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Penn Museum
Online webinars. Info and to register: https://www.penn.museum/calendar.
2 At-Home Anthro Live: Make Your Own Mancala Board; students will learn about the history of mancala in Africa, design their own mancala boards, and learn how to play; 1 p.m.
9 At-Home Anthro Live: The Year of the Dragon: Dragons in Chinese Culture; celebrate the start of the Year of the Dragon by learning about the important role dragons, and other real and imaginary creatures, play in Chinese culture through a variety of artifacts; 1 p.m.
13 K-12 Archaeology Talk with Dr. Steve: The Sphinx That Moved to Philadelphia; l earn how the largest sphinx in the Western Hemisphere came to Philadelphia and hear from a real archaeologist about its history and importance; 11 a.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum.
16 At-Home Anthro Live: Scarabs in Ancient Egypt; students will learn about the importance of scarab beetles to the ancient Egyptians and how they fit into their views on the afterlife, then design their own stone scarabs; 1 p.m.
23 At-Home Anthro Live: The Archaeology of Music; students will learn about the importance of music in human civilization by studying musical instruments from around the world, using this virtual journey as inspiration to design their own instruments; 1 p.m.
2 Journal of Law & Innovation Seventh Annual Symposium; gathering that aims to unravel the debate over how competition law should apply to big tech firms; 8 a.m.-5:45 p.m.; room 214, Gittis Hall, and Zoom webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/jli-conference-feb-2 (Journal of Law & Innovation; Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition).
9 43rd Annual Sparer Symposium: Nothing Works Unless We Do: Harnessing Labor’s Power; will examine the current state of labor and organizing in the United States alongside its intersecting social movements, exploring how we can move collectively toward a world that prioritizes the needs and rights of workers across various communities; 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; room 100, Golkin Hall; register: https://cvent.me/xrL80m (Toll Public Interest Center).
16 Motion, Medium, Message; asks what dialogues are produced in the conduit of movement, medium, and message in diverse Hispanic-Lusophone-Caribbean theories and cultural products in a global context; 1-5 p.m.; room 108, ARCH; info: https://spanish.sas.upenn.edu/events/motion-medium-message (Spanish and Portuguese). Also February 17.
17 36th Annual Sadie T.M. Alexander Commemorative Conference; will examine the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which is still under attack 60 years later; will feature engaging discussions with political activists, scholars, and legal practitioners, dissecting the act’s complexities and its future; 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Carey Law School; register: https://sadieconference.ticketleap.com/sadie2024/ (Black Law Students Association).
22 Caribbean Borderlands and Sonic Encounter; the first conference in the five-year Balzan Foundation project, “Borderlands of Sonic Encounter”; invites participants to engage with the various registers at which borderlands operate, connect, interrupt, energize, and otherwise inform and shape Caribbean musical lives and sonic encounters; 3-5:30 p.m.; room 329A, Max Kade Center (Music Department). Also February 23, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Revolutionary Aesthetics and Graphic Solidarities; brings together an assemblage of experts to discuss why we create, collect, and study popular graphic arts as forms of political engagement; 4-7 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library; register: https://www.library.upenn.edu/events/revolutionary-aesthetics-and (Center for Global Collections).
23 Wistar Trainee Research Symposium; an annual all-day event showcasing academic research excellence and diversity in the Philadelphia area; 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, Wistar Institute; register: http://tinyurl.com/wistar-conference-feb-23 (Wistar Institute).
Time and Revolution; scholars, artists, and activists will come together to reflect on how the time of revolution and impasse disrupts neat boundaries between past, present, and future; 9:45 a.m.-6 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library; register: https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/time-and-revolution (Wolf Humanities Center).
1924: Asian Exclusion and the Making of Immigrant America Symposium; commemorates the U.S.’s Immigration Act of 1924, which remade the racial demographics of the United States by creating the United States’ modern regime of immigration quotas and barring “aliens ineligible to citizenship,” a process that effectively excluded Asians; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; room 250, PCPSE; register: http://tinyurl.com/asam-conference-feb-23 (Asian American Studies, History).
29 Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies/Feminist, Queer, Transgender/Penn Women’s Center 50th Anniversary Symposium; a multi-day symposium celebrating the past and present achievements of the GSWS/FQT faculty at Penn since the first sit-in on campus to protest the violation of women’s rights on campus in 1973; 2-6 p.m.; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Van Pelt Library; info: http://tinyurl.com/gsws-conference-feb-29 (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies). Through March 2.
Leading the Way Symposium: Navigating the Intersection of Ed Leadership and American Politics; an insightful gathering designed for regional and national K–12 educational leaders seeking to enhance their skills and knowledge in the dynamic realm where education intersects with politics; 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sheraton University City; fee: $199; register: http://tinyurl.com/gse-conference-feb-29 (Graduate School of Education).
Now
Bliss Consciousness: The Paintings of Mikel Elam; collection of Afrofuturistic, mindful works by a visual artist who interweaves themes of history and futurism through expressive mixed media paintings; Feintuch Family Lobby, Annenberg Performing Arts Center. Through February 18.
Sherman Aronson with Compositions, Music & Jazz: Ink and Watercolor on Paper; exhibit of works by Mr. Sherman, a visual artist who works with drawing, sketching, watercolor and digital tools, and who is a practicing architect in Philadelphia; Burrison Gallery, The Inn At Penn. Through March 14. Reception: February 23, 5-7 p.m.
Victorian Maximalism in Wallpaper Design; examine 19th-century aesthetics of Victorian wallpapers from the Materials Library’s collection of handprinted contemporary reproductions; 1st floor, Fisher Fine Arts Library. Through April 19.
Time of Change: Civil Rights Photography of Bruce Davidson; see six powerful photographs by Bruce Davidson, who documented the experiences of Freedom Riders challenging segregation during the Civil Rights era; East Elevator Bay, Van Pelt Library. Through May 20.
Penn in the Field: Student Fieldwork Photography; experience fieldwork and research travel of current undergraduate and graduate students as documented through their own lenses; library in Academic Wing 3, Penn Museum. Through August 31.
Upcoming
8 Revolutionary Aesthetics: Afterlives of Central American Insurgency; selections from a recently-acquired collection of posters from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama offer a window into Central America’s Cold War-era conflicts from the 1960s to the 1990s; Goldstein Family Gallery, 6th floor, Van Pelt Library. Through May 24.
10 Dominique White and Alberta Whittle: Sargasso Sea; takes its name from the only body of water that is defined solely by oceanic currents rather than shorelines; upends the colonization, trafficking, and trade that have taken place on this body of water with counter images of shipwreck, salvage, reciprocity and Black feminist led-revolution; Institute of Contemporary Art. Through June 2.
Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe; is the first solo exhibition to bring together paintings, video, prints, and sculpture from different bodies of work Ms. Jackson has created over the past eight years, providing an overview of the threads in her practice and her use of materials; presents examples of videos in dialogue with paintings and sculpture; Institute of Contemporary Art. Through June 2.
Entryways: Nontsikelelo Mutiti; the inaugural project for a new series that commissions artists to activate the façade of ICA’s building in partnership with Maharam, North America’s leading creator of textiles for commercial and residential interiors; features the work of Nontsikelelo Mutiti, a Zimbabwean-born visual artist and educator, who decorated the windows with African hair braiding patterns and hair clips; Institute of Contemporary Art. Through December 2024.
13 Outside Images: Student Photography Show; features a diverse body of photographs where the focal points are rarely humans; primarily landscapes, this show contrasts urban with rural, congestion with emptiness, and asks the viewer to find the tensions between space; 6 p.m.; Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House.
17 Barbara Earl Thomas: The Illuminated Body; first exhibition in Philadelphia of the work of an artist whose work draws from history, literature, folklore, mythology, and the Bible to reflect the social fabric of our times; Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library. Though May 21.
19 The Story of Philadelphia's Black Hospitals and Nurse Training Schools; explore the history of Mercy-Douglass Hospital and the Nurse Training school in Philadelphia through the lens of the Black community's struggle against segregation and healthcare inequality; Holman Biotech Commons. Through March 29.
21 What Does LOVE Mean to You? oSTEM's pop-up art installation celebrates love in all forms; share your unique perspectives on love in a note on the LOVE Sculpture for a chance to win a fancy dinner for yourself and three loved ones; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; LOVE Sculpture (oSTEM).
27 Etchingroom1: Safety Instructions; the first-ever U.S. exhibition for Kyiv-based artists Anna Khodkova and Kristina Yarosh, founders of the print studio Etchingroom1; an artistic exploration into the fragility and transience of safety within the modern world; Feintuch Family Lobby, Annenberg Performing Arts Center. Through June 28.
5 Shin Godzilla; screening of the Japanese classic directed by Hideaki Anno; 6:30 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Center for East Asian Studies).
7 Black Hospitals, White Caps: How Philadelphia’s Black Community Confronted Segregation in Healthcare; screening of documentary about Mercy-Douglass Hospital that features conversation with Hafeeza Anchrum, Africana studies, and Karen Smyles, WHYY; noon; room TBA, Fagin Hall; register: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/calendar/event/black-hospitals-white-caps (Penn Nursing).
It’s Basic; a documentary that explores the power of cash, the importance of dignity, and the ongoing work of providing an income floor through the eyes of guaranteed income recipients who have witnessed firsthand the life-altering effects of financial stability; features panel discussion; 6 p.m.; room 109, Annenberg School; register: http://tinyurl.com/annenberg-film-feb-7 (Annenberg School for Communication).
11 Second Sunday Culture Film: Land Back: Pili Ka Mo’o; Standing Above the Clouds; follows the Fukumitsu ʻOhana, native Hawaiian taro farmers who live in Hakipuʻu, as they undergo legal battles with corporations who want to buy their land; 2 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; tickets: pay what you wish; register: http://tinyurl.com/museum-film-feb-11 (Penn Museum).
15 “Beverley Manley Uncensored”: Blackness, Politics, and Sex in Jamaica; includes conversation with Beverley Manley, Jamaican feminist leader; Joelle Simone Powe, filmmaker; 5:30 p.m.; Perry World House; register: http://tinyurl.com/beverleymanley-movie (Africana Studies, GSWS, Perry World House, SAS).
17 Three Seasons; screening of Tony Bui’s film dealing with westernization in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 1 p.m.; location TBA (Center for East Asian Studies).
19 Abrazos; tells the story of the transformational journey of a group of U.S. citizen children who travel 3,000 miles, from Minnesota to Guatemala, to meet their grandparents for the first time; includes discussion with Luis Argueta, filmmaker; time TBA; Perry World House (Urban Studies, Center for Latin American & Latinx Studies).
21 No Hard Feelings; 7 p.m.; room 543, Williams Hall (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies).
22 Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre; features Q&A with the film’s directors, Yossi Bloch and Duki Dror; 4:30 p.m.; location TBA; register: http://tinyurl.com/cerl-film-feb-22 (Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law).
Perfect Days; advanced screening of Wim Wenders' new Oscar-nominated film; 7 p.m.; Sky Lounge, Harrison College House (Cinema & Media Studies).
29 The First Amendment: New York Times v. Sullivan; includes discussion with Mary Frances Berry, history; Kermit Roosevelt, Carey Law; noon; Zoom screening; register: http://tinyurl.com/africana-film-feb-29 (Africana Studies, Annenberg Public Policy Center, Penn Libraries).
Penn Ice Rink; public skating and hockey events all month; schedule: https://icerink.business-services.upenn.edu/calendar-page.
1 Spring Mentoring Mixer; mentoring session that will feature discussions in small groups on topics like tenure, promotion, and career planning; work-life balance; taking on leadership roles; time management and delegating; and other topics; 11:30 a.m.; Golkin Room, Houston Hall; register: http://tinyurl.com/pfwf-mixer-feb-1 (Penn Forum for Women Faculty & Gender Equity).
2 2024 Spring Career & Internship Fair; university-wide career fair that covers a range of industries; undergraduate students can search for full-time postgraduate positions and/or summer internships by connecting with a variety of employers; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Houston Hall; register: https://bit.ly/cs_fairs (Career Services). Also February 22, virtual, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
PURM Information Session; attend this in-person information session to learn about the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program (PURM) and ask questions about the program and application process; 3 p.m.; room 242, Van Pelt Library; register: https://canvas.upenn.edu/enroll/DERKLR (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships). Also February 7, 2 p.m.; Benjamin Franklin Room, Houston Hall; and February 13, 4 p.m.; Benjamin Franklin Room, Houston Hall.
6 Summer Humanities Internship Program (SHIP) Info Session; learn about a 10-week paid program in which undergraduate students work in arts, cultural, or historic organizations throughout Philadelphia; noon; room 242, Van Pelt Library (Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships).
8 Design Career Fair 2024; design students can meet representatives from firms and organizations, show their work, and learn about available full-time, part-time, and internship opportunities; noon; noon-4 p.m.; Houston Hall; register: https://bit.ly/cs_fairs (Career Services; Weitzman School of Design). Also February 13, virtual, noon-4 p.m.
12 Stress & Self-Care Workshop; interactive, discussion-based workshop that will cover the impacts of stress on the mind and body, stress management, and the importance of self-care; 4 p.m.; room 1301, BRB; RSVP: https://forms.gle/q22E9Ep6JJTQWNMU7 (PSOM Inclusion Diversity Equity and Learner Research).
14 Russian Tea; join Penn’s Russian-speaking community for a weekly conversation hour; 5 p.m.; room 440, Williams Hall (Russian & East European Studies). Also February 20, 1:30 p.m.; February 28, 5 p.m.
15 Scientific Publishing & Editing; Amelia Glazier, Journal of Cell Science; 10 a.m.; room 252, BRB; RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/bgs-workshop-feb-15 (Biomedical Graduate Studies).
STEM Career Fair 2024; Penn engineers, candidates in STEM fields, and those interested in science, data, and technology are invited to network with participating organizations that are seeking current undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and recent alumni for internships and full-time opportunities; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Houston Hall; register: https://bit.ly/cs_fairs (Career Services).
Embracing Holistic Review; Amy Addams, Association of American Medical Colleges, will provide an overview of the AAMC’s Holistic Review framework and effective practices in a post-Harvard/UNC decision environment; noon; Zoom webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/pfwf-workshop-feb-15 (Penn Forum for Women Faculty & Gender Equity).
Working Dog Center Tour; see firsthand what it takes to train detection dogs; watch as the Working Dog Center staff explains the step-by-step process to preparing a dog to serve in explosive detection, search & rescue, cancer detection, and more; 2 p.m.; Working Dog Center; register: pvwdcoutreach@vet.upenn.edu (Penn Vet).
20 Computational Thinking & Board Games; open to Penn students only; see how computer science concepts show up in games like Catan, Ticket to Ride, etc.; no programming experience required; RSVP: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/11757110 (Penn Libraries).
African American Resource Center
Locations TBA. Info: https://aarc.upenn.edu/events.
15 Men of Color (Monthly Huddle Meeting); 1 p.m.
21 Women of Color at Penn Lunch Series; noon.
23 Community Lunch Program: Open Forum with African American Resource Center and Penn Women’s Center; noon.
Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships
Info: https://curf.upenn.edu/events.
16 Summer Humanities Internship Program (SHIP) Info Session; 3 p.m.; room 242, Van Pelt Library.
19 Getting Started with Python for Data Science; 6:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall.
20 Grant-Writing Workshop; 4 p.m.; room 202, 3539 Locust Walk.
22 Faculty in Research Panel; 5 p.m.; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall.
23 Research & Entrepreneurship Panel; 1:30 p.m.; room 102, 3539 Locust Walk.
27 Behind the CV: Stories from Faculty; 4 p.m.; room 200, ARCH.
College of Liberal & Professional Studies
Online webinars. Info and to register: http://www.upenn.edu/lps-events.
1 Master of Science in Applied Geosciences Virtual Café; noon.
6 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Café; noon.
Organizational Dynamics Programs Virtual Information Session; noon.
7 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Information Session; noon.
Master of Applied Positive Psychology Virtual Q&A Session; 5:30 p.m.
8 Master of Liberal Arts Virtual Information Session; 5:30 p.m.
13 Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences Virtual Information Session; 6 p.m.
21 Master of Science in Applied Geosciences Virtual Information Session; noon.
Pre-Health Post-Baccalaureate Programs Virtual Information Session; noon.
29 Master of Chemical Sciences Virtual Information Session; 5:30 p.m.
Graduate School of Education
Online webinars. Info and to register: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar?date=2024-02.
2 International Educational Development Virtual First Friday; 11:30 a.m.
7 School Leadership Program Virtual Open House; 6 p.m.
8 Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Virtual Information Session; 7 p.m.
12 Urban Teaching Residency & Urban Education (Online) Virtual Information Session; 7 p.m.
14 Global Higher Education Management (Online) Virtual Information Session; noon.
15 Penn Chief Learning Officer Virtual Information Session; noon.
20 Education Entrepreneurship Virtual Information Session; noon.
Top of Mind — Responding to the Israel–Hamas War: Dealing with the Complexity of the Crisis; 7 p.m.
29 Learning Analytics, MSEd (Online) Virtual Information Session; 8 a.m.
Human Resources Workshops
Unless noted, online webinars. Info and to register: https://www.hr.upenn.edu/.
2 30-Minute Guided Meditation; noon. Also February 9, 16, 23.
5 30-Minute Chair Yoga Plus Core; noon. Also February 12, 26.
6 SMART Mindfulness Practices; noon.
Tax Strategies with MetLife; noon.
7 Deskercize; noon.
Resilience and an Optimistic Mindset; 12:30 p.m.
8 Health Advocate Presents: Strengthening Your Relationships; 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
New and Expectant Parent Session; 11 a.m.
13 How to Master Difficult Conversations (Even If You’re Non-Confrontational); noon.
Empowering Children with the Courage to Talk, to Trust, and to Feel: A Virtual Event to Support Children Impacted by a Loved One’s Substance Abuse Disorder; 12:30 p.m.
14 Chair Yoga; noon. Also February 28.
Indoor February Go RED for Heart Health Wellness Walk; noon; meet at the Palestra.
Your Career at Penn; 12:30 p.m.
15 The Art of Listening; 12:30 p.m.
Yoga; noon.
20 Take Charge of Your Student Loans: Learn About Public Service Loan Forgiveness; noon.
VP Live Wellness Webinar: Cancer Prevention; noon.
21 Avoid Thinking Traps; 12:30 p.m.
22 Guided Mindful Meditation; noon.
27 Love and Kindness to Self: Meditation Workshop; noon.
28 RAMP Health Wellness Workshop: Eating for Heart Health; noon.
Being an Effective Team Member; 12:30 p.m.
29 Debt Management with PNC; noon.
Morris Arboretum & Gardens
In-person events at Morris Arboretum & Gardens. Info: https://www.morrisarboretum.org/.
Winter Wellness Walks; led by an experienced volunteer guide, these brisk walks stick to the paved paths and get your heart rate up; 10:30 a.m.; free with admission. Saturdays and Sundays.
Garden Highlights Tour; knowledgeable guides will design a tour around the interests of the attendees; every tour is different, so come back as many times as you’d like; 1 p.m.; free with admission. Saturdays and Sundays.
10 Make a Spring Wreath with Dried Flowers; Courtney Jewell, cut flower farmer; 10 a.m.; tickets: $70/general, $65/members.
Bare Naked Trees Tour; tour featuring weeping, round, pyramidal, and vase-shaped trees, highlighting the many colors and textures of tree bark, only visible during the winter; 11 a.m.; free with admission. Also February 24.
Witchhazels Tour; join an experienced guide to discover many varieties of these delightful winter beauties that add surprising bursts of color and fragrance to the winter landscape; 11 a.m. Also February 24.
14 Valentine's Day Craft; show how much you love your friends and family by painting a mini terracotta pot; 11 a.m.
22 Good Host Plants; John Janick, Good Host Plants Native Plant Nursery; 6 p.m.; tickets: $35/general, $30/members.
28 Hands-On Introduction to Fruit Tree Pruning (Pome and Stone Fruits); 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Dan Lurie, Erdenheim Farm; tickets: $60/general, $55/members.
Penn Libraries
Various locations. Info and to register: https://www.library.upenn.edu/events/.
Coffee with a Codex; Dot Porter, Kislak Center curator, hosts an informal Zoom meeting to present a manuscript from Penn’s collections, followed by questions and conversation; noon. Mondays.
Workshop Series: Support for Publishing; learn the ins and outs of the publishing process through a series of workshops covering citation management, impact metrics, promoting your work, selecting the right publishing venue, fair use, and more. All month; full schedule: https://www.library.upenn.edu/events/support-publishing-workshops.
9 Making [and Remaking] Texts: Past, Present, and Future; come and look at some of the manuscripts held at Penn that have been cut up, remixed, rewritten, and rebound, and hear Penn experts discuss these manuscripts; 3-5 p.m.; room 626, Van Pelt Library.
14 Douglass Day 2024; the Penn community is invited to participate in a transcribe-a-thon in celebration of the birthday of Frederick Douglass; noon-3 p.m.; Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange; 1st floor, Van Pelt Library.
22 Health, Medicine, and Gender in the Archives: Healthcare from Below; second of a three-part workshop series for teachers and researchers interested in using archival materials in their work; noon; Lea Library, 6th floor, Van Pelt Library.
Penn Museum
Unless noted, in-person events at Penn Museum. Info and to register: https://www.penn.museum/calendar.
1 The Deep Dig: Jewelry from the Ancient World; a riveting 4-course exploration where history, culture, style, and the allure of buried treasure converge; 6:30 p.m.; online webinars; tickets for all 4 sessions: $175/general, $125/member. Also February 8, 15, 22.
7 Mind & Mood Recharge; an uplifting array of health-centric events, including a botanical bar, wellness marketplace, and a monthly rotation of all-levels wellness activities from local practitioners of yoga, meditation, expressive arts, and more; 5-8 p.m.; free with admission.
9 K-12 Virtual Open House: Introduction to Our Educational Programs; Penn Museum’s trained educational team will introduce you to the Penn Museum’s in-person, hybrid, and distance learning programs; 3 p.m.; online webinar; free.
21 Escape the Museum; Penn students are invited to embark on a thrilling quest through the Penn Museum; 6 p.m.; free.
22 Digs & Dice: Let’s Play Mahjong; join Penn Museum educators, experts, and experienced players from the Philadelphia Riichi Mahjong Club to play Mahjong and learn about the game’s cultural impact; 6 p.m.; online webinar; tickets: $10.
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1 First Thursday Community Meeting; gather with OGCA to hear about Glenn Bryan, assistant vice president, discuss career and employment opportunities, then stick around after the meeting for networking and light refreshments; 4:30 p.m.; Gutmann College House (Office of Government & Community Affairs).
21 University Council Meeting; 4 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; PennCard required.
16 In the Salon of Pauline Viardot; Night Music Ensemble performs with mezzo-soprano Meg Bragle; 7 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library; preceded by a 6:15 p.m. talk with Hilary Poriss, Northeastern University (Music Department).
Penn Live Arts
In-person events. Info and tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/events/.
2 JACK Quartet: Beautiful Trouble; concert-length production that merges experimental music, video and theatre to create a sensory experience that considers our ability and desire to consume media; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center; tickets: $42.
3 Cécile McLorin Salvant; genre-defying, theatrical jazz vocalist combines her conservatory-honed technique with a prismatic gift for lyrical storytelling in this must-see live performance; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center; tickets: $69-$100.
8 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; one of the world’s finest choirs performs works by their countryman, Arvo Pärt, of whom they are the foremost interpreter, as well as by Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; 7:30 p.m.; Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, 19 S. 38th Street; tickets: $42.
25 Balaklava Blues; performance by an activist-driven, genre-bending group mixing traditional folk music and transnational EDM with the echoes of revolution and war; 7 p.m.; World Café Live; tickets: $35.
29 Fima Chupakhin; Brooklyn-based Ukrainian jazz pianist and film composer Fima Chupakhin premieres The Song of Tomorrow, a commissioned work dedicated to the resilience and perseverance of the Ukrainian people; 7:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center; tickets: $42.
Penn Live Arts
In-person events. Info and tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/events/.
9 Ballets Jazz Montréal: ESSENCE; Ballets Jazz Montréal celebrates its 50th anniversary with a landmark program including two Philadelphia premieres: Crystal Pite’s Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue and Ausia Jones’s We Can’t Forget About What’s His Name; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center; tickets: $69-$100. Also February 10, 2 and 8 p.m. Student Discovery performance: February 9, 10:30 a.m.
15 Negro Ensemble Company: Zooman and the Sign; play set in Philadelphia in 1979 that explores the effects of gun violence on a family and their struggle to convince apathetic neighbors to stand together to achieve justice; 7:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; tickets: $42. Also February 16, 8 p.m.; February 17, 2 and 8 p.m.; February 18, 3 p.m. Student Discovery performance: February 15, 10:30 a.m.
23 Be Holding Project; an original performance created by poet Ross Gay, composer Tyshawn Sorey, new music ensemble Yarn/Wire, and director Brooke O’Harra, inspired by Philadelphia 76ers basketball legend “Dr. J” and his iconic baseline scoop in the 1980 NBA Finals; noon; online webinar; register: https://www.ceepenn.org/events/be-holding-in-search-of-black-genius-justice-and-joy (Center for Experimental Ethnography).
1 Post Industrial DIY; Daniel Campo, Morgan State University; Eugénie L. Birch, Penn IUR; Fritz Steiner, dean of Weitzman School of Design; Catherine Seavitt, landscape architecture; 6 p.m.; Kleinman Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library; register: http://tinyurl.com/iur-book-panel-feb-1 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).
7 All Pride, No Ego: A Queer Executive’s Journey to Living and Leading Authentically; Jim Fielding, Archer Gray; 5:30 p.m.; 2nd floor conference room, Penn Bookstore; register: http://tinyurl.com/fielding-reading-feb-7 (Penn Bookstore).
The City as a Technical Being: On the Mode of Existence in Architecture; Peter Trummer, University of Innsbruck; Ferda Kolatan, architecture; 6:30 p.m.; Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Architecture).
22 Digital Unsettling: Decoloniality and Dispossession in the Age of Social Media; Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan, New York University; 12:15 p.m.; room 500, Annenberg School; register: http://tinyurl.com/dattatreyan-reading-feb-22 (Annenberg Center for Collaborative Communication, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication).
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 livestream; register: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/calendar/event/4425-nursing-story-slam (Penn Nursing).
23 Book Club: The Color Purple by Alice Walker; meeting of a bi-weekly book club in honor of Black History Month; 3 p.m.; Penn Women’s Center (Penn Women’s Center; Makuu).
26 The Architecture of Informality in Islamabad; Faiza Moatasim, University of Southern California; 11 a.m.; online livestream; register: http://tinyurl.com/moatasim-reading-feb-26 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).
28 An Evening of Poetry and Discussion; LaTasha Diggs, poet and sound artist; location TBA; info: https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/diggs (Philomathean Society).
29 Antiracist Journalism: Making Philly Media More Equitable; Andrea Wenzel, Temple University; 5 p.m.; room 500, Annenberg School (Media, Inequality & Change Center).
Kelly Writers House
In-person events at Arts Café, Kelly Writers House. Info and to register: https://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/0224.php/
1 A Reading & Conversation; Eugene Ostashevsky, New York University; 6 p.m.
5 Ladysitting: Monologue, Dialogue, and Discussion; Lorene Cary, English; Melanye Finister, playwright; 6:30 p.m.
6 But Company; Michelle Taransky, English; 6 p.m.
7 Grad Student Open Mic Night; 6 p.m.
8 StorySeek: Conversation and Demo; writers from Cleaver Magazine; 6 p.m.
13 Heled Travel and Research Grant Presentations; Irma Kiss Barath and Miriam Shah, English; 12:30 p.m.
14 Speakeasy Open Mic Night; 7 p.m.
15 A Conversation; Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone; 5:30 p.m.
19 Live at the Writers House; WXPN radio broadcast; 6:30 p.m.
20 A Reading and Conversation; Eugene Ostashevsky, New York University; 6 p.m.
21 What’s in My Tape? Alumni in Audio Storytelling; Sam Yellowhorse Kesler, Yowei Shaw, and Alex Stern, alumni; 6 p.m.
22 A Reading and Conversation; Gemini Wahhaj, Lone Star College; 5:30 p.m.
26 A Reading; Jamaica Kincaid, Harvard University; 6:30 p.m.
27 A Conversation; Jamaica Kincaid, Harvard University; 10 a.m.
28 A Reading; Joseph Earl Thomas, English; 6 p.m.
29 A Talk; Joshua Bennett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 5:30 p.m.
7 Pan Asian Graduate Student Association Lunar New Year 2024 Celebration; celebration that brings together traditions and cultures across the Asian diaspora to welcome in the Year of the Dragon; 5-8 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; tickets: $5; register: http://tinyurl.com/pagsa-lny-feb-7 (Pan-Asian Graduate Student Association).
26 Penn4C Awardee Celebration; Community Collaboratory for CoCreation (Penn4C) invites you to attend a special kick-off event to recognize their pilot grant awardees; 5:30 p.m.; Houston Hall; RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/penn4c-celebration-feb-26 (Penn4C).
Home games only. Info and tickets: https://pennathletics.com/.
1 Women’s Tennis vs. Delaware; 11 a.m.; Hamlin/Hecht Tennis Centers.
2 Women’s Basketball vs. Brown; 6 p.m.; the Palestra.
3 Women’s Basketball vs. Yale; 5 p.m.; the Palestra.
4 Gymnastics vs. Bridgeport/Cornell; 2 p.m.; the Palestra.
9 Men’s Tennis vs. Navy; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.; Hamlin/Hecht Tennis Centers.
Gymnastics vs. Temple; 6 p.m.; the Palestra.
10 Women’s Basketball vs. Princeton; 2 p.m.; the Palestra.
Wrestling vs. Cornell; 7 p.m.; the Palestra.
11 Men’s Tennis vs. Delaware; noon; Hamlin/Hecht Tennis Centers.
Men’s Tennis vs. Saint Joseph’s; 4 p.m.; Hamlin/Hecht Tennis Centers.
16 Men’s Basketball vs. Yale; 7 p.m.; the Palestra.
17 Men’s Lacrosse vs. Georgetown; noon; Franklin Field.
Women’s Lacrosse vs. Drexel; 3:30 p.m.; Franklin Field.
Men’s Basketball vs. Brown; 6 p.m.; the Palestra.
20 Men’s Lacrosse vs. UAlbany; 2 p.m.; Franklin Field.
23 Wrestling vs. Morgan State; 7 p.m.; the Palestra.
24 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Johns Hopkins; noon; Franklin Field.
Men’s Lacrosse vs. Delaware; 3:30 p.m.; Franklin Field.
Gymnastics hosts Ivy Classic; 6 p.m.; the Palestra.
25 Men’s Tennis vs. Penn State; noon; Hamlin/Hecht Tennis Centers.
Men’s Tennis vs. Hofstra; 4 p.m.; Hamlin/Hecht Tennis Centers.
1 Pharmacy-Based Approaches to Improving HIV and Substance Use Related Harms in High-Risk Communities; Natalie Crawford, Emory University; noon; Reunion Auditorium, John Morgan Building, and Zoom webinar; join: http://tinyurl.com/crawford-talk-feb-1 (Center for AIDS Research).
Squaring Charges and Finding Black Holes; Mariana Carrillo Gonzalez, Imperial College London; 2 p.m.; room 2E17, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
5 Panama in Black: Diasporic Lives in the Afro-Americas; Kaysha Corinealdi, Emerson College; 5:30 p.m.; 4th floor commons, McNeil Building; register: http://tinyurl.com/corinealdi-feb-5 (Africana Studies).
6 The State of Human Rights in 2024; Philip Alston, New York University; noon; Perry World House; register: http://tinyurl.com/talk-alston-feb-6 (Perry World House).
RNA Binding Protein-RNA Landscapes in Health and Disease; Eugene Yeo, University of California San Diego; 3 p.m.; Gaulton Auditorium, BRB, and Zoom webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/yeo-talk-feb-6 (Penn Institute for mRNA Innovation).
Transcriptional Regulation of Memory B Cell Development; Brian J. Laidlaw, Washington University in St. Louis; 4 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Penn Institute for Immunology).
London and the Postmodern Occult; Saree Makdisi, University of California, Los Angeles; 5 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).
Slave Cases and Ingrained Racism in Legal Information Infrastructures; Jennifer E. Chapman, University of Maryland; 5 p.m.; room 1, Gittis Hall, and Zoom webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/chapman-talk-feb-6 (Carey Law School).
7 Depleting Tregs Using Anti-CCR4 or Anti-CD25 Targeted CAR T Cells; Caitlin Tilsed, immunology; noon; room 213, Stemmler Hall (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
Methods for Rapid and Ultra-Rapid Electrophilic Cysteine Arylation; Jake Goldberg, Colgate University; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).
State Ninth Amendments and Unenumerated Rights; Anthony Sanders, Institute for Justice; noon; room 214, Gittis Hall; RSVP: https://forms.gle/cnLfbbTQn1WBNBPc7 (Federalist Society).
Muon Trigger System and Search for Supersymmetry; Kaito Sugisaki, University of Tokyo; 3:30 p.m.; room 3W2, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
Topological Defects in Computational Meshing; David Palmer, Harvard University; 3:30 p.m.; room A8, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
Eating in Public: Race, Caste, and Food Practices Across Differences; Psyche Williams-Forson, University of Maryland, College Park; 4:30 p.m.; Dunning Coaches Center (Africana Studies).
Imag(in)ing Revolutions: Traditions of Unrest for an Anticolonial Art Praxis; Ganzeer, Tessa Mars, Carlos Martiel, artists; Aisha Mershani, Gettysburg College; Corine Labridy, French & Francophone studies; Gwendalynn Roebke, philosophy; 6 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall; register: http://tinyurl.com/wolf-talk-feb-7 (Wolf Humanities Center).
Archaeology’s Role in Protecting African American Burial Spaces; Jason Herrmann, anthropology; 7 p.m.; Penn Museum; tickets: $15/general, $7/member; register: http://tinyurl.com/herrmann-talk-feb-7 (Penn Museum).
8 Affirmative Action: Where Do We Go From Here? Adam K. Mortara, University of Chicago; noon; room 214, Gittis Hall; RSVP: https://forms.gle/LAwM24Nr5h2zxkVq9 (Federalist Society).
Mediating the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Conversation About Border Tunnels; Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, Annenberg School; 5 p.m.; room 500, Annenberg School; register: https://tinyurl.com/PMIFEB08 (Annenberg Center for Collaborative Communication).
2023-2024 Sachs Visiting Professor Lecture; Paul Pfeiffer, Weitzman School; 6 p.m.; room B3, Meyerson Hall (Fine Arts).
9 Maps in Literature: 18th Century to 16th Century; Roger Chartier, Collège de France; John Pollack, Kislak Center; noon; online webinar; register: https://www.library.upenn.edu/events/maps-literature-18th-century (Penn Libraries).
Wall-Models of Turbulent Flows via Scientific Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning; Jane Bae, California Institute of Technology; 2 p.m.; room 534, 3401 Walnut Street (Penn Institute for Computational Science).
12 Cornering Axion(s) with Direct Detection and Stellar Probes; Edoardo Vitagliano, Hebrew University; 2 p.m.; room 3W2, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
13 Redox Behavior and Reactivity of Porphyrin-Walled Nanocages and Other Molecular Materials; Mark Lipke, Rutgers University; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).
Violent Schools: Addressing the Barriers to Racial, Gender, and Class Justice; Ranita Ray, University of New Mexico; 4 p.m.; room 264, Stiteler Hall (GSE).
Tales of Unsettlement: The Global Novel in an Age of Refugees; B. Venkat Mani, University of Wisconsin, Madison; 5:15 p.m.; room 543, Williams Hall (Germanic Languages & Literatures).
Last Gathering in Haigerloch: Jewish Survivors Return to their Swabian Hometowns, 1945-1949; Helmut Walser Smith, Vanderbilt University; 5:15 p.m.; room 209, College Hall (History).
Interspecies Communication: Sound and Music Beyond Humanity; Gavin Steingo, Princeton University; 5:15 p.m.; room 101, Lerner Center (Music).
14 At the Nexus of Stereocontrolled Synthesis, Enzymology & Chemical Biology; David Berkowitz, National Science Foundation; noon; Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).
Marginated Neutrophils in the Lungs Effectively Compete for Nanoparticles Targeted to the Endothelium; Eno-Obong Essien, medicine; noon; room 213, Stemmler Hall (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
The Merits and Demerits of Progressive Prosecution; Bill McSwain, attorney; Sandra Mayson, Carey Law School; noon; room 214, Gittis Hall; register: https://forms.gle/14Nt5GLkhGycPW7g7 (Federalist Society).
Using Multi-Scale Genomics to Reconstruct Respiratory Virus Emergence and Transmission; Louise Moncla, Penn Vet; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (PSOM Deans’ Distinguished Visiting Professorship Seminar).
Notes Toward Naked Agency as Open Reading; Naminata Diabate, Cornell University; 5 p.m.; room 330A, 3401 Walnut Street (Africana Studies).
15 White-Box Computational Imaging: Measurements to Images to Insights; Sara Fridovich-Keil, Stanford University; 11 a.m.; room 225, Towne Building (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
Age Against the Machine: How the Aging Microenvironment Drives Tumor Progression; Ashani Weeraratna, Johns Hopkins University; noon; room 8-146, Smilow Center (Radiation Oncology).
Center for Latin American & Latinx Studies External Speaker Series; Amy Chazkel, Columbia University; noon; 4th floor Population Studies Commons, McNeil Building, and Zoom webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/chazkel-talk-feb-15 (Center for Latin American & Latinx Studies).
The Functional Form of the Relationship Between Arrest Rate and Perceptions of Risk and Rewards of Crime; Sultan Altikriti; noon; 4th floor library, McNeil Building; info: breyanam@sas.upenn.edu (Criminology).
Nanozyme: A Promising Approach for Precision Biofilm Control; Yuan Liu, Penn Dental Medicine; noon; Zoom webinar; info: http://tinyurl.com/liu-talk-feb-15 (Penn Dental Medicine).
Repurposed Energy; Alexandra Klass, University of Michigan; noon; room 213, Gittis Hall, and Zoom webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/klass-talk-feb-15 (Penn Program on Regulation).
SCOTUS: How It’s Reshaping American Politics; Michael Waldman, New York University; Ben Jealous, Annenberg School; noon; Zoom webinar; register; http://tinyurl.com/waldman-jealous-feb-15 (School of Social Policy & Practice).
Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War and Lessons in PTSD in War; Cochav Elkayam-Levy, Dvora Institute for Gender and Sustainability Studies; Diane Orentlicher, American University; noon; online webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/cerl-talk-feb-15 (Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law).
Black Holes as the 21st century laboratory: New Tools and Prospects; Alfredo Guevara González, Harvard University; 2 p.m.; room 4N12, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
Dynamics of Protein-Nucleic Acids Interactions: A Single-Molecule Perspective; David S. Rueda, MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences; 3 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Penn Muscle Institute).
Unveiling the Mysteries of Vascular Development and Regeneration with Advanced Human Organoid Models; Mingxia Gu, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital; 4 p.m.; room TBA, Smilow Center (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
To Sing the Truth and Name the Liars: Bearing Witness Under Erasure; Abdelrahman ElGendy, Egyptian writer and activist; Abdulrahman Atta, Near Eastern languages & civilizations; 5 p.m.; Humanities Conference Room, Williams Hall; register: http://tinyurl.com/elgendy-atta-feb-15 (Wolf Humanities Center).
16 Tangled Histories of Israel and Latin America; Gavriel Cutipa-Zorn, Perry World House fellow; noon; room 403, McNeil Building; register: http://tinyurl.com/cutipa-zorn-feb-16 (Center for Latin American & Latinx Studies).
Bearing Witness in New Dimensions: African Americans, AI and the Rise of the Interactive Interview; Allissa Richardson, University of Southern California; 12:15 p.m.; room 500, Annenberg School (Elihu Katz Colloquia).
Panel Discussion on Supporting Survivors of Violence; Maija Anderson, Morgan State University; Adara Combs, City of Philadelphia Office of the Victim Advocate; Natasha Danielá de Lima McGlynn, Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia; 6 p.m.; forum, PCPSE; register: http://tinyurl.com/fels-talk-feb-16 (Fels Institute of Government).
19 Cytoskeletal Pathways of Neuronal Dysregulation in SPTBN1 Syndrome; Damaris Lorenzo, cell & developmental biology; 3 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Penn Muscle Institute).
20 An Other: A Black Feminist Consideration of Animal Life Meets Octavia E. Butler: H is for Horse; Chi-Ming Yang, English; 5 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English)
Unsanctioned Histories: Archives, Images and Race in the United States; Jasmine Nichole Cobb, Duke University; 5 p.m.; room 109, Annenberg School (Annenberg School for Communication).
21 Activity-Based Protein Profiling of the Human Rhomboid Intramembrane Proteases; William Parsons, Oberlin College; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Orientational Order in Biological Development - Superfluid Shrimp; Mark Bowick, University of California, Santa Barbara; 3:30 p.m.; room A8, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World Beyond Policing; Celeste Winston, Temple University; 5:30 p.m.; English faculty lounge, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies).
22 Ultra-High-Throughput Computational Imaging: Towards a Trillion Voxels Per Second; Kevin Zhou, University of California Berkeley; 11 a.m.; room 225, Towne Building (Bioengineering, Electrical & Systems Engineering).
From Zhuangzi’s Gourd to Cinderella’s Pumpkin: Gua 瓜 as a Vehicle for the Imagination; Christopher Rea, Princeton University; noon; room 623, Williams Hall (East Asian Languages & Civilizations).
Heat, Harvest, and Health: Unraveling the Impact of Environmental Exposures on Farmworkers and Their Families; Daniel J. Smith, Villanova University; 3 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/93589578996 (Philadelphia Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health).
SPHEREx: An All-Sky Near-Infrared Spectral Survey; Howard Hui, California Institute of Technology; 3:30 p.m.; Center for Particle Cosmology Lounge, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
Finding Sarah Everard: A Critical Discourse Analysis Exploring the First Two Weeks of News Media Coverage Following Her Disappearance and Murder; Sim Gill, GSWS; The City of Sexual Deviancy: Race, Rodents, and the Queerness of Single Motherhood; M.C. Overholt, GSWS; 4 p.m.; room 345, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies).
Fels Racial Equity and Social Justice Conversation Series; David Byerman, Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation and Byerman Solutions Group; 6 p.m.; online webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/byerman-talk-feb-22 (Fels Institute of Government).
23 Fictions of the Museum: Memory and Cultural Heritage in the 21st-Century Latin American Novel; Jorge Téllez, Spanish and Portuguese; noon; room 473, McNeil Building, and Zoom webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/tellez-talk-feb-23 (Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies).
Genetic Testing and Adverse Selection; Eduardo Azevedo, Wharton; 2 p.m.; room 534, 3401 Walnut Street (Penn Institute for Computational Science).
Photosculpture: Machine Made Portraiture in the 1860s; André Dombrowski, history of art; 3 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (History of Art).
2nd Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture in Public Social Science: The Scholar Denied: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology; Aldon Morris, Northwestern University; 5 p.m.; room 109, Annenberg School (Africana Studies, Sociology, Annenberg School).
26 Being an Arab Imperialist in Late 19th Century Istanbul; Mostafa Minawi, Cornell University; noon; room 108, ARCH (History).
Mechanisms of X-Chromosome Inactivation in Immune Cells; Montserrat Anguera, Penn Vet; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (PSOM Deans’ Distinguished Visiting Professorship Seminar).
“Is There Room for Me?” The Praxis of Shifting Power and Inclusive Collaboration; Ifeoma Ike, New York University; 3 p.m.; Zoom webinar; register: https://bit.ly/sprk24 (School of Social Policy & Practice).
Events in Mind and Language; Anna Papafragou, linguistics; 3:30 p.m.; auditorium, Levin Building (Psychology).
The Structure of Scientific Progress: The Case of Roger Bacon; Elly Truitt, history & sociology of science; 3:30 p.m.; room 392, Cohen Hall (History & Sociology of Science).
Global Socialist Networks in the Age of Three Worlds: Art and Arbitrage from Mexico to Moscow; Kevin Platt, Russian & East European Studies; 5:30 p.m.; room 209, College Hall (Russian & East European Studies).
27 Towards Transparent Representation Learning; Yaodong Yu, University of California Berkeley; 11 a.m.; room 225, Towne Building (Electrical and Systems Engineering).
AI-Accelerated Assessments of Climate and Weather Risks; Tapio Schneider, California Institute of Technology; noon; Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library; register: http://tinyurl.com/schneider-talk-feb-27 (Penn Program on Regulation).
Philadelphia Stories; Daniel K. Richter, history; noon; online webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/richter-talk-feb-27 (Global Discovery Series, Penn Press).
The Problems with Free Trade; Jamieson Greer and Stephen P. Vaughn, King & Spalding’s International Trade practice group; noon; room 213, Gittis Hall; RSVP: https://forms.gle/ydL4uQXbvSHUFvkZ9 (Federalist Society).
Ecuador in Crisis; Andres Mejia Acosta, University of Notre Dame; Jane Esberg, political science; 4 p.m.; room 473, McNeil Building (Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies).
On Grace and Indignity: German Realism and the Obscenification of Matter; Erica Weitzman, Northwestern University; 5:15 p.m.; room 543, Williams Hall (Germanic Languages & Literatures).
Writing the History of Writing the Law: Some Extra-Textual Considerations; Paul Halliday, University of Virginia; 5:15 p.m.; room 209, College Hall (History).
28 Connecting Conversations: Community Care for LGBTQ+ Health; Audrey Davis, Cancer Support Community; Andre Ford, Colours Organization; Luna Gayeski, Plume Health; noon; Zoom webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/nursing-talk-feb-28 (Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative).
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen; Anjali Adukia, University of Chicago; noon; room 355, Stiteler Hall (Graduate School of Education).
Non-Reciprocal Pattern Formation; M. Cristina Marchetti, University of California, Santa Barbara; 3:30 p.m.; room A8, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).
Critical Healthcare Humanities: Social Sciences and Humanities as Interventions in Healthcare Research, Training, and Practice; Britt Dahlberg, Johns Hopkins University; 4 p.m.; Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Holman Biotech Commons, and online webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/dahlberg-talk-feb-28 (Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing).
African American Lecture Series; Claudrena Harold, University of Virginia; 5:30 p.m.; location TBA; register: http://tinyurl.com/haroldtalk-feb-28 (History, Music, Africana Studies).
When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in The Soul and Hip Hop Eras; Claudrena Harold, University of Virginia; 5:30 p.m.; room 329A, Max Kade Center; register: http://tinyurl.com/harold-talk-feb-28 (Africana Studies).
29 Special Briefing: State Tax Cuts; Can Chen, Georgia State University; Alex Hathaway, Public Finance Research Cluster; Geoffrey Buswick, S&P Global Ratings; Natalie Cohen, National Municipal Research; 11 a.m.; Zoom webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/iur-talk-feb-29 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).
Implementation Science to End the HIV Epidemic: How Rapid, How Relevant, & How Rigorous? Sheree Schwartz, Johns Hopkins University; noon; Reunion Auditorium, John Morgan Building, and Zoom webinar; join: http://tinyurl.com/schwartz-talk-feb-29 (Center for AIDS Research).
Preservation Futures: Design; David Hollenberg, historic preservation; Nathaniel Rogers, historic preservation; Dominique Hawkins, Preservation Design Partnership; Stephen Kieran, KieranTimberlake; Peter Viteretto, Heritage Landscapes LLC; noon; Zoom webinar; register: http://tinyurl.com/hist-pres-talk-feb-29 (Historic Preservation).
Can You Hear Me Now? An Introduction to Hearings Aids and Hearing Loss; Stacy Douberly, Diane Holstein, and Danielle Leibowitz, audiology; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom webinar; RSVP: pasef@pobox.upenn.edu (Penn Association for Senior and Emeritus Faculty).
How Staphylococcus Aureus Infections Initiate and Evolve in the Cystic Fibrosis Airway; Anthony Fischer, University of Iowa; 4 p.m.; room 11-146, Smilow Center (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
Polyglossic Ships: Migration, Oceanic Aspiration, and the Mappilas of Malabar Before the Gulf Diaspora; P.K. Yasser Arafath, University of Delhi; 4:30 p.m.; Dunning Coaches Center (South Asia Center).
Hybridizing the Colonies: Thomas Hardy's Brazil and the Limits of Informal Empire; Jacob Nielsen, English; 5 p.m.; room 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).
Newtown Odyssey: An Opera on a Creek; Marie Lorenz, artist; Willis Elkins, Newtown Creek Alliance; 6:30 p.m.; Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library (Landscape Architecture).
Anthropology
In-person events at room 345, Penn Museum. Info: https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/events.
5 A Tough Nut to Crack: The Development of Dietary Adaptations; Myra Laird, Penn Dental Medicine; noon.
12 Time Bomb: Toxic Disavowal and American Apocalypse; Chloe Ahmann, Cornell University; noon.
26 Legal Truth, Migrant Criminality, and Migration Management in Turkey; Elif Babul, Mount Holyoke College; noon.
Asian American Studies
Various locations. Info: https://asam.sas.upenn.edu/events.
14 Asian America Across the Disciplines; Mary Yee, Asian Americans United and Yellow Seeds; 5 p.m.; room 473, McNeil Building.
15 Asian America Across the Disciplines; Eleni Kyrkopoulou, Yale University; noon; Zoom webinar.
16 Food for Thought; Tahseen Shams, sociology; noon; room 473, McNeil Building.
21 Asian America Across the Disciplines; Frank Abe, writer and director; 6:30 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium.
22 Asian America Across the Disciplines; Rorng Sorn and Naw Doh, activists; noon; Zoom webinar.
29 Asian American Across the Disciplines; Edwin Desamour, the Lighthouse; Johnny Irizarry, Center for Latin American & Latinx Studies; noon; Zoom webinar.
Bioengineering
In-person talks at room 225, Towne Building. Info: https://events.seas.upenn.edu/calendar/tag/be/list/.
1 Imaging the Brain for Deeper, Finer, and More Diverse Insight; Fei Xia, Ecole Normale Supérieure; 3:30 p.m.
8 Mapping and Engineering Gene Expression with Chemical and Spatial Lenses; Hailing Shi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 3:30 p.m.
15 Where Do Therapeutic Antibodies Go? A First-In-Human Journey; Guolan Lu, Stanford University; 3:30 p.m.
22 Endothelial Cells and the Promise of Regeneration on Demand; Brisa Palikuqi, University of California San Francisco; 3:30 p.m.
29 Systems Immunology Approaches for Tissue Repair and Regeneration; Andres Muñoz-Rojas, Harvard University; 3:30 p.m.
Biology
In-person events at room 109, Leidy Lab. Info: https://www.bio.upenn.edu/events.
5 The Continuum of Gene Regulation at Single-Cell Resolution, from Drosophila to Human Complex Traits; Diego Calderon, University of Washington; 10:30 a.m.
7 Making the Unexpected Expected and Predictable: Microbial Diversity and Biogeochemistry in a Changing Environment; Xin Sun, Carnegie Institution; 10:30 a.m.
12 The Role of Mutualisms in Structuring Plant Communities in a Changing World; Camille Delavaux, ETH Zürich; 10:30 a.m.
21 Machine Learning for the Future of Structural Biology; Kevin Dalton, Harvard University; 10:30 a.m.
28 Rewired Regulatory Pathways Involving Retrotransposons Impact Reproduction and Early Development; Andrew Modzelewski, Penn Vet; 10:30 a.m.
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
In-person events at Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall. Info: https://cbe.seas.upenn.edu/events/.
7 Molecular Microscopy with Single Cell Transcriptomic Data Resolves RNA Liquid Biopsies; Sevahn Vorperian, Stanford University; 3:30 p.m.
14 Systems Engineering for Addressing Critical Challenges in Viral Vector Manufacturing; Francesco Destro, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 3:30 p.m.
21 Minimally Invasive Neuroelectronics; Anqi Zhang, Stanford University; 3:30 p.m.
28 Deep Learning-Enabled Design of Functional DNA-Binding Properties; Cameron Glasscock, University of Washington; 3:30 p.m.
Center for East Asian Studies
Locations TBA. Info and to register: https://ceas.sas.upenn.edu/events.
1 The Future is Not Female: (In)visible Inequalities in Elite Japanese Firms; Hilary J. Holbrow, Indiana University; 5:15 p.m.
8 Protestantism and the Modernization of China, 19th to 20th Centuries; Se Yan, Peking University; 5:15 p.m.
15 Nuclear Minds: Cold War Psychological Science and the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Ran Zwigenberg, Pennsylvania State University; 5:15 p.m.
22 Japan-South Korea: New Cooperation, Opportunities and Challenges in 2024; Junya Nishino, Keio University; 4:30 p.m.
Center for the Study of Contemporary China
In-person events at room 418, PCPSE. Info: https://cscc.sas.upenn.edu/events.
2 Critical Reflections on Thirty Years of the Internet in China; Shaohua Guo, Carleton College; Rongbin Han, University of Georgia; Elaine Yuan, University of Illinois Chicago; 12:30 p.m.
7 Hostage Diplomacy and U.S.-China Relations: The Legacy of The Peking Express; James Zimmerman, Perkins Coie LLP; 5 p.m.; room 200, PCPSE.
9 China’s Gambit: The Calculus of Coercion; Ketian Zhang, George Mason University; 12:30 p.m.
15 The Unmaking of the Chinese Working Class; Teemu Ruskola, Carey Law School; 4:30 p.m.
16 Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China; Lynette Ong, University of Toronto; 12:30 p.m.
22 Freedom Undone: The Assault on Liberal Values and Institutions in Hong Kong; Michael Davis, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; 4:30 p.m.
23 The 20th Party Congress: Toward Personalistic Autarky? Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University; 12:30 p.m.
Classical Studies
In-person events at room 402, Cohen Hall. Info: https://www.classics.upenn.edu/events.
1 Recent Excavations at Phrygian Gordion; C. Brian Rose, anthropology; 4:45 p.m.
8 Self-Fragmenting Artifacts and Comic Pragmatics; Richard P. Martin, Stanford University; 4:45 p.m.
15 Wage, Slavery; Kim Bowes, anthropology; 4:45 p.m.
22 The Making and Development of Imperial Landscapes in Mesopotamia: The View from the Erbil Plain in North Iraq; Rocco Palermo, Bryn Mawr College; 4:45 p.m.
Economics
In-person events. Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.
1 Value Pricing or Lexus Lanes? The Distribution Effects of Dynamic Tolling; Pearl Z. Li, Stanford University; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
2 Entry and Competition in Insurance Markets: Evidence from Medicare Advantage; Matthew Zahn, Johns Hopkins University; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
5 Commitment, Competition, and Preventive Care Provisions; Anran Li, Northwestern University; 4 p.m.; room 202, PCPSE.
6 Urban Highway Removal: Evidence from Rochester's Inner Loop; Sherrie Cheng, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
Estimating Matching Games Without Individual-Level Data: Multidimensional Sorting in Government Recruitment; Qiwei He, Cornell University; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
7 Commuting Infrastructure in Fragmented Cities; Olivia Bordeu Gazmuri, University of Chicago; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
8 Silent Networks: The Role of Inaccurate Beliefs in Reducing Useful Social Interactions; Vatsal Khandelwal, Merton College, University of Oxford; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
9 Multinational Production and Innovation in Tandem; Jin Liu, New York University; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
13 Renting the American Dream: Institutional Investors and Market Power in Single-Family Housing; Felipe Barbieri, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
19 Commitment and Randomization in Communication; Xiao Lin, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
20 Market Power and Merger Efficiencies in the U.S. Hospital Industry; Jonathan Arnold, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
Dynamic Monitoring Design; Yu Fu Wong, University of Warwick; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
22 Assortative Matching and Household Income Inequality: A Structural Approach; Laura Pilossoph, Duke University; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
27 Decision Making Under Multidimensional Risk; Mu Zhang, University of Michigan; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
28 Private Business Dynamics and Search for Outside Equity; Alex Sawyer, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
Product Bans as Protectionism: The Maggi Scare; Jorge Alé-Chilet, Universidad de los Andes, Chile; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
Inflation is Conflict; Iván Werning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
29 Competing on Information in Selection Markets: Evidence from Italian Auto Insurance; Yi Xin, California Institute of Technology; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
Unemployment Insurance and the Distribution of Lost Earnings in Recessions: Evidence from the Great Depression in Britain; Meredith Paker, Grinnell College; 5 p.m.; room 250, PCPSE.
GRASP Lab
Unless noted, hybrid events at Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, and Zoom webinars. Info and to register: https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/events/month/2024-02/.
9 Geometric Regularizations for 3D Shape Generation ; Qixing Huang, University of Texas at Austin; 10:30 a.m.
14 Learning and Control for Safety, Efficiency, and Resiliency of Embodied AI; Fei Miao, University of Connecticut; 3 p.m.; room 307, Levine Hall.
23 Magnetic Surgical Robots: A “Fantastic Voyage” Deep Inside the Human Body; Pietro Valdastri, University of Leeds; 10:30 a.m.
Italian Studies
In-person events. Info: https://italian.sas.upenn.edu/events.
1 Della Valle Lecture: Che va di notte che porta il lume indietro; Maru Ceballos, Kat Mustatea, and Kazumasa Chiba, artists; 5:15 p.m.; room 135, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
12 Creating an Equitable and Inclusive Language Classroom Through Identifying Unconscious Bias; Julia Heim, Italian studies; 5:30 p.m.; room 543, Williams Hall.
28 “Of the Vice and Virtue of Mankind”: Dante’s Ulysses and the Italian Orientalism; Andrea Celli, University of Connecticut; noon; room 543, Williams Hall.
Katz Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies
Unless noted, Zoom webinars. Info: https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/events.
6 Reinterpreting and Reinventing Nigunim Up to Today; Mark Kligman, University of California, Los Angeles; noon.
7 Past and Present: The Impact of Antisemitism on the Study of American Jewish History; Pamela S. Nadell, American University; noon.
13 Antisemitism and Admissions at Stanford University; Ari Y. Kelman, Stanford University; noon.
14 Who, What, Where, and How? Ownership and Accessibility of Rare Jewish Books; Yoel Finkelman, National Library of Israel; Michelle Margolis, Columbia University; Agnes Peresztegi, Soffer Avocats; noon.
20 “Making Sacred All the Whispers of the World”: The Cabaretesque and the Aesthetics of Trauma; Philip V. Bohlman, University of Chicago; 5:15 p.m.; room 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
21 Fun, But Free? Jewish Sororities and Acculturation; Shira Kohn, Dalton School; noon.
27 Campus Free Speech After October 7th; Sigal Ben-Porath, Graduate School of Education; noon.
28 Rescue or Ransack? Unraveling the Complexities of the Cairo Geniza Chain of Custody; Rebecca J. W. Jefferson, University of Florida; noon.
Korean Studies
In-person events at suite 310, 3600 Market Street. Info: https://korea.sas.upenn.edu/events.
1 Reinventing Family: Development, Democracy, and Demographic Crisis in South Korea; Paul Y. Chang, Harvard University; noon.
15 A Call for a New Earth from Donghak (Eastern Learning), Learning from Korean Indigenous Philosophy of Life; Jea Sophia Oh, West Chester University; noon.
22 Women and Buddhism: The Case of Kim Iryŏp; Jin Y. Park, American University; noon.
28 Lessons Learned About Identity and Anti-Asian Hate Through the Lens of Television News; Nydia Han, 6abc Action News; 3:30 p.m.
29 Transnational Salvations: Christianity Across Korea, U.S., and Haiti; Minjung Noh, Lehigh University; noon.
Mathematics
In-person events. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.
7 Rationality Problems for Simple Varieties; Brendan Hassett, Brown University; 3:45 p.m.; room A2, DRL.
9 Geometric Langlands and Examples; Emmet Lennen, mathematics; 10 a.m.; room 4E9, DRL.
Admissibility over Number Fields; Deependra Singh, mathematics; 3:30 p.m.; room 4N30, DRL.
13 The Spherical Mixed P-Spin Glass at Zero Temperature; Yuxin Zhou, University of Chicago; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.
15 Some Structure of Kakeya Sets in R^3; Hong Wang, New York University-Courant; 3:30 p.m.; room 4E19, DRL.
Moduli Spaces of Bad Theories; Julius Grimminger, University of Oxford; 3:45 p.m.; room 3C6, DRL.
21 Local-Global Principles in Orbits and Applications; Alex Kontorovich, Rutgers University; 3:45 p.m.; room A2, DRL.
22 Sharp Furstenberg Sets Estimate in the Plane; Kevin Ren, Princeton University; 3:30 p.m.; room 4E19, DRL.
28 Abelian Varieties in Characteristic p; Valentijn Karemaker, Utrecht University; 3:45 p.m.; room A2, DRL.
29 Fourier Restriction and Well-Approximable Numbers; Donggeun Ryou, University of Rochester; 3:30 p.m.; room 4E19, DRL.
Medical Ethics & Health Policy
Hybrid events. Info: https://medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/events.
13 Understanding the Wrong of Exploitation; Brian Berkey, legal studies & business ethics; noon; room 1402, Blockley Hall, and Zoom webinar.
14 Trial Selection and Prioritization at Research Sites: Learning from Oncology and COVID-19; Holly Fernandez Lynch, medical ethics & health policy; noon; room B102AB, Richards Building, and Zoom webinar.
21 Determining the Starting Point for Medicare Drug Price Negotiations; Michael DiStefano, Cahill Orthopedic Sports Medicine; 5:15 p.m.; hybrid, locations TBA.
22 Cumulative Opportunities: Advancing Health in a Changing Climate; Sonia Angell, Johns Hopkins University; noon; room 1104, Blockley Hall, and Zoom webinar.
Microbiology
Monday events at 4 p.m. at room 209, Johnson Pavilion. Wednesday events at noon at Austrian Auditorium, CRB. Info: https://micro.med.upenn.edu/seminars-and-events.html.
5 Escherichia Coli Develops Predation-Specific Resistance Adaptations on Repeated Exposure to a Bacterial Predator; Subham Mridha, microbiology; 4 p.m.
12 Defining Microbiome-Derived Products to Treat Disease; Neil Surana, Duke University; 4 p.m.
19 Modulation of Bacterial Communities for the Prevention of Subglottic Stenosis; Riccardo L. Gottardi, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; 4 p.m.
21 bNAb Strategies for HIV Cure: Experience with 3BNC117 & 10-1074; Marina Caskey, Rockefeller University; noon.
28 Toward Understanding Mechanisms for Microbiome-Nervous System Interactions; Elaine Hsiao, University of California, Los Angeles; noon.
Population Studies Center
In-person events at room 403, McNeil Building. Info: https://www.pop.upenn.edu/events.
5 Promise (Or Lack Thereof) of Biosocial Studies of Aging and ADRD; Jason Fletcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison; noon.
12 Life Course Differentiation and Women's Mental Health: The Moderating Role of Defamilization Policies in 15 European Territories; Ariel Azar, University of Chicago; noon.
26 His and Hers Earnings Trajectories: Economic Homogamy and Long-Term Earnings Inequality Within and Between Different-Sex Couples; Allison Dunatchik, sociology; noon.
Religious Studies
In-person events at room 204, Cohen Hall. Info: https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/events.
1 Ancestors, Inheritance, and Reparations: Why Ancestral Fault Might Be a Good Idea; Laura Nasrallah, Yale University; 3:30 p.m.
15 Rebuilding Community: Displaced Women and the Making of a Shia Ismaili Muslim Sociality; Shenila Khoja-Moolji, Georgetown University; 3:30 p.m.
22 A Queen in the Tomb of the Kings: An Ancient Monument and its Modern Legacy; Sarit Kattan Gribetz, Fordham University; 3:30 p.m.
Sociology
In-person events. Info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events.
2 Seven Decades of Educational Assortative Mating in South Korea; Hyunjoon Park, sociology; Andrew Taeho Kim, Population Studies Center; noon; room 367, McNeil Building.
5 The Next Generation: Examining Climate Change Education Worldwide; Sukie Ziuqi Yang, sociology & demography; 4 p.m.; room 367, McNeil Building.
12 What They Say, What They Do: Classed Parenting in a “Universal Concerted Cultivation” Society; Ha-Joon Chung, Princeton University; 4 p.m.; room 367, McNeil Building.
14 False Starts: The Segregated Lives of Preschoolers; Casey Stockstill, Dartmouth College; noon; room 403, McNeil Building.
16 Structural Power, Associational Power, and Income Inequality; Masoud Movahed, sociology; noon; room 367, McNeil Building.
19 Children as Speculative Projects in Early Childhood Admissions; Estela B. Diaz, Princeton University; 4 p.m.; room 367, McNeil Building.
21 Tokenism and its Long-term Consequences: Evidence from the Literary Field; Clayton Childress, University of British Columbia; noon; room 403, McNeil Building.
28 The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement; Hajar Yazdiha, University of Southern California; noon; room 403, McNeil Building.
Workshop in the History of Material Texts
In-person events at Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library. Info: https://pennmaterialtexts.org/about/events/.
5 Correio d’África: A Case Study of Pan-Africanism in the Multilingual Black Press of the 1920s; Zita Nunes, English; 5:15 p.m.
12 Some Poor Septenaries and their Rich Relations: The Vernon Pater Noster and the Sherborne Missal; Jessica Brantley, Yale University; 5:15 p.m.
19 The Atlantic Itinerary of Smollett’s Complete History of England; Emma Hart, history; 5:15 p.m.
26 Toward a New Typology of Roman Writing Equipment, Joseph Howley, Columbia University; 5:15 p.m.
Event appears to be on the 9th.