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Academic Calendar

7 Spring Term Break. Through March 22.

23 Classes Resume.

30 Advance Registration for Fall Term and Summer Sessions. Through April 12.

Children's Activities

13 Storytime at the Arboretum; fun and engaging reading session in a natural setting; 10:30 a.m.; Morris Arboretum (Morris Arboretum).

27 [CANCELED] Trinity Irish Dance Company; grades K-12; 10:30 a.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center; tickets: annenbergcenter.org (Annenberg Center). Also see On Stage.

Penn Museum

Info: www.penn.museum

3 [CANCELED] Mummies and the Afterlife; Museum playdate designed to ignite a young child’s imagination; 10:30 a.m.

11 [CANCELED] Archaeological Adventures: Meet the Mediterranean; discover what daily life was like for Romans, Greeks and Etruscans; 10 a.m. and noon; tickets: www.penn.museum/calendar

13 [CANCELED] 40 Winks at the Penn Museum; hands-on sleepover for kids ages 6-12 and their families/chaperones; 5:30 p.m. Through March 14, 9 a.m.

14 [CANCELED] Animal Adventures; find hidden animals around the museum; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

27 [CANCELED] Exploring the Past; teen activity that explores zooarchaeology to learn about animals of the past; 1-3:30 p.m.

6 Geobiology Symposium XXVII; collaborations between students, researchers and faculty; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Bldg., and Hayden Hall; info and registration: https://web.sas.upenn.edu/penngeobio/ (Earth and Environmental Science).

27 [CANCELED] Infidelities: New Directions in Armenian Studies; Armenian scholars and artists redefine Armenian-ness; 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Slought; register: https://tinyurl.com/umn5lzn (English; Wolf Humanities Center). Also March 28, 9:30 a.m.-11 p.m.

44th Annual Penn Linguistics Conference; noon-7 p.m.; info and register: https://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/plc44/about.html (Linguistics). Through March 29.

[POSTPONED] Penn in Latin America and the Caribbean 5th Annual Symposium; discussing LAC-related research, education and practice; 12:30-4 p.m.; Perry World House; register: lals@sas.upenn.edu (Penn Global, LALS, Kleinman Center).

[CANCELED] Master of Environmental Studies and Master of Science in Applied Geosciences Programs 14th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference; celebration of excellence in LPS master’s programs; 3-6:30 p.m.; 2nd floor, 3675 Market St. (LPS).

28 [CANCELED] Mind Your Brain at Penn Medicine 2020; connects brain injury survivors, families and caregivers with resources; 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Jordan Medical Education Center; register: www.pennmedicine.org/MYB (Center for Brain Injury and Repair).

Exhibits

Gallery Information and Hours

Arthur Ross Gallery (ARG), Fisher Fine Arts Library: free; closed until further notice; info: www.arthurrossgallery.org

Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House: free; building hours: closed until further notice; info: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/involved/series/brodskygallery/

Burrison Gallery, Inn at Penn: free; hours: Mon-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; info: http://tinyurl.com/kaevlec

Esther Klein Gallery: free; hours: Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; info: https://sciencecenter.org/discover/ekg

ICA: free; hours: closed until further notice; info: https://icaphila.org

Architectural Archives at the Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library: free; hours: closed until further notice; info: http://tinyurl.com/hvrlct4

Meyerson Hall, Weitzman School of Design: open during building hours; closed until further notice info: https://tinyurl.com/y27c5dty

Morris Arboretum: hours: closed until further notice; info, prices: www.morrisarboretum.org

Penn Museum: hours: closed until further notice; info, prices: www.penn.museum

Quorum: building hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; info: https://sciencecenter.org/discover/quorum

Slought: free; hours: closed until further notice; info: slought.org

Van Pelt Library: free; hours; closed until further notice; info: www.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt

Wistar: free; building hours: limited access until further notice; info: https://wistar.org

Upcoming

11 Taken; works from photographer and professor of biology Philip A. Rea; Burrison Gallery; opening reception [CANCELED]: March 18, 5-7 p.m. Ongoing-end date TBD.

Now

[Closed until further notice] We Are the Storm: Activist Poster Art by Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative; focuses on climate justice and migration; Fisher Fine Arts Library. Through March 8.

[University Club closed until further notice] Galapagos Memories; images by Jerry Porter, professor of mathematics emeritus; Burrison Gallery. Through March 9.

[Closed until further notice] The Zama Zama Project; a multi-format installation by Rosalind Morris about the world of informal mining in the abandoned gold mines of South Africa; Slought. Through March 20.

[Closed until further notice] Frankenthaler on Paper; 10 unique paintings on paper and 17 prints by Helen Frankenthaler that date from the 1970s to the 1990s; Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Bldg. Through March 29.

[Limited access until further notice] Nikon Small World Exhibition; winning images from the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition; Wistar Institute. Through April 10.

[Closed until further notice] Writing Across Genres: African American Women in the Joanna Banks Collection; Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt Library. Through April 10.

[Closed until further notice] Remarkable Figures: Women in the Art of Ashley Bryan; Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library. Through April 17.

[Closed until further notice] Bearing Witness: Four Days in West Kingston; Penn Museum. Through April 26.

[Closed until further notice] Moundbuilders: Ancient Architects of North America; Penn Museum. Through April 26.

[Closed until further notice] Karyn Olivier: Everything That’s Alive Moves; ICA. Through May 10.

[Closed until further notice] Michelle Lopez: Ballast & Barricades; ICA. Through May 10.

[Closed until further notice] Trevor Shimizu: Performance Artist; ICA. Through May 10.

[Closed until further notice] Making the Renaissance Manuscript: Discoveries from Philadelphia Libraries; Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library. Through May 19.

[Closed until further notice] Re-covering the Ney Collection; features four reed-flute instruments brought from Egypt during the 19th century; Marian Anderson Gallery, Van Pelt Library. Through June 5.

[Closed until further notice] Penn in the Field 2019; Library and 2nd Floor, Penn Museum. Through August.

[Closed until further notice] Musical Fund Society at 200; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt Library. Through June 25, 2021.

Ongoing

[Closed until further notice] Africa Galleries: From Maker to Museum; outlines artifacts’ origins; Penn Museum.

[Closed until further notice] Audubon’s Birds of America; 1st floor, Van Pelt Library.

Imagery, Narrative, Propaganda: Artists in the German Democratic Republic; rm. 500, Annenberg School.

[Closed until further notice] Marian Anderson on the World Stage; Marian Anderson Gallery, Van Pelt Library.

[Closed until further notice] Mexico and Central America Gallery; examines distinct societies and connections between political and divine power; Penn Museum.

[Closed until further notice] Loop de Loop: Patrick Dougherty Installation; stickwork sculpture; Morris Arboretum. Ongoing until deterioration.

[Closed until further notice] Out on a Limb; tree adventure exhibit; Morris Arboretum.

[Closed until further notice] Philadelphia Cartoonists; six local cartoonists; Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House.

Samuel Yellin, Metalworker: Drawings from the Architectural Archives; lobby, Inn at Penn.

[Closed until further notice] Sphinx Gallery; collections from across the globe; Penn Museum.

We Are Not Alone; large-scale illustrations by Dwayne Booth; Forum, Annenberg School.

Penn Museum Tours

Info: www.penn.museum/visit/public-tours

1 Global Guide Tour; 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

7 Graduate Guide Tour; 1:30 p.m. Also March 8.

Films

4 Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped by Boko Haram; 7 p.m.; Montgomery Theater, Annenberg Center; register: https://tinyurl.com/yx5g5s4j (Wolf Humanities Center, Cinema and Media Studies).

8 [CANCELED] Deaf Child; 2 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum (Wolf Humanities Center, Penn Museum).

27 [CANCELED] CAMRA at Penn: Rupture and Repair; 5:30-9 p.m.; Penn Museum. Also March 28, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Annenberg School.

30 Film Portrait; 5:30 p.m.; rm. 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).

[CANCELED] Bioethics Film Festival

Reception at 5:30 p.m., screenings at 6 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; free.

Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/bioethicsfilm

24 [CANCELED] A Beautiful Mind.

25 [CANCELED] At Eternity’s Gate.

26 [CANCELED] Amadeus.

[CANCELED] Middle East Film Festival 2020

Screenings at 6:30 p.m.; rm. 401, Fisher Bennett Hall; free.

Info: https://tinyurl.com/MEfilmfest

16 [CANCELED] For Sama.

17 [CANCELED] The Other Story; director Avi Nesher in person, 5-6:30 p.m.

18 [CANCELED] Sly.

19 [CANCELED] Sibel.

20 [CANCELED] Tel Aviv on Fire.

Fitness & Learning

4 Curator-Led Tour of Karyn Olivier: Everything That’s Alive Moves; 6 p.m.; ICA; register: https://tinyurl.com/rxxmgwd (ICA).

5 Negotiating the Retirement Transition: What’s Next; a panel shares personal experiences with retirement; 3:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library; RSVP: pasef@pobox.upenn.edu (PASEF).

7 Spring Break Skate; 6-7 p.m.; buy one admission, get one admission free (Penn Ice Rink).

12 Scribes of the Cairo Geniza; join volunteers in a crowd-sourced translation project of ancient Hebrew and Arabic scribes; 12:30 p.m.; rm. 623, Van Pelt Library (Penn Libraries).

16 Off-Campus Housing Services Virtual Housing Fair; virtual event where students can talk to local vendors and landlords; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; https://upenn.vfairs.com (Off-Campus Services). Also March 26.

17 [CANCELED] Managing Faculty Stress & Burnout; panel discussion; 11:30 a.m.; rm. 108, ARCH (PFWF).

[POSTPONED] Peter Evans Master Class; Peter Evans, composer; 3 p.m.; rm. 407, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Music).

Arthur Ross Gallery

Info: www.arthurrossgallery.org

4 12@12; 12-minute art gallery tour with Mary Tasillo; noon.

6 [CANCELED] Yoga with Anisha; noon; $5, free for Penn students; bring a yoga mat. Also March 13, 20, 27.

20 [CANCELED] Object(ive); discussion of Bruce Davidson’s Kissing in the Ramble, 1992, with art history doctoral student Tamir Williams; 1:30 p.m.

28 At One Stroke: Helen Frankenthaler Prints and Frankenthaler on Paper; two tours in one afternoon; 1-3 p.m.; begins at PAFA, 118 North Broad St., and proceeds to Arthur Ross Gallery; register: sabrady@upenn.edu

HR: Penn Healthy You Workshops
Open to faculty and staff; free. Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/registration

5 Gentle Yoga; 11 a.m.

10 Bodypump; noon.

11 Chair Yoga; noon.

16 [CANCELED] Be in the Know Biometric Screenings; 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; various locations. Also March 17 & 19.

17 [CANCELED] Spinning; 11:30 a.m. Also March 24.

26 [CANCELED] Investing 201 Financial Wellness Workshop; noon.

27 [CANCELED] March Wellness Walk; noon.

HR: Professional and Personal Development Programs

Open to faculty and staff; free unless otherwise noted.

2 Dealing with Difficult People; 12:30 p.m.

4 Assertiveness Skills; 12:30 p.m.

5 Navigating Difficult Conversations; 9 a.m.-noon; $75.

10 Participating in Performance Appraisals for Staff; 12:30 p.m.

17 [CANCELED] Project Management; 12:30 p.m.

23 Conducting Performance Appraisals for Supervisors; 12:30 p.m.

24 TED Talk Tuesday: Confessions of a Recovering Micromanager; 12:30 p.m.

HR: Work-life Workshops

Open to faculty and staff; free.

9 New and Expectant Parent Briefing; 12:30 p.m.

10 Guided Mindful Meditation; 12:30 p.m. Also March 31.

16 Resiliency: Secrets of Successful Employees; 12:30 p.m.

17 [CANCELED] Lactation Resource Group: Integrating Lactation and Work; noon.

Webinar: Introduction to Social Security; noon.

18 Webinar: Market-Proof Your Retirement; noon.

Webinar: Money at Work 1: Foundations of Investing; 3 p.m.

19 Webinar: Understanding Health Savings Accounts; noon.

Webinar: Working Through Stressful and Changing Times; 12:30 p.m.

Webinar: Postcards from the Future: A womans guide to saving and investing; 3 p.m.

20 Call Up Calm, Mindfulness Workshop by Phone; 12:30 p.m. Also March 27.

30 [CANCELED] Introduction to Mindfulness Presentation; 12:30 p.m.

Liberal and Professional Studies
On-campus information sessions located at Ste. 100, 3440 Market St. unless otherwise noted.

Info: www.upenn.edu/lps-events

3 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Café; noon.

4 Walk-In Enrollment Counseling; 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Also March 11, 18, 25.

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

5 Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences Virtual Information Session; noon.

12 Master of Liberal Arts Virtual Information Session; noon.

18 [CANCELED] Post-Baccalaureate Studies On-Campus Information Session; 5:30 p.m.

Organizational Dynamics Virtual Information Session; 6 p.m.

25 Post-Baccalaureate Studies Virtual Information Session; 5:30 p.m.

26 [CANCELED] Fels Institute of Public Policy: Public Policy in Practice with Richard Cordray; 5:30 p.m.

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

Morris Arboretum

Info: www.morrisarboretum.org

1 [CANCELED] Winter Wellness Walks; Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.; Sundays at 1 p.m. Also March 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29.

7 Signs of Spring Tour; 11 a.m.

14 [CANCELED] Winter Witchhazel Walk; 1 p.m. Also March 28.

Penn Museum

Info: www.penn.museum

1 [CANCELED] The Daily Dig; 15-minute artifact talk; 1 p.m.; free w/admission. Daily through March 31.

4 Drum Circle Workshop; 6:30 p.m.

12 Coffee with a Keeper: Kevin Schott; 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m.; Museum Café, Penn Museum; $5, free/members

Penn Homeowner Services

Info: www.upenn.edu/homeownership

6 Home-Buying Seminar; 1 p.m.

27 [CANCELLED] Exploring the PHOS Programs; 1 p.m.

Penn Vet Working Dog Center

3 [CANCELLED] “Get Lost” Working Dog Center Tour; 1 p.m.

19 [CANCELLED] “Up & Over, Under & Through” Working Dog Center Tour; 10 a.m.

Meetings

9 PPSA Open Board Meeting; 1 p.m.; rm. 117, Duhring Wing.

11 WXPN Policy Board Meeting; 4 p.m.; WXPN, 3025 Walnut St.; info: (215) 898-0628.

25 [CANCELLED] University Council Meeting; 4 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall.

Music

18 [CANCELED] ¡Conexiones! Mexico; 20th- and 21st-century Mexican classical music performance by Orchestra 2001; 6:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; $25, $20/members; tickets: www.penn.museum (Museum).

25 [CANCELED] Children of the Ghetto + Black Shul; Tsvey Brider melds African-American spirituals and Eastern European Jewish music; 5 p.m.; Widener Auditorium, Penn Museum; register: https://tinyurl.com/blackshul (Wolf Humanities Center).

Annenberg Center

Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org

5 Jenny Lin: Glass Reflections; pianist Jenny Lin plays a program of Philip Glass pieces; 7:30 p.m.; Egypt Upper Gallery, Penn Museum.

14 [POSTPONED] Danu; energetic, family-friendly celebration of Irish music; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater.

22 [CANCELED]The Crossing; Maya Beiser, cello, features in a choral rendition of an exciting new work by Michael Gordon; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater.

Department of Music

Info: https://music.sas.upenn.edu/

18 [POSTPONED] Peter Evans and Levy Lorenzo; electronic duo of trumpeter Evans and percussionist Lorenzo; 9:30 p.m.; University Lutheran, 3637 Chestnut St.

20 [CANCELED] Music in the Stacks: Fresh Flute Weekend, Part 1; 11:30 a.m.; lobby, Van Pelt Library.

22 [CANCELED] Music in the Stacks: Fresh Flute Weekend, Part 2; 4 p.m.; lobby, Van Pelt Library.

25 [CANCELED] Marian Anderson Performance Program Recital; 8 p.m.; rm. 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall.

[Closed through March 31] World Cafe Live
Performances daily. For a complete listing, and for more details of how this schedule has been affected by coronavirus, see: http://philly.worldcafelive.com/

On Stage

19 Fallawayinto; workshop performance in the spirit of activist Donna Booker; all day; the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St. (GSWS, Alice Paul Center).

Annenberg Center

Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org

13 [CANCELED] The White Lama: The Improbable Legacy of Theos Bernard; musical piece depicting the life of the first westerner to study at a monastery in Tibet; 7:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater. Also March 14.

21 [POSTPONED] Eddie B: I’m Already Professionally Developed; teacher-turned-standup comedian on a sellout tour; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater.

27 [POSTPONED] Trinity Irish Dance Company; progressive Irish dance; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater. Also March 28, 2 and 8 p.m. Also see Children’s Activities.

Readings and Signings

5 The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West; Payal Arora; noon; rm. 500, Annenberg School; RVSP: marina.krikorian@asc.upenn.edu (CARGC).

24 Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans; David Eng and Shinhee Han; 4 p.m.; Cheung Auditorium, Dental School (ASAM, Dental).

31 Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change; book signing and discussion with Michael Vandenbergh, Vanderbilt Univ.; noon; University Club, Inn at Penn (Wharton IGEL).

Kelly Writers House [CANCELED]

All events located in Arts Café.

Info.: www.writing.upenn.edu/wh

RSVP: wh@writing.upenn.edu

2 A Reading by Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro; 6 p.m. Also see Talks.

3 An Evening With Ottessa Moshfegh; 6 p.m.

4 Lunch With Trish Hall; noon. Speakeasy Open Mic Night; 7:30 p.m.

16 [POSTPONED] Lunch With Jason Nark; noon.

17 [POSTPONED] Lunch With Alex Gino; noon.

[POSTPONED] Mess+Process; Jodie Lyn-Kee Chow and David Chavannes; 6 p.m.

18 [POSTPONED] From Idea to Book; Weike Wang and Jennier Kurdyla; 6 p.m.

[POSTPONED] Mess+Process: Workshop; 11 a.m.

19 [POSTPONED] A Poetry Reading by Gregory Djanikian; 6 p.m.

23 [VIRTUAL] A Reading by Erín Mouré; 6:30 p.m.; RSVP required.

24 [CANCELED] Brunch With Erín Mouré; 10 a.m.; RSVP required.

30 [POSTPONED] Live at the Writers House; WXPN radio show; 7 p.m.

31 [POSTPONED] Stand Ups Sit Down; Lew Schneider, Emily Blotnick & Gary Gulman; 6 p.m.

Penn Bookstore

Info: https://tinyurl.com/pennbookstore

16 [CANCELED] Iron of the Sky; Ryan Downey; 6 p.m.

18 [CANCELED] The Hunt for History; Nathan Raab; 6 p.m.

24 [CANCELED] iBauhaus: The iPhone as the Embodiment of Bauhaus Ideals and Design; Nick Fox Weber; 6 p.m.

Penn Book Center (PBC)

Info: www.pennbookcenter.com/event

1 Poetry Reading; Bess, Blagrave, Davis, Silliman, Zuzga; 2:30 p.m.

5 Poetry Reading; Mei-mei Berssenbrugge & Simone White; 6:30 p.m.

18 [POSTPONED] AFTER EMILY; Julie Dobrow & Martha Ackmann; 6:30 p.m.

19 [POSTPONED] #HashtagActivism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice; Sarah J. Jackson; 6:30 p.m.

24 [NEW LOCATION] Even if Your Heart Would Listen; Elise Schiller; 6 p.m.

25 [POSTPONED] The Diary: The Epic of Everyday Life; Batsheva Ben-Amos & Dan Ben-Amos; 6:30 p.m.

27 [POSTPONED] Alice Paul Center Presents: A Poetry Reading; Fariha Roísín; 5:30 p.m.; RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/fariharoisin

30 [POSTPONED] The Importance of Being Wilde at Heart; R. Zamora Linmark; 6:30 p.m.

Special Events

12 [CANCELED] Purim: Party Like a Queen; celebration of a festive Jewish occasion with a queer twist; 6-10 p.m.; $12/adults; tickets: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/337/purim (Museum).

18 [POSTPONED] Graduation Fair; students acquire caps and gowns and other graduation-related items; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Penn Bookstore (Business Services). Through March 20.

28 [CANCELED] Nowruz; celebrating the Persian New Year; 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Penn Museum; included w/admission; tickets: www.penn.museum/calendar/42/nowruz (Museum).

Sports

Venues and info: www.pennathletics.com

4 Softball vs. Lafayette; 3 p.m.

5 (M/W) Squash hosts CSA Individual Championships; all day. Through March 8.

6 (M) Basketball vs. Cornell; 7 p.m.

(M) Lacrosse vs. Villanova; 7:30 p.m.

14 [CANCELED] Softball vs. Yale; 12:30 p.m. Also March 15.

17 [CANCELED] (W) Lacrosse vs. Maryland; 5 p.m.

18 [CANCELED] Softball vs. Lehigh; 3 p.m.

20 [CANCELED] (M) Lacrosse vs. Cornell; 7 p.m.

21 [CANCELED] Baseball vs. Dartmouth; 11:30 a.m. & 3 p.m.

[CANCELED] (M/W) Track & Field hosts Penn Challenge; time TBA.

[CANCELED] (W) Rowing at Murphy Cup; all day.

22 [CANCELED] (M) Tennis vs. Old Dominion; 10 a.m.

[CANCELED] Baseball vs. Dartmouth; noon.

[CANCELED] (W) Tennis vs. St. John’s; 1 p.m.

[CANCELED] (M)Tennis vs. Delaware; 2 p.m.

24 [CANCELED] (W) Lacrosse vs. Delaware; 4 p.m.

25 [CANCELED] Baseball vs. Lehigh; 3 p.m.

28 [CANCELED] Softball vs. Dartmouth; 12:30 p.m.

[CANCELED] (M) Tennis vs. Princeton; 1 p.m.

29 [CANCELED] (W) Lacrosse vs. Northwestern; noon.

[CANCELED] Softball vs. Dartmouth; 12:30 p.m.

Talks

2 Cross-National Variation in Mothers’ Weekday and Weekend Child Care & Housework Time; Liana Sayer, UMD; noon; rm. 395, McNeil Bldg. (PSC).

The Right to Try; Allison Bateman-House, NYU; noon; Class of 1962 Auditorium, Morgan Bldg. (Medical Ethics & Health Policy).

Philosophy of the Shadow; Peter Galison, Harvard; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Claudia Cohen Hall (HSS).

Charles Lambs’ Paperwork; Deidre Lynch, Harvard; 5:15 p.m.; Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library (English).

3 Ethics in Psychedelic Psychiatry; Dominic Sisti, Medical Ethics & Health Policy; noon; rm. 1402, Blockley Hall (Medical Ethics & Health Policy).

Recording Resistance: Indigenous Literacy, Archives and Narrative Power in 20th-Century Cayambe, Ecuador; Marlén Rosas, history; noon; rm. 473, McNeil Bldg. (LALS).

When Genetics and Epigenetics Collide: Implications for Human Disease; C. David Allis, Rockefeller; noon; Glen Gaulton Auditorium, BRB (Wistar Institute, Abramson Institute, Hematology, Penn Vet Cancer Center).

Historic Cities and Climate Change; Anthony Gad Bigio, GWU; 2 p.m.; upper gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/wwmaedj (Weitzman).

Neurodegeneration and Aging; Heather Lucas, Virginia Commonwealth Univ.; 3 p.m.; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry).

Pancreatic Islet Biology, Function and Dysfunction: Surprises and Lessons for Translational Research; Alvin Powers, Vanderbilt; 4 p.m.; rm. 12-146, Smilow Center (IDOM).

Abolition Constitutionalism; Dorothy Roberts, Penn Law; 4:30 p.m.; Fitts Auditorium, Penn Law; register: https://tinyurl.com/uc38wm3 (Program on Race, Science & Society).

Ambient Sufism: Ritual Journeys and Musical Potencies in North Africa; Richard Jankowsky, Tufts; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 102, Lerner Bldg. (Music).

4 Knowledge By the Slice: What Is Race?; Quayshawn Spencer, philosophy; noon; Café 58, Irvine Auditorium; register: www.sas.upenn.edu/events/what-race (SAS).

Tissue Specific Interferon Regulation and Effects on Influenza Virus Pathogenesis; Nicholas Heaton, Duke Univ.; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Microbiology).

Turning Your Dissertation Into a Book … And Getting It Published; Ricardo Bracho, Penn artist-in-residence; noon; rm. 345, Fisher-Bennett Hall (GSWS).

Weathering Big Data; Gary Kafer, UChicago; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).

Riddles and Puzzles: Pythagoras in the Italian Quattrocento; Anna Corrias, UToronto; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/s5k234g (Libraries, Italian Studies).

Spit Spreads Death: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 in Philadelphia; Robert Hicks, Mütter Museum; 6 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum; $10/general, $5/members; tickets: https://tinyurl.com/spitdeath (Museum).

The Intersection of Cultural Heritage and Climate Change, Co-Benefits Towards Greater Ambition; Julianne Polanco, California State Historical Resources Commission; 6 p.m.; upper gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/yx33jdmh (Weitzman).

5 Vietnamese Americans in Conversation; Lan Dinh and Dương Nghệ Lý, VietLEAD; noon; rm. 473, McNeil Bldg. (ASAM).

Nucleosomal Asymmetry Shapes Histone Mark Binding at Bivalent Domains; Philipp Voigt, Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology; 4 p.m.; rm. 09-146, Smilow Center (CDB).

How Marketing Exploits Our Social Brains; Michael Platt, psychology; 4:30 p.m.; rm. F85, Huntsman Hall (Psychology).

Richard Wright, Statistical Tension, and Naturalized Exceptionality; Devin William Daniels, English; 5 p.m.; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).

The Past, Present and Future of Black ASL; Joseph Hill, RIT; 5 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall (Wolf Humanities Center).

9 Dissecting Multi-Domain Protein Folding with Optical Tweezers; Christian Kaiser, Johns Hopkins; 2 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (PMI).

10 [CANCELED] Distinguished Lecture in Cancer Research; Jeannie Lee, Harvard; noon; Caplan Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar Institute, Abramson Institute, Hematology, Penn Vet Cancer Center).

Induction and Transcriptional Regulation of the Checkpoint Molecules; Vijay Kuchroo, Harvard; 4 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Immunology).

The Adaptive Beta-Cell; Vincent Poitout, Université de Montreal; 4 p.m.; rm. 12-146, Smilow Center (IDOM).

11 Adverse Health Effects and Induction of Transgenerational Inheritance of Disease Due to Environmental Contaminants Using the Zebrafish Model; Tracie Baker, Wayne State; noon; rm. 252; BRB (CEET, CRRWH).

Exploitation of Antibiotic Heteroresistance to Combat Panresistant Bacteria; David Weiss, Emory; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Microbiology).

16 Landing a Job: Moving From College to Employment in the New Economy; Judith Levin, Temple; noon; rm. 395, McNeil Bldg. (PSC).

[POSTPONED] Feeding the Machine: A Triple System of Networks; Michael Suarez, UVA; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library; register: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/rosenbach2020 (Kislak Center).

17 [CANCELED] Don’t Throw Autonomy Out With the Bathwater; Constance Perry, Drexel; noon; rm. 252, BRB (Medical Ethics & Health Policy).

[CANCELED] Local Solutions to Energy NIMBYism; Hannah Wiseman, Florida State; noon; forum, Kleinman Center, Fisher Fine Arts Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/rnvzkpu (Kleinman Center).

[CANCELED] The Origins of Blood Cancers; Benjamin Ebert, Harvard; noon; Glen Gaulton Auditorium, BRB (Wistar Institute, Abramson Institute, Hematology, Penn Vet Cancer Center).

[CANCELED] Skeletal Dysplasia in Neurofibromatosis Type 1; Florent Elefteriou, Baylor; 1:30 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (PCMD).

[CANCELED] Empire as Domus: Households and Legalities of Small Wars; Lauren Benton, Vanderbilt; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History).

[CANCELED] Cross-Border Deal Dynamics in a Fragmenting World: Regulatory Protectionism, Global Sustainability and Worker Concerns, Chinese State-Sponsored Enterprises and Brexit; panel featuring Michal Berkner, Cooley LLP; George Casey, Shearman & Sterling LLP; Rebecca Runa Pinto-Noome, NautaDutilh; Megan Ridley-Kaye, Linklaters LLP; and Harald Selzner, Latham & Watkins; 4:30 p.m.; rm. S245A, Penn Law (Penn Law).

[CANCELED] Jet Age Aesthetic: The Glamour of Media in Motion; Vanessa Schwartz, USC; 5 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).

Kids Know More About Dinosaurs Than About Asian Americans: Why We Need More Asian American Children’s Books; Karen Su, UIC; 5 p.m.; rm. 108, ARCH (ASAM).

[CANCELED] Listening to Waves: Tuning to Cosmic, Oceanic and Sociogenic Noise, Sound and Music; Stefan Helmreich, MIT; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 101, Lerner Bldg. (Music).

[POSTPONED] Commodity Culture and the Political Economies of Print; Michael Suarez, UVA; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library; register: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/rosenbach2020 (Kislak Center).

18 [CANCELED] Mob Censorship: Online Intimidation of Journalists and the Risks of Digital Publicity; Silvio Waisbord, GWU; noon; rm. 300, Annenberg School (ASC).

[CANCELED] Building Philadelphia’s Science Capital; Darryl Williams, Franklin Institute; 2 p.m.; Upper Gallery, Morris Arboretum; register: www.morrisarboretum.org (Morris Arboretum).

[CANCELED] Sisters of a Darker Hue: African American Graduates of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1850-1925; Vanessa Northington Gamble, GWU; 4 p.m.; rm. 116, Claire Fagin Hall (Nursing).

[CANCELED] Taking Out the Trash: Coordinating Endolysosomal Transport in Dendrite; Bettina Winckler, UVA; 4 p.m.; rm. 140, John Morgan Bldg. (MINS).

[CANCELED] For Tomorrow for Tonight: Thai Cinema and the Expansion of Queer Politics; Arnika Fuhrmann, Cornell; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum (Wolf Humanities Center).

[POSTPONED] Right-To-Heal: Architecture and Transitional Justice; Esra Akcan, Cornell; 6:30 p.m.; lower gallery, Meyerson Hall (GSWS, Weitzman).

19 [CANCELED] Asian American Activism and Pan-Ethnicity; Alix Webb, Asian Americans United; noon; rm. 473, McNeil Bldg. (ASAM).

[CANCELED] Urbanism at Water’s Edge: The Fluid Histories of Property in Calcutta; Debjani Bhattacharyya, Drexel; noon; ste. 230, PCPSE (CASI).

[POSTPONED] Teaching During the 2020 Election; Pilar Gonalons-Pons and Regina Baker, sociology; noon; rm. 345, Fisher-Bennett Hall (GSWS).

Reverberations of Inequality; Kimberly Noble, NEED Lab; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 250, PCPSE (Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy).

[CANCELED] The Power of Range: The Secret to Success in Any Domain; David Epstein, author; 4:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center; register: https://tinyurl.com/yxy9dfmh (Levin Family Dean’s Forum).

[CANCELED] Race and the Sciences of Remembering: Collecting, Preservation, and History in US Museums; Samuel Redman, UMass Amherst; 5 p.m.; location TBD; register: https://tinyurl.com/RedmanTalk (Program on Race, Science and Society).

[POSTPONED] Beyond Westminster: Toward More Global Forms of Knowing; Michael Suarez, UVA; 5:30 p.m.; Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library; register: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/rosenbach2020 (Kislak Center).

20 [POSTPONED] Assessment of Neuro-Vascular Coupling in the Context of Elevated Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Autoregulation Impairment; Jana Kainerstorfer, Carnegie Mellon; noon; Dripp Library, HUP (Physics & Astronomy).

American-Human Speaking Personalities: Asiatic Flesh and the Object of History; Melanie Abeygunawardana, English; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).

[CANCELED] Two Globes, Repossessed; Shira Brisman, history of art; 3 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).

[CANCELED] Mathematical Biology Seminar; Robert Eisenberg, Rush Medical College; 4 p.m.; Tedori Auditorium, Levin Bldg. (Math).

23 [CANCELED] Family Background, Exam Performance and Career Attainment in the Qing Civil Service, 1840-1912; Cameron Campbell, Hong Kong Univ. of Science & Technology; noon; rm. 395, McNeil Bldg. (PSC).

[CANCELED] Mapping the Inner World of Living Cells; Bo Huang, UC-San Francisco; 2 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (PMI).

[CANCELED] Segregated Medicine: Establishing Homer G. Phillips Hospital (1914-1937); Ezelle Sanford, Africana studies; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Cohen Hall (Program on Race, Science & Society, HSS).

[POSTPONED] Control Societies Speaker Series; Denise Ferreira da Silva, Univ. of British Columbia; 4 p.m.; rm. 500, Annenberg School (ASC).

[CANCELED] Appreciation or Appropriation: AAPIs, Hip Hop and Authenticity; Jason Chu, NITEMRKT hip-hop emcee; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 473, McNeil Bldg. (ASAM).

[CANCELED] Eighteenth-Century Waste Paper and Bibliography; Geoffrey Day, Winchester College; 5:15 p.m.; Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library (Kislak Center).

[CANCELED] Paths of Subtle Resistance: The Careers of Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell and Martha Jackson; Angelica Maier, Univ. of Minnesota; 5:30 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery (ARG).

24 [CANCELED] Distinguished Lecture in Cancer Research; Keith Wilson, Vanderbilt; noon; Caplan Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar Institute, AFCRI, Hematology, Penn Vet Cancer Center).

[CANCELED] Penn Medicine and the Afterlives of Slavery; Ezelle Sanford, Africana studies; noon; rm. 252, BRB (Medical Ethics & Health Policy).

[CANCELED] Transitin Metal Transporters; Rachelle Gaudet, Harvard; 3 p.m.; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry).

[CANCELED] Neuronal Regulation of Immune Responses; Henrique Veiga-Fernandes, Neurimm Therapeutics; 4 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Immunology).

[CANCELED] The Journey of Humanity: The Big Bang of Civilizations; Oded Galor, Brown; 4 p.m.; rm. 250, PCPSE (Economics).

Beethoven Imagines India; Harry Liebersohn, UIC; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 102, Lerner Bldg. (Music; Germanic Languages).

[CANCELED] Community Conversation; Angela Duckworth, author; 5:30 p.m.; Benjamin Franklin Room, Houston Hall (SAS, Wellness at Penn).

25 [CANCELED] Secondary Lymphedema in Cancer Survivors; Jie Deng, nursing; 8 a.m.; Class of 1962 Auditorium, Morgan Bldg. (PSOM; Abramson Center).

[CANCELED] Salmonella Persisters During Infection; Sophie Helaine, Harvard; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Microbiology).

Sustaining Women’s Progress in STEM; Vijay Kumar, engineering; noon; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; register: www.upenn.edu/affirm-action/offerings.html (OFFEOP).

26 [CANCELED] Asian America Across the Disciplines: Filipino Americans, Race and Race Relations; Randy Duque, Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations; noon; rm. 473, McNeil Bldg. (ASAM).

[CANCELED] Self-Liberation Before Abolitionism in the Americas; Aline Helg, Univ. of Geneva; noon; ste. 329A, 3401 Walnut St. (LALS, Africana Studies).

[CANCELED] Electronic-Cigarette is Carcinogenic: It Induces DNA Damage, DNA Repair Inhibition, Bladder Urothelial Hyperplasia and Lung Cancer in Mice; Moon-Shong Tang, NYU; 3 p.m.; rm. 10-100, Smilow Center (Systems Pharmacology).

Savage Kin: Indigenous Informants and American Anthropologists; Margaret Bruchac, anthropology; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).

[CANCELED] Public Policy in Practice; Richard Cordray, politician; 5:30 p.m.; lower level auditorium, PCPSE; register: https://www.fels.upenn.edu/events (Fels Institute).

[CANCELED] The Compressed Image and the Modern History of Greek Art; Milette Gaifman, Yale; 6 p.m.; Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library (History of Art).

27 [CANCELED] Business as Political Action: The Ford-GM Rivalry in the 1920s and the Limits of “Embeddedness”; Stefan Link, Dartmouth; 2 p.m.; rm. 205, College Hall (History).

Novela y Politica: Racismo, Sexo y Cultura en la Region Andina; Marcel Velázquez-Castro, San Marcos Univ.; Spanish-language talk; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 543, Williams Hall (Hispanic & Portuguese Studies).

30 [CANCELED] Mothers’ Employment Trajectories, Divorce and Economic Well-Being; James Raymo, Princeton; noon; rm. 395, McNeil Bldg. (PSC).

[CANCELED] Mechanotransduction in Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease; Martin Schwartz, Yale; 2 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (PMI).

Neuromodulatory Roles of Cytokines in the Brain; Yeong Shin Yim, MIT; 3 p.m.; rm. 09-146, Smilow Center (Systems Pharmacology).

[CANCELED] Madness and Disparity Effects in a Post-Conflict City: South Kivu’s Bukavu; Nancy Rose Hunt, Univ. of Florida Gainesville; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Claudia Cohen Hall (HSS).

[POSTPONED] Spatial Debilities: Slow Life and Carceral Capitalism in Palestine; Jasbir Puar, Rutgers; 4 p.m.; rm. 500, Annenberg School (ASC).

Pirate Publishing During the Eighteenth Century; Robert Darnton, Harvard; 5:15 p.m.; Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library (English).

31 [CANCELED] Puerto Rico: Lessons Learned; David Skeel, Penn Law; 3 p.m.; rm. G-12, Meyerson Hall (IUR).

[CANCELED] Redox Biology; Kate Carroll, Scripps Institute; 3 p.m.; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Bldg. (Chemistry).

[CANCELED] The Cradle of Words: Language and Knowledge Making in Early Latin America; Valeria López Fadul, Wesleyan; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (LALS, History).

[CANCELED] Microhistory and Global History; Carlo Ginzburg, UCLA, 5 p.m.; Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library (Katz Center, Italian Studies, History, Jewish Studies Program, Kislak Center).

Penn Colloquium Series; Gabriela Lena Frank, composer; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 102, Lerner Bldg. (Music).