Conferences

3          Unseen Struggles: Women’s Rights in the Criminal Justice System; includes four panels examining the various hurdles that women—particularly women of color—face during, and after, incarceration; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Zoom webinars; register: https://tinyurl.com/law-conference-mar-3 (Carey Law School; Journal of Law & Public Affairs).

Exhibits

Penn Museum
In-person and online events. Info: https://penn.museum/calendar.

4          Virtual Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m. Also March 11, 2:30 p.m.

5          Rome Gallery Tour; 11 a.m.

            Global Guide Tour: Middle East Galleries; 2:30 p.m.

6          Egypt Galleries Tour; 11 a.m. Also March 13, 11 a.m.

            Global Guide Tour: Africa Galleries; 2:30 p.m. Also March 13, 2:30 p.m.

12        Middle East Galleries Tour; 11 a.m.

            Global Guide Tour: Mexico & Central America Gallery; 2:30 p.m.

Fitness & Learning

3          What Penn Owes Philadelphia Families: A Teach-in on Housing and Education Justice; a conversation about Penn’s impact on West Philadelphia, including information about Coalition to Save the University Townhomes and Penn for PILOTs; 5:30 p.m.; online event; register: https://tinyurl.com/C78FTVU6 (Penn AAUP).

Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Unless noted, online events. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.

1          Yoga and Meditation Sessions with Dr. Charru Sharma; noon-5 p.m.; room TBA, GSE.

9          Radical Resilience Workshop; for faculty and staff; 10 a.m.

10        Caring for the Caregiver; for faculty and staff; 10:15 a.m.

15        Avoiding Burnout; for faculty and staff; 12:30 p.m.

Penn Nursing
Info: https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/calendar/.

14        Anti-Bias Curriculum Project: Dialogues to Advance Health Equity; all day. Through March 16.

Talks

1          The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th Century Central Asia; Scott Levi, Ohio State University; 5 p.m.; Stephanie Grauman Wolf Room, McNeil Center for Early American Studies (History).

            The “Grand Experiment”: Sato Eisaku and The Remaking of Postwar Japan; Ryota Murai, Komazawa University; 5:15 p.m.; room 402, Cohen Hall; register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/274270268757 (Center for East Asian Studies).

2          The Water We Swim In: A Discussion on Water and Equity; panel of speakers; noon; online webinar; register: https:// https://tinyurl.com/water-center-talk-mar-2 (Water Center at Penn).

3          Learning to Interact With the World: When Generality Meets Precision; Maria Bauza Villalonga, MIT; 11 a.m.; room 225, Towne Building, and Zoom webinar; join: https://tinyurl.com/villalonga-talk-mar-3 (Electrical & Systems Engineering).

4          Why Black Women Media Makers Matter; Sarah Jackson, Annenberg School; Sara Lomax-Reese, WURD Radio; noon; Zoom webinar; register: https://tinyurl.com/lomax-reese-mar-4 (Annenberg School).

            Mechanics of Polymeric Gels; Shawn Chester, New Jersey Institute of Technology; 2 p.m.; PICS Conference Room, 3401 Walnut Street (Penn Institute for Computational Science).

            Digging Deeper to Understand How Soils Respond to Climate Change; Caitlin Hicks Pries, Dartmouth; 3 p.m.; room 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Science).

7          Molecular Regulation of Lipid Droplet Catabolism; David Kast, Washington University in St. Louis; 2 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB, and BlueJeans webinar; join: https://pennmedicine.bluejeans.com/832338401576/571349048955 (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute).

15        The Queer Atlantic Triangle; Jill Richards, Yale; 5 p.m.; Zoom webinar; info: https://www.english.upenn.edu/events (English).

Chemistry
Unless noted, in-person events at Carol Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex. Info: https://www.chem.upenn.edu/events.

1          Bioinspired Small Molecule Activation for Energy-Related Catalysis; Franc Meyer, Georg-August-University Göttingen; noon.

4          Wood, Light and Electricity – Three Flavors of Synthetic Chemistry; Till Opatz, Institute of Mainz, Germany; noon.

14        New Methods for the Chemoselective Functionalization of Peptides; Caroline Proulx, North Carolina State University; noon; Zoom webinar.

Computer & Information Science (CIS)
Hybrid events at various locations and Zoom webinars. Info: https://www.cis.upenn.edu/events/.

1          Neural Representation and Rendering of 3D Real-world Scenes; Lingjie Liu, Max Plank Institute; 3:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall.

2          Theoretical Foundations of Pre-Trained Models; Qi Lei, Princeton; 3:30 p.m.; room 307, Levine Hall.

3          Privacy and Scalability for Decentralized Cryptographic Systems; Pratyush Mishra, UC Berkeley; 3:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall.

14        Unleashing the Potential of In-Network Computing; Daehyeok Kim, Microsoft; 3:30 p.m.; room 307, Levine Hall.

Economics
Unless noted, in-person events at room 101, PCPSE. Info: https://economics.sas.upenn.edu/events.

2          Constrained Efficient Allocation of Household Financial Sophistication and Wealth; Min Kim, economics; noon; room 200, PCPSE.

3          Learning Through Repetition? A Dynamic Evaluation of Grade Retention in Portugal; Emilio Borghesan, economics; 3:30 p.m.

15        Outside Options, Reputations, and the Partial Success of the Coase Conjecture; Jack Fanning, Brown University; 3:30 p.m.

Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Unless noted, hybrid events at room 203, GSE and Zoom webinars. Info: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/events-calendar.

2          Open Education Resources (OER) as Disruptive Innovation; Richard Baraniuk, Rice University; 1 p.m.; online webinar.

Mathematics
Locations vary. Info: https://www.math.upenn.edu/events.

1          Intracellular Droplet Dynamics in Phase Separated Systems; Kelsey Gasior, University of Ottowa; 4 p.m.; room A1, DRL, and Zoom webinar.

2          Beyond the Frontier: Algorithm Design for Fair Machine Learning; Michael Kearns, mathematics; 3:45 p.m.; room A6, DRL.

3          Scalar Curvature, Minimal Surfaces, and Hyperbolizable 3-Manifolds; Ben Lowe, Princeton; 5:15 p.m.; Zoom webinar.

Sociology
Unless noted, hybrid events at room 367, McNeil Building, and Zoom webinars. Info: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/events.

2          How the State Shapes Human Potential; Heba Gowayed, Boston University; noon; room 150, McNeil Building.

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AT PENN Information
This is an update to the March AT PENN calendar, which is online now. The deadline to submit events for our upcoming April AT PENN calendar is Monday, March 14. To submit an event for that calendar or an upcoming weekly update, email almanac@upenn.edu.