2/18 Managing Presentation Anxiety Communication Within the Curriculum Associate Director Sue Weber offers tips and tricks to control anxiety during public speaking. A Penn graduate student ID is required. 12:00 p.m. Penn Graduate Student Center, 3615 Locust Walk
2/18 Food and Life Politics in Global Korea Hyaewol Choi of the University of Iowa delivers a talk about food as at the intersection of national politics, the global economy, and the mobility of people and ideas. She will discuss her research on the politics of domesticity and home cooking and street food in South Korea. 5:15 p.m. 3620 Walnut St.
2/27 Ground Control The Weitzman School of Design welcomes Jeffrey S. Nesbit of the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University to discuss his research on urbanization, infrastructure, and the evolution of "technical lands." 6:30 p.m. Fisher Fine Arts Library, 220 S. 34th St.
3/4 Songs of Love and Loss In collaboration with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Penn Museum presents flutist Emi Ferguson and harpist Ashley Jackson for a conversation and musical demonstration, moderated by Assyriologist Paul Delnero. The conversation will explore the role of the flute and harp in Sumerian culture. 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Penn Museum, 3260 South St.
