at penn Calendar October 2021
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14 Fall Term Break. Through October 17.
18 Classes resume.
29 Grade type change deadline.
Family weekend (Brown). Through October 31.
18 Seeds to Sprouts, Fall Adventures! (Ages 2–4); a series of outdoor adventures designed to introduce children and their caregivers to the wonders of the natural world; 10:30 a.m.; Morris Arboretum; register: https://tinyurl.com/morris-arb-on-location (Morris Arboretum).
Penn Museum
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar.
5 Global Voyagers: Destination Africa; 11 a.m.
At-Home Anthro Live: Mosaic Making; 1 p.m.
12 At-Home Anthro Live: Make a Lasting Impression; 1 p.m.
19 At Home Anthro Live: Aztec Symbols and Stamps; 1 p.m.
22 Virtual Passport Day: Mexico Then and Now; 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
26 At-Home Anthro Live: La Ofrenda: Elements of the Altar; 1 p.m.
1 Momentum 2021: The Power of Penn Women; alumni and Penn community members of all backgrounds and generations come together to learn, connect, and share how we are making an impact locally and globally; 3:45-7 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/momentum-2021-penn-alumni (Penn Alumni). Also October 2, 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; October 3, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
7 Black Lives and Freedom Journeys: The Legacies of the Still Family of Philadelphia; celebrates the birth of Philadelphia activist William Still by considering his remarkable life and legacy; 1-7 p.m.; online event; info: http://www.mceas.org/blacklives/index.htm (McNeil Center for Early American Studies). Also October 8, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
11 Translational Science in a Pandemic World; will enlist outstanding speakers from the U.S. and abroad to address topics of direct relevance to translational science; all day; online event; register: https://upenn.irisregistration.com/Site/itmat2021 (Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics).
19 Modern India(s): Thinking with Rajeev Bhargava; honors and expands on wide-ranging contributions of Rajeev Bhargava, Parekh Institute of Indian Thought, in the field of political theory; 9 a.m.-1:45 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/modern-indias-oct-19 (South Asia Studies). Also October 20, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
20 Settler Colonialism, Slavery, and the Problem of Decolonizing Museums; builds on recent research on the role of ethnographic museums in the development and representation of knowledge about people and processes; noon-6:30 p.m.; in-person and online; info and register: https://decolonizingmuseums.com/ (Center for Experimental Ethnography, Penn Museum). Through October 23, noon-3 p.m.
29 Penn Law Antitrust Association’s Annual Seminar Competition Around the Globe and Beyond; will host leading scholars and practitioners from the public and private sectors to explore the latest antitrust discussions spanning various areas around the globe; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; room 100, Golkin Hall; register: https://forms.gle/MmK6nsURoL29w1AAA (Penn Law).
Mental Health Care in Flux: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Care; hear from the experts behind innovative mental health care approaches and how they craft a research and policy agenda that will inform a more effective, sustainable, and equitable mental health care system; noon-2:15 p.m.; online event; register: https://share.hsforms.com/1WBn0MHgPQIGlJx9a_nRBBg5gwp1 (Leonard Davis Institute; Penn Center for Mental Health).
Exhibits
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/
Upcoming
29 Temperature of Wait; first-year master of fine arts exhibition; Addams Fine Art Gallery. Through November 12.
Penn Museum
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar.
3 The Stories We Wear Guided Tour; 1 p.m.
8 Virtual Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.
9 Egypt Galleries Tour; 11 a.m. Also October 10, 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
10 Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.
12 The Stories We Wear Member Tour; 5:30 p.m.
15 Virtual Global Guide Tour: Asia Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
16 Asia Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Africa Galleries; 2:30 p.m. Also October 17, 2:30 p.m.
17 Middle East Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.
22 Virtual Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.
23 Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.
24 Rome Gallery Tour; 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Africa Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
29 Virtual Global Guide Tour: Asia Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
30 Middle East Galleries Tour; 11 a.m. Also October 31, 11 a.m.
Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
31 Global Guide Tour: Africa Galleries; 2:30 p.m.
Now
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.
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.
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.
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 2500 years of style via 250 objects; Penn Museum.
Morris Arboretum
Loop de Loop: Patrick Dougherty Installation; stick-work sculpture. Ongoing until deterioration.
Out on a Limb; tree adventure exhibit celebrating its 10th year.
Penn Museum
Africa Galleries: From Maker to Museum; explore the origins of African civilizations.
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.
Sphinx Gallery; view the Museum’s famous Sphinx among sympathetic objects from across the globe.
Rome Gallery; explore everyday items from the Roman Republic and Empire.
6 Vincent Who?; includes discussion with director Curtis Chin; 5:30 p.m.; room 402, Cohen Hall; RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/vincent-who-oct-6 (Asian American Studies).
7 Free, White and 21; includes discussion On the Importance of Autobiography with director Howardena Pindell; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/pindell-screening-oct-7 (Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies).
Saturday Night Fever; 7 p.m.; College Green (Cinema & Media Studies, Italian Studies, Romance Languages).
8 Through the Night; multiple screenings and panel discussions; 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Zoom meetings; info: https://tinyurl.com/through-the-night-octo-8 (Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies; Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies).
10 Border Nation; You are on Indian Land; includes discussion with Border Nation director Jason Jaacks; 2 p.m.; online event; info: https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/border-nation-you-are-indian-land (Wolf Humanities Center, Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies).
13 Disorientation and Re-orientation: Short Films by Tomonari Nishikawa; includes screenings of 6 films and discussion with director Tomonari Nishikawa, Binghamton University; 5 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Center for East Asian Studies).
15 76 Days; Hao Wu’s latest documentary film about the COVID-19 lockdown in Wuhan, China; 7 p.m.; online screening; info: https://tinyurl.com/lgbt-center-calendar (LGBT Center).
20 The Last Laugh; includes Q&A with director Ferne Pearlstein; 7-9:30 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).
21 Cactus Flower; 7 p.m.; online screening; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/cactus-flower (Penn Live Arts).
28 In Search of a City and Oranges; online screenings; 7 p.m.; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/pew-fellows-x-pla-short-films (Penn Live Arts, Pew Fellows).
1 Goldwater Scholarship Info Session with Penn Goldwater Scholars; learn about an important opportunity for sophomores and juniors; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/goldwater-session-oct-1 (Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships).
6 GSWS Pedagogy Seminar; hosted by Toorjo Ghose, SP2; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://gsws.sas.upenn.edu/events/2021/10/06/gsws-pedagogy-seminar (Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies). Also October 28, all day, room 345, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
7 Eric & Lili’s Night at the Museum; drag queen archaeologists take over the Penn Museum; 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Penn Museum; tickets: $35/general, $50/VIP; register: https://tinyurl.com/penn-museum-eric-lilli-oct-7 (Penn Museum). Also October 14, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.; October 21, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.; October 28, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
9 Horse Behavior—Pop-Up Virtual Course; includes seminars on social organization, husbandry of domestic horses, equine cognition, behavior modification, and behavior problems; 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; online event; tuition: $900; register: suemcd@vet.upenn.edu (Penn Vet). Through October 12.
Advanced Esthetics Week 2021; 3-day program with lectures by renowned speakers on ceramics, soft tissue integration, chairside CAD/CAM dentistry workflows, and other issues in esthetic treatment planning; 1-7:30 p.m.; online event; info: https://tinyurl.com/dental-esthetics-week-2021 (Penn Dental). Also October 14 and 15, 1-7 p.m.
13 Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) Family Support Group Teen Meet-Up; online event; 4 p.m.; info: eoesupport@chop.edu (CHOP).
Navigating the New Diagnosis of Food Allergy: A Workshop for Parents and Caregivers; will provide evidence-based information about food avoidance, myths around food allergy, label reading and preparedness for allergic reactions; 5:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/chop-workshop-oct-13 (CHOP).
14 Master in Law Information Session for General Audiences; will give an overview of the Master in Law degree, application instructions, various courses of study, and the student experience; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/law-session-oct-14 (Penn Law).
27 History Department Open House; meet history students, faculty and advisors and learn about spring courses; 1-3:30 p.m.; room 209, College Hall (History).
28 Penn Alumni Water Forum Networking Lunch and Learn Water Trivia; hear from several water-related speakers and learn trivia about New York, D.C., and Chicago; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/water-trivia-oct-28 (Water Center).
African American Resource Center (AARC)
Online events. Info: https://aarc.upenn.edu/events.
1 Nominations Open for MLK Awards; 8 a.m.
20 WOCAP Noontime Lunch Series Presents: How to Work in the New Norm: Work-Life Integration; noon.
21 Men of Color (Monthly Huddle Meeting) Presents: I Want the Whole Pie: Understanding Your Employee Benefits; 1 p.m.
27 How to Work in the New Norm: Work-Life Integration; noon.
29 Community Lunch Program- Open Forum with African American Resource Center and Penn Women’s Center; noon.
Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships (CURF)
Online events. Info: https://www.curf.upenn.edu/curf-events.
6 Truman Scholarship Information Session Featuring Recent Truman Scholars; 4 p.m.
President's Engagement and Innovation Prizes Joint Info Session; 6 p.m.
12 Grant Writing Workshop; 6 p.m.
15 President's Engagement and Innovation Prizes Joint Info Session; 3 p.m.
College of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS)
Unless noted, info: www.upenn.edu/lps-events.
5 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Café; noon.
Master of Liberal Arts Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.
7 Master of Science in Applied Geosciences Virtual Café; noon.
12 Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences Virtual Information Session; 5:30 p.m.; register: www.lpsonline.sas.upenn.edu/events. Also October 26, noon.
14 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Information Session; noon.
Master of Chemical Sciences Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.
19 Master of Science in Applied Geosciences Virtual Information Session; noon.
Organizational Dynamics Virtual Information Session; 6 p.m.
Fels Institute of Government Virtual Information Session; 6 p.m.
20 Pre-Health Post-Baccalaureate Programs Virtual Information Session; 5 p.m.
27 Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences Virtual Information Session; noon.
28 Master of Liberal Arts Alumni Panel Discussion; 5 p.m.
Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Online events. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar?date=2021-10.
5 Grad School Fair: Diversity in Ed Virtual Fair; 3-6 p.m.
Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management Program Information Session; 4 p.m.
7 Fall Open House; 8 a.m.
8 Friday Virtual Chats with Admissions; noon.
Welcoming Afghan Refugees into Our Communities; noon.
Education Entrepreneurship - October Virtual Information Session; 1 p.m.
12 Fall Open House; 7:30 p.m.
15 Friday Virtual Chats With Admissions; 9 a.m.
IES Production Seminar; Jennifer Steele, American University; 12:30 p.m.
19 International Student Virtual Information Session; 7 p.m.
Health Professions Education Certificate Program Info Session; 8 p.m.
20 Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management Program Information Session; 4 p.m.
21 One Penn GSE Community: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & You; 7 p.m.
22 Friday Virtual Chats with Admissions; noon.
IES Predoctoral Program Seminar; Wendy Chan, GSE; 1 p.m.
25 Better Schools for Everyone Are Possible: Stories and Lessons from Immigrant Organizers & Educators; 5:30 p.m.
Virtual Information Session: Mid-Career Doctoral Program; 8 p.m.
29 Friday Virtual Chats With Admissions; 9 a.m.
Human Resources
Online events unless noted. Info: www.hr.upenn.edu/registration.
Webinar: Supporting Your Kids - Identifying and Addressing Signs of Stress; available all month.
Virtual Workshop: 4-Week Positive Momentum Mindfulness Course (plus 2 bonus classes); available all month.
1 30-Minute Guided Meditation; noon. Also October 8, 15, 22, 29.
4 Return to On Campus Work: Community Processing Circle for Penn Employees; 11 a.m.
5 Leadership Awareness - Supporting the Emotional Well-Being of Your Team; 12:30 p.m.
6 Chair Yoga; noon. Also October 20.
Mindfulness and Anxiety; 12:30 p.m.
11 30-Minute Chair Yoga Plus Core; noon. Also October 18, 25.
12 Understanding Social Security With MetLife; noon.
How to Write a Models of Excellence Nomination; 2 p.m.
13 Cooking Demonstration with Corporate Wellness Nutrition; noon.
14 Monthly Wellness Walk: Pink Out for Breast Cancer Awareness; noon; meet at Ben Franklin statue, College Hall.
19 Balancing Work Life and Family; 12:30 p.m.
20 Virgin Pulse Wellness Platform Demo; noon.
21 Guided Mindful Meditation; noon.
The Gift of Feedback; 12:30 p.m.
Mindfulness and Social Justice; 12:30 p.m.
22 New and Expectant Parent Briefing; 12:30 p.m.
26 Middle Career: Expanding Your Household with PNC; 12:30 p.m.
27 30-Minute Chair Yoga for Posture; noon.
Assertiveness Skills; 12:30 p.m.
LGBT Center
In-person and online events. Info: https://www.vpul.upenn.edu/secure/calendar/host/LGBT%20Center/24.
8 International Chinese LGBTQ+ Student Meet Up; 5 p.m.; LGBT Center.
11 Our Communities: Honoring Indigenous Two Spirit and Queer Relatives; 7 p.m.; LGBT Center and online.
19 Cooking Demo with Chef Liz Alpern; noon; LGBT Center.
20 LGBTQ+ U.S. History In Brief; noon; Goodhand Room, LGBT Center.
22 Staff and Facul-TEA; 1 p.m.; online.
26 Fall Semester Writers Room; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; LGBT Center.
29 Pumpkin Painting; 3 p.m.; LGBT Center.
International LGBTQ+ Student Pizza Night; 5 p.m.; Goodhand Room, LGBT Center.
Morris Arboretum
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.morrisarboretum.org/.
1 Creating a Naturally Beautiful Water Garden; Marc Radell, Penn State Extension; 2 p.m.; online.
2 Scarecrow Walk; explore scarecrows in the Morris Arboretum garden. Through October 31.
Basic Plant Identification; Lynn Weaver, Morris Arboretum; 10 a.m.; on-location.
6 Native Evergreens; Duncan Himmelman, Mt. Cuba Center; 1 p.m.; online.
7 Birding at the Morris Arboretum Wetlands and Dixon Meadow; Sharon Meeker, birder; 8-11:30 a.m.; on-location.
9 Adding Fall and Winter Interest to Your Garden; Lucy Dinsmore, horticulturalist; 10 a.m.-noon.; online.
10 Shinrin Yoku: Forest Bathing for Your Health; Anisa George, forest therapy guide; 9:30 a.m.-noon; on-location.
Make Your Own Jam; Marisa McClellan, author; 10 a.m.; on-location.
Native Plants for Your Home Pollinator Garden; Bess Trout, Tyler Arboretum; 2 p.m.; online.
15 Fall Flower Creations: A Crafting Day of Pumpculents, Succulents and Dried Flowers; Cheryl Wilks, florist; 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; on-location. Also October 16.
Journey to Ganna Walska Lotusland; Anna Bower, Ganna Walska Lotusland; 1 p.m.; online.
16 Mushrooms 101; Dylan Newitt, mushroom enthusiast; 10 a.m.; on-location.
20 Mysteries of Compton; Joyce Munro, Chestnut Hill College; 4:30 p.m.; on-location.
21 Great Trees Tour; Paul Meyer, Morris Arboretum; 4-6 p.m.; meet at Widener Visitor Center.
22 Beyond the Surface: Soil Science Demystified; William Cullina, Morris Arboretum; 1 p.m.; online.
27 Hidden Philadelphia: Exploring the Hidden Gems of Our City; Thaddeus Squire, Social Impact Commons; 7 p.m.; online.
Nursing
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/calendar/.
1 Virtual Open House: MSN & Nurse Anesthesia DNP Programs; 10 a.m.
6 Innovation Accelerator Information Session; 4 p.m. Also October 14, 8 a.m.
Admissions Webinar for High School Students; 5 p.m. Weekly through December 15.
7 Admissions Webinar - Accelerated Nursing Program; 6 p.m. Also October 27, noon.
13 Innovation at Penn Nursing Webinar; noon.
22 PhD Open House; 8:30 a.m.
26 Graduate Programs Admissions Webinar; noon.
Penn Carey Law School
Online events. Info: https://www.law.upenn.edu/newsevents/calendar.php#!view/all.
19 Lambda Law (LGBTQ+) Panel; 3 p.m.
20 Office of Equity and Inclusion Webinar for JD Applicants; noon.
21 Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) Panel; 6 p.m.
26 Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA) Panel; 7 p.m.
28 Master In Law Fall Semester Reception; 4:30 p.m.; courtyard, Penn Law.
Penn Libraries
In-person and online events. Info: https://guides.library.upenn.edu/workshops.
1 Browsing the Stacks for Inspiration; 2 p.m.; Davis Seminar Room, Fisher Fine Arts Library.
4 Dissertation & Copyright; 11 a.m.; online.
Coffee with a Codex; noon; online. Mondays at noon.
Research to Go Office Hours; 12:30 p.m.; room 251, Huntsman Hall. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
5 Canvas Office Hours; 10 a.m.; online. Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and Wednesdays at 2 p.m.
Migrating Classic Quizzes into New Quizzes; 2 p.m.; online.
While You Were Away... Kislak Center New Acquisitions Showcase; 2-6 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library.
6 Ethical Dissertation Writing: Reuse, Permission, and References; 1 p.m.; online.
Understanding Plagiarism and the Chicago Manual of Style; 5 p.m.; Davis Seminar Room, Fisher Fine Arts Library.
7 Introduction to Data Visualization; 2 p.m.; online.
8 Penn Walks 2 Wellness; 2 p.m.; meets at Ben Franklin statue, College Hall. Also October 13, 5 p.m.; October 22, noon; October 29, noon.
12 Recognizing Predatory Publishing; 1 p.m.; online.
13 #citeNLM #HealthLiteracyMonth Wikipedia Edit-a-thon; noon-2 p.m.; online.
19 How to Write a Book or Exhibition Review; noon; library level 1, Penn Museum.
20 Using Zotero's Citation Features; 5 p.m.; Davis Seminar Room, Fisher Fine Arts Library.
21 Excel for OIDD 101; 1:30 p.m.; room 244, Lippincott Library.
26 Introduction to Online Academic Profile Services; 1 p.m.; online.
27 Raising the Visibility of Your Scholarship Through Sharing Platforms; 11 a.m.; online.
Organizing Your Research Practice; 5 p.m.; online.
School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2)
Online events except where noted. Info: https://www.sp2.upenn.edu/sp2-events/month/2021-10/.
6 SP2 Alumni Career Panel; 2:30 p.m.
8 Admissions Information Session: Doctorate in Clinical Social Work (DSW); noon. Also October 12, 7 p.m.; October 26, 7 p.m.
16 Admissions Information Session: Master’s Programs; 10 a.m.
18 Admissions Information Session: MS in Nonprofit Leadership (NPL); 10 a.m.
21 Admissions Information Session: Master’s Programs; 5 p.m. Also October 26, 9 a.m.
22 SP2 Friday; 6-8 p.m.; lobby, Caster Building.
21 Improvisation: Tyshawn Sorey & Marilyn Crispell with Guthrie Ramsey; multi-instrumentalist and composer Tyshawn Sorey and jazz pianist and composer Marilyn Crispell stage an improvisational performance, followed by a discussion with Guthrie Ramsey, music; 5 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center (Dr. S.T. Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities).
24 Penn Flutes; a group comprising a cross-section of the Penn community will perform works of Ravel, Bolero, Louke, Cloud Images, Cohen, and Blueshift Red; 4 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium (Music).
29 Penn Symphony Orchestra: Primosch, Beethoven & Dvorak; performance featuring a tribute to late Penn professor and composer James Primosch; 8 p.m.; Irvine Aduitorium (Music).
28 Bloomers Presents Off The Rails; a fun and transit-themed performance by Penn’s primarily women-led sketch comedy group; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Penn Live Arts; tickets: https://pennlivearts.org/event/bloomers-comedy (Bloomers, Penn Live Arts). Also October 29; 6 and 9 p.m.; October 30, 7:30 p.m.
29 Opus Siniestrus, a play by the feminist surrealist Leonora Carrington and directed by Ricardo A. Bracho, concerning a virus that kills only women; ICA; 7 p.m.; tickets: https://tinyurl.com/opus-siniestrus (ICA). Also October 30, 7 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
6 Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement; Tarana Burke, founder of #MeToo movement; 5:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater, Penn Live Arts Annenberg Center; info: https://tinyurl.com/burke-reading-oct-6 (GSWS, Authors@Wharton).
12 The Muridiyya on the Move. Islam, Migration, and Place Making; Cheikh Babou, history; 5 p.m.; room 209, College Hall, and Zoom; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/91097007775#success (History).
14 Nursing the Nation: Celebrating the Scholarship of Jean Whelan; celebration of a new work by Jean Whelan, author; 4 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/whelan-reading-oct-14 (Nursing).
21 All My Friends Live in My Computer: Trauma, Tactical Media, and Meaning; Samira Rajabi, University of Colorado; 1 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/rajabi-reading-oct-21 (Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication).
Brave New Home; Diana Lind, Arts + Business Council for Greater Philadelphia; 6 p.m.; room B1, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/lind-reading-oct-21 (City & Regional Planning).
27 Under Pressure; book launch and discussion featuring author Hina Jamelle, architecture; 6:30 p.m.; Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/jamelle-reading-oct-27 (Architecture).
Kelly Writers House
In-person events at the Kelly Writers House. Info: http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/calendar/1021.php.
4 Independent Publishers: A Conversation with Cindy Spiegel; 5:30 p.m.
5 A Reading by Marc Anthony Richardson and Vi Khi Nao; 6 p.m.
6 Speakeasy Open Mic Night; 7:30 p.m.
7 Careers in Journalism and New Media: Alumni Panel; 5 p.m.
18 A Meeting of the Writers House Planning Committee; 5 p.m.
19 Bernheimer Symposium: Comics for Kids; 6 p.m.
20 A Poetry Reading by Edwin Torres; 6 p.m.
21 Printing & Postcards; 5 p.m.
27 A Reading by Julian Brolaski; 6 p.m.
28 A Conversation With Jessica Goodman; 5 p.m.
5 Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition 2021 Virtual Finals; virtual pitch festival for finalists; noon; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/milken-penn-finals-2021 (GSE, Catalyst@Penn).
7 Remembering Ken Steif (1982-2001); celebrating the life of Ken Steif, associate professor in the Weitzman School and director of the MUSA program; 4 p.m.; Kleinman Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library; register: https://tinyurl.com/steif-memorial-oct-7 (Weitzman School).
14 Employee Resource Fair; provides easy access to information on the vast and varied campus resources and services available to staff and faculty; all day; online event; visit: https://www.upenn.edu/erf/ (PPSA, WPPSA).
16 Penn Relays 5K Presented By Toyota; a scenic competitive run through Penn Park that concludes on the track of the historic Franklin Field; 8 a.m.; register and donate: https://tinyurl.com/relays-5k-oct-16 (Penn Athletics; Toyota).
21 Colleague Memorial Service for Scott Enderle; colleagues in the department of English, the Price Lab, and Penn Libraries remember Scott Enderle; 3-5 p.m.; roof deck, Penn Museum (English, Penn Libraries, Price Lab).
23 Culturefest: Día de los Muertos; full-day festival that offers fun for the whole family, including an arts activity, altar competition, artisan market, dance and music performances, and an enormous traditional altar installation by local artist Cesar Viveros; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Penn Museum; free with museum admission; info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/964/culturefest (Penn Museum).
28 Virtual Wistar Legacy Awards & 25th Jonathan Lax Lecture; honors the Wistar Institute’s extraordinary research partners and includes a lecture by Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; 5:30-7:45 p.m.; GoToWebinar event; register: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2829771712578722575 (Wistar Institute).
In-person events. Venues and more info: https://pennathletics.com/calendar.
1 Women’s Tennis vs ITA Regional Championships; all day. Through October 3.
Football vs Dartmouth; 7 p.m.
Women's Volleyball vs Harvard; 7 p.m.
2 Women's Soccer vs Cornell; 2 p.m.
Men’s Soccer vs Cornell; 5 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball vs Dartmouth; 5 p.m.
8 Sprint Football vs Cornell; 7 p.m.
9 Field Hockey vs Cornell; 11 a.m.
Football vs Lehigh; 1 p.m.
12 Men's Soccer vs Drexel; 7 p.m.
14 Men's Tennis ITA Regional Championships; all day. Through October 19.
15 Women's Volleyball vs Brown; 7 p.m.
16 Women's Rowing vs Navy Day Regatta; all day.
Men’s Lightweight Rowing vs Navy Day Regatta; all day.
Women’s Soccer vs Dartmouth; 2 p.m.
Men's Soccer vs Dartmouth; 5 p.m.
Women's Volleyball vs Yale; 5 p.m.
18 Women's Soccer vs Delaware State; 6 p.m.
19 Men's Soccer vs Temple; 7 p.m.
22 Women’s Tennis Cissie Leary Invitational; all day. Through October 24.
Sprint Football vs Caldwell; 7 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball vs Princeton; 7 p.m.
23 Field Hockey vs Yale; noon.
Women’s Soccer vs Yale; 4 p.m.
Men’s Soccer vs Yale; 7 p.m.
30 Men's Heavy Rowing vs Head of the Schuylkill; all day.
Women’s Rowing vs Head of the Schuylkill; all day.
Football vs Brown; 1 p.m.
Men’s Basketball vs East Stroudsburg; 4 p.m.
31 Field Hockey vs Temple; noon.
1 Building Wealth, Building Health; Amy Castro Baker, SP2; Lucy Marcil, Boston University; Ioana Marinescu, SP2; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97575652762 (Leonard Davis Institute).
3 Irresistible Logic: Rupestrian Art and Graphic Writing in the Kongo World; Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz, Indiana University; 2 p.m.; Penn Museum and online; info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/931/irresistible-logic (Penn Museum).
5 Energy Balancing of Covariate Distributions for Estimation of Causal Effects; Jared Huling, University of Minnesota; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/515188833/2631 (CCEB).
Illness, Metaphor, and Bells: Campanology Under COVID-19; Remi Chiu, Loyola University Maryland; 5:15 p.m.; room 101, Lerner Building (Music).
6 From "Post-Race" to "Diversity and Inclusion": Contextualizing Contemporary Black Visibility; Jade Petermon, Georgia State University; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/petermon-talk-oct-6 (Cinema & Media Studies).
Jihadi Terror Attacks and Local Hate Crime; Steve Machin, London School of Economics; noon; Zoom meeting; info: https://tinyurl.com/machin-talk-oct-6 (Criminology).
Reporting the Capitol Riots: Kadia Goba, BuzzFeed News; Malachy Browne, The New York Times; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: upenn.zoom.us/my/ascmedarisk (Annenberg School).
Electrolytes for High Energy Li-ion and Li Metal Batteries; Chunsheng Wang, University of Maryland; 3:30 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical & Biomechanical Engineering).
The Art of Migration; Hoor Al Qasimi, Sharjah Art Foundation; Sonal Khullar, history of art; 5 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/wolf-talk-oct-6 (Wolf Humanities Center).
How Existing Buildings Save Carbon, Build Community and Support Equity; William Braham and Stephanie Carlisle, Weitzman School; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/braham-carlisle-talk-oct-6 (Historic Preservation).
The Earliest Reformer? Urukagina of Girsu and His New Order; Stephen Tinney, Near Eastern languages and civilizations; 6 p.m.; online event; tickets: https://tinyurl.com/tinney-talk-oct-6 (Penn Museum).
7 Ever-Pending: U.S. Literature of the Long Korean War; A.J. Yumi Lee, Villanova; noon; room 623, Williams Hall and Zoom; register: https://tinyurl.com/lee-talk-oct-7 (Korean Studies).
Metals and Alloys: A Critical Weapon in the Fight Against Climate Change; Eric Detsi, materials science & engineering; 12:15 p.m.; auditorium, LRSM building; info: info-mse@seas.upenn.edu (MSE).
The Neuroscience of Friendship; Thalia Wheatley, Dartmouth; 4:30 p.m.; room 111, Levin Building; RSVP: info@neuroethics.upenn.edu (Psychology; Center for Neuroscience & Society).
Working with Spontaneous Vegetation in a Changing Climate; Norbert Kühn, Technical University of Berlin; 6 p.m.; room B3, Meyerson Hall and livestream; register: https://tinyurl.com/kuhn-talk-oct-7 (Landscape Architecture).
8 The Rip and the Swirl: Desire and The Philosophies of Black Existence in The Flagellants and A Question of Power; Máyọ̀wá Ajibade, English; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: majibade@sas.upenn.edu, plaue@sas.upenn.edu, or aqjames@sas.upenn.edu (English).
186 Years of Earth Sciences at Penn and the Portraits in the Lobby; Hermann Pfefferkorn, Earth and environmental science; 3 p.m.; room 358, Hayden Hall (EES).
12 Resist Fatigue by De-Concentrating Stress; Zhigang Suo, Harvard; 10 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (Tedori-Callinan Lecture).
Mutant p53 Gain-of-Function in Cancer; Moshe Oren, Weizmann Institute; noon; GoToMeeting seminar; join: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/227215405 (Wistar Institute).
Eternal Forms, Ephemeral Bodies: the Paradox of Queer Monumentality; Cat Dawson, FQT visiting scholar; 3:30 p.m.; room 345, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies; The Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies).
David vs. Goliath: The Art of Leaderboarding in the Era of Extreme-Scale Neural Models; Yejin Choi, University of Washington; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/choi-talk-oct-12 (Computer and Information Science).
Mediation Analysis for Count and Zero-Inflated Count Data; Jing Cheng, UC San Francisco; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/515188833/2631 (CCEB).
Data and Technology Ecosystems for Social Good; Aaron Bean, Asemio; 8 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/bean-talk-oct-12 (Penn IUR).
13 Enhanced Matrix Stress Relaxation Promotes Cell Migration; Kolade Abebowale, Harvard; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: annjeong@seas.upenn.edu (PSOM).
The Refinery of Today, Tomorrow and the Future: A Separations Perspective; Ryan Lively; Georgia Tech; 3:30 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium (room 101), Levine Hall (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering).
Microscopic Robots; Marc Miskin, SEAS; 4 p.m.; room 8-146AB, Smilow Center and Zoom; join: https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/93235673932 (Deans’ Distinguished Visiting Professorship Seminar).
Federal Court Involvement with Supervised Release; Richard Berman, United States District Judge, and L. Felipe Restrepo, United States Circuit Judge; 4:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/berman-restrepo-talk-oct-13 (Penn Law).
Modeling Enzymatic Reactivity with Coordination Compounds; Shiyu Zhang, Ohio State; noon; Carol Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex; info: rvargas@sas.upenn.edu (Chemistry).
Putting the Eye in Transit: The Research Behind SEPTA’s New Wayfinding System; panel of speakers; 6 p.m.; upper gallery, Meyerson Hall (Weitzman School of Design).
14 The Second Amendment in the Supreme Court; Clark Neily, Cato Institute; noon; room 100, Golkin Hall (Penn Law).
How Do We Deal with Political Changes Facing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and America?; Edward Rendell, former Pennsylvania governor; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://provost.upenn.edu/pasef/events-2021-2022 (PASEF).
Paul Robeson: A West Philadelphia Legend; Janice Sykes-Ross, West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance; 5:30 p.m.; Facebook livestream; info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/965/living-room-lecture (Penn Museum).
15 Growing a Research Network: Approaches to Global Book History; Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Institute for Advanced Study, and Alexandra Gillespie, University of Toronto; noon; room TBA, Van Pelt Library; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/8187136 (Penn Libraries).
Amazonian Communities: Shaping the Ethics of Cosmocentrism; Stefano Varese, UC Davis; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: mervic@sas.upenn.edu, jpcvw@sas.upenn.edu (Hispanic & Portuguese Studies).
18 The “Discovery” of Salvia Divinorum: Narrative Hangovers and Psychedelic Fetishism (Or, This is Your Mind On Pollan); Paja Faudree, Brown; noon; room 345, Penn Museum (Anthropology).
Social Media and the Shape of “Man”; Alexander Cho, UC Santa Barbara; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/cho-talk-oct-18 (Annenberg School).
The NIH Approach to Inclusive Excellence; Marie Bernard, NIH; 2 p.m.; online event; register: https://www.med.upenn.edu/aging/eventreg.html (Institute on Aging).
Violation of Mendel’s First Law: Centromere Drive and Suppression in Meiosis; Michael Lampson, biology; 2 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute).
Beyond the Tool: Integrating Social Work Thinking, Qualitative Methods, and Artificial Intelligence for Gun Violence Prevention; Desmond Upton Patton, Columbia; 3 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/patton-talk-oct-18 (Annenberg School).
Banking on Petra: Archaeological Adventurism and the Politics of Preservation; Lynn Meskell, anthropology; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://hss.sas.upenn.edu/events/hss-workshop-lynn-meskell (History and Sociology of Science).
Russia’s Mediterranean Moment, 1770-1829; Julia Leikin, Higher School of Economics; 6 p.m.; room 209, College Hall (History).
19 Computational Mechanics for Landing on Mars; Charbel Farhat, Stanford; 10 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).
Distributed Estimation Under Privacy and Communication Constraints; Ayfer Ozgur, Stanford; 11 a.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/2822214402 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
Climate Change Consequences for Plants, Whose Lives Depend on the Sun; Brenda Casper, biology and Earth & environmental science; Brent Helliker, biology; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/casper-helliker-oct-19 (Penn Science Café).
Masculinity Redefinition Among Pharmacists as “Men of Science” in Eurasia, Europe, and East Asia; Elizabeth Frierson, University of Cincinnati; noon; room 209, College Hall and Zoom; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/99541882317 (History).
PennSIVE Virtual Seminar Series; Yi Zhao, Indiana University; 12:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/zhao-talk-oct-19 (CCEB).
Sound Art Revisited; Alan Licht, Bard College; Julie Beth Napolin, The New School Lang; 12:30 p.m.; ICA and Zoom; register: https://tinyurl.com/licht-napolin-oct-19 (ICA).
The Many Facets of Moral Distress Across Healthcare Settings; Nancy Berlinger, Hastings Center; Christine Grady, NIH; Margit Krellwitz, Greenhurst Nursing Center; 1 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/moral-distress-oct-19 (Nursing).
Proteomic Clues to Cell Organization; Martin Wühr, Princeton; 3:30 p.m.; Carol Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex, and Zoom; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97682459971 (Chemistry).
Causal Inference for Time-Varying Treatments and Binary Outcomes, with Application to Mobile Health; Tianchen Qian, UC Irvine; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join; https://bluejeans.com/812676289/1348 (CCEB).
From Foundations to Frontiers–A Look at Contributions of Chinese Americans Over 175 Years; Zhengyu Huang, Committee of 100; James Gee, PSOM; Andrea Liu, biology; Shu Yang, materials science & engineering; 4 p.m.; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/committee-100-oct-19 (Center for East Asian Studies).
Documentary Filmmaking Between China and the US; Hao Wu, filmmaker; 5 p.m.; Harold Prince Theater, Penn Live Arts (Wolf Humanities Center).
Conspiracy Theory and Political Culture, Past and Present; Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic, and James McAuley, author; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/8252718 (Penn Libraries).
Blood and Chocolate: Cacao and Human Sacrifice in Pacific Guatemala; Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos, Yale; 6 p.m.; online event; tickets: $5; register: https://tinyurl.com/mazariegos-talk-oct-19 (Penn Museum).
20 Race, Religion, and the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem; John L. Jackson Jr., dean of the Annenberg School; noon; Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library (PASEF).
The Multispecies Kinesthetic: Theorizing Epidemic Media; Bishnupriya Ghosh, UC Santa Barbara; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ghosh-talk-oct-20 (Cinema Studies).
Spatial and Dynamical Control in Metabolic Engineering Using Organelle Engineering and Optogenetics; José Avalos, Princeton; 3:30 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering).
Tackling the Climate Crisis: What Can Companies and Policymakers Do To Drive Impact; panel including Wharton Dean Erika James; 4:30 p.m.; online event; info: https://news.wharton.upenn.edu/press-releases/2021/10/wharton-school-dean-erika-james-to-host-beyond-business-lecture-series-on-esg/ (Wharton).
Workshop on African Ecomedia: Network Forms, Planetary Politics; Cajetan Iheka, Yale; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; info: https://www.english.upenn.edu/events (English).
Fels Racial Equity and Social Justice Conversation Series; Derek Green, Philadelphia City Council; 6 p.m.; online event; register: https://www.fels.upenn.edu/events/derek-green (Fels Institute of Government).
21 Korean Diasporic Citizenship: Two Tales of Political Incorporation in Japan and the United States; Erin Aeran Chung, Johns Hopkins; noon; room 623, Williams Hall and Zoom; join: https://tinyurl.com/chung-talk-oct-21 (Korean Studies).
Reimagining the Corn Exchange Bank to Be a Tech Nerd’s Dream; Fon Wang, John Milner Architects, and John Carr, Materials Conservation Co.; noon; gallery, Morgan Building; register: https://tinyurl.com/wong-carr-talk-oct-21 (Historic Preservation).
Topological Physics: from Photons to Electrons; Mohammad Hafezi, University of Maryland; 12:30 p.m.; auditorium, LRSM Building (Materials Science & Engineering).
Phage and Robotics-Assisted Biomolecular Evolution; Emma Chory, MIT; 3:30 p.m.; room 216, Moore Building (Bioengineering).
Queer Faith: Reading Promiscuity and Race in the Secular Love Tradition; Melissa Sanchez, English; 3:30 p.m.; room 204, Claudia Cohen Hall (Religious Studies).
Leveraging Rare Respiratory Disorders to Illuminate Pulmonary Physiology; Raghu Chivukula, Harvard; 4 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/574742202120/831444129093?src=join_info (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise; Scott Rozelle, Stanford; 4:30 p.m.; room 418, PCPSE (Center for the Study of Contemporary China).
22 Kinetic Theory for Superparameterization of Sea Ice Dynamics; Dimitris Giannakis, Dartmouth; 2 p.m.; PICS conference room, 3401 Walnut St. (Penn Institute for Computational Science).
Modeling and Detection of Thermophiles in the Subseafloor; James Holden, University of Massachusetts Amherst; 3 p.m.; room 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Studies).
25 Reconstructing the Experience of the Divine in Ancient Mesopotamia: An Argument for Direct Perception, Decentralized Cognition, and Sensorial Plasticity; Anastasia Amrhein, Bryn Mawr; noon; room 345, Penn Museum (Anthropology).
From Egyptian Gold to Chichimeca Silver: Extractive Theory and Praxis in 16th Century Mexico; Iris Montero-Sobrevilla, Gates Cambridge; 3:30 p.m.; in-person and Zoom; info: https://hss.sas.upenn.edu/events/hss-workshop-iris-montero-sobrevilla (History & Sociology of Science).
Design for Chosen Land: Building at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in the 21st Century; Pamela Hawkes, Scattergood Design; 6 p.m.; room B3, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/hawkes-talk-oct-25 (Historic Preservation).
26 Robotics Goes Soft: Challenges and Achievements, for New Robotics Scenarios; Cecilia Laschi, National University of Singapore; 10 a.m.; Zoom meeting; info: peterlit@seas.upenn.edu (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).
Prevention and Resolution of R Loop-Mediated Transcription-Replication Conflicts; Andres Aguilera, University of Seville; noon; GoToWebinar meeting; join: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/227215405 (Wistar Institute).
Block the Vote: Historical and Contemporary Challenges to Voting Rights; panel of speakers break down the obstacles that voters face; 1:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/block-the-vote-oct-26 (Penn Alumni).
An Amalgamation-Based Statistical Learning Paradigm for Microbiome Data; Kun Chen, University of Connecticut; 3:30 p.m.; BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/812676289/1348 (CCEB).
Chemical Approaches for Modulating Lysine Post-Translational Modifications; George Burslem, chemistry; 3:30 p.m.; Carol Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex and Zoom; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97682459971 (Chemistry).
Redlined Forever: The Racist Past of Today’s Land Use Regulations; Jessica Trounstine, UC Merced; 5 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/trounstine-talk-oct-26 (Penn Law).
27 The Water-Energy Nexus – Opportunities & Innovation; panel of speakers; noon; location TBA; register: https://tinyurl.com/water-center-talk-oct-27 (Water Center).
A People’s Art is the Genesis of Their Freedom: The Claudia Jones Project; panel of speakers; 12:30 p.m.; online event; join: upenn.zoom.us/my/ascmedarisk (Center for Media At Risk).
Calling in the Calling Out Culture; Loretta Ross, Smith College; 7 p.m.; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/ross-talk-oct-27 (Paideia Program).
28 Transforming Ideas to Reality: Emerging Nanotechnologies from the “Lab” to the “Fab”; Max Shulaker, MIT; 10:30 a.m.; room 225, Towne Building and Zoom; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/2822214402 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).
Dx: Unease with Legalese Rx: Consult Your Law Librarian and Call Your Attorney in the Morning!; Genevieve Tung, Biddle Law Library; noon; Dental Library; register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/calendar/dentaltalks/legal (Libraries).
Inequality in Bronze: Shared Authority and Collaborative Commemoration at Stenton; Laura Keim, historic preservation; noon; Morgan Gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/keim-talk-oct-28 (Historic Preservation).
Interrupting Violence at the Point of Disclosure; Malik Washington, Penn Violence Prevention; noon; room 345, Fisher-Bennett Hall (GSWS).
Optics on the Nanoscale: Conquering Absorption with Nonlinear Optics; Natalia Litchinitser, Duke University; 12:30 p.m.; auditorium, LRSM Building (Mechanical & Systems Engineering).
Neutrophil and Barrier Dysfunction in Sepsis: Insights from Animal and Organ-on-a-Chip; Laurie Kilpatrick, Temple; 4 p.m.; room 11-146, Smilow Center (Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute).
Fels Public Policy in Practice Speaker Series; Drew Weissman, medicine, and Katalin Karikó, BioNTech; 6 p.m.; online event; register: https://www.fels.upenn.edu/events/ppp-speaker-series-weissman-kariko (Fels Institute of Government).
29 Armenian Photographers, a Turkish Sultan, a French Empress, and an American Doctor; Nicholas Brenner and John Pollack, Kislak Center; noon; room 626-627, Van Pelt Library (Kislak Center).
How Status Seeking and Social Learning Shape Political Polarization on Social Media: Evidence from a Mixed-Method Field Experiment on Twitter; Christopher Bail, Duke University; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/bail-talk-oct-29 (Annenberg School).
Picturing Old and New Constantinople: An 1869 Photographic Album (Ms. Coll. 495); John Pollack and Nick Brenner, Kislak Center; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion; Van Pelt Library; noon; info: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/kislak-stacks (Kislak Center).
A Model for External Aerodynamics Based on Building-Block Flows; Adrián Lozano-Durán, MIT; 2 p.m.; PICS conference room, 3401 Walnut Street (Penn Institute for Computational Science).
The Latest in Nanoscale Drivers of Large-Scale Earth Processes; Michael Hochella, Virginia Tech; 3 p.m.; room 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Science).
Africana Studies
Online and in-person events. Info: https://africana.sas.upenn.edu/events.
6 Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature; Farah Jasmine Griffin, Columbia; 5:15 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library.
20 The Muridiyya on the Move: Islam, Migration, and Place Making; Cheikh Babou; history; 5 p.m.; location TBA.
27 Intimacies to Apocalypso: Decolonizing Diasporas & Afro-Atlantic Worldviews; Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez, Michigan State; 5:30 p.m.; room 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
Asian American Studies (ASAM)
In-person events at room 473, McNeil Building. Info: https://asam.sas.upenn.edu/events.
8 Asian Migration: Emotions & Personal Narratives Through Contemporary Art; Sabrina Tian, ASAM fellow; noon.
22 Political Suppression in South Korea: A Decolonial Human Rights Approach to U.S. Militarization and the Human Rights Regime; Kingsley Song, ASAM fellow; noon.
28 Interrogating Identity in Latin America: A Conversation on the Asian Diaspora; Evelyn Hu-Dehart, Brown University; 6 p.m.
29 The Unraveling of the American Dream Across Korean American Migration Narratives; Lily Suh, ASAM fellow; noon.
Biology
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.bio.upenn.edu/events.
7 The Lysosome in Nutrient Sensing and Cellular Growth Control; Roberto Zoncu, UC Berkeley; 4 p.m.; 10 auditorium, Leidy Lab.
21 Hidden Forces: Unconscious Bias at Work; Ralph DeLucia, Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Programs; Zoom meeting; 4 p.m.
28 Feedbacks Between Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Temperature; Duncan Menge, Columbia; 4 p.m.; 10 auditorium; Leidy Lab.
Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS)
In-person events at room 110, Annenberg School. Info: https://ceas.sas.upenn.edu/events.
5 Time and Migration: How Aging Taiwanese Immigrants Remake Intergenerational Intimacy; Ken Chih-Yan Sun, Villanova; 5:15 p.m.
7 Why the Fishhead Faces Left and Other Tales: Learning from Food Workers in Japan; Merry White, Boston University; 5:15 p.m.
21 Village China: Three Perspectives on the Modern History of Rural China; Michael Szonyi, Harvard; 5:15 p.m.
28 In and Around Parasite: Two Tracks to the Construction of Bong Joon-ho as Global Auteur; Jihoon Kim, Chung-Ang University; 5:15 p.m.
Classical Studies
In-person events at room 402, Claudia Cohen Hall and on Zoom. Info: https://www.classics.upenn.edu/events.
7 The Trials of Aelius Aristides; Ari Bryen, Vanderbilt; 4:45 p.m.
21 Isis, Mistress of the Southern Lands; Solange Ashby, UCLA; 4:45 p.m.
28 Frank M. Snowden, Jr., Race, and the Ancient Roots of American Modernity; Christopher Parmenter, Wolf Humanities Center; 4:45 p.m.
Economics
In-person events. Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.
5 Job Attachment and Life Cycle Gender Wage Differences; Ni Wang, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.
Progressive Random Choice; Yusufcan Masatlioglu, University of Maryland; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
7 Equilibrium Effects of Food Labeling Policies; Nano Barahona, UC Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
11 Automatic Debiased Machine Learning in Presence of Endogeneity; Edvard Bakhitov, economics; 4:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
12 Optimal Recommender System - Student Job Market; ChangHwa Lee, economics; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
12 Physician Spatial Allocation and Moving Costs; Kathleen Hui, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.
13 Primary Dealers and the Demand for Government Debt; Jakub Kastl, Princeton; 3:30 p.m.; room F45, Huntsman Hall.
Optimal Progressive Income Taxation and Endogenous Marriage and Divorce; Akihisa Kato, economics; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
14 American Dream Delayed: Shifting Determinants of Homeownership; Bob Miller, Carnegie-Mellon; 4 p.m.; room 250, PCPSE.
18 On the Aggregation of Probability Assessments: Regularized Mixtures of Predictive Densities; Frank Diebold, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.
Macroeconomic Forecasting and Variable Ordering in Multivariate Stochastic Volatility Models; Minchul Shin, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; 4:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
19 Recall Over the Life Cycle; Justin Franco Lam, economics; 12:30 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
20 An Economy of Neural Networks: Learning from Heterogeneous Experiences; Artem Kuriksha, economics; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
Competition Under Social Interactions and the Design of Education Policies; Claudia Allende, Stanford; 3:30 p.m.; room F45, Huntsman Hall.
Specialization in a Knowledge Economy; Yueyuan Ma, economics; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
22 Seniority and Sovereign Default; Adrien Wicht, European University Institute; noon; room 100, PCPSE.
25 Social Learning with Heterogeneous Preferences; Pedro Brandão Solti, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.
26 State Dependence and Neighborhood Persistence; Jungsoo Yoo, economics; noon; room 101, PCPSE.
Uncertainty and the Demand for Insurance; Ricardo Serrano-Padial, Drexel; 4 p.m.; room 101, PCPSE.
27 Financial Frictions and the Skewed Bank Distress Channel; Dohan Kim, economics; room 100, PCPSE.
Competition in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Implications for Public Option; Stuart Craig, economics; 3:30 p.m.; room F45, Huntsman Hall.
Job Attachment and Life Cycle Gender Wage Differences; Ni Wang, economics; 4 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
28 The Equilibrium Effects of Public Provision in Education Markets: Evidence from a Public School Expansion Policy; Michael Dinerstein, University of Chicago; 3:30 p.m.; room 100, PCPSE.
History of Art
Online and in-person events. Info: https://arth.sas.upenn.edu/events.
1 Trauma Behind the Walls: A Case Study of Eastern State Penitentiary; Stephanie Gibson, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
22 Monet’s Minutes: The Impressionist Instant in Global Time; André Dombrowski, history of art; room 113, Jaffe Building.
29 The Blue Marble of Greek Architectural History: Delos and the Delos Symposia; Mantha Zarmakoupi, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; location TBA.
Institute for Urban Research (IUR)
Online events. Info: https://penniur.upenn.edu/events.
12 Community College: Who Should Pay; panel of speakers; 11 a.m.
21 Special Briefing on U.S. Infrastructure Needs and the Federal Response; Andrew Haughwout, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Robert Inman, Wharton; 11 a.m.
27 Livable Cities; panel of speakers; noon.
Katz Center
Zoom meetings. Info: https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/events.
14 Decoding the Mishnah; Mira Balberg, UC San Diego; noon.
21 The Rise of the Rabbis; Simcha Gross, Jewish studies; noon.
28 The Talmud in the Sea of Babylon; Shai Secunda, Bard College; noon.
Latin American and Latinx Studies (LALS)
Online and in-person events. Info: https://clals.sas.upenn.edu/events.
5 Aging Punks: Identity and Nostalgia in Cuba's Contemporary Underground Scene; Carmen Torre Perez, Hispanic and Portuguese studies; noon; room 473, McNeil Building.
8 Dispossessions in the Americas; Robert Nichols, University of Minnesota; noon; online event.
15 Remixing the Role of the CBO: Fostering Communities of Care, Brilliance & Opportunity; Justis Lopez, Just Experience; 6 p.m.; room 410, McNeil Building.
26 Gamonalism, Displacement, and Urbanization: New Forms of Authority Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide; Maria Atuesta, CLALS; noon; room 473, McNeil Building.
27 Afro-Cuban Invisibility and the Cuban People’s Protests; Amalia Daché, GSE; 11 a.m.; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall.
Documenting Dispossessions of Territories of Indigenous Persons in the Americas; Tulia Falleti, political science; 4 p.m.; room 350, PCPSE.
29 Dispossessions in the Americas; Luis Eloy Terena, Association of Indigenous People of Brazil; noon; location TBA.
Mathematics
In-person and online events. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.
6 Spectral Techniques in Markov Chain Mixing; Evita Nestoridi, Princeton; 3:45 p.m.; room A4, DRL.
8 Structure Preserving Machine Learning for Data-Driven Multiscale/Multiphysics Modeling; Nathaniel Albert Trask, Sandia National Laboratories; 2 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
The Local Limit Theorem on Nilpotent Groups; Robert Hough, Stony Brook University; 3:30 p.m.; room A1, DRL.
12 Microswimmers Propelled by Bacterial Flagella: Modeling, Simulations, and Analysis; Sookkyung Lim, University of Cincinnati; 4 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL, and Zoom.
19 Moduli of Sheaves via Affine Grassmannians; Andres Fernandez Herrero, Cornell; 3:30 p.m.; room 4C4, DRL.
20 (In)stability of Minimal Surfaces; Otis Chodosh, Stanford; 3:45 p.m.; room 4E17, DRL and Zoom.
22 Canonical Heights on Shimura Varieties and the Andre-Oort Conjecture; Ananth Shankar, University of Wisconsin; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom.
26 Gene Expression Dynamics and the Stability of Gene Regulatory Networks; Ariel Amir, Harvard; 4 p.m.; room 4C8, DRL.
29 Artin’s Theorems in Supergeometry; Nadia Ott, mathematics; 3:30 p.m.; room A4, DRL.
Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Zoom meetings. Info: https://medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/events.
4 What Just Happened? The Strange Tale of the FDA’s Approval of Aducanumab for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease; Jason Karlawish, medicine; noon.
5 Fairness-Informed Cost Utility Analysis of Population Genetic Screening; Kate Saylor, medical ethics and health policy; noon.
12 The Genome and the Biome: Cystic Fibrosis at Six Feet Apart; Rebecca Mueller, Leonard Davis Institute; noon.
19 Do Healthcare Systems Have a Role in Reducing Social and Economic Inequities? Latisha Thompson, medical ethics and health policy; noon.
26 To Race or Not to Race: Guidelines for the Use of Biological Racial Classifications in Medicine; Ian Peebles, philosophy; noon.
Microbiology
BlueJeans meetings. Join: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/xqbzwhrb.
13 Cytosolic Detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Induces Potent Innate Immune Responses; Robert Watson, Texas A&M; noon.
20 Inflammasome Activation in COVID-19 Patients; Dario Zamboni, University of Sao Paulo; noon.
27 Synthetic Bacteria Deliver the Goods (to Cancer Cells); Kumaran Ramamurthi, National Cancer Institute; noon.
Middle Eastern Studies
In-person events. Info: https://mec.sas.upenn.edu/events.
5 Israel After Netanyahu: How Much Will Change?: A Panel Discussion; panel of speakers; 5:30 p.m.; room 218, Houston Hall.
11 The Arabic Prose Poem: Poetic Theory and Practice; Huda Fakhreddine, Near Eastern languages and literatures; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1949 Auditorium, Houston Hall.
21 From Khurasan to Baghdad via Maragheh: Elite Scholarly and Administrative Circles in Mongol Iran; Hadi Jorati, University of Massachusetts Amherst; noon; room 218, Houston Hall.
Social Change and Contentious Politics; Joel Beinin, Stanford; Rashid Khalidi, Columbia; Sean Yom, Temple; 4:30 p.m.; room 250, PCPSE
26 Communities and Conflict in Mandate Palestine; Daniel Arnon, University of Arizona; Richard McAlexander, Perry World House; Michael Rubin, University of Connecticut; 5:30 p.m.; room 218, Houston Hall.
Nursing
BlueJeans meetings. Info: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/calendar/view/month/date/20211001.
12 Lessons from Studying Low-Value Health Care; Aaron Schwartz, medical ethics and health policy; noon.
20 Recruitment of Vulnerable Populations in Research Studies; Salimah Meghani, Margaret Souders and Connie Ulrich, nursing; noon.
Extraordinary or Ordinary? Nurses’ Work in China from Professionalization to SARS-CoV2; Nicole Elizabeth Barnes, Duke University; 4 p.m.
27 “Another Priceless Gem Added to My Jewels!”: Ellis Reynolds Shipp at the Woman’s Medical College, 1875-1878; Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Harvard; 4 p.m.
29 Conversations with Nurse Leaders: Nursing Leadership, Social Determinants of Health, and Health Equity; Ashley Darcy-Mahoney, George Washington University; Marcus Henderson, Penn Nursing; 4 p.m.
Penn Dental
In-person and online events. Info: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/.
5 Glycan Recognition at the Saliva – Oral Microbiome Interface in the Human Mouth; Stefan Ruhl, University of Buffalo; noon; William W.M. Cheung Auditorium, Penn Dental.
6 Minimally Invasive Procedure: A Question of Sustainability; panel of speakers; 1 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
7 Synthetic Nucleic Acid (DNA) Approaches for Immunization and Immunotherapy; David Weiner, Wistar Institute; noon; Zoom meeting.
12 Smile Design The Next Generation – Limitations of the Past, Technological Solutions for the Future; Ralph Georg, SmileFy; 6 p.m.; online.
14 Bioinstructive Materials Regulate Cell Behavior in Inflammation and Regeneration; Kyle Holmberg Vining, Harvard; noon; room B-13, Levy Building.
19 AI in Practice: Artificial Intelligence, Real Dentistry; Kyle Stanley, Pearl; 6 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
20 Disability Rights Under ADA and the Impact on Private Dental Practice; Michael Ragan, Ragan Orthodontics; 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
21 C3-Targeted Therapy in Periodontal Disease: Moving Closer to the Clinic; John Lambris, medicine; noon; Cheung Auditorium, Levy Building and Zoom.
22 How to Train a TMJ Surgeon: A Perspective; Ron Aronovich, St. Joe’s Trinity Health; 7 a.m.; Zoom meeting.
Physics and Astronomy
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.physics.upenn.edu/events/.
6 Interlayer Excitons and Magneto-Exciton Condensation in van der Waals Heterostructures; Philip Kim, Harvard; 3:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting.
13 Biological Tissues as Mechanical Metamaterials; Lisa Manning, Syracuse University; 3:30 p.m.; room A8, DRL.
20 Quantum Optics Meets Correlated Electrons; Mohammad Hafezi, University of Maryland; 3:30 p.m.; room A8, DRL.
27 Twisting Nodal Superconductors; Jed Pixley, Rutgers; 3:30 p.m.; room A8, DRL.
Population Studies Center
In-person events at room 395, McNeil Building. Info: https://www.pop.upenn.edu/.
4 Reflections on COVID-19 Trends Among Latinos: The Evolving Story; Rogelio Sáenz, University of Texas at San Antonio; noon.
11 Marginal Returns: Race, Family Structure, and Children’s Life Chances; Christina Cross, Harvard; noon.
18 The Shift Project: Using Non-Traditional Survey Methods to Monitor Low-Wage Work; Kristen Harknett, UC San Francisco; noon.
25 Improving Public Sector Service Delivery: The Importance of Management; Adrienne Lucas, University of Delaware; noon.
Sociology
In-person events at room 367, McNeil Building. Info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/.
1 Trust Fund Families: An Ethnographic Study of Elite Family Bureaucratization; Doron Shiffer-Sebba, sociology; noon.
4 Educational Expectations of Parents and Students in 2.5 Generation Households; Richard Patti, sociology; 10 a.m.
8 Health Care as a Racialized Institution: Contextualizing Disparities in Provider-Patient Communication; Rebecca Schut, sociology; noon.
11 Migration, Family Living Patterns, and Early Childhood Development in Contemporary China; Xiuqi Yang, sociology; 10 a.m.
18 My Debt? Our Debt? Ambiguity and Advantage in Family Financial Assistance for Graduate School; Ellen Bryer, sociology; 10 a.m.
20 Asian Americans and Affirmative Action Policy; Van Tran, CUNY; noon; room 150, McNeil Building.
22 Translating Authentic Selves Into Authentic Applicants: Private College Consultants, Race, and Class in Selective College Admissions; Tiffany Huang, sociology; noon; room 367, McNeil Building.
25 Heterogeneous Impacts of Floods on Children’s Education in Rural India: Vulnerabilities by Gender, Age, Caste/Religious Group, and Socioeconomic Status; Nazar Khalid, demography; 10 a.m.
27 Here, There, and Elsewhere: The Making of Immigrant Identities in a Globalized World; Tahseen Shams, University of Toronto; noon; room 150, McNeil Building.
Teaching In Person in the Present Circumstances: Strategies for Supporting Students Through the Fall of 2021; Melissa Wilde, sociology and physics & astronomy; 2 p.m.; room 134, Van Pelt Library.
29 Defying Death: Pediatric Chronic Health Conditions and Believability; Hillary Steinberg, Drexel; noon; Zoom meeting.
Penn Vet
Online and in-person events. Info: https://www.vet.upenn.edu/.
5 What You Cannot See Can Hurt You: Sinking Your Teeth into Equine Dentistry; Amelie McAndrews, Penn Vet; 6:30 p.m.; online event.
6 How Status Seeking and Identity Maintenance Shape Political Polarization on Social Media: Evidence from a Mixed-Method Field Experiment on Twitter; Chris Bail, Duke University; noon; room 150, McNeil Building.
11 Deciphering Host-Parasite Interactions in Plasmodium Falciparum Transmission; Catherine Lavazec, Institut Cochin, Paris; noon; room 132, Hill Pavilion.
18 The Neural Basis of Temperature-Driven Host Seeking in the Human Threadworm Strongyloides Stercoralis; Astra Bryant, UCLA; noon; room 132, Hill Pavilion.
25 Mosquito Immunity and Malaria Transmission; Carolina Barillas-Mury, NIH; noon; room 132, Hill Pavilion.
Workshop in the History of Material Texts
In-person events at the Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt Library. Info: https://pennmaterialtexts.org/about/events/.
4 Reading the Material and Textual Histories in a Path Wampum Belt; Margaret Bruchac, anthropology; 5:15 p.m.
11 Antislavery Media; Teresa Goddu, Vanderbilt; 5:15 p.m.
18 Buddhist Monastic Constitutions; Brenton Sullivan, Colgate University; 5:15 p.m.
25 Printing Abolition: How the Fight to Ban the British Slave Trade Was Won, 1783–1807; Michael Suarez, University of Virginia; 5:15 p.m. Also October 26, 28.