Racial Divide in Violent Crime Change (1999 – 2013); Maria Velez, UMD; noon; Zoom meeting; ID: Zoom Meeting ID: 965 9082 5437; password: CRIM558 (Criminology).
“MRS Degrees” for Whom? Racial Disparities in Women's Household Economic Returns to College Quality; Jordan Conwell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; noon; online event; info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Sociology).
The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians; Sa’ed Atshan, Swarthmore College; Katharina Galor, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/atshan-galor-feb-17 (Middle East Center).
Fast Radio Bursts; Victoria Kaspi, McGill University; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.physics.upenn.edu/events/ (Physics & Astronomy).
Insights into Active Site Structures for Bimetallic Heterogeneous Catalysts; Madelyn Ball, Georgia Tech; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: chebiom@seas.upenn.edu (CBE).
Pursuing Cosmic Puzzles with Galaxy Surveys; Bhuvnesh Jain, physics & astronomy; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/jain-talk-feb-17 (Physics & Astronomy).
The Apartheid Psychiatrist: Individual Guilt and Collective Responsibility in South Africa; Jacob Dlamini, Princeton; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting, register: https://tinyurl.com/dlamini-talk-feb-17 (Africana Studies).
“Undisciplined”: Early Modern Women’s Writing and the Urgency of Scholarly Activism; Kimberly Anne Coles, UMD; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.english.upenn.edu/events/ (English).
Honoring Black Stories in White Institutions; Sofiya Ballin, Black History Untold; 6:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/ballin-talk-feb-17 (Penn Museum).
18 Using Observational Data to Emulate Target Trials in Pregnancy: Findings from a Nationwide Birth Outcomes Surveillance Study in Botswana; Ellen Caniglia, NYU; 9 a.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/368827150 (CCEB).
Fieldwork, Research Strategies: Census, Asian Americans in Pennsylvania; Stephanie Sun, GACAPAA; noon; Zoom meeting; info: anabelb@sas.upenn.edu (ASAM).
Calculating Bully: Explaining China’s Coercion; Ketian Vivian Zhang, George Mason University; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/zhang-talk-feb-18 (CSCC).
Third Thursday; Ricardo Bracho, GSWS artist-in-residence; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/bracho-talk-feb-18 (GSWS).
Disrupting Contract Law; Sandeep Vaheesan, Open Markets Institute; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94564179162 (Penn Law).
Engineering Synthetic Biomaterials for Islet Transplantation; María Coronel, Georgia Tech; 3 p.m.; online event; info: be@seas.upenn.edu (Bioengineering).
Visualizing Chemistry in Microbial Biofilms; Laura Sanchez, biology; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/sanchez-talk-feb-18 (Biology).
Why Read Homer in 2021? Emily Wilson, classical studies; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/wilson-talk-feb-18 (Classical Studies).
Free Speech Battles—The Secret History of the First Amendment; Fara Dabhoiwala, Princeton; 5 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/dabhoiwala-talk-feb-18 (Andrea Mitchell Center).
Fels Public Policy in Practice Speaker Series; Karen Richardson, KRB Strategies; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://www.fels.upenn.edu/events/ppp-speaker-series-karen-richardson (Fels Institute).
Kahn at 120; panel of speakers; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/kahn-120-feb-18 (Weitzman School).
19 The Party System in India; Eswaran Sridharan, UPIASI; Tariq Thachil, CASI; Ramanan Raghavendran, Amasia; 11 a.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/penn-india-feb-19 (CASI, Penn Alumni).
A Conversation with Stacey Abrams; moderated by Benjamin Todd Jealous and with remarks from University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann; noon; info and to register: https://asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events/conversation-stacey-abrams (ASC, Penn Carey Law School, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program, Penn Provost's Office).
(Re)building Human Dexterity: Inferring Musculoskeletal Dynamics for Next-Generation Assistive Devices & Diagnostics; Laura Hallock, UC Berkeley; noon; Zoom meeting; info: jbatter@seas.upenn.edu (ESE).
Recent Advances in Modeling Subduction and Viscoelastic Flow in Geodynamic Computations; Elbridge Gerry Puckett, UC Davis; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: kathom@seas.upenn.edu (PICS).
22 Quorum Sensing and Competition in African Trypanosomes; Keith Matthews, University of Edinburgh; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/matthews-talk-feb-22 (Penn Vet).
Re-membering WWII Paris; Mélanie Peron, French & Francophone studies; 5:15 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://pennmaterialtexts.org/ (Penn Libraries).
23 Engineering Interfaces to Improve the Thermal Performance of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors; Samuel Graham, Georgia Institute of Technology; 10:30 a.m.; online event; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (MEAM).
Reproduction/Reproduction: An Experiment in Historical Anthropology (on Dante); Carlo Ginzburg, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa; noon; online event; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/calendar/wicshops/ginzburg-dante (Penn Libraries, Center for Italian Studies).
Role of Telomeres in Cancer and Aging; Maria Blasco, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre; noon; GoToMeeting; join: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/227215405 (Wistar Institute).
Penn Veterinary Medicine and the OAA/EOP; Kathryn Waddell Takara, poet; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/takara-talk-feb-23 (OAA/EOP).
The Recording Session with PRISM Quartet; PRISM Quartet; John Senior, Elm Street Studios; 3 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/prism-quartet-feb-23 (Music).
Distance-Based Summaries and Modeling of Ranked Tree Shapes and Ranked Hierarchical Clustering Trees; Julia Palacios, Stanford; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/553472553 (CCEB).
Preaching Modernity: Presbyterian Missions and Agricultural Extension in China(1917-1927); Mengliu Cheng, history; Who Are We? Han-Taiwanese and Indigenous Veterans of the Japanese Imperial Army (1941-1945); Shang (Kaho) Yasuda, history; 4:30 p.m.; online event; info: https://www.history.upenn.edu/events (History).
24 Racism in the Time of COVID-19: Reflections on Theory, Data, and Action; Sharrelle Barber, Drexel; noon; online event; info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Sociology).
On Disaster and the Future of Central America; Jorge Cuéllar, Dartmouth; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/cuellar-talk-feb-24 (LALS).
Probing Protein Interactions from Molecular to Cellular Scales with Microscale Technologies; Julea Vlassakis, UC Berkeley; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://cbe.seas.upenn.edu/events/ (CBE).
Enhancing Usability and Explainability of Data Systems; Anna Fariha, UMass Amherst; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: cis-info@cis.upenn.edu (CIS).
New Directions in Technology Law and Policy: The Biden Administration; panel of speakers; 4:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/law-talk-feb-24 (Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition; Penn Law).
Corporate Governance Post-Pandemic and Post-President Trump; Leo Strine, former chief justice, Delaware Supreme Court; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://pennlaw.cvent.com/d/vjq9xd (Penn Law).
Marian Anderson: Archives of an Extraordinary Life; panel of speakers; 5 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/anderson-talk-feb-24 (Penn Libraries; Penn Alumni).
The Past and Future of Reproductive Choice; Linda Greenhouse, Yale; Reva Siegel, Yale; Serena Mayeri, Penn Law; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/wolf-forum-feb-24 (Wolf Humanities Center).
PennIDEAS: Innovation and Discovery in Engineering, Arts & Sciences; Daniel Aldana Cohen, sociology; Karen Goldberg, Vagelos; Shu Yang, MSE; 8 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/pennideas-feb-24 (SAS).
25 Understanding the Role of Depression on Tuberculosis Treatment; César Augusto Ugarte-Gil, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 9 a.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/368827150 (CCEB).
Sensing the Physical World using Pervasive Wireless Infrastructure; Elahe Soltanaghaei, Carnegie Mellon; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: jbatter@seas.upenn.edu (ESE).
Breaking the Chains of Implicit Trust; Riad Wahby, Stanford; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: cis-info@cis.upenn.edu (CIS).
Dissecting Multicellular Therapeutic Responses Using a Large-scale Single-Ccell Profiling Platform; Siyu Chen, Caltech; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: be@seas.upenn.edu (Bioengineering).
Coral Reefs and Climate Change: Multiple Stressors and Resilience; Andréa Grottoli, Ohio State; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/grottoli-talk-feb-25 (Biology).
Cultivating Creativity in West Philadelphia; Ellen Tiberino, Tiberino Museum; 5:30 p.m.; Facebook livestream; info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/651/living-room-lecture (Penn Museum).
Frank Lloyd Wright's Modern Masterpiece: Unity Temple; Gunny Harboe, architect; Dorothy Krotzer, Building Conservation Associates; Lauren Levine, documentary filmmaker; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/wright-talk-feb-25 (Historic Preservation).
26 The Social Determinants of Health: Racism and Racism-Related Stress; Myles D. Moody, University of Alabama at Birmingham; noon; online event; info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Sociology).
Learning About Learning By Many-Body Systems; Nicole Yunger Halpern, Harvard; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: kathom@seas.upenn.edu (PICS).
The Impacts of Urban Infrastructure on Hydrology and In-Stream Biogeochemistry; Sarah Ledford, Georgia State; 3 p.m.; online event; info: ncrivaro@sas.upenn.edu (Earth & Environmental Studies).
28 Jazz Combos: Multigenerational Music; Guthrie Ramsey, music; Bridget Ramsey, composer; Mike and Mekhi Boone, jazz musicians; 4:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/jazz-talk-feb-28 (Penn Museum).
Annenberg School for Communication
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events
5 Health, Wealth and Racial Opportunity; Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins, LDI; Shawnika Hull, Rutgers; noon.
10 “It’s Not an Easy Kind of Practice Here”: Journalism and its Challenges in South Sudan; Richard Stupart, Annenberg School; noon.
17 Too Much and Too Little: Race, Photography, and the Limits of Legal Seeing; LaCharles Ward, ASC; noon.
18 Sticky Activism: Online Misogyny and Feminist Anti-Hate Activism in South Korea; Jinsook Kim, Annenberg School; noon.
Community-Centered Journalism: Engaging People, Exploring Solutions, and Building Trust; Andrea Wenzel, Temple; 3 p.m.
23 A History of Telecommunications and US Empire; Dan Schiller, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 3 p.m.
24 CDCS Colloquium; Alexandrea Ravenelle, UNC; noon.
26 Body Politic: Disgust Sensitivity, Partisanship, and Public Opinion on Viral Outbreaks; John Sides, Vanderbilt University; noon.
Asian-American Studies
Online events. Info and to register: https://asam.sas.upenn.edu/events
23 Traditions; Fieldwork; Tibetan Americans Community; Cambodian American Community; Sarun Chan, Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia; noon.
Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS)
Online events. Info and to register: https://ceas.sas.upenn.edu/events
2 BRI (Yi dai yi lu) as Method: Forging Theoretical Agendas and Implications for Area Studies; James Sidaway, National University of Singapore; noon.
4 Between Foreign and Family: Return Migration and Identity Construction among Korean Americans and Korean Chinese; Helene Lee, Dickinson College; 4:30 p.m.
8 Global Medicine in the Republic of China, 1946-1970; Wayne Soon, Vassar College; 3:30 p.m.
11 Placing South Korea’s COVID Practice in Context: Korean Public Health Ambitions, (1959-present); John Dimola, Seoul National University; 1 p.m.
18 Reflecting the Past: Place, Language, and Principle in Japan’s Medieval Mirror Genre; Erin Brightwell, University of Michigan; 4:30 p.m.
25 South Korea's Constitutional Palimpsest and the Making of Its ‘Basic Order’; Justine Guichard, University of Paris; 1 p.m.
Penn Dental Medicine
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/
2 The Importance of Integrated Treatment Planning; Paresh Shah, University of Manitoba; 6 p.m.
4 Central Nervous System Dysfunction in People with HIV in the Era of Effective Antiretrovirals; Leah Rubin, Johns Hopkins; noon.
Treating “Hopeless” Teeth; Roger Hill, University of Michigan; 6 p.m.
8 Partial Corticotomy and Bone Grafting to Increase the Envelope of Orthodontic Treatment; Normand Boucher, orthodontist; 6 p.m.
11 Dr. Rodrigo Neiva Presents the Chair's Lecture Series; John Kim, UNC; 6 p.m.
18 Altering Occlusal Vertical Dimension to Enhance Esthetic Restorative Dental Treatment; Joseph Greenburg, Temple; 6 p.m.
25 Peri-Implant Phenotype and Soft Tissue Dehiscences: Improving health, Esthetics and Patient’s Comfort; Lorenzo Tavelli, University of Michigan; 6 p.m.
Economics
Online events. Info and to register: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events
2 Scoring Strategic Agents; Ian Ball, Yale; 4 p.m.
3 TV Advertising Effectiveness and Profitability: Generalizable Results from 288 Brands; Brad Shapiro, Chicago Booth; 3:30 p.m.
4 Household Labor Supply, Child Development and Childcare Policies in the United States; Ewout Verriest, Penn State; 3:30 p.m.
8 Inference for Ranks with Applications to Mobility across Neighborhoods and Academic Achievements across Countries; Daniel Wilhelm, University College London; noon.
9 Vague by Design: Performance Evaluation and Learning from Wages; Franz Ostrizek, University of Bonn; 4 p.m.
10 Efficient and Convergent Sequential Pseudo-Likelihood Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Games; Adam Dearing, Ohio State; 3:30 p.m.
15 Proxy Controls and Panel Data; Benjamin William Deaner, MIT; 4:30 p.m.
16 Selling Consumer Data for Profit: Optimal Market-Segmentation Design and its Consequences; Kai Hao Yang, Yale; 4 p.m.
22 Forecasting Euro-Area Inflation with Time-Varying Parameter Quantile Regressions; Dimitris Korobilis, University of Glasgow; 4:30 p.m.
23 Incentives and Efficiency in Constrained Allocation Mechanisms; Joseph Root, Caltech; 4 p.m.
24 Crises and the Direction of Innovation; Jorge Lemus, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign; 3:30 p.m.
25 Information Design in Common Value Auction with Ex-Post Moral Hazard: Application to OCS Leases; Anh Nguyen, Carnegie Mellon University; 3:30 p.m.
Herbert Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
Online events. Info and to register: https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/events
4 Zakhor: Alex Haley’s Roots, Scriptures, and the Race for America; Richard Newton, University of Alabama; 1:30 p.m.
9 American Jewish Musical Encounters; Galeet Dardashti, composer; 7:30 p.m.
11 Jews and the Religion of Whiteness; J. Kameron Carter, Indiana University Bloomington; 1:30 p.m.
18 Religion and White Supremacy in the United States; Sophie Bjork-James, author; 1:30 p.m.
25 Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s; Marc Dollinger, San Francisco State University; 1:30 p.m.
Interdisciplinarity: Right Here, Right Now
Online lecture series hosted by department of Landscape Architecture. Info and to register: https://www.design.upenn.edu/landscape-architecture/events
4 The Artist; Orkan Telhan, fine arts; 6 p.m.
16 The Planner; Julian Agyeman, Tufts University; 5 p.m.
24 The Preservationist; Randy Mason, city & regional planning; 6 p.m.
Mathematics
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events
23 A Story on Relocation Strategies, the Allee Effect, and the Ideal Free Distribution; Nancy Rodriguez, University of Colorado Boulder; 4 p.m.
25 A Shuffle Theorem for Paths Under Any Line; Anna Pun, UVA; 3:30 p.m.
A Real Motivic v_1 Selfmap; Ang Li, University of Kentucky; 4:30 p.m.
26 Cup Products in the Etale Cohomology of Curves Over Finite Fields; Frauke Bleher, University of Iowa; 3:15 p.m.
Microbiology
BlueJeans events. Join: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/xqbzwhrb
3 Genes Within Genes; Gisela Storz, NIH; noon.
10 Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2; Akiko Iwasaki, Yale; noon.
17 Targeting PANoptosis for the Treatment of Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases; Thiru Kanneganti, St. Jude Children’s Hospital; noon.
24 Small RNA Pathways and Antiviral Immunity in Drosophila and Mosquitos; Carla Saleh, Institut Pasteur; noon.
Population Studies Center
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.pop.upenn.edu/calendar
1 Segregated Medicine: How Racial Politics Shaped American Healthcare; Ezelle Sanford, Africana Studies; noon.
8 China's Other Flattened Curve: An Astonishing Population Reduction, that Rise of Xi, and How "The One-Child Policy" Misnomer Cloaked Them Both; Daniel Goodkind, U.S. Census Bureau; noon.
15 The Formal Demography of Kinship; Hal Caswell, University of Amsterdam; noon.
22 Relationship Uncertainty, The Marriage Process, & HIV in Balaka, Malawi; Jenny Trinitapoli, University of Chicago; noon.