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17 Course Selection Period ends.
I-House Family Matinée
$5 (ages 2+), free/IHP members. Tickets: ihousephilly.org
9 Tales from Earthsea; animated fantasy epic based on the book series by Ursula K. Le Guin; 2 p.m.
Morris Arboretum
Prices & registration: morrisarboretum.org
1 Nature Play; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Top of the Oak Allée.
7 Storytime at the Arboretum; 10:30 a.m.; Visitor Center.
8 Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends; all day. Through September 9.
Penn Museum
Info: www.penn.musuem
12 Archaeological Adventures: Myths around the World; workshops, guided tours and interactions with conservators for Homeschool Day; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; admission: $12/children over 3 and adults; advanced registration required.
14 Exploring the Past; Homeschool Day: Teen Edition; 1-3:30 p.m.; info: www.penn.museum/homeschool
6 Women’s Voices from American Frontiers; explore some of the many women’s voices in Ok, I’ll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepid Women in the American Wilderness exhibit; 4 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; info and registration: www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/schim_conf.html Through September 7.
11 Penn Global Week; various locations; showcasing the depth and breadth of cultural activity and global programming available across campus; info: www.upenn.edu/globalweek Through September 14.
26 Energy Policy Roundtable in the PJM Footprint #11: Cybersecurity: Threats, Best Practices, and Improving the Regulatory Framework; 1-6:15 p.m.; reception following roundtable; Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, 4th floor, Fisher Fine Arts Library; $50/$100; info: susan@raabassociates.org; register: https://tinyurl.com/ycuxh96y
28 Fourth Annual PLAC Conference: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environmental Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean; 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m; Singh Center for Nanotechnology; info: https://tinyurl.com/y7gdte7l (Latin American and Latino Studies).
Admission Donations and Hours
Burrison Gallery, Inn at Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; http://tinyurl.com/kaevlec
Esther Klein Gallery: free; Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; http://estherkleingallery.tumblr.com/
ICA: free; hours: www.icaphila.org
International House: free; hours: http://ihousephilly.org/
Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; http://tinyurl.com/hvrlct4
Morris Arboretum: hours, prices: morrisarboretum.org
Penn Museum: $15/adults; $13/seniors; $10/children; free/members, PennCard holders and children under 5; Tues.-Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; first Wed.,
10 a.m.-8 p.m.; www.penn.museum
Ross Gallery(ARG): Fisher Fine Arts Library; free; hours: www.arthurrossgallery.org/
Slought; free; Tues.-Fri., noon-5 p.m.; slought.org
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free; hours: http://tinyurl.com/hwd74bp
Wistar: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Upcoming
1 Water and Solitude; photographs by Ed Stemmler; Burrison Gallery; reception: September 7, 5 p.m. Through October 9.
4 Truth & Image; artwork that absorbs, captivates, transfixes and delivers the viewer to newly imagined destinations; reception: September 7, after 7 p.m. screening of The Seventh Seal; East Alcove Gallery, Lightbox Film Center, I-House; info: www.davinciartalliance.org/calls/truthimage Through December 15.
11 The Other 9/11–Memories: Geography of a Decade, Chile, 1973-1983; more than 100 pieces of artwork and photos to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Chilean coup; Upper Ambulatory, Annenberg Center; reception: September 11, 6-8 p.m. Through October 11 (Latin American and Latino Studies).
14 Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It; films, objects and installations; ICA; reception: 6:30 p.m. Through December 23.
Ree Morton: The Plant That Heals May Also Poison; the work of artist Ree Morton; ICA; reception: 6:30 p.m.; curator-led tour: September 19, 6 p.m. Through December 23.
24 Imagery, Narrative, Propaganda: Artists in the German Democratic Republic; exhibit opening; 5:30 p.m.; rm. 500, Annenberg School; Cornelia Thomsen talk begins at 6 p.m.; info: https://tinyurl.com/ybx47w5g (Annenberg School).
27 Las Voces de Maria; profiles Puerto Ricans displaced by Hurricane Maria; Brodsky Gallery; opening reception: 6 p.m.; Class of 1942 Garden, Kelly Writers House.
Now
Critical Abstractions: Modern Architecture in Japan, 1868-2018; The Architectural Archives, Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library. Through September 24.
Without Roots We are Nothing; works that emphasize the critical role that the root plays in shaping the wholeness of the plant; Esther Klein Gallery. Arts & Science Lecture: September 27, 4 p.m., followed by a closing reception.
Collaboration: A Potential History of Photography; Slought. Info: https://slought.org/resources/collaboration_a_potential_history Through October 31.
Ok, I’ll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepid Women in the American Wilderness; selections from the Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness; Goldstein Family and Kamin Galleries, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through November 11.
William Kentridge: Universal Archive; series of 79 linocut images; Arthur Ross Gallery; reception: September 7, 5 p.m. Through November 11.
Cultures in the Crossfire: Stories from Syria and Iraq; shedding light on the ongoing destruction of cultural heritage in the Middle East; Penn Museum. Through November 26.
Musical Partnerships at Play: The Marlboro Music School and Festival; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through June 21, 2019.
Bearing Witness: Four Days in West Kingston; Penn Museum. Through December 2019.
Moundbuilders: Ancient Artifacts of North America; Penn Museum. Through December 2019.
Ongoing
Audubon’s Birds of America; 1st fl, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library.
Marian Anderson on the World Stage; Marian Anderson Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library.
Middle East Galleries; explores how ancient Mesopotamian societies gave rise to the world’s first cities through artifacts; Penn Museum.
Native American Voices: The People–Here and Now; Penn Museum.
Out of Time; 12 photos or paintings by artists and dancer Raphael Xavier; Lobby, Annenberg Center.
The Artifact Lab: Conservation in Action; Penn Museum; weekdays, 11-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-2 p.m.; weekends, noon-12:30 p.m. and 3-3:30 p.m.; free w/admission.
We Are Not Alone; Annenberg School of Communication.
Penn Museum Tours
Gallery Tours; Saturdays-Sundays, 1:30 p.m.; Pepper Hall; free with admission; info: www.penn.museum/visit/tours
Global Guides public tours; Saturdays-Sundays, 2:30 p.m.; free with admission.
14 In the Name of Peace, screening and discussion with director Maurice Fitzpatrick; 5 p.m.; rm. 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).
27 10 Drawings For Projection (1989-2011); features work from artist William Kentridge; 6 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery.
International House (I-House)
Lightbox Film Center
Tickets: $10, $8 students/seniors; free/members.
Info: www.lightboxfilmcenter.org
Screenings at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
4 Deep Dive: Ingmar Bergman (a discussion with Dr. Jan Holmberg); 6 p.m.
6 Wild Strawberries.
7 The Seventh Seal.
8 Through a Glass Darkly; 2 p.m.
Winter Light; 5 p.m.
The Silence; 8 p.m.
12 Tour Without End.
13 The Magician.
14 Persona.
15 Cries and Whispers; 5 p.m.
Scenes from a Marriage; 8 p.m.
17 Sci-Fi at Sunset: Flash Gordon; 8 p.m.
20 Newsreel ’68: Program 3.
21 Autumn Sonata.
27 Milford Graves Full Mantis.
25 Parenting Up and Parenting Down: Resources and Benefits for Caretakers; noon; Golkin rm. 223, Houston Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/yd6rljba (PPSA).
Penn Museum
Info: www.penn.museum
13 Morning Exercise; museum mile; 8:30 a.m.; Penn Museum.
26 Ancient Spices and Modern Kitchens; six-week course; 10:30 a.m.; cost: $250, $225/members. Register: www.penn.museum
Penn Home Ownership Services
13 First Time Homebuyers 101 (Credit, Pre-Approval & Deposits); 12:30 p.m.; HR Learning & Development, 3624 Market St.
19 Exploring the PHOS Programs; noon; rm. 08-146 AB, Smilow Center for Translational Research.
Penn Ice Rink, Class of 1923 Arena
Info: www.upenn.edu/icerink
8 Freshman Skate; 4:30 p.m.; free admission to all new students with PennCard.
9 Opening Day; 1 p.m.; $5, includes skates.
15 Penn Day; 4:30 p.m.; free admission for students with PennCard.
16 Penn Day; 1 p.m.; free admission to faculty, staff and families with PennCard.
HR: Professional and Personal Development Programs
Open to faculty and staff. Register at http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu
5 Effectively Communicating in the Workplace; 12:30-1:30 p.m.
11 TED Talk Tuesday: The Puzzle of Motivation; 12:30-1:30 p.m.
20 Leading With Emotional Intelligence; 9:00 a.m.-noon; $75.
25 Develop Your Presentation Skills; 12:30-1:30 p.m.
HR: Healthy You Workshops
Open to faculty and staff. Register at www.hr.upenn.edu/registration
4 Gentle Yoga; noon-1 p.m.
14 Spinning; 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
18 Gentle Yoga; noon-1 p.m.
21 Wellness Walk; noon-1 p.m.
28 Zumba; 11 a.m.-noon
HR: Work-life Workshops
Open to faculty and staff; Register at www.hr.upenn.edu/registration
5 Introduction to 8-Session Mindfulness in the Workplace Course (Pre-Requisite); 12:30-1:30 p.m.
6 Introduction to 8-Session Mindfulness in the Workplace Course (Pre-Requisite); 12:30-1:30 p.m.
11 Guided Meditation: Take a Breath and Relax; 12:30-1:30 p.m.
18 Grow Where You Are Planted: Making the Best of Situations; 12:30-1:30 p.m.; free.
19 Mindfulness; 12:30-1:30 p.m.
20 Thinking About Retirement Sessions; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
26 Mindfulness in the Workplace 8-Session Mindfulness Course Begins; 2:30-4:30 p.m.
27 How to Nominate a Staff Member or Team for a Models of Excellence Award; 12:30-1:30 p.m.
28 Guided Meditation; 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Liberal & Professional Studies
Register: www.upenn.edu/lps-events
4 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Café; programs director Yvette Bordeaux; noon; online.
5 Walk-In Wednesdays: Meet the College of Liberal and Professional Studies; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. & 4:30-6 p.m.; ste. 100, 3440 Market St. Wednesdays through September.
12 Organizational Dynamics On-Campus Information Session; 6 p.m.; ste. 100, 3440 Market St.
13 Master of Liberal Arts Virtual Information Session; program director Chris Pastore; noon; online.
18 Pre-Health Programs Virtual Information Session; programs director Jackie McLaughlin; 5 p.m.; online.
Morris Arboretum
Prices & registration: morrisarboretum.org
9 Drawing the Majesty of Trees; 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Also September 16, 23 & 30.
21 Gentle Yoga in Nature; 11:30 a.m. Also September 28.
22 Containers for All Seasons; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
5 University Council Meeting; 4 p.m., Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; register: ucouncil@pobox.upenn.edu or (215) 898-7005.
11 WPPSA Board Meeting; 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Conference Room 201, 3401 Walnut Street, B Wing.
13 PPSA Open Board Meeting; 1 p.m.; School of Nursing; RSVP: ppsa@lists.upenn.edu
25 WXPN Policy Board Meeting; noon; WXPN, 3025 Walnut St.
8 2nd Annual Pennovation Summer Concert: Featuring Sun Ra Arkestra; 6-8 p.m.; Pennovation Center (Pennovation Center).
23 Flute and Harp Recital; Penn Flutes-Michele Kelly, music director; 5 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium (Music).
26 Rochberg @ 100: A Centennial Celebration of Composer George Rochberg; Daedalus Quartet + Fromm Players featuring Ryne Cherry, baritone; 8 p.m.; Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Music).
28 Music in the Pavilion: Musicians from Marlboro-Classical and Romantic Chamber Music; 6:15 p.m. lecture, 7 p.m. performance, reception to follow; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; register: www.alumni.upenn.edu/marlboro_2018 (Music).
29 Vijay Iyer; composer/pianist solo performance; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center.
World Cafe Live
Performances daily. Complete listing and tickets: philly.worldcafelive.com
28 Philly Music Fest; two nights, only Philadelphia bands; 6 p.m.; info: https://phlmusicfest.com Through September 29.
Annenberg Center
Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org
28 Circa; Australian circus troupe; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. Also September 29, 2 p.m.
6 Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance; Amy Kaplan, English; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore.
13 Kids’ TV Grows Up: The Path from Howdy Doody to SpongeBob; Jo Holz, Annenberg; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore (Annenberg).
17 One Person, No Vote; Carol Anderson, Emory University; 6 p.m.; Penn Book Center. Info: www.pennbookcenter.com/event/carol-andersons-one-person-no-vote
Soraya Chemaly Book Signing; discussing her book Rage Becomes Her; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore.
18 The Musical Gift: Sonic Generosity in Post-War Sri Lanka; book release event; Jim Sykes, music; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 102, Lerner Center.
20 Two Times Platinum; Lloyd Remick, attorney; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore.
26 Acts, Facts, and Artifacts: The Stuff of Black Culture; Kevin Young, Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and Herman Beavers, English and Africana Studies; 5 p.m.; Lighthouse Film Center, I-House.
Frida: The Woman and the Novel; Barbara Mujica, novelist; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore.
27 Yung Pueblo Reading and Book Signing; reading from his poetry collection INWARD; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore.
28 State of the Nation; David Jackson Ambrose, author; 6:30 p.m.; Penn Bookstore.
Kelly Writers House
All events in the Class of 1942 Garden, unless noted otherwise.
Info: https://writing.upenn.edu/wh
5 Who Will Speak for America?; hosted by Stephanie Feldman and Nathaniel Popkin; 6 p.m.
12 Speakeasy Open Mic Night; 7:30 p.m.; Arts Cafe.
13 Alumni Panel: Careers in Journalism & New Media; Jill Castellano, Jess Goodman, and Ashley Parker with moderator Stephen Fried; 6 p.m.
17 Lunch with Maya Rao; Povich Journalism Program; noon.
18 A Lunchtime Reading and Conversation with Ondjaki; noon (Portugese Studies Program).
24 Dead Parents Society Meets Modern Loss; a conversation with Rebecca Soffer; noon.
LIVE at the Writers House; 7 p.m.
25 David Bromige Memorial Reading; 6 p.m.
26 Other Women Don’t Tell You: The Poetics of Motherhood; 6 p.m.
6 Student Activities & Resources Fair; 1-4 p.m.; College Green/Locust Walk (GAPSA).
Party on the Plaza!; Annenberg Center’s kick-off party for the Penn community; 4:30-6 p.m.; Annenberg Center Outdoor Plaza (rain location: Main Lobby); (PennCard required) RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/y8cajknf
7 Kelly Writers House Activities Fair; 1-4 p.m.; Class of 1942 Garden.
12 Pan-Asian American Community House (PAACH) Open House; 4-6 p.m.; rm. 108, ARCH Bldg.
19 Common Press Letterpress Demonstration; Mary Tasillo, studio manager; 3 p.m.; Common Press, lower level, Fisher Fine Arts Library; info: www.library.upenn.edu/commonpress
21 Life Saving Measures; emergency response preparedness and prevention; noon; Hamilton Field (PennReady).
LALS annual Almuerzo de Bienvenida/Welcome Lunch; location TBD; info: LALS@sas.upenn.edu (LALS).
Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics Open House; short talks, refreshments, and tours of the new PCPSE bldg.; 3-5 p.m.; PCPSE; www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS).
Penn Women’s Center Open House; 3-5 p.m.; Penn Women’s Center, 3643 Locust Walk.
22 Population Studies Center Fall Celebration; info: www.pop.upenn.edu (PSC).
24 PBC Voter Registration Drive; noon-6 p.m.; Penn Book Center.
25 Competing Visions of the Global Order; join scholars, policymakers and leaders from around the globe, including Vice President Joe Biden; Perry World House; registration opens early September; info: global.upenn.edu/perryworldhouse
Morris Arboretum
Prices & info: morrisarboretum.org
1 Early Bird Weekends; 8 a.m. Weekends through September.
Saturday Morning Live Tour: Hidden Gems; 11 a.m.; Visitor Center.
8 Dogs and Barks Tour; dogwood tree tour; 11 a.m. Also September 22.
16 Grist Mill Demonstration Day; 1-4 p.m.; Bloomfield Farm.
23 Autumnal Equinox; 1 p.m.; Baxter Memorial. Also at 2 p.m.
29 Korean Harvest Festival; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Penn Museum
Info: www.penn.museum
4 Conversational Corners; Spanish language groups welcome; 9-11 a.m.; group entrance. Also September 11, English language groups; September 18, Portuguese language groups; September 25, Italian language groups.
5 Crafternoons; knitting groups; 2-4 p.m.; Cultures in the Crossfire: Stories from Syria and Iraq exhibition. Also September 12, scrapbooking groups in the Museum Café; September 19, cross stitching groups in the Cultures in the Crossfire: Stories from Syria and Iraq exhibition; September 26, jewelry making groups in the Museum Café.
14 Coffee with a Keeper; enjoy your morning coffee in the company of Penn Museum expert Janet Monge; 9:30-11 a.m.; Museum Café (enter at group entrance); admission: $5; free/members.
21 Peace Day Philly and Welcoming Week Event; special Global Guide tour of the new Middle East Galleries; 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.; free w/museum admission.
22 Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day; download two free museum tickets on the Smithsonian magazine website; www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/museum-day-2018; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Archaeology in the A.M.; program for teens and young adults with special needs; 10 a.m.-noon; free w/museum admission; info: www.phillyautismproject.org; RSVP: meganbe@upenn.edu
Penn Vet Working Dog Center
3401 Grays Ferry Ave., Pennovation Center
4 “Get Lost” Working Dog Center Tour; 2 p.m.; RSVP: (215) 989-2200
20 “Up & Over, Under & Through” Working Dog Center Tour; 10 a.m.; RSVP: (215) 989-2200.
23 Basic K9 Patrol Handler Course; 400-hour, 10-week course; 8 p.m.; cost: $375; register: (215) 989-2200 or rodou@vet.upenn.edu
Info: http://www.pennathletics.com
2 Field Hockey vs. North Carolina; 1:30 p.m. (Ellen Vagelos Field).
3 Men’s Soccer vs. Drexel; 7 p.m. (Rhodes Field).
7 Volleyball vs. Radford; 7 p.m. (The Palestra).
8 Volleyball vs. Saint Francis; 10 a.m. (The Palestra).
Sprint Football Alumni Game; noon (Franklin Field).
Volleyball vs. Lehigh; 5 p.m. (The Palestra).
9 Field Hockey vs. Saint Joseph’s; 1 p.m. (Ellen Vagelos Field).
11 Volleyball vs. Delaware State; 7 p.m. (The Palestra).
14 Men’s Tennis hosts Penn Fall Invitational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Tennis Centers).
Women’s Soccer vs. UMBC; 5 p.m. (Rhodes Field).
15 Men’s Tennis hosts Penn Fall Invitational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Tennis Centers).
Football vs. Bucknell; 3 p.m. (Franklin Field).
16 Men’s Tennis hosts Penn Fall Invitational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Tennis Centers).
Field Hockey vs. Drexel; 1 p.m. (Ellen Vagelos Field).
21 Women’s Tennis hosts Cissie Leary Invitational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Tennis Centers).
Volleyball vs. Princeton; 7 p.m. (The Palestra).
Sprint Football vs. Cornell; 7 p.m. (Franklin Field).
22 Women’s Tennis hosts Cissie Leary Invitational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Tennis Centers).
Football vs. Lehigh; 3 p.m.
Women’s Soccer vs. Harvard; 4 p.m.
23 Women’s Tennis hosts Cissie Leary Invitational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Tennis Centers).
25 Men’s Soccer vs. Bucknell; 7 p.m. (Rhodes Field).
28 Volleyball vs. Yale; 7 p.m. (The Palestra).
Sprint Football vs. Chestnut Hill; 7 p.m. (Franklin Field).
29 Field Hockey vs. Harvard; noon (Ellen Vagelos Field).
Volleyball vs. Brown; 5 p.m. (The Palestra).
30 Field Hockey vs. Temple; 1 p.m. (Ellen Vagelos Field).
4 Between the Sheets: The Molecular Chemistry of Hybrid Perovskites; Hemamala Karunadasa, Stanford University; noon; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).
Graduate Research Colloquium; Alicia Meyer, English, and Sara Rendell, anthropology; noon; 3rd floor, GSWS/APC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett Hall (GSWS).
Customer Learning and Revenue-Maximizing Trial Design; Takeaki Sunada, economics; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 101, PCPSE (Economics).
5 60-Second Lecture: Changing Places: Using Science to Design Safer and Healthier Cities; John MacDonald, criminology and sociology, Fels Institute; noon; Ben Franklin Statue, College Hall (rain location: Reading Room); info: www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS).
Astronomy Seminar: Cosmology Seed Magnetic Field From Inflation A; Bharat Ratra, Kansas State; 2 p.m.; rm. A6, David Rittenhouse Laboratory (Physics and Astronomy).
Electrokinetics, Transport and Stability at Reactive Metal Electrodes in High-energy Batteries; Lynden A. Archer, Cornell; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering).
Condensed Matter Seminar: Soft Matter Physics of the Evolution of Multi-cellularity; Peter Yunker, Georgia Tech; 4 p.m.; rm. A6, David Rittenhouse Laboratory (Physics and Astronomy).
Money Macro Seminar: Self-Fulfilling Debt Dilution: Maturity and Multiplicity in Debt Models; Mark Aguiar, Princeton; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics).
The EwingCole Lecture: Sir Peter Cook; Peter Cook, founder, Archigram and Cook-Robotham Architecture Bureau; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Graduate Architecture).
6 Struggles for Visibility: Surveillance Representations and Self-Representations of Terrorists in the News Media; Mette Mortensen, University of Copenhagen; noon; 6th floor, 3901 Walnut St; RSVP: marina.krikorian@asc.upenn.edu (Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication).
Molecular QED Theory of Resonance Energy Transfer; Akbar Salam, Wake Forest University; 1 p.m.; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).
Estimating Models of Entry and Differentiated Products; Isabelle Perrigne, Rice; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics).
What an Ultrathin Cell can do: Structural and Signaling Roles of the Lung Alveolar Type 1 Cell; Jichao Chen, MD Anderson Cancer Center; 4 p.m.; rm. 12-146, Smilow Center for Translational Research (Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology).
7 Culture, Ethnography, and Interaction: Thank God It’s Monday: Coworking Spaces as Cultural Marketplaces; David Grazian, sociology; noon; rm. 169, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology).
Archaeology, Museums and War in the 21st Century; Brian Rose, classical studies; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).
10 Heterogeneity and Aggregate Fluctuations; Frank Schorfheide and Minsu Chang, economics, and Xiaohong Chen, Yale; noon; rm. 203, PCPSE (Economics).
Observational Data for Discovery Science; Nicholas P. Tatonetti, Columbia; noon; rm. 10-146, Smilow Center for Translational Research (Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics).
PSC Colloquium Series: Calidad de Vida de los Adultos Mayores en Chile; David Bravo, Catholic University of Chile; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology).
Econometrics Seminar; Ivana Komunjer, Georgetown; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics).
11 Dissecting Tumor Metabolism from Immunometabolism; Jonathan Powell, Johns Hopkins University; noon; Caplan Auditorium, Wistar (Wistar).
Industrial Organization Seminar; Alessandro Gavazza, London School of Economics; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 101, PCPSE (Economics).
Micro Theory Seminar; Doron Ravid, University of Chicago; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 203, PCPSE (Economics).
Regulation of Energy Homeostasis: Basic Biology and New Therapeutic Opportunities; Bruce Spiegelman, Harvard; 4 p.m.; Smilow Rubenstein Auditorium (Cardiovascular Institute).
Annenberg Seminar: Newer Women and Newer Men in Interwar Britain; Reba N. Soffer, California State, Northridge; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History).
12 60-Second Lecture Series: Lost Words: 5 Medieval Words That We Need Right Now; Emily Steiner, English; noon; Ben Franklin Statue, College Hall (rain location: Bistro, Houston Hall); info: www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS).
Colloquium; Whitney Trettien, English; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).
Data-driven Design of Self-assembling Colloids and Machine Learning of Protein Folding Funnels; Andrew Ferguson, University of Chicago; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering).
Department Colloquium; Robert McKeown, Jefferson Lab; 4 p.m.; rm. A8, David Rittenhouse Laboratory (Physics and Astronomy).
Money Macro Seminar; Rishabh Kirpalani, Penn State; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics).
Dream The Combine; Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Graduate Architecture).
13 Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation Interacts with Cancer and Normal Tissues; Ling Qin, orthopaedic surgery; noon; rm. 10-146, Smilow Center for Translational Research (Radiobiology and Imaging).
Inorganic Chemistry Seminar; Smarand Marinescu, Johns Hopkins University; noon; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).
Empirical Micro Seminar; Yusuke Narita, Yale; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics).
Diversification and Domestication of Yeast; Justin Fay, Rochester University; 4 p.m.; Tedori Auditorum, Levin Bldg. (Biology).
Epigenetics Monthly Seminar Series; Sydney Shaffer, Jennifer Aleman, PSOM; 4 p.m.; rm. 09-146AB, Smilow Center for Translational Research (Cell and Developmental Biology).
14 Culture, Ethnography and Interaction; Julia Ticona, Annenberg; noon; rm. 169, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology).
Galois Seminar; Dong Quan Nguyen, Notre Dame University; 3:15 p.m.; DRL 4N30 (Mathematics).
It’s About Time; Nicholas Herman, Penn Libraries; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).
17 60-Second Lecture Series: Interpreting the Constitution; Samual Freeman, humanities; noon; Ben Franklin Statue, College Hall (rain location: Bistro, Houston Hall); info: www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS).
Epigenetic Drivers of Childhood Brain Cancer: A Histone Tale; Sriram Venneti, University of Michigan; noon; Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Bldg. (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Department).
Jumps, Realized Densities and News Premia; Paul Sangrey, economics PhD candidate; noon; rm. 203, PCPSE (Economics).
PSC Colloquium Series: Conducting Research Using Restricted Census Data; Ethan Hossain, US Census Bureau; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology).
Preparation, Passion and Serendipity: Reflections on an Unfinished, Non-Traditional Career in Chemistry; Richard Hark, Yale University; noon; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).
Current Biology: Predictable Events Enhance Word Learning in Toddlers; Jenny Saffran, University of Wisconsin; 3:30 p.m.; Levin Auditorium, Levin Bldg. (Psychology).
Weak Identification in a Class of Generically Identified Models with an Application to Factor Models; Gregory Fletcher Cox, Columbia; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics).
Alphaville, The City Layer, and the New Normal; Benjamin H. Gratton, UC San Diego; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Graduate Architecture).
18 Nitrogenase M-Cluster Assembly; Markus Ribble, University of California, Irvine; noon; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).
Work in Progress Seminar; Lauren Jade Martin, Penn State; noon; rm. 345, Fisher-Bennett Hall, Conference Room; register: https://tinyurl.com/y7lx9sqg (Alice Paul Center).
Industrial Organization Seminar: Job Market Talk; Ambar LaForgia, Health Care Management and Economics PhD Program; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 101, PCPSE (Economics).
Reputation Effects Under Interdependent Values; Harry Pei, Northwestern; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 203, PCPSE (Economics).
19 60-Second Lecture Series: 60 Seconds is Forever (Without a Watch); Jamal Elias, religious studies and South Asia studies; noon; Ben Franklin Statue, College Hall (rain location: Bistro, Houston Hall); info: www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS).
Privacy, Research Ethics and the Dead; Susan Lawrence, University of Tennessee; 4 p.m.; rm. 2019, Claire Fagin Hall (Nursing).
The Role of Efferocytosis in Cardiovascular Disease; Nicholas Leeper, Stanford; 4 p.m.; rm. 11-146, Smilow Center for Translational Research (Cardiovascular Institute).
Why Do Spatial Wage Gaps Persist? Evidence from the Enduring Divide Between East and West Germany; Tommaso Porzio, UC-San Diego; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics).
Humans vs. Robots: (Re)Valuating the Worth of Work in the Age of Automation; Ya-Wen Lei, Harvard University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. B26, Stiteler Hall (Center for the Study of Contemporary China).
20 Knowledge by the Slice: How Discrimination Haunts Western Democracy; Michael Hanchard, Africana studies; noon; Irvine Auditorium, Café 58; https://tinyurl.com/y7ryxmxz (SAS).
TBA; Paul Cremer, Penn State University; 1 p.m.; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).
Physical Chemistry Seminar; Ondjaki, Angolan writer, poet, and director; 2 p.m.; Iron Gate Theatre (Portuguese Language Program).
Generation and Regeneration of the Mammalian Lung; Edward E. Morrisey, medicine and cell and developmental biology, Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology and Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine; 4 p.m.; rm. 11-146 Smilow Center for Translational Research (Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology).
Physiology Seminar Series; Jeanne Nerbonne, Washington University in St. Louis; 4 p.m.; CRB Austrian Auditorium and Lobby, Clinical Research Bldg. (Physiology).
TBA; Carl Bergstrom, University of Washington; 4 p.m.; Tedori Auditorum, Levin Bldg. (Biology).
Almost Failing: Mexico’s Violence, Space and Discourse; Hector Amaya, University of Virginia, Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 109, Annenberg School for Communication (Annenberg).
21 Grappling with Hercules: The Heroic Male Nude and the Embodied Viewer around 1600; Kendra Grimmett, history of art PhD Candidate; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).
23 The Digital Restoration Initiative: Reading the Invisible Library; W. Brent Seales, University of Kentucky; 2 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum).
24 Smooth Priors and the Curse of Dimensionality: Feasible Multivariate Density Estimation; Paul Sangrey and Minsu Chang, economics PhD candidates; noon; rm. 203, PCPSE (Economics).
PSC Colloquium Series: Explaining Health Disparities in the Sexual Minority Population: Health Behaviors, Access to Care and Neighborhood Effects; Matthew Ruther, University of Louisville; noon; rm. 103, NcNeil Bldg. (Sociology).
After Galen, Before Galenism: Medical Knowledge in the Early Middle Ages; Meg Leja, Binghamton University; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Cohen Hall (History and Sociology of Science).
Econometrics Seminar; Koen Jochmans, Cambridge; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics).
Paleontology and Connoisseurship; Carlo Ginzburg, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, sixth floor,Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; info: https://tinyurl.com/y8ylppah (A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography).
25 A Conversation with Donna Graves, public historian; noon; Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign Graduate Program in Historic Preservation).
Graduate Research Colloquium Series: Exploding the Spectacle: The Urgency of (Re)Graphing Blackness in Kindred, and Live From the Underground; Kiana Murphy and Dana Cypress, English; noon; 3rd floor, GSWS/APC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett Hall (GSWS).
Musculoskeletal Microbiology; Christopher Hernandez, Cornell; 1:30 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (McKay Orthopaedic Research Lab).
An Empirical Model of R&D Procurement Contests: An Analysis of the DOD SBIR Program; Vivek Bhattacharya, Northwestern; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 101, PCPSE (Economics).
Micro Theory Seminar; Paul Milgrom, Stanford; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 203, PCPSE (Economics).
Microbiome Time in Metabolic Disease; Christoph A. Thaiss, microbiology; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 12-146A/B, Smilow Center for Translational Research (IDOM).
Did Delaware Get it Right or Mess It Up in Addressing the Takeover Boom of the 1980s?; panel discussion moderated by Lawrence Hamermesh, Institute for Law & Economics; 4:30 p.m.; rm. S245A, Law School (Penn Law).
PennMusic Colloquium; Rey Chow, Duke; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 102, Lerner Center (Music).
A New Species of Antiquarian; Carlo Ginzburg, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, sixth floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; info: https://tinyurl.com/y8ylppah (A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography).
Expanding Historic Preservation Practice: Lessons from LGBTQ Histories; Donna Graves, public historian; 6 p.m.; Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hall (GSWS).
From Self-Help to Self-Determination: Radical Politics Off the (Non-Profit Industrial Complex) Grid; Erica Kohl-Arenas, UC Davis; 6 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (Graduate City and Regional Planning).
26 60-Second Lecture Series: OK Google/Siri/Alexa/Cortana, What’s Next?; Mark Liberman, Linguistic Data Consortium; noon; Ben Franklin Statue, College Hall (rain location: Bistro, Houston Hall); info: www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS).
Colloquium; Kathy DeMarco Van Cleve, cinema and media studies; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).
Ours to Lose: Places in West Philadelphia at Risk of Being Forgotten; Vincent Feldman, photographer; noon; The Hourglass Room, The Inn at Penn. RSVP: pasef@pobox.upenn.edu (PASEF).
PSC Colloquium Series: Birth of the Culture Wars: How Race and Class Divided American Religion; Melissa Wilde, sociology; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology).
Astronomy Seminar; Daniel Jacobs, Arizona State; 2 p.m.; rm. A6, David Rittenhouse Laboratory (Physics and Astronomy).
Condensed Matter Seminar: Geometrically Frustrated Self-Assembly: What Determines the Dimensionality of the Aggregates?; Pierre Ronceray, Princeton; 4 p.m.; rm. A6, David Rittenhouse Laboratory (Physics and Astronomy).
CVI Seminar Series; Benjamin Prosser, PSOM; 4 p.m.; rm. 11-146, Smilow Center for Translational Research (Cardiovascular Institute).
Lawrence R. Klein Lecture; Richard Rogerson, Princeton; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (International Economic Review).
Acts, Facts and Artifacts: The Stuff of Black Culture; Kevin Young, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and New Yorker, and Herman Beavers, English and Africana studies; 5 p.m.; Lightbox Film Center, International House (Wolf Humanities Center).
Memory/Race/Nation—The Politics of Modern Memorials; Mabel O. Wilson, Columbia; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Graduate Architecture).
27 Understanding the Prostate Cancer Genome: From Biomarker Discovery to Clinical Application; Felix Y. Feng, University of California, San Francisco; noon; rm. 8-146, Smilow Center for Translational Research (Radiation Oncology).
Memory at “The Mine of Death”: Cultural Landscapes of Andean Mercury Mining; Douglas K. Smit, anthropology; 12:30 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum).
Portuguese as a Welcoming Language for Immigrants and Refugees in Brazil; Leandro Rodrigues Alves Diniz, University Federal de Minas Gerais, of Brazil; 2 p.m.; location TBD (Latin American and Latino Studies).
Understanding the Labor Market Payoff of Social Networks; Yiran Chen, economics PhD candidate; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics).
An Even More Humiliating Option; Carlo Ginzburg, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, sixth floor,Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; info: https://tinyurl.com/y8ylppah (A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography).
28 GCB Chalk Talks; Yi Xing, Hongzhe Li, Mingyao Li, Penn; 2 p.m.; Class of 1962 Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg. (Biomedical Graduate Studies).
Testimonios: Voices in Solidarity Against State Repression; sharing of first-hand accounts of state repression in the Americas; 3 p.m.; location TBA; info: https://lals.sas.upenn.edu (LALS and UAB).