SEAS Weekly 12-02-24
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Important Dates: 
| Date | Event |
| December 2 | Classes resume |
| December 9 | Last day of Fall classes |
| December 10-11 | Reading Days |
| December 12-19 | Final Exams |
| December 19 | Fall Term ends |
Announcements for the week
Dual Major with A.I
Penn Engineering students can now pursue a dual major with the Raj and Neera Singh B.S.E in Artificial Intelligence.
For more information or questions, please email the A.I. Advisor Kat Buchanan: buchkat@seas.upenn.edu
*Note: Students are not permitted to dual major between A.I. and CSCI, NETS, or SSE.
The Table Leader Job Opportunity
The Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CETLI) is seeking to hire enthusiastic and experienced TAs and LAs to serve as Table Leaders for spring 2025. Table Leaders play a vital role in facilitating small group discussions during the synchronous training sessions, helping new TAs and LAs explore real-world teaching dynamics, develop effective grading strategies, and navigate challenging situations. This is a fantastic opportunity for those looking to make a meaningful impact on their peers’ professional development.
A Table Leaders position description is included below, click here to apply. Review of the application begins immediately! If you have any questions, contact Karen Lagasse
Energy Week Lightning Talks – Call for Presenters!
Want a chance to share your passion for energy research and/or policy? Apply to be a speaker in the Energy Week Lightning Talks! Penn students and postdocs are invited to share their work in energy research or policy with the broader Penn community. Finalists will be selected to present 8-minute talks using three or fewer slides in front of a judge’s panel and a live audience. All finalists will receive a $200 award for being selected. The Judge’s Choice Award and Audience Choice Award recipients will receive an additional $200.
Deadline to apply – December 5th
Click here to apply to be a Speaker
Finalists will present their work on Monday, February 10 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm in the Kleinman Energy Forum.
Be Part of an Exclusive Beta Test for Lucy, Penn’s Groundbreaking AI-Powered Peer Advisor!
We are thrilled to invite all volunteers to participate in an exclusive beta test of Penn’s innovative AI-powered tool, Lucy.
Imagine having the ultimate peer advisor at your fingertips—one that can guide you to any resource and provide answers to all your Penn-related questions. Lucy ensures you’re aware of everything Penn has to offer, tailored specifically to you, helping you discover opportunities you might have otherwise missed.
If you’re eager to try the V1, sign up using your Penn email at the link below, share your feedback and experience, and be part of history by being among the first to use a revolutionary AI university agent.
For any inquiries, feel free to contact Mathieu Perez at matperz@sas.upenn.edu
Events (Engineering)
A Reading from the Kelly Writers House (KWH) First-Year Seminar
Students in the Kelly Writers House First-Year Seminar have spent the semester discovering what it means to work in and around the “third space” of the Writers House as poets, fiction writers, journalists, and scholars. We’ve had readings, author visits, workshops, field trips, and excursions into the practice of literary curation – now it’s our turn. Come hear a selection of works created by students themselves! All are welcome; lunch will be served.
Wednesday, December 5th
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk
Click here to register
4A and Front Row Theatre Company Present “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark”
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage is a modern play set predominantly in Hollywood of the 1930’s. It follows a group of young actresses who struggle with racial stereotyping in Hollywood. Vera Stark, an African-American maid, stars in a controversial antebellum film, taking the role of a slave despite her principles against taking such roles. Decades later, Vera’s groundbreaking performance is debated by scholars and film critics, interrogating Vera’s legacy in Hollywood and the impact of race on her career. See details for content warning.
Friday, December 6th
9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Class of 49, Houston Hall
Click here for more information
Internal Transfer & Dual Degree
Current Penn undergraduate students in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences may apply to transfer into or pursue a dual degree with the Wharton School. For more information, click here.
Information Session 2
Monday, December 2
at 5:50 pm
Click here to register
Events (Penn)
Survivor Support Space
Penn Violence Prevention and the Penn Women’s Center are collaborating to create a virtual space for survivors and allies to receive support and community.
Mondays
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Via Zoom
Click here to register
Scholarships & Grants Opportunities
Projects for Progress 2025
As an institution dedicated to addressing the world’s most intractable problems, Penn has established a fund intended to encourage students, staff, and faculty to design and implement pilot projects based on innovative research that will advance our aim of a more inclusive society. We seek to seed impactful projects, grounded in outstanding Penn research, that will offer new ideas to enhance the quality of life for members of our Philadelphia community now and in the future. Project proposals from diverse teams—broadly conceived—will receive priority consideration.
Each winning team will receive up to $100,000 to implement their proposed initiative. Project proposals should be focused on making progress toward one or more of the following goals:
• Eradicating systemic racism
• Achieving educational equity
• Advancing environmental justice & sustainability
• Eliminating health disparities based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and/or social determinants of health
Application period: January 15 – 26, 2025
Click here for more information
Career & Networking Opportunities
Spring Career & Internship Fair
Join us in person on Friday, January 31st for the 2025 Spring Career + Internship Fair! This university-wide career fair covers a range of industries. Enhance your search for full-time postgraduate positions and/or summer internships by taking the opportunity to connect with a variety of employers.
Friday, Jan 31st, 2025
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Houston Hall
Clubs & Organizations
There are many Engineering Student Clubs and Organizations Besides ESAC, EDAB, and Penn Engineering Council. Check here to find more groups for specific interests and disciplines.
ESAC’s Winter Wonderland Celebration
ESAC’s annual Winter Wonderland celebration is happening this week! On Tuesday, December 3 from 1:30 pm-4:30 pm, join us in Levine Lobby to participate in our gingerbread house competition, snowflake making, photobooth stand, and more. Winners of the gingerbread house making will receive a merch prize!
Tuesday, December 3rd
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Levine Lobby
Gingerbread Cookie Decorating
Join SEAS Wellness before reading days for a fun gingerbread cookie decorating event! Swing by the Fireside Lounge at ARCH to unwind and unleash your creative side!
Friday, December 6th
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Fireside Lounge at ARCH
Penn Spark presents Penn Place
This semester, Penn Spark is excited to present Penn Place: a collaborative digital art experiment that invites Penn students to create 3D art in a shared voxel grid. Inspired by Reddit’s r/place, our platform allows users to place colored voxels (blocks) in a 3D space, building and shaping a dynamic digital canvas in real-time. The concept merges interactive 3D art with Penn’s campus culture, offering students a unique opportunity to collectively shape a one-of-a-kind visual experience.
Penn Place will be online for a limited time from December 1st to December 7th at noon. We invite students, faculty, clubs, or anyone on campus to make creative contributions on the platform, celebrating the end of the semester in a fun, creative 3D digital experience.
Best experienced on a laptop or desktop device.
Engineering Entrepreneurship
Celebration of Innovation 2024
It gives us great pleasure to invite you to the Penn Center for Innovation’s 9th annual Celebration of Innovation on Wednesday, December 4th where we will celebrate Penn researchers and innovators named as inventors on patents issued to Penn this past fiscal year. During the celebratory program we will also present several special awards for exceptional achievements in technology innovation and commercial translation, including:
Deal of the Year|Newcomer of the Year|Startup of the Year|The Paul D. Sehnert Partner of the Year|Inventor of the Year|
We hope you will be able to join us for the celebration.
Wednesday, December 4th
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Jordan Medical Education Center (3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104)
Click here to register
More information about Engineering Entrepreneurship
- Follow them on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, & X/Twitter.
- Tag on these platforms @PennEngEntrep with your own posts.
- Join their subscription-based semi-monthly email to notify you of entrepreneurship-related events, competitions, opportunities and more. If you wish to receive this type of information, please visit https://groups.google.com/a/seas.upenn.edu/g/pennengentrep/ and then click on “ask to join the group” (Image). You have the option to unsubscribe at any time as well and this is completely optional. Emails will be sent on the second and last Wednesday of every month.
