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Update: September at PENN

Activities for children

Penn Museum
Online and in-person events. Info and registration: https://www.penn.museum/calendar.

28 Anthro Live at home: create a Tapa cloth; 1:00 p.m.

Fitness and learning

23 Resource session for caregivers for faculty; provide an overview of the care resources available at Penn Faculty; 10h; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/caregiving-resources-sept-23 (vice-rector of the faculty).

GIC open house, welcome and introduction to the indigenous and indigenous community; 6:00 p.m. Greenfield Intercultural Center, 3708 Chestnut Street (GIC).

24 Master in Law Information session for the general public; provide an overview of the Master of Laws (ML) degree, application instructions, highlight the various study programs available and provide an overview of the student experience; noon; Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/penn-law-info-sept-24 (Penn Law). Also September 28, noon, for members of the Penn community.

African American Resource Center
Online and in-person events. Info and registration: https://aarc.upenn.edu/events.

22 “Open House” for graduate students of the Penn Women’s Center and the African American Resource Center; 11 am-1pm

Women of Color at Penn Meet & Greet; 4:00 p.m.

23 Meet and greet the men of color; 5:00 p.m.

25 Penn Women’s Center and African American Resource Center Community Luncheon; noon.

Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Online and in-person events. Info and to register: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.

22 Develop a daily practice for calm; 12:30 p.m.

24 Friday virtual discussions with admissions; noon.

Virgin Pulse wellness platform demo; noon.

Conflict resolution; 12:30 p.m.

27 Virtual information session: mid-career; 6:00 p.m.

LGBT Center
In-person events at Goodhand Room, LGBT Center. Info: https://lgbtc.vpul.upenn.edu/.

21 Mid-Autumn Moon Festival; 7:00 p.m.

24 Festival of cultural resources Festival; 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Penn Libraries
Online and in-person events. Info and registration: https://guides.library.upenn.edu/workshops.

22 Introducing Zotero; 5:00 p.m.

24 Penn Walks 2 Wellness; noon.

27 Zotero 101; 4:00 p.m.

28 Making the Most of Mendeley: Organizing and Citing; 11:00

School of Social Policy and Practice (SP2)
Online events. Info and registration: https://www.sp2.upenn.edu/sp2-events/month/2021-09/.

25 Admissions Information Session: Masters Programs; 10:00 a.m.

Music

22 Odean Pope / Immanuel Wilkins / Chad Taylor Trio: A Celebration of the Fall Equinox and an Opening Night for the Second Annual John Coltrane Symposium; a closing celebration of the New Grass series of programs; 5:00 p.m. les Bois (Music, Atelier Ars Nova).

Readings and signatures

22 Climate Week at Penn Book Talk: Climate Change and Journalism; brings together the co-publishers and contributing authors of the new book; 1:00 p.m. Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/annenberg-climate-week-sept-22 (Annenberg School).

23 Celebrate the new faculty books: The Muridiyya in motion. Islam, migration and the creation of places; Cheikh Babou, history; 5:00 p.m. room 209, College Hall and Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97889770844 (History).

Black / Queer / Risk and the Museum Reading Group; see the works of contemporary black queer visual artists; 5:00 p.m. Zoom meeting; info: [email protected] (Fine arts).

Talks

21 New approaches for integrating microbiome and covariate data; Christine Peterson, MD Anderson Cancer Center; 3:30 p.m. BlueJeans meeting; join: https://bluejeans.com/515188833/2631 (CCEB).

22 Making progress on health equity: rethinking governance and aligning systems; José Pagán, NYU; 10h; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/ldi-talk-sept-22 (Leonard Davis Institute).

Blackface Minstrelsy in Buster Keaton’s 1920s Movies; William Schmenner, film studies; noon; Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/schmenner-talk-sept-22 (Cinema Studies).

New Directions in Immigration and Crime Research; Charis Kubrin, UC Irvine; noon; Zoom meeting; ID: 946 9550 1694; password: CRIM 558 (Criminology).

Non-reciprocal phase transitions; Vincenzo Vitelli, University of Chicago; 3:30 p.m. Zoom meeting; join: https://tinyurl.com/vitelli-talk-sept-22 (Physics and astronomy).

Race, solidarity and alliance: embracing our black LGBTQ + brothers and sisters; round table; 5:30 p.m. register: https://tinyurl.com/PennRSASignUP (AARC).

Seams: creating an architecture; Felecia Davis, architect; 6.30 p.m. live streaming on YouTube; register: https://tinyurl.com/davis-talk-sept-22 (Architecture).

23 Profiles of Asian American Adulthood; Phoebe Ho, University of North Texas; 9:30 am; room 367, McNeil building (sociology).

Al Mudhif – A confluence with Yaroub Al-Obaidi; Yaroub Al-Obaidi, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; 12:30 p.m .; online event; info: https://tinyurl.com/al-obaidi-talk-sept-22 (Penn Museum).

Investigation into the new reactivities allowed by Polariton chemistry; Frank Huo, University of Rochester; 1:00 p.m. Zoom meeting; info: https://www.chem.upenn.edu/events/ (Chemistry).

True Confessions: Foucault in the Archives; Niki Kasumi Clements, Rice University; 3:30 p.m. Zoom meeting; info: [email protected] (Religious studies).

Responding to climate change “unequivocally”: legal and political implications of the latest IPCC report; Daniel Bodansky, Arizona State University; Nathaniel Keohane, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions; Shelley Welton, University of South Carolina; 4:00 p.m. Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/law-talk-sept-23 (Penn Law).

Rural development in China and East Asia; Kristen Looney, Georgetown University; 4.30 p.m., SCLC and Zoom conference room; info: https://tinyurl.com/looney-talk-sept-23 (Center for the Study of Contemporary China).

24 Urban Informality, Latinx Immigrants, and the State of Employment in the United States; Michael Jones-Correa, political science; noon; location to be determined; info: https://tinyurl.com/jones-correa-talk-sept-24 (Penn IUR, LALS).

Joséphine Baker goes to the Pantheon: black women and citizenship in France; Annette Joseph-Gabriel, University of Michigan; 4:30 p.m. Zoom meeting; join: https://upenn.zoom.us/meeting/97685558366 (French and French studies).

27 Corona Time: Reading Fiction During the COVID-19 Pandemic; Christina Lupton, University of Copenhagen; Ben Davies, University of Portsmouth; 5:15 p.m. Pavilion of the class of 1978, Van Pelt Library (Workshop on the history of material texts).

Architecture & Robotics: New Modes of Practice & Pedagogy; panel of speakers; 6.30 p.m. Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: https://tinyurl.com/architecture-talk-sept-27 (Architecture).

28 Kirigami: Programming of cutting and folding from microscopic scale to metric scale; Shu Yang, materials science and engineering; 10:00 am; Zoom meeting; info: [email protected] (Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics).

Different Mechanisms Define IncRNA Gene Transcription and Protein Coding Units in Mammalian Cells; Nicholas Proudfoot, Oxford; noon; GoToMeeting webinar; join: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/227215405 (Wistar Institute).

The obvious facts and deceptions of photoredox reactions; John Swierk, University of Binghamton; noon; Carol Lynch Boardroom, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry).

New evidence of racial disparities in financial regulatory leadership; Chris Brummer, Georgetown University; 5:00 p.m. Zoom meeting; register: https://tinyurl.com/brummer-talk-sept-28 (Penn Law).

Annenberg School for Communication
Online events. Info and to register: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/events.

22 Trump Archiving: Cruelties, Corruption and the Complexity of Quotes; Jay Rosen, NYU; Leah Wright Rigor, Brandeis University; 12:30 p.m .; Zoom meeting.

Classical studies
In-person events. Info: https://www.classics.upenn.edu/events.

23 Hipponax, iambic laughter and the question of gender; Ralph Rosen, classical studies; 4:45 p.m. room 402, Claudia Cohen Hall and Zoom.

Penn Dental
Online events. Info and registration: https://www.dental.upenn.edu/news-events/events/.

22 Preventive nutrition interventions for people with special needs; Matthew Whipple, Seven Valley Dental; 5.30 p.m.

Economy
Online and in-person events. Info and to register: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.

22 The impact of market power on welfare: the OPEC cartel; Jan De Loecker, KU Leuven; 3:30 p.m. Zoom.

Persistent reparations and racial wealth disparities; Loukas Karabarbounis, University of Minnesota; 4:00 p.m. room 100, PCPSE.

Mathematics
In-person events. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.

21 Early detection of cancer with circulating tumor DNA; Giulia Simoni, Stanford; 4:00 p.m. room 4C8, DRL.

23 “Concordance” in algebraic geometry and Hilbert schemes; Elden Elmanto, Harvard; 5:15 p.m. room 4C8, DRL.

28 Geometric properties of generalized bundles of conformal blocks; Chiara Damiolini, mathematics; 3:30 p.m. room 4C4, DRL.

Middle East
Online and in-person events. Info: https://mec.sas.upenn.edu/events.

23 Return to Ruin: Iraqi stories of exile and nostalgia; Zainab Saleh, Haverford; 5:30 p.m. room 110, Annenberg school.

To PENN Calendar

The AT PENN September calendar is now online and the AT PENN October calendar will be published on Tuesday, September 28. To submit an event for an update to either calendar, email us at [email protected].