at penn Calendar February 2022
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21 Drop period ends.
Penn Museum
Online events. Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar.
1 Global Voyagers: Destination Africa; 11 a.m.
At-Home Anthro Live: Celebrate Chinese New Year Traditions; 1 p.m.
8 At-Home Anthro Live: Egyptian Amulets; 1 p.m.
15 At-Home Anthro Live: Design a Mancala Board; 1 p.m.
22 At-Home Anthro Live: Design a Kanga; 1 p.m.
9 Women in Data Science (WiDS) Philadelphia @ Penn; emphasizes the diversity of data science, both in subject matter and personnel; will welcome academic, student, and industry speakers from across the data science landscape; noon-3 p.m.; online event; register: https://whr.tn/wids2022 (Wharton, Penn Engineering).
11 ODEI Spotlight: Women+ in STEM at Penn Research Symposium; will feature research from members of the community who identify as gender minorities; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; online event; info: upennwomeninchemistry@gmail.com (Center for Soft & Living Matter).
15 Instruments of Change; will explore ground-based sensors and aerial-and-satellite-gathered imagery, the use of models to simulate material behavior, and place-based experiments that directly manipulate landscape material; 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/instruments-of-change (Landscape Architecture). Also February 17-18, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
18 Yearning for the World: Mediating Proximity after Distanced Times; engages the “before,” “during,” and “after” of a pandemic whose unevenly distributed effects have deeply unsettled our senses of being and belonging; 5 p.m.; Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library; info: https://tinyurl.com/yearning-for-the-world (Cinema Studies).
24 26th Annual 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.; location TBA; info: https://arth.sas.upenn.edu/events/graduate-student-symposium-history-art-2 (History of Art, Barnes Foundation). Also February 25, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
25 Migration: Points of Entry, Points of Departure; will consider the past, present, and future of migration, a practice that has transformed geo-political boundaries, nation-states, cities, and civilizations throughout history; 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/migration-conference (Wolf Humanities Center).
Through South Asian Eyes: We the People; Third Annual South Asian Law Conference, featuring speakers from across the nation; all day; Penn Law School; info: shahrani@pennlaw.upenn.edu (Penn Carey Law School).
Museums Near Campus
For up-to-date information about, exhibits, prices, hours and COVID-19 restrictions for several museums on and near Penn’s campus, visit these websites.
Arthur Ross Gallery: http://www.arthurrossgallery.org/visit/schedule-your-visit/
Brodsky Gallery: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/involved/series/brodskygallery/
Esther Klein Gallery: https://sciencecenter.org/discover/ekg
ICA: https://icaphila.org
Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library: http://tinyurl.com/hvrlct4
Meyerson Hall: https://tinyurl.com/y27c5dty
Morris Arboretum: http://www.morrisarboretum.org/visit_hours.shtml
Penn Museum: https://www.penn.museum/visit/plan-your-visit
Quorum: https://sciencecenter.org/discover/quorum
Slought: https://slought.org/
Van Pelt Library: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/hours/vp
Wistar Institute: https://wistar.org/
Now
Sense<&-#:>Antisense by Talia Greene; visualizes how facts about the pandemic “mutated” through the media and envisions a misinformation vaccine to act as the antidote; Esther Klein Gallery. Through March 22.
Building in China: A Century of Dialogues on Modern Architecture; an exhibition tracing China’s shifting design practices over a century in which many of its leading practitioners and scholars were educated at Penn; Architectural Archives, Fisher Fine Arts Gallery. Through April 28.
No Ocean Between Us: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America & The Caribbean, 1945–Present; features modern and contemporary art by Latin American and Caribbean artists of Asian descent, highlighting artists whose work reflects the global dialogues between their Asian heritages and their Latin American or Caribbean identities; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through May 17.
The Stories We Wear; reveals how clothing and accessories offer powerful expressions of identity and examines the purpose and meaning behind what we wear, showcasing 2,500 years of style via 250 objects. Through June 12.
FCC On 6, 7, 8: Na Kim; installation comprising bold colors, shapes, and patterns inspired by everyday life, designed by conceptually-driven graphic designer Na Kim; ICA. Through July 10.
Ongoing
Art By Mail; display of art made by community members with kits distributed by Kelly Writers House in January; Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House.
Martha Rich: It Goes By Fast; an exuberant and joyful splash of energy that takes full advantage of a 75' by 20' brick wall, painted by Martha Rich, MFA’11; Feintuch Family Lobby, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center.
Upcoming
1 Late for Revision, drawings by Jen Wroblewski; a group of small graphite drawings by Jen Wroblewski that investigate the peculiar capacity of line and mark to cohere into narrative that exists outside of syntactic structures; Brodsky Gallery. Opening: February 1, 6 p.m.
15 Mark Stockton: 100 People; examines who and how we venerate and connect, using a group of 100 hand drawn portraits, photo-referent, made with graphite on paper, and intended to be received as a single work in form and experience; Feintuch Family Lobby, Annenberg Center. Through May 15.
16 Faces of Immigration: Photographs by Harvey Finkle; works by social worker turned photographer Harvey Finkle, MSW’61, who has spent five decades documenting immigrant communities as well as social and political activism across Philadelphia and beyond; pop-up exhibition; 3-7:30 p.m.; Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library.
Penn Museum
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar.
18 Virtual Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.
19 Greece Gallery Tour; 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
20 Mexico & Central America Gallery Tour; 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.
25 Virtual Global Guide Tour: Asia Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
26 Middle East Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Africa Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
27 Native American Voices Tour; 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
2 Dialogue Lab: America; document of a powerful dialogue experiment on political polarization, featuring twelve Americans who convened in July 2021; 10 a.m.; room 203, PCPSE; register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/250388357317 (Paideia Program).
13 Second Sunday Culture Film: On a Tightrope; film about the tradition of tightrope walking, one of the few professional tracks available to Uyghur youth in Chinese-held territories; 2 p.m.; online screening; info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/861/second-sunday-culture-film (Penn Museum, Center for East Asian Studies, Wolf Humanities Center, Cinema Studies).
25 Test Screening: The Fix; sneak peek screening of Kelsey Egan’s new film; 5:30 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).
28 It Will Be Chaos; includes discussion with directors Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo; 5:30 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).
2 12@12 with Catherine Bartch; a concise description of a piece of art in 12 minutes flat; noon; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/12-at-12-feb-2 (Arthur Ross Gallery).
Penn Weitzman Alumni Association Professional Review, Spring 2022; students bring their portfolios or other work to a 15-minute discussion session with a panel of Weitzman School alumni; 6-8 p.m.; online event; info: https://tinyurl.com/weitzman-alumni-review-2022 (Weitzman School). Also February 3, 6-8 p.m.
3 The Deep Dig: Animal Stories: Learning from Zooarchaeology; students will spend each class session virtually in the Zooarchaeology Lab in the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials (CAAM) at the Penn Museum, studying a different archaeological site each week and exploring the range of issues that zooarchaeologists can address using ancient animal bone; 6:30 p.m.; register: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/1070/the-deep-dig (Penn Museum). Also February 10, 17, 24.
9 Wellness and the Good Life; will consider the relational nature of wellness, challenging a narrowly individualistic view of wellbeing and seeking to understand how individual flourishing and communal flourishing are related; 5:45 p.m.; room M20, Harrison College House; register: https://www.collegiuminstitute.org/calendar/wellness-and-the-good-life (Paideia Program).
10 Alumni Panel: Navigating Life Through and Beyond Annenberg; a forum for Annenberg School for Communication graduate students and post-docs to learn tips to navigate the program and beyond; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/annenberg-alumni-feb-10 (Annenberg School).
11 Andean-Amazonian Reading Group; discussion of two films about Indigenous communities from the Andean-Amazonian region; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: mervic@sas.upenn.edu or jpcvw@sas.upenn.edu (Hispanic & Portuguese Studies).
12 Penn Ice Rink Valentine's Skate; 6-7 p.m.; 3130 Walnut St.
14 Douglass Day: Celebrating 19th-Century Black Achievement; help celebrate Black achievement and transcribe the activities of Black women in the Colored Conventions Project; noon-3 p.m.; Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library, and Zoom meeting; info: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/douglass-day (Penn Libraries).
Valentine’s Skate; 6-7 p.m.; Penn Ice Rink.
18 Publishing Workshop for Early Career Scholars; Walter Biggins, Penn Press, leads a workshop discussing how to prepare manuscripts, how to select a publisher, and more useful information for burgeoning academic authors; noon; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/wolf-workshop-feb-18 (Wolf Humanities Center).
19 Workshop: Rust; an introduction to Rust code syntax and semantics; including how language features from more familiar languages like Python and C++ transfer over and concepts not found in many mainstream languages; 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; online webinar; info: kathom@seas.upenn.edu (Penn Institute for Computational Sciences).
22 Master in Law Information Webinar for General Audiences; will give an overview of the Master in Law (ML) degree, application instructions, highlight various courses of study available, and provide insight into the student experience as an ML degree candidate; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/law-info-session-feb-22 (Carey Law School).
25 2022 Virtual Design Career Fair; fair specifically for students interested in careers in the design fields; noon-5 p.m.; online event; info: https://tinyurl.com/weitzman-career-fair-2022 (Weitzman School).
African-American Resource Center (AARC)
Zoom meetings Info: https://aarc.upenn.edu/events.
8 Black History Month Program; noon.
16 WOCAP Noontime Lunch Series Presents: Transforming Men into Allies in the Workplace; noon.
17 Men of Color (Monthly Huddle Meeting) Presents: Who Paved Your Way: Recognizing Our Immediate Ancestors; 1 p.m.
25 Community Lunch Program: Open Forum with AARC and PWC; noon.
Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships (CURF)
Zoom webinars. Info: https://www.curf.upenn.edu/curf-events.
3 PURM Info Session; 2 p.m. Also February 15, 4 p.m.
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Information Session; 4 p.m. Also February 22, 4 p.m.
Fellowships Explained; 5 p.m.
4 Summer Research and Fellowships Fair; 4 p.m.
11 How It Started vs. How It’s Going; 3 p.m.
17 Behind the CV: Stories from Faculty - Joshua Gold; 4 p.m.
18 How to Build an Effective Fellowship Application; 10:30 a.m.
The Signal’s Anti-Resume Project and CURF Present: Failure at Penn; 2 p.m.
25 Careers in Public Service and Civic Engagement; 2 p.m.
College of Liberal & Professional Studies (LPS)
Online events. Info: www.upenn.edu/lps-events.
1 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Café; noon.
2 Master of Science in Applied Geosciences Virtual Information Session; noon.
3 Master of Science in Applied Geosciences Virtual Café; noon.
8 Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences Virtual Information Session; 6 p.m. Also February 22, noon.
9 Fels Institute of Government Virtual Information Session; noon.
10 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Information Session; noon.
15 Master of Liberal Arts Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.
Organizational Dynamics Virtual Information Session; 6 p.m.
16 Pre-Health Post-Baccalaureate Programs Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.
17 Master of Chemical Sciences Virtual Information Session; 5:30 p.m.
Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Unless noted, online events. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.
1 Virgin Pulse Wellness Platform Demo; for staff & faculty; noon.
2 Virtual Deskercise 30-Minute Workshop; for staff & faculty; noon.
3 Fundamentals of Strategic Planning; for staff & faculty; 12:30 p.m.
Not a Monolith: Storying Asian American Identities in Research and Teaching; 5 p.m.
4 Friday Virtual Chats with Admissions; noon. Also February 11, 9 a.m.; February 18; noon; February 25, 9 a.m.
8 Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management Program Information Session; noon.
16 Staff Service Celebration; for staff & faculty; 3:30 p.m.
18 Penn GSE Live Webinar: What Creative Drama Can Do for You and Your Students; 12:30 p.m.
Penn GSE LGBTQAI+ Community Engagement; 4 p.m.
21 International Educational Development Program Virtual Info Session; noon.
22 Resilience Workshop: Avoid Thinking Traps; for staff and faculty; 12:30 p.m.
23 GSE-IT Ticketing System (Freshservice) Training; 1:30 p.m.
24 Literary Lunch with Juliana; for staff and faculty; noon.
New Canvas Course Creation Form Training; 1 p.m.
25 Careers in Research Firms: Information Session; Jill Bowdon, American Institutes for Research; 10 a.m.
HEARD Book Group: Decolonizing Universalism: A Transnational Feminist Ethic; noon.
Human Resources Workshops
Unless noted, online events. Info: https://tinyurl.com/penn-hr-programs.
1 Virgin Pulse Wellness Platform Demo; noon.
2 Deskercise 30-Minute Workshop; noon.
3 Guided Mindful Meditation; noon.
Fundamentals of Strategic Planning; 12:30 p.m.
4 30-Minute Guided Meditation; noon. Also February 11, 18, 25.
7 30-Minute Chair Yoga Plus Core; noon. Also February 14, 21, 28.
8 Resilience Workshop: Resilience and Learned Optimism; 12:30 p.m.
9 Chair Yoga; noon. Also February 23.
Adapting Your Leadership Style; 12:30 p.m.
10 3 Practices To Be Your Best Friend and Coach On the Spot; noon.
14 Monthly Wellness Walk - Go Red for Heart Health Day; noon; meet at the Palestra.
15 Managing Time and Setting Boundaries; 12:30 p.m.
16 Navigating the Curricular Waters: Presented by Penn Admissions; noon.
17 Virtual Training 101; 12:30 p.m.
22 Resilience Workshop: Avoid Thinking Traps; 12:30 p.m.
Morris Arboretum
In-person tours and events. Info: https://www.morrisarboretum.org/.
5 Wellness Walks; 10:30 a.m. Weekends.
Garden Highlights Tour; 1 p.m. Weekends.
12 Witchhazels Tour; 11 a.m.
Penn Dental
Unless noted, online events. Info: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/.
1 Progressive Materials in Dentistry—Facing Reality; Alexander Wünsche, Zahntechnique Dental Laboratory; 6 p.m.
Penn Nursing
Online events. Info: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/calendar/.
1 Penn Nursing Alumni Panel: What Masters Program is Right for You? 7 p.m.
2 A Journey Through the Psychedelic Revival: What Happens in Psychedelic Therapy? 6:30 p.m.
15 A Journey Through the Psychedelic Revival: Psychedelic Neuroscience and Pharmacology; 6:30 p.m.
18 Restorative Circles for Penn Nursing Community Building; for staff & faculty; 4 p.m.
23 ONR Colloquium Event: Tips on Grant Writing - Stories of Resilience and Lessons Learned; noon.
26 Graduate Programs Virtual Open House; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
10 No Ocean Between Us: PennYo Performance; performance by America's first collegiate Chinese a cappella group; 5:30 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery and Zoom livestream; join: https://tinyurl.com/pennyo-feb-10 (Arthur Ross Gallery).
25 Penn Chamber; a celebration of the art of chamber music, performed by Penn’s chamber ensembles, including string quartets, piano trios, piano four hands, and other small ensembles; 7 p.m.; room 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Music).
27 Celebration and Remembrance: The Music of James Primosch; a performance of some of Dr. Primosch’s greatest music, featuring Charles Abramovic, the Daedalus Quartet, Meg Bragle, Laura Ward, Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Ryan McCullough, The Crossing, and Susan Stewart; 7 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center (Music).
Penn Live Arts
In-person performances at Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center. Info: https://pennlivearts.org/events/calendar.php.
4 The Jazz Gallery All-Stars; seven Grammy-winning members of the well-known New York group come together to play a program of new compositions and old favorites; 8 p.m.
11 Regina Carter Quartet; jazz’s leading violinist, known for seamlessly traversing jazz, R&B, Latin, classical, blues and everything in between, performs a daring program that is accessible and intelligent; 8 p.m.
18 Penn Symphony Orchestra: Schubert & Belioz; performance of Schubert’s sublime Symphony No. 5, featuring Penn's own chamber orchestra musicians, and Belioz’s Harold in Italy performed by the Penn Symphony Orchestra featuring Rachel Ku of the Philadelphia Orchestra; 8 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium (Music).
13 The Letters: Marian & Orpheus: A Love Story; a dramatic reading of the love letters of groundbreaking contralto Marian Anderson, an iconic figure in the struggle for civil rights, and noted African American architect Orpheus “King” Fisher; 4 p.m.; Penn Museum; tickets: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/1074/the-letters (Penn Museum).
17 The Kitchen Sink; a tender comedy about family, class and dreaming of better things - even when there’s no running water; 7 p.m.; Bruce Montgomery Theater, Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/the-kitchen-sink (Penn Live Arts). Also February 18, 7 p.m.; February 19, 7 p.m.; February 20, 2 p.m.
18 Trinity Irish Dance Company; progressive Irish dance troupe uses hard-driving percussive power, lightning-fast agility and aerial grace to fuse Ireland’s vibrant tradition and legacy with ever-evolving, American innovation; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/trinity-irish-dance-company-1010 (Penn Live Arts). Also February 19, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
22 No Ocean Between Us: Performance by the Pan-Asian Dance Troupe; 5:30 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery; RSVP: sabrady@upenn.edu; Zoom screening; register: https://tinyurl.com/padt-performance-feb-22 (Arthur Ross Gallery).
Wharton Follies 2022: Follies’ Eleven; an original musical comedy parodying the MBA experience, entirely written, produced and performed by students; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center; info and tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/wharton-follies-2022 (Penn Live Arts). Also February 23, 8 p.m.
Amplify Nursing; created and hosted by Penn Nursing’s Marion Leary, director of innovation, and Angelarosa DiDonato, associate program administrator, features nurses who are leading the way in nursing science, policy and innovation; available every other Wednesday; https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/research/innovation/amplify-nursing-podcast/
Case in Point; produced by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, this podcast provides smart, informative conversations about the law, society, and culture. By bringing together top scholars with experts on politics, business, health, education, and science, Case in Point gives an in-depth look at how the law touches every part of our lives; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/case-in-point/id969189587
Energy Policy Now; produced by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and hosted by energy journalist Andy Stone, who speaks with leaders from industry, government and academia as they shed light on today’s pressing energy policy debates; https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/energy-policy-now
Future of the Business World; created and hosted by the Wharton Global Youth Program, this podcast features high school entrepreneurs from around the world discussing their ventures and exploring themes related to innovation and business, such as ideation, grit, design thinking and collaboration; new episodes available monthly; https://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/category/podcasts/
MES and MSAG podcasts: Podcasts about environmental issues from the master of environmental studies and master of science in applied geosciences programs in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies are available on Soundcloud.
Momentum 2020: The Power of Penn Women; podcast associated with a three-day conference in October celebrating the power of Penn women; https://pennmomentum.libsyn.com/
No Stupid Questions; Stephen Dubner (co-author of the Freakonomics book series) and Angela Duckworth (Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor of Psychology and Senior Scientific Advisor of the Positive Psychology Center) really like to ask people questions, and came to believe there's no such thing as a stupid one. So they made a podcast where they can ask each other as many “stupid questions” as they want; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-stupid-questions/id1510056899
Office Hours; produced by the Office of University Communications, this podcast series explores the minds of the Penn’s academic talents in a more unbuttoned and freewheeling setting outside of the lecture hall; https://penntoday.upenn.edu/subtopic/office-hours?page=0
OMNIA; produced by the School of Arts and Sciences, this series provides insights and perspectives from the home of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences at Penn; https://web.sas.upenn.edu/in-these-times/
Organizational Dynamics Programs Learning Aloud: Listen to Learning Aloud, a podcast from the Organizational Dynamics community at the University of Pennsylvania hosted by Steve Hart.
Poem Talk; Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests; https://jacket2.org/content/poem-talk
The Daily Pennsylvanian podcasts; The DP produces several podcasts; https://www.thedp.com/section/podcasts
The Global Cable; produced by Perry World House, this podcast discusses “the world’s biggest issues with the people who work on them;” https://tinyurl.com/globalcablepodcast
The Media at Risk Podcast; produced by the Center for Media at Risk at the Annenberg School, this podcast gives voice to media practitioners and the dilemmas they face when political threat undermines their activity; https://www.ascmediarisk.org/ideas/podcasts/
Tradeoffs; Hosted by Dan Gorenstein, mediamaker-in-residence at the Annenberg School; episodes air every other Wednesday; https://tradeoffs.org/
Wharton Business Radio; a variety of shows and podcasts are produced at Wharton; visit https://businessradio.wharton.upenn.edu/shows/ for a full list.
Work-Life with Adam Grant; this TED original podcast takes you inside some truly unusual places, and helps make work not suck; https://www.adamgrant.net/worklife
7 Between the Lines: My Lord, What a Morning: An Autobiography by Marian Anderson; book club that discusses the autobiography of Marian Anderson, a groundbreaking contralto and an icon for civil rights; 6 p.m.; online event; tickets: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/1013/between-the-lines (Penn Museum). Also February 21, 28.
Diverging Space for Deviants; Akira Drake Rodriguez, city & regional planning; 6 p.m.; room B3, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/rodriguez-reading-feb-7 (City & Regional Planning).
10 Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene; Mimi Sheller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; 1 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/sheller-reading-feb-10 (Annenberg School).
Wayward Distractions: Ornament, Emotion, Zombies, and the Study of Buddhism in Thailand; book launch featuring author Justin McDaniel, religious studies; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; info: doschaef@upenn.edu (Religious Studies).
16 Penn Nursing Story Slam; brings together nurse storytellers from Penn Nursing and Penn Medicine to share their true, personal stories that explore the breadth, depth, and diversity of nursing; 7 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/nursing-story-slam-feb-16 (Penn Nursing).
21 Taking Stock of Shock: Social Consequences of the 1989 Revolutions; Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell Orenstein, Russian & East European Studies; 6 p.m.; room 209, College Hall; info: https://www.history.upenn.edu/node/14426 (History).
25 Poland's Constitutional Breakdown; Wojciech Sadurski, University of Sydney; noon; Forum Room, PCPSE; register: https://tinyurl.com/sadurski-reading-feb-25 (Russian & East European Studies).
Kelly Writers House
Online and in-person events. Info: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0222.php.
2 We All Feel Like It; hosted by Michelle Taransky, English; 6 p.m.; Arts Café and YouTube livestream.
3 Reading and Conversation; Franny Choi, poet and author; 6 p.m.; online livestream.
7 Joan is Okay; book launch for Weike Wang, English; 6 p.m.; Arts Café and YouTube livestream.
8 Reading and Conversation; Safia Elhillo and Angel Nafis; 6 p.m.; Arts Café and YouTube livestream.
10 Practicing Cooperation: Mutual Aid Beyond Capitalism; Andrew Zitcer, Drexel; 6 p.m.; Arts Café and YouTube livestream.
16 Speakeasy Open Mic Night; 7:30 p.m.; Arts Café and YouTube livestream.
17 A Forest on Many Stems: Essays on the Poet's Novel; book launch for new poetry anthology, featuring several of its contributors; 6 p.m.; Arts Café and YouTube livestream.
21 A Reading; Amitav Ghosh, author; 6:30 p.m.; Arts Café.
22 A Conversation; Amitav Ghosh, author; 10 a.m.; Arts Café.
23 Dance and the Poetics of Diaspora; Dahlia Li, English; 6 p.m.; location TBA.
24 Heled Travel Grant Presentations; Grace Leahy and Ian McCormack, writers; noon.
A Conversation; Rachel Seville Tashjian, fashion critic; 5 p.m.
24 Penn Dental Black History Month Celebration; features remarks by Dean Mark Wolff and speakers from the Student National Dental Association; 5:30 p.m.; BlueJeans webinar; register: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/buhhpytb (Penn Dental).
For a listing of in-person and livestreamed Penn Athletics events for the month of February, visit https://pennathletics.com/calendar. In-person attendance at Penn Athletics events resumes on February 1.
1 Super Size Me: How Massive UN Summits Advance Policy Agendas; panel of speakers; 4 p.m.; Perry World House; register: https://tinyurl.com/pwh-talk-feb-1 (Perry World House).
A New Political Economy of Music?; Eric Drott, University of Texas at Austin; 5:15 p.m.; room 101, Lerner Center (Music).
Handling Equine Emergencies in the Field; Elizabeth Arbittier, Penn Vet; 6:30 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/arbittier-talk-feb-1 (Penn Vet).
2 Color-Evasive Racism in the Final Stage of Faculty Searches: Examining Search Committee Hiring Practices That Jeopardize Racial Equity Policy; Roman Liera, Montclair State University; 10:30 a.m.; room 200, GSE (Diversity at Penn).
The Heritage Lens: How Historic Preservation Can Engage with Global Issues; Jonathan Bell, World Monuments Fund; noon; Kleinman Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/bell-talk-feb-2 (Historic Preservation).
The Taliban Takeover and the Future of Afghan Media; panel of speakers; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/my/ascmediarisk (Center for Media at Risk).
Understanding the Cosmological Evolution of Galaxies with Intensity Mapping; Jason Sun, Caltech; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/sun-talk-feb-2 (Physics & Astronomy).
3 Significance of Plasma Refilling During Hemodialysis; Christina Hao Wang, nephrology; 9 a.m.; BlueJeans webinar; join: https://bluejeans.com/873734674/4747?src=join_info (Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics).
Thermodynamic Contributions to Glass Fragility; Hillary Smith, Swarthmore College; 10:30 a.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/smith-talk-feb-3 (Materials Science & Engineering).
The Healing Power of Self-Expression: Photography by Female Refugee Artists; panel of speakers; 11:30 a.m.; Perry World House; https://tinyurl.com/pwh-talk-feb-3 (Perry World House).
Dreams of Spain: Old and New Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) Songs; Edwin Seroussi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; noon; Zoom webinar; tickets: $80 for four sessions; register: https://tinyurl.com/seroussi-talk-feb-3 (Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies). Also February 10, 17, 24.
Towards the Development of Gender Responsive Interventions to Improve Men’s Engagement in TB Care and Treatment; Andrew Medina-Marino, Desmond Tutu Health Foundation; noon; location TBA; info: https://www.med.upenn.edu/cfar/seminar-series.html (Center for AIDS Research).
From Bench to Pet-Side: Intratumoral Immunotherapy Principles and Practice; Noor Momin, Harvard; 3:30 p.m.; room 216, Moore Building (Bioengineering).
Mapping the Neural Dynamics of Social Dominance and Defeat; Annegret Falkner, Princeton; 4 p.m.; Tedori Family Auditorium, Levin Building, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97464347521#success (Biology).
How Do Mindfulness Interventions Work? Building a Neuroscience Linking Mindfulness Interventions to Well-Being; David Creswell, Carnegie Mellon University; 4:30 p.m.; room 218, Houston Hall; RSVP: info@neuroethics.upenn.edu (Center for Neuroscience & Society).
Sexuality and Gendered Hierarchy: Old Babylonian Sumerian Poetry; Ming-Qing Literature; Christie Carr and Julie Chan, Oxford; 5 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/gsws-seminars-spring-2022 (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies).
4 Towards Robust Human-Robot Interaction: A Quality Diversity Approach; Stefanos Nikolaidis, University of Southern California; 10:30 a.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (GRASP Lab).
Reforming Primary Care for a 21st Century Health Care System; panel of speakers; noon; Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/99578819009 (Leonard Davis Institute).
Wood Working: Brazilwood and Salvation in Amsterdam's Rasphuis Prison, c. 1600; Erin Wrightson, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; room 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall and Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/wrightson-talk-feb-4 (History of Art).
7 Modeling Toxoplasma Sexual Development in Mice and Microphysiological Devices; Laura Knoll, University of Wisconsin-Madison; noon; Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91921012177 (Penn Vet).
Designing Equitable Algorithms For Criminal Justice And Beyond; Sharad Goel, Harvard; 3:30 p.m.; Auditorium, Levin Building (Psychology).
8 Lozenge Tilings and the Gaussian Free Field on a Cylinder; Marianna Russkikh, MIT; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL (Mathematics).
Registration for Wearable Device Data with Application to Circadian Rhythm Chronotype Discovery; Julia Wrobel, Colorado School of Public Health; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/wrobel-talk-feb-8 (Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics).
Russia's Disinformation Campaign Against the U.S.; Konstantin Natanovich Borovoi, Western Choice Party; 4 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/borovoi-talk-feb-8 (Russian & East European Studies).
Spatially Heterogeneous Formations Due to Biases in Movement; Patrick Murphy, Rice University; 4 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/murphy-talk-feb-8 (Biology).
Brought to Life by the Voice: Thinking with Playback; Amanda Weidman, Bryn Mawr College; 5:15 p.m.; room 101, Lerner Center (Music).
9 Brave Neuro World; Martha Farah, Center for Neuroscience & Society; noon; online webinar; info: pasef@pobox.upenn.edu (Penn Association for Senior & Emeritus Faculty).
Community Collaboration for Co-Creation, Designing Technology for Social Justice & Health; panel of speakers; noon; BlueJeans webinar; register: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/uwssygzj (Nursing).
Freedom of Information Act in Higher Education; Jessica Huseman, journalist; Nate Jones, The Washington Post; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: upenn.zoom.us/my/ascmediarisk (Center for Media at Risk).
Eurovision, Blackness and Televisual Spectacle; Melissa Blanco Borelli, Northwestern University; 1 p.m.; room 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).
The Synergy of Biophysics and Active Materials; Arnold Mathijssen, physics; 3:30 p.m.; room A8, DRL, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/mathijssen-talk-feb-9 (Physics & Astronomy).
Race and Privacy Regulation; Anita Allen, Carey Law School; 4:30 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://pennlaw.cvent.com/d/s8qpj2 (Carey Law School).
Fireside Chat and Q&A; Kimberly Sherman Stamler, Related Beal; 6 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/stamler-talk-feb-9 (Penn Student Women in Real Estate).
10 Action at the Nanoscale: Single-Molecule Studies of Protein Motion; Gabriela Schlau-Cohen, MIT; 1 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91526139467 (Chemistry).
2021-2022 Sachs Visiting Professor Lecture; Every Ocean Hughes, fine arts; 6 p.m.; Arts Lounge, Annenberg Center (Fine Arts).
11 African American Girlishness in Black Women's Photography 1970-2003; Destiny Crockett, English; Older Adults on the Dating Market: The Role of Family and Caregiving Responsibilities; Lauren Harris, sociology; noon; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/crockett-harris-feb-11 (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies).
The French Origins of the Restaurant: The 1802 Menu of Antoine Beauvilliers, Restaurateur; Lynne Farrington, Kislak Center; noon; online webinar; info: https://tinyurl.com/farrington-talk-feb-11 (Kislak Center).
Masters in Miniature: Future Horizons for Italian Manuscript Studies; Bryan Keene, Riverside City College; 1 p.m.; location TBA; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/calendar/kislak/MastersInMiniature (Italian Studies).
14 Radical Honesty as Black Feminist Praxis: Teaching and Organizing within the Movement for Black Lives; Bianca Williams, CUNY; noon; online webinar; info: https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/events (Anthropology).
15 Learning in a Time of Covid-19: Emerging Research From Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Sharon Wolf, GSE; Jere Behrman, economics; 10 a.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/wolf-talk-feb-15 (Penn Development Research Initiative).
The Role of Social Work in Advancing Black Equity; Douglass Brooks, Gilead; David Satcher, Satcher Health Leadership Institute; Tamara Cadet, SP2; noon; Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96626562844 (SP2).
Engineering for Everyone: Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Gilda A. Barabino, Olin College of Engineering; 3:30 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Penn Engineering Joseph Bordogna Forum).
From the Back of the Church: Irreverent Religion in African American History; Vaughn Booker, Dartmouth; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/booker-talk-feb-15 (Africana Studies).
16 Health Equity: A Call for Action in Health Systems; Marshall Chin, University of Chicago; 9:30 a.m.; BlueJeans webinar; register: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/udpkazcv (Penn Nursing).
Lessons from the Field: From Site to Place to Cultural Preservation; Nada Hosking, Global Heritage Fund; noon; Kleinman Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/hosking-talk-feb-16 (Historic Preservation).
Jim Crow in the Asylum: Psychiatry and Civil Rights in the American South; Kylie Smith, Emory University; 4 p.m.; BlueJeans webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/smith-talk-feb-16 (Penn Nursing).
Immigration: A Philadelphia Perspective; panel of speakers; 5 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/immigration-panel-feb-16 (Wolf Humanities Center).
Public Works; Laurie Hawkinson, Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects; 6:30 p.m.; Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/hawkinson-talk-feb-16 (Architecture).
17 Robot-Assisted Imaging of Neuromuscular Function: New Insights on the Neural Substrates of Motor Control; Fabrizio Sergi, University of Delaware; 10 a.m.; Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).
Certifiable Outlier-Robust Geometric Perception: Robots that See through the Clutter with Confidence; Heng Yang, MIT; 11 a.m.; room 225, Towne Building, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/yang-talk-feb-17 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
Improving Forensic Decision Making: A Human-Cognitive Perspective; Itiel Dror, University College London; 1 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/dror-talk-feb-17 (Criminology).
End-to-End Precision Medicine: Personalized Sensing, Targeted Diagnostics, and Therapeutic Discovery; Ava Soleimany, Microsoft Research; 3:30 p.m.; room 337, Towne Building (Bioengineering).
The Evolution of Development of Climbing Plant; Joyce (Chery) Onyenedum, Cornell; 4 p.m.; Tedori Family Auditorium, Levin Building, and Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97464347521#success (Biology).
So-and-so Made This: A Research Methodology for Finding and Being with the Potters and Painters of Ancient Athens; Sanchita Balachandran, Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum; 4:45 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/classical-studies-spring-2022 (Classical Studies).
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Itch, Pain and Inflammation; Diana Bautista, UC Berkeley; 5 p.m.; GoToWebinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/bautista-talk-feb-17 (Wistar Institute).
Design With, Not For; Dennis Milam and Paola Aguirre Serrano, Borderless; 6 p.m.; room B3, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/milam-serrano-feb-17 (Landscape Architecture).
Fels Public Policy in Practice Speaker Series; British Robinson, Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy; 6 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://www.fels.upenn.edu/events/ppp-speaker-series-british-robinson (Fels Institute of Government).
18 From Surveying Farms to Tidying Our Homes with Robots; Volkan Isler, University of Minnesota; 10:30 a.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (GRASP Lab).
Quantitative Social Media Research Practices; Deen Freelon, University of North Carolina; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/freelon-talk-feb-18 (Annenberg School for Communication).
21 Type 2 Immunity: Learning from Helminths; Judith Allen, University of Manchester; noon; Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91921012177 (Penn Vet).
22 New Directions in Ovarian Cancer Research; Sharon Stack, Harper Cancer Research Institute; noon; GoToWebinar; join: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/227215405 (Wistar Institute).
Non-Equilibrium Chemical and Biological Systems with Microscopic Electrochemical Control; Chong Liu, UCLA; noon; Carol Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).
The Once and Future Kings: A History of the Frustrating (and Futile) Search for the Next Martin Luther King, Jr.; Marcia Chatelain, Georgetown; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/chatelain-talk-feb-22 (Africana Studies).
Board Diversity Matters: An Empirical Assessment of Community Lending at Federal Reserve-Regulated Banks; Brian Feinstein, Wharton School; 5 p.m.; online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/feinstein-talk-feb-22 (Carey Law School).
Of Magic Lanterns and Kirttan Bands: Technology, Spectacle, and Performance in Colonial India; Anna Schultz, University of Chicago; 5:15 p.m.; room 101, Lerner Center (Music).
Deprovincializing the Police: Towards a Transnational Solidarity Against Brutality; Daniel Agbiboa, Harvard; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/agbiboa-talk-feb-22 (Africana Studies).
23 Quantum Many-Body Physics in the NISQ Era; Matteo Ippoliti, Stanford University; 11 a.m.; room 225, Towne Building, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/bio-talks-spring-2022 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
State-Sponsored Nature: Film and the Civilian Conservation Corps; Jennifer Peterson, Woodbury University; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/peterson-talk-feb-23 (Cinema Studies).
Constructing Safer Spaces in Popular Music; Shawna Potter, War on Women band; Kim Warnick, Calling All Crows; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: upenn.zoom.us/my/ascmediarisk (Center for Media At Risk).
Optical Sensing of Moiré Physics in Semiconducting Moiré Superlattices; Chenhao Jin, UC Santa Barbara; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/92531888838 (Physics & Astronomy).
Molecular and Cellular Bases of Coral Symbiosis and its Breakdown; Phil Cleves, Carnegie Institute of Science; 4 p.m.; Tedori Family Auditorium, Levin Building, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/bio-talks-spring-2022 (Biology).
Rebuilding Trust in International Institutions Through Subnational Engagement; panel of speakers; 4 p.m.; online webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/iur-talk-feb-23 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).
Deaf People on the Move: Temporal Dimensions; Sanchu Iyer and Amandine le Maire, Heriot-Watt University; 5 p.m.; online webinar; info: https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/deaf-people-move (Wolf Humanities Center).
American Heresies: Civil Religion and Foreign Affairs Since 1776; Walter McDougall, history; 5:15 p.m.; room 200, College Hall; info: https://www.history.upenn.edu/node/14434 (History).
Rethinking the 20th Century: Voices from Japan; Futoshi Shibayama, Kwansei University; 5:15 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/271400605517 (Center for East Asian Studies).
Na Kim FFC on 6, 7, 8: In Conversation; Adèle Naudé Santos, architect; Na Kim, artist; 6 p.m.; online webinar; info: https://icaphila.org/events/adele-naude-santos-and-na-kim-in-conversation/ (Institute of Contemporary Art).
24 Overlapping Peripheries: How Will India and China Navigate the Asian Century? Shyam Saran, 26th Foreign Secretary of India; 10 a.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/saran-talk-feb-24 (Center for the Study of Contemporary China).
Evidence of Political Dynasty Effects on Urban Inequality and Urban Crime; Angela Zorro Medina, University of Chicago; noon; room 150, McNeil Building, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/medina-talk-feb-24 (Criminology).
Liberation Space Literature in Transwar East Asia; Satoru Hashimoto; Johns Hopkins University; noon; room 623, Williams Hall (Korean Studies).
Multi-Layered Quantitative Gene Control in Space and Time; Bomyi Lim, SEAS; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB, and BlueJeans webinar; join: https://bluejeans.com/896670773785/772827649464 (PSOM Deans’ Distinguished Visiting Professorship Seminar).
A Conversation; Daniel Munduruku, Brazilian writer and educator; 1 p.m.; Zoom webinar; info: https://spanish.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Hispanic & Portuguese Studies).
First-Principles Optimization and Discovery of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage; Ismaila Dabo, Penn State; 1 p.m.; Zoom webinar; info: rvargas@sas.upenn.edu (Chemistry).
Nigeria’s Twitter Ban and the Logic of Cultural Netizenship; James Yékú, University of Kansas; 1 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/yeku-talk-feb-24 (Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication).
Seismic Riskscapes of the Late Fourth Century CE; Cam Grey, classical studies; 4:45 p.m.; Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/classical-studies-spring-2022 (Classical Studies).
Gender Ideology and Neofamilism: Gender, Marriage, Family, and Sexual Values in China; Xiaoling Shu, UC Davis; 5 p.m.; location TBA; info: https://ceas.sas.upenn.edu/events (Center for East Asian Studies).
Sleight of Hands: Early Studio Animation and the Disappearing Artist; JS Wu, English; 5 p.m.; room 135, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).
Muertes Civiles and The Possibility of Life: Human Rights Activism Against Racism in the Dominican Republic; Amarilys Estrella, Rice University; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/estrella-talk-feb-24 (Africana Studies).
Forms of Public Realm Practice; Bryony Roberts, Columbia; 6 p.m.; room B3, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/roberts-talk-feb-24 (Landscape Architecture).
25 Fear and Loathing and Science; Michael Weisberg, philosophy; Paul Sniegowski, biology; Sarah Tishkoff, biology; noon; BlueJeans webinar; info: https://tinyurl.com/fear-and-loathing-feb-25 (Penn Alumni, School of Arts & Sciences Inspiring Impact Faculty Series).
“I Feel It in My Gut”: Epistemic Motivations, Political Beliefs, and Misperceptions of COVID-19 and the 2020 Election; Dannagal Young, University of Delaware; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/young-talk-feb-25 (Annenberg School for Communication).
Building a New JV University from Scratch in China: The Case of Duke Kunshan University; Denis Simon, Duke University; 12:30 p.m.; online webinar; info: https://cscc.sas.upenn.edu/events/ (Center for the Study of Contemporary China).
Driving Physics of Inverted Flag Flapping; Andres Goza, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; 2 p.m.; online webinar; info: kathom@seas.upenn.edu (Penn Institute for Computational Science).
A Mi Vida; Kukuli Velarde, artist; Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, history of art; 5 p.m.; Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library, and online webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/velarde-shaw-feb-25 (Wolf Humanities Center).
28 Of Folds and Lumens: How Cells Build Complex 3D Structures; Claudia Vasquez, Stanford University; noon; Tedori Family Auditorium, Levin Building, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/vasquez-talk-feb-28 (Biology).
K-Beauty, Colorism, and Global Digital Platform; Dasol Kim, Center on Digital Culture and Society; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/kim-talk-feb-28 (CDCS).
Controlling the Fate and Function of Proteins with Proximity Photopharmacology; Dirk Trauner, NYU; 2 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB, and BlueJeans webinar; join: https://pennmedicine.bluejeans.com/832338401576/571349048955 (Physiology, Penn Muscle Institute).
Ancient Migration at the Bering Strait: A Trans-Disciplinary and Trans-National History of Scientific Investigation; Brooke Penaloza-Patzak, Austrian Science Fund; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; info: https://tinyurl.com/penaloza-patzak-feb-28 (Histori & Sociology of Science).
The Social Genome: Lessons From Our Primate Cousins; Jenny Tung, Duke University; 3:30 p.m.; auditorium, Levin Building (Psychology).
When Your City Becomes a Campus: Higher Ed Planning and the Rise of UniverCities; Davarian Baldwin, Trinity College; 6 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/baldwin-talk-feb-28 (City & Regional Planning).
Asian American Studies (ASAM)
Online and in-person events. Info: https://asam.sas.upenn.edu/events.
1 Race and the Law; Vinay Harpalani, University of New Mexico; noon; Zoom webinar.
4 Silicon Valley Religiosity: South Asian American Influence in Islamic Spaces; Ali Rahman, English; noon; room 473, McNeil Building and Zoom webinar.
7 Asian America Across the Disciplines; Teresa Maebori, Japanese American Citizens League, Philadelphia Chapter; 5:15 p.m.; room 315, Williams Hall.
8 Race and Healthcare; Antonia Villarruel, Dean of Penn Nursing; noon; Zoom webinar.
9 Mental Health and Immigrants; Denise Ziya Berte, Peaceful Family Project; 9 a.m.; room 473, McNeil Building and Zoom webinar.
17 Race and Migration; Fernando Chang-Muy, Carey Law School; noon; Zoom webinar.
18 Making Meaning of Diversity in the College Application Process; Tiffany Huang, ASAM; noon; room 473, McNeil Building and Zoom webinar.
22 Race and Faith; Kameelah, Mu'min Rashad, Muslim Wellness Foundation; noon; Zoom webinar.
Boardman Symposium: Destabilizing Religion in the Middle East
Sponsored by Penn’s department of religious studies. Online webinars. Register: https://bit.ly/boardmansymposium.
2 Religion and Theology: What Difference Does it Make? Jack Tannous, Princeton; An Age of Faith? The Paradoxes of Studying Pre-Modern Islam; Marion Katz, NYU; 5 p.m.
9 Religion and Everyday Writing Across the First Millennium: The Case of Hebrew-Script Documents; Eve Krakowski, Princeton; 5 p.m.
16 The Mobilization of Faith and the Politics of Identities: Islam’s Scripturalist Antecedents in Arabia; Valentina Grasso, NYU; 5 p.m.
23 Decentering Islam: Orthodoxy, Orthopraxy & Heresy in the Middle Ages; Suleiman Mourad, Smith College; 5 p.m.
Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies (CLALS)
Zoom webinars. Info: https://clals.sas.upenn.edu/events.
7 The Brazilian Landless Movement: Agroecology; Manuel Roman-Lacayo, University of Pittsburgh; Marleen Linares-González and Lenny Ureña Valerio, University of New Mexico; 4 p.m.
8 The Political Economy of Greening Policies in Latecomer Countries: Policy Legacies, Ideology, and Electoral Cycles in Argentina and Chile; Santiago Cunial, political science; 4 p.m.
15 Dispossesions in the Americas: Fighting for Land Under Bolsonaro: Territorial Rights and Indigenous Mobilization in Contemporary Brazil; Daniela Alarcon, CLALS; noon.
17 Challenges to Democracy in the Andes; Maxwell A. Cameron, University of British Columbia; 3:30 p.m.; room 473, McNeil Building.
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)
In-person events at Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall. Info: https://cbe.seas.upenn.edu/events/.
2 From Trash to Treasure: Advancing the Heterogeneous Catalytic Deconstruction and Upcycling of Waste Polyolefins; Julie Rorrer, MIT; 3:30 p.m.
9 Investigating Biomedical Challenges Through State-of-the-Art DNA-Based Technology; Molly Kozminsky, UC Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.
16 Beyond Surface Facilitates Electrocatalyltic Reactions of Renewable Carbons; Dohyung Kim, Stanford; 3:30 p.m.
23 Beyond Ethanol: A Process and Systems Engineering Framework for the Design of Advanced Biofuels; Juan Manuel Restrepo Florez, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 3:30 p.m.
Computer and Information Science (CIS)
Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinars. Info: https://www.cis.upenn.edu/events/.
1 Trustworthy Machine Learning Systems via PAC Uncertainty Quantification; Osbert Bastani, CIS; 3:30 p.m.
3 Sublinear Algorithms for Massive Datasets; Erik Waingarten, Stanford; 3:30 p.m.
8 Learned Query Optimization; Ryan Marcus, MIT; 3:30 p.m.
9 Learning with Feedback from Strategic Stakeholders Algorithms and Systems; Kirthevasan Kandasamy, University of California, Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.
10 Improving the Privacy, Scalability, and Ecological Impact of Blockchains; Benedikt Bunz, Stanford; 3:30 p.m.
15 Foundations of Cryptographic Proof Systems; Alex Lombardi, MIT; 3:30 p.m.
16 Principled Algorithm Design in the Era of Deep Learning; Surbhi Goel, Microsoft Research; 3:30 p.m.
17 Learning-Based Program Synthesis: Learning for Program Synthesis and Program Synthesis for Learning; Xinyun Chen, UC Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.
22 Modern Fine-grained Algorithms for Classic Problems; Saeed Seddighn, Toyota Technological Institute; 3:30 p.m.
23 Firm Foundations for Private Machine Learning and Statistics; Jonathan Ullman, Northeastern University; 3:30 p.m.
24 Learning to Generate Data by Estimating Gradients of the Data Distribution; Yang Song, Stanford University; 3:30 p.m.
28 On the Foundations of the Next-Generation Quantum Software System; Gushu Li, UC Santa Barbara; 3:30 p.m.
Penn Dental
Unless noted, online events. Info: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/.
1 What is Disability, How It Affects Oral Disease Risk and How Does Disability Effect Dental Care and Treatment Planning? Mark Wolff, Dean of Penn Dental; 7 p.m.
2 Dental Materials and Techniques to Manage Caries for Persons with Disabilities; Mark Wolff, Dean of Penn Dental; 8:30 p.m.
3 Catalytic Antimicrobial Microrobots for Biofilm Eradication; Edward Steager, GRASP; noon; room 338, Levy Building and Zoom webinar.
8 Additive and Stress Reducing Restorative Dentistry in the Anterior and Posterior Area; Simone Deliperi, Academy of Biomimetic Dentistry; 6 p.m.
10 EIF2AK3: A Multifaceted Target for Adjunctive Therapy in HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders; Cagla Akay-Espinoza, basic & translational sciences; noon.
21 Lessons Learned from Supporting “Learning Health Systems” and Evidence-Informed Policymaking; John Lavis, McMaster University; 5:30 p.m.
22 Dismantling Structural Inequities Behind COVID-19 Aging-Related Disparities; Jasmine Travers, NYU; noon.
The Secrets of Isolation; David Gerdolle, Academy of Biomimetic Dentistry; 6 p.m.
28 Political Determinants of Oral Health; Carol Guarnizo-Herreño, National University of Colombia; 5:30 p.m.
Economics
Online events. Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.
1 Matching and Prices; Ravi Jagadeesan, Harvard; noon.
2 The Macroeconomics of Rising Returns to Scale: Customer Accumulation, Markups, and Dynamism; Andrea Chiavari, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; noon.
3 Revealed Beliefs and the Marriage Market Return to Education; Alison Andrew, University College London; noon.
4 Spatial Mismatch; Juliette Fournier, MIT; noon.
7 Policy Design in Experiments with (Unknown) Interference; Davide Viviano, UC San Diego; noon.
8 Computationally Tractable Choice; Modibo Camara, Northwestern University; noon.
9 Contracting and Vertical Control by a Dominant Platform; Ellen Muir, Stanford; noon.
10 Credible Persuasion; Xiao Lin, Penn State; noon.
11 Wealth, Returns, and Taxation: A Tale of Two Dependencies; Alexandre Gaillard, Toulouse School of Economics; noon.
14 Monitoring Team Members: Information Waste and the Self-Promotion Trap; Matteo Camboni, Northwestern University; noon.
23 Monetary and Fiscal Policy with HA-IO; Elisa Rubbo, University of Chicago; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
24 The Impact of Neighborhood School Choice: Evidence from Los Angeles' Zones of Choice; Christopher Campos, Princeton; 3:30 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Room 203, 3700 Walnut Street and Zoom webinars. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.
4 Lessons Learned from a Largescale Longitudinal Impact Study; Angela Boatman, Boston College; 12:30 p.m.
11 Why Consider a Career in a Policy Research Firm: Benefits, Contrasts, and Trajectories; Irma Perez-Johnson, American Institutes for Research; 12:30 p.m.
18 Is Separate Still Unequal? New Evidence on School Segregation and Racial Academic Achievement Gaps; Sean Reardon, Stanford; 12:30 p.m.
25 Improving Literacy Through Evidence: Research Use through a Researcher-Practitioner Partnership; Jill Bowdon, American Institutes for Research; 12:30 p.m.
Korean Studies
Locations TBA. Info: https://korea.sas.upenn.edu/events.
3 Changing Income Inequality in South Korea, 1990 to 2018; ChangHwan Kim, University of Kansas; noon.
10 Soju and Korea in Global Cross-Cultural Exchanges; Hyunhee Park, CUNY; noon.
17 The Newest Original for the Farthest Origin: Postcolonial Korea’s Discourse of Loss and Modern Translation; Yoon Jeong Oh, NYU; noon.
Mathematics
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.
15 Scaling Limits of the Laguerre Unitary Ensemble; Xuan Wu, University of Chicago; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.
Accumulation and Maintenance of Information in Evolution; Michal Hledik, IST Austria; 4 p.m.; online webinar.
16 Topological Defects in Smectic Liquid Crystals: Applied Measured Foliations; Randy Kamien, mathematics; 3:45 p.m.; room A6, DRL.
22 The Local Environment of a Geodesic in Last-Passage Percolation; Lingfu Zhang, Princeton, 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.
25 Torsors Over Regular Rings; Roman Fedorov, University of Pittsburgh; 2 p.m.; room 2C4, DRL, and Zoom webinar.
Medical Ethics & Health Policy
Zoom webinars. Info: https://medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/events.
1 Hospitalizations from Immigration Detention in Texas and Louisiana; Joseph Nwadiuko, UCLA; noon.
7 Salient Ethical Issues in Implementation Science: Pragmatic Tradeoffs, Unintended Consequences, and Sustainability; Rinad Beidas and Katelin Hoskins, psychiatry; noon.
15 The Unequal Pandemic; Julia Lynch, political science; noon.
22 COVID Caregiving: An Interview Study with Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia; Emily Largent, medical ethics & health policy; noon.
Microbiology
Austrian Auditorium, CRB, and BlueJeans meetings. Join: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/xqbzwhrb.
2 Microbiota Regulation of Intestinal Immunity; Gretchen Diehl, Sloan Kettering Institute; noon.
16 Heritable Memories in C. Elegans Nematodes; Oded Rechavi, Tel Aviv University; noon.
23 Hijacking the Host: Viral Mechanisms to Control Gene Expression and Anti-Viral Responses; Marta Gaglia, Tufts University; noon.
Middle East Center
Unless noted, online webinars. Info: https://mec.sas.upenn.edu/events.
3 Egyptian Film Poster Exhibit: Closing Panel; panel of speakers; 5:30 p.m.
8 Rerooted Archive: 100 Years of Syrian-Armenian History; Ani Schug, Rerooted Archive; Anoush Baghdassarian, Harvard; Rebekah Mills, Villanova; noon.
17 Regional and External Politics; Fawaz Gerges, London School of Economics; Tim Mitchell, Columbia; 4:30 p.m.; room 250, PCPSE.
22 British Power and the Shaping of Iranian Identity in Early 20th-Century Bahrain; Lindsey Stephenson, Princeton; 5:30 p.m.
23 Damaging Relational Work and Disreputable Exchange: The Case of Debt Collection; Fred Wherry, Princeton; noon; room 367, McNeil Building.
Militarized Borders and the Politics of Immigration in the 21st Century; Osman Balkan, Swarthmore College; 6:30 p.m.
28 Social Class Differences in Young Adults' Relationships with Parents: The Case of COVID-19; Elena van Stee, sociology; 10 a.m.
Penn Museum
Online webinars. Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar.
2 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Indian Revolution: Fighting Caste, Gender, Sexuality and Forging a New Womanhood; Shailaja Paik, University of Cincinnati; 6 p.m.
15 Artifacts and Archaeological Processes: The Lives and Afterlives of Objects in Pompeii; Catherine Baker, Bryn Mawr College; 6:15 p.m.
17 Antiquities Trafficking, Art Crime, and the Law: Penn Cultural Heritage Center Lecture; Jake Archer, FBI; 12:30 p.m.
Population Studies Center (PSC)
Unless noted, in-person events at room 150, McNeil Building. Info: https://www.pop.upenn.edu/.
7 Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis; Marcella Alsan, Harvard; noon.
14 Where Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Policing Come From: The Spatial Concentration of Arrests Across Six Cities; John MacDonald, criminology; noon.
18 Partnership to Improve Care and Translate Evidence for Seniors (PICANTES); panel of speakers; 2 p.m.; online webinar.
21 Job Flexibility and Household Labor Supply: Understanding Gender Gaps and the Child Wage Penalty; Minji Bang, economics; noon.
28 The Journey to Adulthood in Uncertain Times; Rob Crosnoe, University of Texas at Austin; noon.
Sociology
Unless noted, in-person events at room 367, McNeil Building. Info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events.
2 Understanding the Relationship Between Childbearing Goals and Outcomes; Sarah Hayford, Ohio State University; noon; room 150, McNeil Building.
3 Misperceptions of Immigrant Origins and Their Causal Effects on Policy Attitudes; Tiffany Huang, sociology; 9:30 a.m.
4 Intersectionally-Constrained Earnings (Dis)advantage of Black, Hispanic, and Asian American Women; ChangHwan Kim, University of Kansas; noon.
10 Investments Without Returns? What Asian American Parents Want From a Good Education for Their Children; Ziyao Tian, Princeton; 9:30 a.m.
11 Engineering Style: The Discipline and Variety of Assembly Lines; Alexander Hoppe, sociology; noon.
14 Applications for Restricted Data; Rebecca Schut, demography & sociology; 10 a.m.; location TBA.
16 The Organizational Bases of Racial Discrimination in Hiring; David Pedulla, Harvard; noon; room 150, McNeil Building.
18 Geneticizing Tropicality: Malaria, Monkeys and Mahars in Early Postcolonial India; Projit Mukharji, history and sociology of science; noon.
25 Knowledge Discovery in the Social Sciences: A Data Mining Approach; Xiaoling Shu, UC Davis; noon.
Workshop in the History of Material Texts
In-person events at the Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library. Info: https://pennmaterialtexts.org/about/events/.
7 The Hangul Typewriter: Failing Communication and the Korean Writing System; Dahye Kim, Northwestern University; 5:15 p.m.
14 Revolutionary Science: Movable Books and the Medieval Universe; Aylin Malcolm, English; 5:15 p.m.
21 Mending Bodies by (A)mending Texts: Medical Manuscripts from the Early Middle Ages; Meg Leja, Binghamton University; 5:15 p.m.
28 David Walker's Textual Engagements; Marcy Dinius, DePaul University; 5:15 p.m.