at penn Calendar November 2021
Print Calendar At Penn Deadlines Download latest month's PDF1 Advance Registration for Spring Term. Through November 14.
6 Homecoming (Cornell).
8 Last day to withdraw from a course.
23 Thursday-Friday class schedule on Tuesday-Wednesday. Through November 24.
25 Thanksgiving Break. Through November 28.
29 Classes resume.
6 Creek Exploring (Ages 9-12); an hour of guided wetland and creek exploration at the Morris Arboretum with Lynn Weaver of Morris Arboretum; 10 a.m.; Morris Arboretum; tickets: $20/members, $25/non-members; info: https://experience.morrisarboretum.org/Info.aspx?EventID=24 (Morris Arboretum).
21 Kids’ Thanksgiving Centerpiece Workshop (Ages 6-12); design a beautiful fresh flower and evergreen centerpiece to use on your family’s holiday table or to give as a gift; 1:30 p.m.; tickets: $40/members, $45/non-members; info: https://experience.morrisarboretum.org/Info.aspx?EventID=24 (Morris Arboretum).
Penn Museum
Online events. Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/.
2 Global Voyagers: Indigenous North America; 11 a.m.
9 At-Home Anthro Live: Celebrating Diwali; 1 p.m.
16 At-Home Anthro Live: Step-By-Step: The Meaning and Making of Moccasins; 1 p.m.
19 Virtual Passport Day: Exploring Traditions in North America; 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
23 At-Home Anthro Live: Weaving Memories of Wampum; 1 p.m.
30 At-Home Anthro Live: Roots of Tradition: Corn, Beans and Squash; 1 p.m.
5 Latin American Migration and Participatory Action Research Symposium; hear from top scholars and practitioners in the field of participatory action research; 3-6 p.m.; online event; register: https://bit.ly/LatAmPAR (Latin American and Latinx Studies; Penn Global).
12 Learning to Listen in Troubled Times; Ernesto Pujol, fine arts; Aaron Levy and Teya Sepinuck, the Listening Lab, give a series of talks about the art and science of listening; noon-4:30 p.m.; Upper Gallery and room B1 Meyerson Hall; info and to register: https://snfpaideia.upenn.edu/engage/events/ (SNF Paideia Program).
17 14th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age: Loss; will interrogate the notions of loss, survival, and recuperation in manuscript studies, so often in the background but rarely acknowledged as defining features of the field; 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/loss (Penn Libraries). Also November 18, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; November 19, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
18 Preserving and Sustaining Civil Rights Sites; will address the varied needs for advancing the urgency of preserving sites, stories and organizations representing the heritage of civil rights in the U.S.; 1-5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://upenn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NJQEHfeiThWIJzvkcFuvag (Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites). Also November 19, 1-5 p.m.
Museums
For up-to-date information about, exhibits, prices, hours and COVID-19 restrictions for several museums on and near Penn’s campus, visit these websites.
Arthur Ross Gallery: http://www.arthurrossgallery.org/visit/schedule-your-visit/
Brodsky Gallery: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/involved/series/brodskygallery/
Esther Klein Gallery: https://sciencecenter.org/discover/ekg
ICA: https://icaphila.org
Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library: http://tinyurl.com/hvrlct4
Meyerson Hall: https://tinyurl.com/y27c5dty
Morris Arboretum: http://www.morrisarboretum.org/visit_hours.shtml
Penn Museum: https://www.penn.museum/visit/plan-your-visit
Quorum: https://sciencecenter.org/discover/quorum
Slought: https://slought.org/
Van Pelt Library: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/hours/vp
Wistar Institute: https://wistar.org/
Now
Gag Act; Mina Zarfsaz presents a menagerie of experiments exploring the speculative nature of sensory data in the sciences in a work of improvisation, or data jazz; Esther Klein Gallery. Artist talk: November 18, 6 p.m. Through November 27.
God Complex: Different Philadelphia; installation by Philadelphia-based artist, ceramicist, social activist, poet, and educator Roberto Lugo that highlights themes of poverty, inequality, and racial injustice; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through December 19.
Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation; the first major retrospective on the work of groundbreaking video/performance artist and 2020 Pew Grant recipient Ulysses Jenkins; ICA. Through December 30.
The Stories We Wear; reveals how clothing and accessories offer powerful expressions of identity and examines the purpose and meaning behind what we wear, showcasing 2,500 years of style via 250 objects. Through June 12, 2022.
FCC On 6, 7, 8: Na Kim; installation comprising bold colors, shapes, and patterns inspired by everyday life, designed by conceptually-driven graphic designer Na Kim; ICA. Through July 10, 2022.
Upcoming
3 12@12; Arthur Ross Gallery curator Lynn Marsden-Atlass gives a 12-minute talk about a piece of art at the Arthur Ross Gallery; noon; Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Building.
12 Online Premiere: In Conversation; Ulysses Jenkins, Maren Hassinger, and Senga Nengudi, artists, discuss one of their collaborations that appears in Mr. Jenkins’ ICA retrospective, Without Your Interpretation; 6 p.m.; online event; info: https://tinyurl.com/jenkins-talk-nov-12 (ICA).
Penn Museum
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/.
5 Graduate Guide Highlights Tour; 11 a.m.
Virtual Global Guide Tour: Asia Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
6 Africa Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 12:30 p.m.
7 Egypt Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.
The Stories We Wear Guided Tour; 1 p.m.
Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.
12 Graduate Guide Highlights Tour; 11 a.m.
Virtual Global Guide Tour: Asia Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
13 Egypt Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.
Global Galleries Tour: Africa Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
14 Rome Gallery Tour; 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
19 Graduate Guide Highlights Tour; 2 p.m.
Virtual Global Guide Tour: Asia Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
20 Rome Gallery Tour; 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m. Also November 21, 2:30 p.m.
21 Mexico & Central America Gallery Tour; 11 a.m.
26 Graduate Guide Highlights Tour; 11 a.m.
Virtual Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
27 Africa Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Africa Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
28 Native American Voices Tour; 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
Ongoing
Art By Mail; display of art made by community members with kits that Kelly Writers House distributed in January; Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House.
Martha Rich: It Goes By Fast; an exuberant and joyful splash of energy that takes full advantage of a 75' by 20' brick wall, painted by Martha Rich, MFA’11; Feintuch Family Lobby, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center.
Morris Arboretum
Loop de Loop: Patrick Dougherty installation; stick-work sculpture. Ongoing until deterioration.
Out on a Limb; tree adventure exhibit celebrating its 11th year.
Penn Museum
Africa Galleries: From Maker to Museum; explore the origins of African civilizations.
Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display; examines the process of building an exhibit.
Asia Galleries; view ancient Asian artifacts, many of which show the development of Buddhism.
Canaan & Ancient Israel Gallery; explore ancient artifacts from several civilizations that have inhabited this land.
Egypt Galleries; view highlights from the Museum’s mummy collection and more.
Etruscan Italy Gallery; learn about the first great rulers of central Italy.
Greece Gallery; explore the ancient history of the Greek empire.
Living with the Sea: Charting the Pacific; highlights Penn Museum’s rarely-seen Oceanian collection.
Mexico and Central America Gallery; examine several distinct societies and collections.
Middle East Galleries; trace the histories of Mesopotamian civilizations.
Native American Voices; see ancient Native American artifacts alongside contemporary perspectives.
Rome Gallery; explore everyday items from the Roman Republic and Empire.
Sphinx Gallery; view the museum’s famous Sphinx among sympathetic objects from across the globe.
3 Celebrate SIGD; screening of two documentary films celebrating Ethiopian Jewry; 7-9:30 p.m.; Bruce Montgomery Theater, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center; no tickets required (Cinema & Media Studies, Hillel).
8 Disability Hara Kazuo, Sayonara CP; part of a series of films focusing on Japanese/global issues; 5 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Center for East Asian Studies).
14 Second Sunday Culture Film: Empty Desert; snapshot in time of the Bedouin, traditionally nomadic shepherds who have gradually been forced to settle; 2-4 p.m.; online event; tickets: https://tinyurl.com/empty-desert-nov-14 (Penn Museum, Middle East Center, Wolf Humanities Center, CLALS).
26 Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché; the first woman of color in the U.K. to front a successful rock band examines her mother’s unopened artistic archive; 7 p.m.; online screening; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/poly-styrene-i-am-a-cliche (Penn Live Arts).
1 Weitzman School of Design Fall 2021 Virtual Open House; find out about various Weitzman School programs, meet faculty and students, and learn more about the admissions and financial aid processes; all day; online event; register: https://www.applyweb.com/fixie/form/s/T8K1kz1 (Weitzman School).
Coffee with a Codex; Kislak curator Dot Porter hosts an informal meeting to present a manuscript from Penn’s collections; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://schoenberginstitute.org/coffee-with-a-codex/ (Penn Libraries). Weekly.
2 Truman Scholarship Application Review and Scholar Panel; a virtual information session featuring recent Truman Scholarship recipients; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/truman-scholars-nov-2 (Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships).
3 Recreating an Egyptian Palace Throne Room; a deep dive into the research, conservation, and remarkable problem solving involved in reconstructing the monumental pieces of the Palace Throne Room; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/throne-room-nov-3 (Penn Museum).
(Un)Learning Asian America: A Homecoming Discussion Space for Penn AAPI Alumni and Students; a small group discussion about AAPI identity in America; 7 p.m.; location TBA; info: https://asam.sas.upenn.edu/events (Asian American Studies).
6 Homecoming Hustle; choice of two workout events available free to Penn students, faculty, staff and alumni, including PennFIT class and a run through Penn Park; 8 a.m.; meet on Shoemaker Green; register: https://tinyurl.com/homecoming-hustle (Penn Campus Recreation).
7 Homecoming Skate; free admission with PennCard; 1-2 p.m.; Penn Ice Rink (Business Services).
8 Positionality and Discourse–How Where We’re From Affects How We Dialogue (and What to Do About It); virtual workshop exploring how our experiences and identities, as well as dominant cultural norms in the U.S., have shaped our unconscious expectations for what dialogue “should” look like; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/paideia-workshop-nov-8 (Paideia Program).
9 Professional, Personal, Virtual: Fostering Human Connections; panel of experts in organizational dynamics and instructional design share tools and resources to help you stay emotionally connected while socially distant and create a renewed sense of community; 5:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/professional-personal-virtual (Penn Alumni, School of Arts & Sciences).
CURF Majors & More; grab-and-go dinner and a question-and-answer session about Penn’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships; 6 p.m.; Rodin College House; register: https://upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0D1RHoJgkWICLcy (CURF).
The Deep Dig: The Archaeology of Gordion, Royal City of Midas; a four part class that guides attendees through the Penn Museum’s history of excavations at Gordion, a site in central Turkey that was once the capital of the Phrygian kingdom and the royal city of King Midas; 6:30 p.m.; online event; tickets: $125/member, $175/general; register: https://tinyurl.com/deep-dig-gordion (Penn Museum). Also November 16, 23, 30.
10 Dentistry & Oral Surgery CE Series - X-Ray, Block, & Extract; describes how to perform tooth extractions in cats and dogs by first taking a radiograph, then performing a nerve block, and finally removing a tooth; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://www.alumni.upenn.edu/PVDentistryNov10 (Penn Vet).
Re-Membering Ancient Futures Workshop; introduces the genre of Indigenous futurism as a decolonizing technology in the context of Black and Brown colonized realities in the U.S.; 3-5 p.m.; online event; register: https://ppeh.sas.upenn.edu/events/re-memberingancientfutures (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies).
The Classroom in the City; Chi-Ming Yang, English; will consider why and how to engage the city of Philadelphia through your syllabus, assignments, and class discussions; 4 p.m.; tent outside Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).
12 Bystander Intervention Training; aims to develop an anti-discrimination and anti-racist culture by teaching attendees the skills to help others who are targets of bias, discrimination or racism; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/bystander-intervention-nov-12 (Penn Forum for Women Faculty).
13 Writing Workshop with Levi Bentley; learn about engaging with art through writing; 10 a.m.-noon; Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Building; register: https://tinyurl.com/bentley-workshop-nov-13 (Arthur Ross Gallery).
17 Designing a More Inclusive Class for Students with Disabilities; Zahra Fakhraai, chemistry and Heather Love, English will discuss multiple modes for presenting information, encouraging student engagement, and assessing what students learn; 1 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/disabilities-workshop-nov-17 (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies).
ODEI and SHPE Celebrate Hispanic and Native American Heritage; student and faculty speakers and cultural presentations by Penn Engineering students and opening remarks by Dean Vijay Kumar; 4:30 p.m.; Quain Courtyard, Skirkanich Hall (Penn Engineering).
19 Ancient Alcohol After Hours: Tour and Beer Tasting; highly engaging and interactive virtual program that lets attendees uncover the earliest known beer, try unexpected brewing techniques from South America, and learn how an ancient cousin of tequila was fermented from agave sap; 6-8 p.m.; online event; tickets: $15/adult; $7.50/members; register: https://tinyurl.com/ancient-alcohol-nov-19 (Penn Museum).
20 Thanksgiving Food Drive Skate; $1 off admission at Penn Ice Rink with a canned food item; 6-7 p.m.; Penn Ice Rink (Business Services).
29 Holiday Card Printing; print your own holiday cards from type and images in the Common Press collection; 1-4 p.m.; lower level, Fisher Fine Arts Library; by appointment only; register: https://tinyurl.com/holiday-cards-nov-29 (Penn Libraries).
African-American Resource Center (AARC)
Zoom meetings. Info: https://aarc.upenn.edu/events.
9 AARC Presents: Managing Up; noon.
17 WOCAP Noontime Network Lunch Series Presents: Know Your Worth and Add Tax: How to Negotiate Salaries and Increases; noon.
18 Men of Color (Monthly Huddle Meeting) Presents: Eat Right, Be Right: Understanding Healthy Eating; 1 p.m.
26 Community Lunch Program: Open Forum with AARC and PWC; noon.
College of Liberal & Professional Studies
Online events. Unless noted, info and to register: www.upenn.edu/lps-events.
2 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Café; noon.
4 Fels Institute of Government Virtual Information Session; noon.
Master of Science in Applied Geosciences Virtual Café; noon.
9 Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences Virtual Information Session; 5:30 p.m.; info: www.lpsonline.sas.upenn.edu/events. Also November 23, noon.
10 Post-Baccalaureate Studies Virtual Information Session; 5:30 p.m.
16 Master of Applied Positive Psychology Virtual Information Session; 5:30 p.m.
Organizational Dynamics Virtual Information Session; 6 p.m.
17 Pre-Health Post-Baccalaureate Programs Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.
18 Master of Chemical Sciences Virtual Information Session; noon.
Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.
4 Submatriculation Information Session; noon; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall.
5 Virtual Chats with Admissions; noon; online. Also November 12, 9 a.m.; November 19, noon.
8 Health Professions Education Certificate Program Info Session; 7 a.m.; online.
9 Managing Holiday Stress; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
10 Healthy Aging Brain with Penn Memory Center; noon; location TBA.
One Book, One GSE; noon; online and in-person; location TBA.
11 Education Entrepreneurship - November Virtual Information Session; 8 a.m.; online.
#teachtruth: Making Black Lives Matter at School and in Educational Policy; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
12 IES Predoctoral Program Seminar; Michael Gottfried, GSE; 12:45 p.m.; room 203, GSE and Zoom.
13 Mid-Career Doctoral Program’s Annual Open House; 1-3 p.m.; floor 5, 3440 Market Street.
16 Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management Program Information Session; noon; online.
Penn Employee Information Session; 12:30 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall.
How Mental Health Affects Physical Health; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
19 IES Predoctoral Program Seminar; Beth Tipton, Northwestern University; 12:30 p.m.; room 203, GSE and Zoom.
17 Penn GSE's Food for Thought with Sigal Ben-Porath; noon; online event.
Thanksgiving Gathering; for staff and faculty; 3:30 p.m.; GSE courtyard.
18 Compassion Fatigue Workshop; for staff and faculty; 10 a.m.; Zoom meeting.
22 International Educational Development Program Virtual Info Session; noon; online.
23 Literary Lunch with Juliana; for staff and faculty; noon; BlueJeans meeting.
29 Implementing Education Reform: Why is Implementation Important? 9 a.m.; online event.
30 Penn GSE Teacher Programs Information Session; 5 p.m.; online event.
Human Resources Workshops
Unless noted, online events. Info: https://tinyurl.com/penn-hr-workshops.
1 30-Minute Chair Yoga Plus Core; noon. Also November 8, 15.
Creating and Maintaining Your LinkedIn Profile; 12:30 p.m.
2 Meditation and Journaling The Gift of Self-Awareness; noon.
3 Chair Yoga; noon. Also November 17.
TIAA Live Webinar - Responsible Investing: Unlocking Investment Potential While Making an Enduring Impact On Our World; 1 p.m.
4 Guided Mindful Meditation; noon. Also November 18.
5 30-Minute Mindful Meditation; noon. Also November 12, 19.
9 Managing Holiday Stress; 12:30 p.m.
10 Healthy Aging Brain with Penn Memory Center; noon.
16 How Mental Health Affects Physical Health; 12:30 p.m.
17 Radical Resilience: Ideas for Sustainable Life Balance; 12:30 p.m.
18 Monthly Wellness Walk; noon; meet at Benjamin Franklin statue, Woodland Walk.
22 Virgin Pulse Wellness Platform Demo; noon.
30 30-Minute Chair Yoga for Posture; noon.
Financial Footsteps: Part I with MetLife; 12:30 p.m. Also December 14.
LGBT Center
Unless noted, online events. Info: https://tinyurl.com/lgbt-center-calendar.
2 Trauma-Informed Care and LGBT Health; 7 p.m.
3 Weekly Kiki; 4 p.m.; outside LGBT Center. Weekly.
5 Staff and Facul-TEA; 1 p.m. Also November 19.
Chinese LGBTQ+ Board Game Night; 5 p.m.; LGBT Center.
18 LGBTQ+ Parent Check-In; 11 a.m.
19 Lambda Grads Happy Hour; 5-7 p.m.; LGBT Center.
Morris Arboretum
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.morrisarboretum.org/.
1 Garden Highlights Tour; 10:30 a.m.; in-person. Weekdays, 10:30 a.m.; weekends, 1 p.m.
5 Botanical Dried Flower Tree; Cheryl Wilks, florist; 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; in-person. Also November 6, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Wellness Walk; 10:30 a.m.; in-person. Weekends through March.
7 Make Your Own Pickles; Marisa McClellan, canning teacher; 10 a.m.; in-person.
9 Pruning Deciduous Trees; Peter Fixler, Morris Arboretum; 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; in-person.
Tika Suti: Orchids of the Andes; Emily Conn, Grow, Sip, Repeat Houseplant Boutique; 5 p.m.; online.
10 Bird Photography 101; Harris Brown, birder; 1 p.m.; in-person.
Ornitherapy: For Your Mind, Body, and Soul; Holly Merker, environmental and ornithology educator; 1 p.m.; online.
11 Native Wildflower Meadows: Let’s Get Real; Larry Weaner, Larry Weaner Landscape Associates; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; in-person.
12 Case Studies in Ecological Restoration; William Young, SumCo Eco-Contracting; Gene McColligan, NJ-DEP; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; in-person.
13 Winter Plant Identification; Lynn Weaver, Morris Arboretum; 10 a.m.; in-person.
Berries and Barks Tour; 11 a.m.; in-person.
16 Advanced Tree Inspection Using Resistance Drills; Kevin Keenan, Bernhard Hunger, Amber Howie, IML-North America; 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; in-person.
21 Thanksgiving Harvest Centerpiece; Cheryl Wilks, florist; 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; in-person.
30 Protecting and Preserving Trees During Construction; Jason Lubar, Morris Arboretum; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; in-person.
Nursing
Online events. Info: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/calendar/.
2 Trauma-Informed Pelvic Care and Considerations for LGBTQ+ Health; 6 p.m.
3 Admissions Webinar for High School Students; 5 p.m. Weekly.
4 PhD Program Webinar; noon.
10 PhD Virtual Meet & Greet with Current Students; noon.
Executive Leadership DNP Webinar; 6 p.m.
11 Admissions Webinar - Accelerated Nursing Program; 3 p.m.
17 Admissions Webinar - Accelerated Nursing Program; 6 p.m.
19 Restorative Circles for Penn Nursing Community Building; 4 p.m.
Penn Law
Online events. Info: https://www.law.upenn.edu/newsevents/calendar.php.
3 Latinx American Law Student Association (LALSA) Panel; noon.
4 Black Law Student Association (BLSA) Panel; 7 p.m.
9 Law and Technology Virtual Info Session; noon.
17 Master in Law Information Session for the Penn Community; noon.
Carey JD/MBA Overview Webinar; 6 p.m.
18 Master in Law Information Session for General Audiences; noon.
School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2)
Info: https://www.sp2.upenn.edu/sp2-events/month/2021-11/.
5 Admissions Information Session: Doctorate in Clinical Social Work (DSW); noon; Zoom meeting. Also November 16, 7 p.m.; November 30, 7 p.m.
10 Admissions Information Session: Master’s Programs; noon; Zoom meeting. Also November 20, 10 a.m.; November 23, 6 p.m.
Imposter Syndrome; 2:35 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
15 Admissions Information Session: MS in Nonprofit Leadership (NPL); noon; online event.
17 SP2 Minute; 2:30 p.m.; room D26/D27, Caster Building.
5 Inspiration: Songs in the Key of Love; a carefully curated set of songs by student acappella group The Inspiration, guaranteed to bring out emotions and thoroughly entertain; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/the-inspiration. Also November 6, 6 p.m.
7 Relâche: Re|Union; five instrumental pieces by contemporary classical group Relâche celebrating workers, solidarity and the strength of the human spirit; 1-3 p.m.; Widener Hall, Penn Museum; tickets: $20/adult, $10/student, $25/door; register: https://relache.ticketleap.com/reunion/ (Penn Museum).
12 Counterparts: Blue Since the Day We Parted; performance by famous Penn acappella group in its 40th year, featuring hits by Dua Lipa, Charlie Puth, John Legend, Bill Withers, Aretha Franklin and many more; 6 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/counterparts. Also November 13, 9 p.m.
Penn Music Department
Info: https://music.sas.upenn.edu/index.php/events.
10 Across Cultures and Time: Music by Ania Vu; Polish pianist of Vietnamese descent Ania Vu performs a recital of her work; 5 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library.
18 Baroque and Recorder Ensembles: Fall Concert; a performance of Baroque chamber music for instruments and solo voices; 8 p.m.; room 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
19 Penn Jazz Ensembles: Fall Concert; small ensembles perform a varied repertoire of jazz music; 8 p.m.; room 419, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
20 Penn Wind Ensemble: Fall Concert; a large ensemble performs a wide range of material, including established wind band works and newly composed pieces; 8 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium.
21 Penn Chorale: Fall Concert; performance by an ensemble that specializes in 20th and 21st century music; 3 p.m.; St. Mary’s Church.
Opera and Musical Theater Workshop: Fall Concert; a cabaret evening of solos and small ensembles performing opera, operetta and musical theater; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center.
22 Daedalus Quartet; performance by Penn’s renowned resident string quartet; 6 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Annenberg Center.
29 Collegium Musicum; a historically-informed performance by a select chamber choir that specializes in Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque pieces; 7:30 p.m.; St. Mary’s Church.
12 Mamma Mia; Penn Singers performs the famous show that heavily features ABBA’s hits; 8:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/penn-singers-1042. Also November 13, 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
13 Legacy On Broad; college dance teams compete in the largest Bollywood-fusion dance competition on the east coast; 6 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/legacy-on-broad-1036.
19 Soundworks Tap Factory: It’s Tappening; Penn’s one and only strictly tap dancing group performs a work that includes rhythm tap, Broadway-style tap, hip-hop, jazz and more, plus a vocal solo from Penn senior Natalie Doppelt; 8:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/soundworks-tap-factory. Also November 20, 6 p.m.
Amplify Nursing; created and hosted by Penn Nursing’s Marion Leary, director of innovation, and Angelarosa DiDonato, associate program administrator, features nurses who are leading the way in nursing science, policy and innovation; available every other Wednesday; https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/research/innovation/amplify-nursing-podcast/
Case in Point; produced by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, this podcast provides smart, informative conversations about the law, society, and culture. By bringing together top scholars with experts on politics, business, health, education, and science, Case in Point gives an in-depth look at how the law touches every part of our lives; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/case-in-point/id969189587
Energy Policy Now; produced by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and hosted by energy journalist Andy Stone, who speaks with leaders from industry, government and academia as they shed light on today’s pressing energy policy debates; https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/energy-policy-now
Future of the Business World; created and hosted by the Wharton Global Youth Program, this podcast features high school entrepreneurs from around the world discussing their ventures and exploring themes related to innovation and business, such as ideation, grit, design thinking and collaboration; new episodes available monthly https://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/category/podcasts/
Momentum 2020: The Power of Penn Women; podcast associated with a three-day conference in October celebrating the power of Penn women; https://pennmomentum.libsyn.com/
No Stupid Questions; Stephen Dubner (co-author of the Freakonomics book series) and Angela Duckworth (Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor of Psychology and Senior Scientific Advisor of the Positive Psychology Center) really like to ask people questions, and came to believe there's no such thing as a stupid one. So they made a podcast where they can ask each other as many “stupid questions” as they want; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-stupid-questions/id1510056899
Office Hours; produced by the Office of University Communications, this podcast series explores the minds of the Penn’s academic talents in a more unbuttoned and freewheeling setting outside of the lecture hall; https://penntoday.upenn.edu/subtopic/office-hours?page=0
OMNIA; produced by the School of Arts and Sciences, this series provides insights and perspectives from the home of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences at Penn; https://web.sas.upenn.edu/in-these-times/
Poem Talk; Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests; https://jacket2.org/content/poem-talk
The Daily Pennsylvanian podcasts; The DP produces several podcasts; https://www.thedp.com/section/podcasts
The Global Cable; produced by Perry World House, this podcast discusses “the world’s biggest issues with the people who work on them;” https://tinyurl.com/globalcablepodcast
The Media at Risk Podcast; produced by the Center for Media at Risk at the Annenberg School, this podcast gives voice to media practitioners and the dilemmas they face when political threat undermines their activity; https://www.ascmediarisk.org/ideas/podcasts/
Tradeoffs; Hosted by Dan Gorenstein, mediamaker-in-residence at the Annenberg School; episodes air every other Wednesday; https://tradeoffs.org/
Wharton Business Radio; a variety of shows and podcasts are produced at Wharton; visit https://businessradio.wharton.upenn.edu/shows/ for a full list.
Work-Life with Adam Grant; this TED original podcast takes you inside some truly unusual places, and helps make work not suck; https://www.adamgrant.net/worklife
2 When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America; Theodore Johnson, NYU; 4 p.m.; World Forum, Perry World House and Zoom; register: https://tinyurl.com/johnson-reading-nov-2 (Perry World House).
11 Reign of Terror; Spencer Ackerman, author; 4 p.m.; Perry World House and Zoom; register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/195342624047 (Annenberg Public Policy Center).
15 Choose Your Medicine; Lewis Grossman, American University; Fitts Auditorium, Gittis Hall and online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/grossman-reading-nov-15 (Penn Carey Law).
Kelly Writers House
Online and in-person events. Info: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/1121.php.
3 Speakeasy Open Mic Night; 7:30 p.m.; Class of 1942 Garden, Kelly Writers House.
6 Writing For Young Adults; Zach Sergi and Jennifer Yu, authors; 4 p.m.; Class of 1942 Garden, Kelly Writers House and YouTube livestream.
9 John Keats: Scientist and Poet; Toni Bowers, English; Jason Karlawish, PMC; 7 p.m.; Kelly Writers House and YouTube livestream; register: https://pennmemorycenter.org/keats/ (KWH, PMC).
10 A Poetry Reading By Erica Kaufman; 6 p.m.; garden, Kelly Writers House and YouTube livestream.
11 A Conversation with Clayton Neuman; 5 p.m.; YouTube livestream.
16 Dance and the Poetics of Diaspora; Dixon Li, English; 6 p.m.; Class of 1942 Garden, Kelly Writers House and YouTube livestream.
17 A Conversation with Journalist Bob Schieffer; 6 p.m.; Class of 1942 Garden, Kelly Writers House and YouTube livestream.
1 Homecoming; a week of virtual programs, followed by a joyful reunion with other Penn Alumni on November 6 at Franklin Field as Penn Football takes on Cornell; full events list and to register: https://penn.events.alumniq.com/go/hc21 (Penn Alumni).
2 Election Day; Philadelphia polling places open 7 a.m.-8 p.m.; info: www.vote.pa.gov.
10 2021 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Celebration; celebrate the winners of one of the most important prizes in education; 5:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://mcgraw-prize-celebration-2021.eventbrite.com/ (Graduate School of Education).
11 Virtual Veterans Day Flag Raising Ceremony; features Penn's NROTC Midshipmen, presentation of colors from the Hollenback Center, and speech by Vincent John Ciuccoli, Philadelphia Consortium NROTC; 9 a.m.; location TBA (Office of Affirmative Action).
12 Asian Pacific American Heritage Week: ASAM Sharing Our Roots; kickoff celebration for the University of Pennsylvania's week-long celebration of Asian Pacific-Islander American (APIA) heritage and culture, featuring grab-and-go food; 5 p.m.; room 208, ARCH; register: https://tinyurl.com/apahw-nov-12 (Asian American Studies).
18 Women & Science Virtual Helen Dean King Award Ceremony: Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2; honoring Akiko Iwasaki, Yale; 5 p.m.; GoToWebinar meeting; register: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8005464310411942159 (Wistar Institute).
In-person events. Venues and other info: https://pennathletics.com/calendar.
6 Women’s Basketball Red & Blue Scrimmage, 10:30 a.m.
Men’s Basketball Red & Blue Scrimmage, noon.
Field Hockey vs. Dartmouth, noon.
Football vs. Cornell, 1 p.m.
Women’s Soccer vs. Princeton, 4 p.m.
Men’s Soccer vs. Princeton, 7 p.m.
Sprint Football vs. Navy, 7 p.m.
12 Volleyball vs. Cornell, 7 p.m.
13 M/W Squash vs. Chatham, 10 a.m.
M/W Swimming & Diving vs. Brown, noon.
M/W Squash vs. Drexel, 4 p.m.
Volleyball vs. Columbia, 5 p.m.
14 M/W Squash vs. Dickinson, 9:30 a.m.
M/W Squash vs. Franklin & Marshall, 2:30 p.m.
16 Women’s Basketball vs. King’s College, 4 p.m.
Men’s Basketball vs. Lafayette, 7 p.m.
19 M/W Squash vs. Virginia, 5 p.m.
20 Men’s Squash vs. Navy, 9 a.m.
M/W Swimming & Diving vs. Cornell/Princeton, noon.
Football vs. Princeton, 1 p.m.
Women’s Squash vs. Stanford, 1 p.m.
M/W Squash vs. Williams, 7 p.m.
21 M/W Squash vs. Bates, 10 a.m.
Wrestling hosts Keystone Classic, all day.
22 Women’s Basketball vs. Villanova, 7 p.m.
30 Women’s Basketball vs. La Salle, 7 p.m.
1 Paying Patients to Participate in Clinical Trials: Undue, Unjust, or Understudied? Scott Halpern, medical ethics & health policy; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/halpern-talk-nov-1 (Medical Ethics & Health Policy).
2 A Communications Perspective on Digital Privacy; Elza Erkip, NYU; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/2822214402 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
How Intervention Research Informs Policy and Inequality; Rekha Balu, MDRC Center for Applied Behavioral Science; 1:30 p.m.; rooms B21/B26, Stiteler Hall (GSE).
Sketching Algorithms; Jelani Nelson, UC Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall and Zoom; info: cherylh@cis.upenn.edu (Computer & Information Science).
Race, Political Power, and American Democracy: Rethinking Voting Rights Law and Policy for a Divided Nation; Guy-Uriel Charles, Harvard; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/uriel-charles-talk-nov-2 (Penn Law).
Pocodisco: The Sonic Performativity of Grief, Grievance and Joy in Diaspora; Roshanak Kheshti, UC Berkeley; 5:15 p.m.; room 101, Lerner Center (Music).
Understanding EDM; Amy Johnson, Penn Vet; 6:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/johnson-talk-nov-2 (New Bolton Center).
3 Mystics and Visionaries: Arts and Other Ways of Knowing; Jeffrey Kripal, Rice University; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/kripal-talk-nov-3 (Paideia Program).
Reeducation Camps and the Politics of Morality and Citizenship in Socialist Mozambique, 1974-1990; Benedito Machava, Yale; 5:30 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/machava-talk-nov-3 (Africana Studies).
Mansa Musa: A Revolutionary View of Education & Wealth in 14th Century Mali; Tukufu Zuberi, sociology and Africana studies; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum and online event; tickets: $5/virtual; $9/member; $15/general; register: https://tinyurl.com/zuberi-talk-nov-3 (Penn Museum).
4 Pacifying the East: Sino-Korean Cross-Border Markets and China’s Frontier Construction in Southeast Manchuria, 1680–1920; Yuanchong Wang, University of Delaware; noon; room 623, Williams Hall and Zoom; register: https://tinyurl.com/wang-talk-nov-4 (Korean Studies).
Blue Shield Georgia and its Work With the Heritage Community; Manana Tevzadze, Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield; 12:30 p.m.; online event; tickets: https://tinyurl.com/tevzadze-talk-nov-4 (Penn Museum).
Landscapes of Glass; Douglas Jerolmack, Earth & environmental science and mechanical engineering & applied mechanics; 12:30 p.m.; auditorium, LRSM Building; info: info-mse@seas.upenn.edu (Materials Science & Engineering).
Architectural Foundations of Animal Social Behavior; Mark Laidre, Dartmouth; 4 p.m.; auditorium 10, Leidy Labs and Zoom; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97723298722 (Biology).
Good Anxiety: Harnessing Fear to Feel Better, Think Better, and Do Better; Wendy Suzuki, NYU; 4:30 p.m.; room 111, Levin Building; RSVP: info@neuroethics.upenn.edu (Center for Neuroscience & Society).
Paid to Leave: Remigration to Control Unwanted Immigration in the Netherlands and Japan 1985-2011; Michael Sharpe, York College; 5:15 p.m.; online event; info: https://tinyurl.com/sharpe-talk-nov-4 (Center for East Asian Studies).
Critical Race Theory and DEI: From Theory to Practice; panel of speakers; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/7443577924 (Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Programs).
The Electropolis and Animal Life: Infrastructure in a Minor Key; Maan Barua, Cambridge; 6 p.m.; room B3, Meyerson Hall (Landscape Architecture).
5 Can Information Reduce Physician Bias? Jevay Grooms, Howard University; noon; auditorium, Colonial Penn Center; register: https://tinyurl.com/grooms-talk-nov-5 (Leonard Davis Institute).
From Atoms to Emergent Mechanisms with Information Bottleneck and Diffusion Probabilistic Models; Pratyush Tiwary, University of Maryland; 2 p.m.; online event; info: kathom@seas.upenn.edu (Penn Institute for Computational Science).
Covenantal Connections: Visualizing Mosaic Law in the High Middle Ages; Abigail Rapoport, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/rappaport-talk-nov-5 (History of Art).
8 Abstraction and Generalization in Reinforcement Learning; Michael Frank, Brown; 3:30 p.m.; Auditorium, Levin Building (Psychology).
Sankofa Imperatives, Black Women, and the Archival Turn; Gabrielle Foreman, Penn State; 5 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Wolf Humanities Center).
9 2D Materials, from Academia to Industry; Carl Naylor, Intel Corporation; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/2822214402 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
Validated Causal Models, Methods, and Messages for Predicting and Changing Behavior; Jessica Fishman, Message Effects Lab; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/fishman-talk-nov-9 (Medical Ethics & Health Policy).
Single-Cell Multi-Omic Velocity Infers Dynamic and Decoupled Gene Regulation; Joshua Welch, University of Michigan; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/812676289/1348 (CCEB).
Taking It to the Streets: The First Amendment Right to Gather and Report the News in the Aftermath of the 2020 Protests and Beyond; Nimra Azmi and Rob Balin, Davis Wright Tremaine; 4 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/azmi-balin-nov-9 (Penn Carey Law).
The Ecology of Homicide: Race, Place, and Space in Post-War Philadelphia; Howard Gillette, Rutgers; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/gillette-talk-nov-9 (Penn Carey Law).
Visual Studies/Sachs Lecture in Contemporary Art; Liz Deschenes, photographer; 5:30 p.m.; ICA and Zoom; info: ejchong@ica.upenn.edu (Institute of Contemporary Art).
10 Innovation Colloquium: The Need for Nurse Engineers; panel of speakers; noon; BlueJeans meeting; register: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/register/rdkwhyqp (Nursing).
Higher Education in Prison: The Precarious Promise of Second Chance Pell; Sarah Tahamont, University of Maryland; noon; room 410, McNeil Building (Criminology).
What I Learned After Writing “Learning from the Germans”; Susan Neiman, Einstein Forum; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/neiman-talk-nov-10 (Germanic Languages & Literatures).
The Anywhere Clinic: Presence, Absence, and the Limits of Telehealth; Jeremy Greene, Johns Hopkins University; 4 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/greene-talk-nov-10 (Barbara Bates Center).
Earthen Poetics: The Intersections of Haptics, Mined Materials, and the Black Body; Kirsten Pai Buick, University of New Mexico; Alexandra Moore, UC Santa Cruz; Levester Williams, artist; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/africana-studies-nov-10 (Africana Studies).
11 Beyond Curve-Fitting: What’s Next for Deep Learning in Biomedical Imaging? Mert Sabuncu, Cornell; 11 a.m.; Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology and Zoom; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/2822214402 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
Local to Meso-Scale Order in Electronic Ceramics Characterized by Aberration-Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy; Elizabeth Dickey, Carnegie Mellon University; 12:30 p.m.; Auditorium, LRSM Building (Materials Science & Engineering).
More Than an Altar: Faith, Culture, and Resilience of Asian/American Business Owners in Philadelphia During COVID-19; Rupa Pillai, Asian American Studies; 3:30 p.m.; room 204, Cohen Hall (Religious Studies).
Single-Cell Multi-Omic Velocity Infers Dynamic and Decoupled Gene Regulation; Joshua Welch, University of Michigan; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/812676289/1348 (CCEB).
Endothelial Cell Heterogeneity During Sprouting Angiogenesis; Georgia Zarkada, Yale; 4 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB and Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/zarkada-talk-nov-11 (Physiology).
Beneath the China Boom: Labor, Citizenship, and the Making of a Rural Land Market; Julia Chuang, University of Maryland; 4:30 p.m.; room 418, PCPSE (Center for the Study of Contemporary China).
The Juxtaposition of Sign Language Policy; Tawny Holmes Hlibok; Gallaudet University; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: jami@sas.upenn.edu (Linguistics).
Fels Public Policy in Practice Speaker Series; Yohannes Abraham, President Biden’s Chief of Staff; 6 p.m.; online event; register: https://www.fels.upenn.edu/events/ppp-speaker-series-yohannes-abraham (Fels Institute).
12 Approaches to Grounded Language Acquisition from Human Interaction; Cynthia Matuszek, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; 10:30 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Building and Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/matuszek-talk-nov-12 (GRASP Lab).
Health Care at Home: A New Frontier; panel of speakers; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/98008715475 (Leonard Davis Institute).
Molecular Organization in Biology: What Can Computer Simulations Teach Us? Jeetain Mittal, Texas A&M; 2 p.m.; online event; info: kathom@seas.upenn.edu (Penn Institute for Computational Science).
Superdeep Diamonds: Sampling Plate Tectonics at 400 to 700 km Depths in Earth’s Mantle; Steve Shirley, Carnegie Institution for Science; 3 p.m.; room 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Science).
Provenance Research from the Ancient Mediterranean to the 21st Century; Brian Rose, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; location TBA; info: https://arth.sas.upenn.edu/events (History of Art).
15 Breaking the Fourth Wall: Research on Practice-Based Designs for Teacher Learning; Sarah Kavanagh, Graduate School of Education; 9:30 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: mcmmeg@upenn.edu (GSE).
Cell Learning; Jeremy Gunawardena, Harvard; noon; room 225, Towne Building (PSOC).
Beauty; Anjan Chatterjee, neurology; 3:30 p.m.; auditorium, Levin Building (Psychology).
16 Fatal Invention: Re-Creating Race in the Genomic Era; Dorothy Roberts, Penn Law; noon; online event; info: pasef@pobox.upenn.edu (Penn Association for Senior and Emeritus Faculty).
Interrogating Without Coercion: How Police and Policymakers Are Reforming Interrogations to Eliminate Coercion and Prevent False Confessions; panel of speakers; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/law-talk-nov-16 (Penn Carey Law).
Serving Our Veterans: Moving Forward the “I Serve 2” Initiative in Health Care; Margaret Wilmoth, University of North Carolina; noon; online event; info: https://tinyurl.com/nursing-veterans-2021 (Nursing).
MEMS: the Transition from “Four-Letter-Word” to “Trendy”; Kurt Petersen, Silicon Valley Band of Angels; 3 p.m.; Glandt Forum, Singh Center and Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/petersen-talk-nov-16 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
DNA Origami – From Nanoagents and Nanosensors to Artificial Fossils; Amelie Heuer-Jungemann, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97682459971 (Chemistry).
Sensitivity Analysis for Evaluating Principal Surrogate Endpoints in Vaccine Trials Relaxing the Equal Early Clinical Risk Assumption; Ying Huang, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/812676289/1348 (CCEB).
Black Families Matter: How the U.S. Family Regulation System Punishes Poor People of Color; Dorothy Roberts, Penn Law; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/roberts-talk-nov-16 (Penn Law).
Refashioning AfroLatinidad: Garifuna New Yorkers in Diaspora; Paul Joseph López Oro, Smith College; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/lopez-oro-nov-16 (Africana Studies).
17 Displaced Children: Photography and Postmemory in Liquid Time; Marianne Hirsch, Columbia; 5 p.m.; room 545, Williams Hall (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies).
The Muridiyya on the Move: Islam, Migration, and Place Making; Cheikh Anta Babou, history; 5:30 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/babou-talk-nov-17 (Africana Studies).
The City of Imagination; panel of speakers; 6 p.m.; upper gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/landscape-arch-nov-17 (Landscape Architecture).
18 Special Briefing on Climate Change, Federal Aid and State and Local Strategies; Timothy Coffin, Breckinridge Capital Advisors; Hughey Newsome, CFO of Wayne County, Michigan; Nora Wittstruck, S&P Global; 11 a.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/iur-talk-nov-18 (Penn Institute for Urban Research).
A Plurality of Care: The Politics of Postpartum Care Practices in Contemporary South Korea; Yoonjung Kang, Korean studies; noon; room 623, Williams Hall and Zoom; register: https://tinyurl.com/kang-talk-nov-18 (Korean Studies).
Virtual Dialogue; Shannon Zenk, National Institute of Nursing Research; 1 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/48znxnt4 (Nursing).
Ionic Liquid-Based Therapeutics; Samir Mitragotri, Harvard; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: be@seas.upenn.edu (Bioengineering).
The Lung Microbiome from HIV to ARDS; Alison Morris, University of Pittsburgh; 4 p.m.; room 11-146, Smilow Center (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
Sensory Physiology and Ecology of Rapid Adaptive Coloration in Cephalopods; Roger Hanlon, University of Chicago; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/hanlon-talk-nov-18 (Biology).
Redefining Corporate Governance: Establishing Essentials for the New Business Era; panel including Wharton Dean Erika James; 4:30 p.m.; info: https://tinyurl.com/james-talk-nov-16 (Wharton).
Abolition Geographies in the Black Mediterranean; Camilla Hawthorne, UC Santa Cruz; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/hawthorne-talk-nov-18 (Italian Studies).
Knowing Exotica: Edible Birds’ Nests and the Cultures of Knowledge in Early Modern China; Meng Zhang, Vanderbilt University; 5:15 p.m.; room 110, Annenberg School (Center for East Asian Studies).
A Whiff of Civil War in the Air: Can American Pluralism Survive Negative Partisanship? David French, The Dispatch; 7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/french-talk-nov-18 (Paideia Program).
19 Learning and Influencing Conventions in Interactive Robotics; Dorsa Sadigh, Stanford; 10:30 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Building and Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/sadigh-talk-nov-19 (GRASP Lab).
Multigenerational Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net: Early Life Exposure to Medicaid and the Next Generation’s Health; Laura Wherry, NYU Wagner; noon; Colonial Penn Auditorium, 3641 Locust Walk and Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/wherry-talk-nov-19 (Leonard Davis Institute).
23 New Materials for Three Dimensional Ferroelectric Microelectronics; Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Penn State; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; https://tinyurl.com/trolier-mckinstry-nov-23 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
Preservation in Practice; Christine Britton, JVA, Inc.; noon; online event; info: https://tinyurl.com/britton-talk-nov-23 (Historic Preservation).
The Wa People Between China and Southeast Asia; Magnus Fiskesjö, Cornell; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/208758340817 (Center for East Asian Studies).
Origins of the RNA-Protein World - Lost in Translation? John Sutherland, MRC Lab, Cambridge; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97682459971 (Chemistry).
From Seeing to Doing: Understanding and Interacting with the Real World; Fei-Fei Li, Stanford; 3:30 p.m.; location TBA; info: cis-info@cis.upenn.edu (Computer & Information Science).
29 Tissues Fluidification in Invasive Breast Cancer; Giorgio Scita, University of Milan; noon; room 225, Towne Building (Physical Sciences Oncology Center).
The Role of Membrane Fluidity in Intracellular Vesicle Transport; William Hancock, Penn State; 2 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB and BlueJeans meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/hancock-talk-nov-29 (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute).
30 The Path of the Law in the People’s Republic of China; Jacques deLisle, law, political science, and CEAS; noon; Class of ‘78 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library (PASEF).
Revolutionizing Modern Medicine; panel of speakers; 3 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/vet-talk-nov-30 (Penn Vet).
Scalable Statistical Methods and Software for Single-Cell Data Science; Stephanie Hicks, Johns Hopkins; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/812676289/1348 (CCEB).
Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning; David Rolnick, McGill University; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: cherylh@cis.upenn.edu (Computer & Information Science).
Annenberg School for Communication
Online events. Info: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events.
1 Beyond fairness: Datafication and Social Justice; Lina Dencik, Cardiff University; 12:30 p.m.
5 Gender and Communication; Francesca Sobande, Cardiff University, and Sarah Banet-Weiser, Annenberg School; noon.
11 Beyond “Technological Exception”: Emerging Debates in Cuban Independent Journalism; Sara García Santamaría, Universitat Blanquerna – Ramon Llull; 1 p.m.
17 Rethinking the Limits: Provocative and Extreme Speech; Cherian George, Hong Kong Baptist University; Sahana Udupa, LMU Munich; Signe Wilkinson, cartoonist; 12:30 p.m.
19 Is An “Ethical” Internet Possible? Moya Bailey, Northwestern University; noon.
22 The Struggle for Positive Freedoms in Historical and International Perspective; Damian Tambini, London School of Economics; Andrew Kenyon, University of Melbourne; Ellen P. Goodman, Rutgers; 2 p.m.
Anthropology
Unless noted, in-person events at room 345, Penn Museum. Info: https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/events.
1 The Animals Behind the Bones: How Animals Influenced Human Culture in the East Mediterranean; Lubna Omar, Binghamton; noon.
8 Curators of Sacred Space: Toward An Anthropology of Ambience in the Study of Black Life; Camee Maddox-Wingfield, University of Maryland; noon.
22 Reconstructing the Experience of the Divine in Ancient Mesopotamia: An Argument for Direct Perception, Decentralized Cognition, and Sensorial Plasticity; Anastasia Amrhein, Bryn Mawr; noon.
29 Was There a Sensory Trade-Off in Primate Evolution? Using Extant Genomics and the Fossil Record to Better Understand the Evolution of Primate Olfaction; Eva Garrett, Boston University; noon; Zoom meeting.
Asian American Studies (ASAM)
In-person events at room 473, McNeil Building. Info: https://asam.sas.upenn.edu/events.
4 Sonic Reverberations of Asian America; Stephanie George, CUNY; 4 p.m.
5 American Race: A Philadelphia Story: Conversation on Race and Education; Krista Cortes, La Casa Latina; Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher, Penn GSE; Van Sam, VietLead; noon.
10 American Race: A Philadelphia Story: Conversation on Race and Youth; Brian Peterson, Makuu; Shanell Ransom, Samuel S. Fels Fund; Stephanie Sun, Pennsylvania Governor’s Advisory Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs; 5 p.m.
19 The Pension System: Comparison Between China and America; Ziyan Wu, ASAM; noon.
Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies (CLALS)
Online and in-person events. Info: https://clals.sas.upenn.edu/events.
3 Policing, Prisons, and Abolition in Latin America; George Ciccariello-Maher, Vassar College; 3 p.m.; room 473, McNeil Building.
9 The Coevolution of Norms and Laws Around Waste Picking in Latin America; Giuseppe Danese, philosophy, politics, and economics; noon; room 473, McNeil Building.
12 Policing, Prisons, and Abolition in Latin America; George Ciccariello-Maher, Vassar College; 3 p.m.; room 473, McNeil Building.
16 The Politics of Complaint: Noise and Urban Environmental Management in Mexico City; Elizabeth Bynum, anthropology and music; noon; room 473, McNeil Building.
23 Migration and Asylum, the Kyrgyz Muslim Community in Philadelphia; Jengishbek Karagulov, asylee and community activist; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
30 Devaluing Blackness: Unveiling Insidious Forms of Violence in Spanish America; Evelyne Laurent-Perrault, UC Santa Barbara; noon; room 473, McNeil Building and Zoom meeting.
Center for Research in Feminist, Queer and Transgender Studies
Online events. Info: (215) 898-8740.
4 FQT/GSWS Works-in-Progress Series; Jessa Lingel, Annenberg School; 3:30 p.m.
9 FQT/GSWS Works-in-Progress Series; Shae Frydenlund, gender, sexuality & women’s studies; 3:30 p.m.
17 GSWS Graduate Research Colloquium; Dixon Li, English, and Sarah Carson, anthropology; 4 p.m.
Cinema & Media Studies
Online and in-person events. Info: https://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/events.
10 Between Cheng (Wall-City) and Ping (Wall-Screen): The Archeology and Genealogy of Walls-as-Media; Jinying Li, Brown University; noon; Zoom meeting.
17 In Other Words: Film and the Spider Web of Description; Timothy Corrigan, cinema studies; noon; room 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
Classical Studies
In-person events at room 402, Cohen Hall, and Zoom. Info: https://www.classics.upenn.edu/events.
4 Aeschylus' Paintings; Ava Shirazi, Haverford College; 4:45 p.m.
11 “I Rode to Rome at Night”: The Ancient Mediterranean World in the Early Writings of W. E. B. Du Bois; Mathias Hanses, Penn State; 4:45 p.m.
18 Champion of History, Inveterate Liar: Biographies of Heinrich Schliemann for Young Readers; Sheila Murnaghan, classical studies; 4:45 p.m.
Economics
Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.
1 Data Neutrality and Market Competition; Hanming Fang, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.
2 Growing a Mega City; Xuequan Elsie Peng, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.
Delegated Bargaining; Svetlana Kosterina, University of Pittsburgh; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
3 Technology Transition with Frictions: Evidence from the IP Address Market; Sarah George, economics; 3:30 p.m.; room F45, Huntsman Hall.
Endogenous Production Networks Under Uncertainty; Matthieu Taschereau-Dumouchel, Cornell; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
8 Forecasting with Prior Wisdom on Group Structure; Boyuan Zhang, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
Noisy Search and Information Acquisition; Nawaaz Khalfan, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.
9 Show Me the Amenity: Are Higher-Paying Firms Better All Around? Jason Sockin, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.
Recycling Incentives: Theory and Evidence from Collecting Taxes in Peru; Sylvain Chassang, Princeton; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
10 Redrawing the Map of Global Capital Flows: The Role of Cross-Border Financing and Tax Havens; Matteo Maggiori, Stanford; noon; room 101, PCPSE.
Bargaining and International Reference Pricing in the Pharmaceutical Industry with Ashvin Gandhi and Shoshana Vasserman; Pierre Dubois, Toulouse School of Economics; 3:30 p.m.; room F45, Huntsman Hall.
11 The Design of Defined Contribution Plans; Vivek Bhattacharya, Northwestern; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
12 Experienced Labor Reallocation in an Incomplete Markets Economy; Joao Ritto, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
15 Exchange Rate Supervised Topic Modelling; Aaron Mora Melendez, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
Bounding Treatment Effects by Pooling Limited Information Across Observations; Simon Lee, Columbia University; 4:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
16 College Admissions and the (Mis-)Allocation of Talent; Coby Wittman, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.
Monotone Additive Statistics; Omer Tamuz, Caltech; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
17 The Asymmetric Pass-Through of Sovereign Risk; Matias Moretti, Princeton; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
19 Worker Turnover and Employment Fluctuations; Jinfeng Luo, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
23 Technology Transition with Frictions: Evidence from the IP Address Market; Sarah George, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.
Innovation in Decentralized Markets; Marzena Rostek, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
24 Fertility Planning and Child Investment; Agustin Diaz, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
30 Selling to a Group; Elliot Lipnowski, Columbia; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
30 Selling to a Group; Elliot Lipnowski, Columbia; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
English
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.english.upenn.edu/events.
3 Milton, Spinoza, and the Critique of Institutions: Natural Religion and Rational Religion; Russ Leo, Princeton; 5:15 p.m.; room 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
8 From DH Project to #DigBlk Center: Weaving Together Projects, People, Principles and Outputs; Gabrielle Foreman, Penn State; 5 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
9 John Keats: Scientist and Poet; Toni Bowers, English; Jason Karlawish, PSOM; 7 p.m.; Kelly Writers House.
10 Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron: Feminist and Queer Returns; Carla Freccero, UC Santa Cruz; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
17 Aspirational Conflicts and the Literature of Causation; Nan Z. Da, Notre Dame; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
18 Modernism, Empire, World Literature; Joseph Cleary, Yale; 5 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
19 “Urbanized Rusticity” in the Midcentury Novel; Hannah LeClair, English; noon; room 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
John Trevisa's Information Age: Knowledge and the Pursuit of Literature, c.1400; Emily Steiner, English; 1:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
Historic Preservation
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.design.upenn.edu/historic-preservation/events.
3 A Dialogue; Tiffany Momon, Sewanee: the University of the South; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
4 Capitol Colors: Paint Analysis of the Memorial Stair at the U.S. Capitol; Catherine Myers, Myers Conservation; noon; upper gallery, Meyerson Hall.
10 What's the Diagnosis? Conservation Management Planning at Pennsylvania Hospital; panel of speakers; 5 p.m.; upper gallery, Meyerson Hall.
History
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.history.upenn.edu/events.
3 Pleasure and Danger: The Life of a Feminist Paradigm; Kathy Peiss, history; 5 p.m.; room 200, College Hall.
8 Exceptions to Socialism: Gender, Ethnicity, and the Soviet Central Asian Entrepreneur; Artemy Kalinovsky, Temple; 6 p.m.; room 209, College Hall.
9 Economic Coercion in Rhetoric and Reality During the 1896 Presidential Election; Gideon Cohn-Postar, House Committee on Oversight and Reform; noon; room 209, College Hall and Zoom.
History and Sociology of Science
Zoom meetings. Info: https://hss.sas.upenn.edu/events.
1 Venture Capitalism: Startups, Technology, and the Future of Work; Benjamin Shestakofsky, sociology; 3:30 p.m.
8 Ancient Migration at the Bering Strait: A Trans-disciplinary and Trans-National History of Scientific Investigation; Brooke Penaloza-Patzak, Australian Science Fund; 3:30 p.m.
15 The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender Before Modernity; Leah DeVun, Rutgers; 3:30 p.m.
Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
Zoom meetings. Info: https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/public-events.
3 Intersectionality in the Medieval Archive; Dorothy Kim, Brandeis University, noon.
10 Critical Race Theory and the Atlantic Jewish World: Pathways and Roadblocks; Aviva Ben-Ur, University of Massachusetts Amherst, noon.
17 Jews in the U.S. Racial Landscape; Sarah Imhoff, Indiana University Bloomington; noon.
Mathematics
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.
3 4D/2D Duality and Representation Theory; Tomoyuki Arakawa, Kyoto University; 3:45 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
5 Lifts, Transfers, and Degrees of Univariate Maps; Thomas Brazelton, math; 3:30 p.m.; room A4, DRL.
8 Curved Koszul Duality and Cyclic (Co)Homology; Yining Zhang, University of Colorado; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
11 A Tale of Two W-Algebras (Part 1); Angela Gibney, mathematics; 5:15 p.m.; room 4C4, DRL.
15 Moisil’s Modal Logic and Related Systems; Sergei Odintsov, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics and Novosibirsk State University; 8 p.m.; online event.
16 The Skew Brownian Permuton; Jacopo Borga, Stanford; 3:30 p.m.; room A1, DRL.
A Tale of Two W-Algebras (Part 2); Angela Gibney, mathematics; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C4, DRL.
18 Stretch Factors of Free Group Automorphisms; Radhika Gupta, Temple University; 5:15 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
19 Sustained P-Divisible Groups and the Strong Rigidity Conjecture; Tao Song, math; 3:30 p.m.; room A4, DRL.
22 An Algebraic Model for the Free Loop Space; Manuel Rivera, Purdue; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
23 Exponential Growth: From Euler to 21st Century Biology; Ethan Levien, Dartmouth; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
29 A Simple Permutoassociahedron; Jelena Ivanovic, University of Belgrade; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
30 A Tale of Two W-Algebras (Part 3); Angela Gibney, mathematics; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C4, DRL.
Collective Motion in the Mitotic Spindle; Christopher Miles, UC Irvine; 4 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL and Zoom meeting.
Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics (MEAM)
Online and in-person events. Info: https://events.seas.upenn.edu/calendar/tag/meam/list/.
2 Designing Robotic Systems with Collective Embodied Intelligence; Kirstin Petersen, Cornell; 10 a.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall.
9 Time and Rate Dependent Fracture of Polymer Gels and Interfaces; Rui Huang, University of Texas at Austin; 10 a.m.; Zoom meeting.
30 Predictive Simulations of High-Rise Building Peak Wind Pressure Loads; Catherine Gorlé, Stanford; 10 a.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall.
Microbiology
Online and in-person events. Info: https://micro.med.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sem_micro_fall21.pdf.
3 Heterogeneity of Type 2 Immune Responses to Helminth Infections; P’ng Loke, NIAID; noon; BlueJeans meeting.
10 Adapt or Die: Transgenerational Inheritance of Pathogen Avoidance (Or, How Getting Food Poisoning Might Save Your Species); Coleen Murphy, Princeton; noon; Gaulton Auditorium, BRB.
17 Antibody Responses to Viral Infections and Vaccines; Deepta Bhattacharya, University of Arizona; Gaulton Auditorium, BRB.
Middle East Center
In-person events. Info: https://mec.sas.upenn.edu/events.
3 Global Jihad and Movements of Rage; Glenn Robinson, Naval Postgraduate School; noon; room 218, Houston Hall.
17 The Ottoman Empire and Its Afterlives; Aimee Genell, University of West Georgia; Hasan Kayalı, UC San Diego; 5:30 p.m.; room 110, Irvine Auditorium.
18 Citizenship: Sinan Antoon and Sima Shakhsari; Sinan Antoon, NYU; Sima Shakhsari, University of Minnesota; 4:30 p.m.; room 250, PCPSE.
Pennsylvania Muscle Institute
In-person events at Austrian Auditorium, CRB, and BlueJeans. Info: https://www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/events.
1 Breaking Speed and Resolution Limitations of AFM; Simon Scheuring, Cornell; 2 p.m.
8 Understanding Peripartum Cardiomyopathy; Zoltan Arany, Cardiovascular Institute; 2 p.m.
15 All-Optical Super-Resolution Imaging of Molecules in Their Nanoscale Cellular Context; Joerg Bewersdorf, Yale; 2 p.m.
Penn Dental
Online events. Info: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/.
2 Clinical Solutions for Esthetic Rehabilitations Using Adhesive Dentistry; Sillas Duarte, USC; 6 p.m.
4 Advances in Translational Dentistry: What the Future Holds! Pamela Yelick, Tufts University; noon.
9 Improving the “Digital Transition Phase” in Contemporary Restorative Dentistry; Oswaldo Scopin de Andrade, gIDE Dental; 6 p.m.
12 Management of a Cracked Tooth: What We Know and How to Treat; Su-Min Lee, endodontics; 8 a.m.
16 When Minimally Invasive Restorative Dentistry Meets Digital Workflow; Anabell Bologna, DentalXP; 6 p.m.
17 Arginine-Based Therapies for Management of Caries and Periodontitis; Marcelle Nascimento, University of Florida; noon.
18 ADA Science & Research Institute: Use of Scientific Strategy to Support Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Marcelo Araujo, ADASRI; noon.
Success by Design: Optimizing of the Transition Zone in Reconstructive Therapy; Henry Salama, Smile Center of Linwood; 6 p.m.; Arthur E. Corby Auditorium, Penn Dental, and online.
22 The Global Response to Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Oral Health: The Common Ground and Opportunities for Collaboration; Katie Dain, George Institute for Global Health; 1 p.m.
23 How to Use Stains to Create a Color Solution with Composite Resin; Thiago Ottoboni, restorative dentist; 6 p.m.
29 Harnessing Citizen Values for Oral Health Systems Improvement; Stefan Listl, Radboud University; 5:30 p.m.
30 Indirect Composite Restorations. A Biomimetic Approach for the Structurally Compromised Tooth; Gustavo Passarelli Petris, Zerodonto Academy; 6 p.m.
Penn Vet
In-person events at room 132, Hill Pavilion and Zoom. Info: https://www.vet.upenn.edu/about/penn-vet-events-calendar.
1 Genome-Led Vaccine Target Discovery for Animal African Trypanosomiasis; Gavin Wright, Wellcome Sanger Institute; noon.
8 Drugs and Nutrients: Critical Dependencies in Malaria Parasites; Tobias Spielmann, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine; noon.
15 From Planarians to Parasites: Stem Cells and Developmental Plasticity in Flatworms; Phil Newmark, Morgridge Institute for Research; noon.
Physics & Astronomy
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.physics.upenn.edu/index.php/events.
3 Broken Symmetries in Living Matter; Nikta Fakhri, MIT; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
8 An Introduction to the Lattice-Continuum Correspondence; Djordje Radicevic, Brandeis University; 2 p.m.; location TBA.
10 Solar Geoengineering; David Keith, Harvard; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
17 A Post-Pandemic Tool for Quantum Material; Ken Burch, Boston College; 3:30 p.m.; room A8, DRL.
Population Studies Center
In-person events at room 150, McNeil Building. Info: https://www.pop.upenn.edu/.
3 Broken Symmetries in Living Matter; Nikta Fakhri, MIT; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
8 An Introduction to the Lattice-Continuum Correspondence; Djordje Radicevic, Brandeis University; 2 p.m.; location TBA.
15 Leveraging the Genome to Evaluate the Impact of the Social Environment; Lauren Schmitz, University of Wisconsin-Madison; noon.
22 Real News, Fake News, and No News at All: A Data-Driven View of the Information Ecosystem; Duncan Watts, Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor; noon.
Sociology
Online and in-person events. Info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events.
3 What Is Perceived When Race Is Perceived and Why It Matters for Causal Inference; Issa Kohler-Hausmann, Yale; Lily Hu, Harvard; noon; room 150, McNeil Building.
5 “It Is Only Fellow Refugees Who Assist”: Scarcity, Social Capital, and Shadow Institutions in a Refugee Camp in Kenya; Blair Sackett, sociology; noon; room 367, McNeil Building.
8 Gender and the Long-Term Educational Implications of Multi-Context Childhood Poverty in China; Emily Hannum, sociology; 10 a.m.; room 367, McNeil Building.
Brown and Gay in LA: Race, Sexuality, and the Educational Experiences of Second-Generation Filipino and Mexican American Gay Men; Anthony Ocampo, Cal Poly Pomona; noon; location TBA.
15 Delays in Crime Reporting After Officer Involved Shootings; Ravaris Moore, Loyola Marymount University; 10 a.m.; location TBA.
17 Racialized Burdens: Applying Racialized Organization Theory to the Administrative State; Victor Ray, University of Iowa; noon; room 150, McNeil Building.
19 Measuring Structural Barriers to Student Success: The Case of Curricular Complexity; Rachel Baker, UC Irvine; noon; from 367, McNeil Building and Zoom.
29 A Latent Class Analysis of Kindergarteners' Home Stimulation Practices in Ghanaian Households; Noelle Suntheimer, GSE; 10 a.m.; room 367, McNeil Building.
Workshop in the History of Material Texts
Unless noted, in-person events at Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library. Info: https://pennmaterialtexts.org/about/events/.
1 “Utterly Worthless”?: Race Publishing, Subscription Books and Black Communities; Elizabeth McHenry, NYU.
8 Documenting the Body of State: Paper and the Matter of the U.S. Constitution; Asheesh Kapur Siddique, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
15 Pop-Up Buildings and Postage Stamps: Ephemera and the American Novel; Sarah Wasserman, University of Delaware.
22 Copy Technologies; HMT Roadshow; online event.
29 Materializing the Immaterial: Recovering the Lost Books of Early Modern Europe; Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen, University of St. Andrews.