University of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Association

Control and the calibration of motivated behavior | Psychology

Psychology Colloquium: February 23, 2026
3:30-4:45 pm
Host: Joe Kable

NBS Auditorium
425 S. University Avenue

Control and the calibration of motivated behavior

Catherine Hartley
Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, NYU

psychology.sas.upenn.edu/events/contr...

MindCORE/Medical Ethics Seminar
Tuesday, March 3, 12 PM
109 Leidy, 3740 Hamilton Walk
+via Zoom
A pizza lunch will follow the talk.

The Past, Present, & Future of Neurolaw

Francis Shen
Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics

@pennmedicine.bsky.social
@sas.upenn.edu
@annawexler.bsky.social

I'll be speaking at the @upenn.edu Physics colloquium TODAY on "The Physics of Climate Change"
live-sas-physics.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/events/collo...

Worldmaking on streaming services. Cold War journalism. Attacks on public media. Read these stories and more on our website: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

Ila Fiete - MIT McGovern Institute Neural Coding and Dynamics Ila Fiete builds tools and mathematical models to expand our knowledge of the brain’s computations. Specifically, her lab focuses on how the brain develops and reshapes its ...

CNI Seminar
Tuesday, February 3, 12:00 PM (w/ pizza!)
200 Goddard Labs, 3710 Hamilton Walk

Spontaneous emergence of complex cortical structure from simple precursors: maps, hierarchies, and modules

Ila Fiete
McGovern Institute, MIT

mcgovern.mit.edu/profile/ila-...

Aaron White

MindCORE/ILST Seminar
Friday, January 30, 2026, 12-1:15 PM (w/ pizza!)
111 NBS, 425 S Univ Ave

Characterizing Uncertainty in Lexically Triggered Inferences

Aaron White, University of Rochester
www.sas.rochester.edu/lin/people/f...

More on seminar: mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/calendar_eve...

Tomorrow: Jan 23, 12-1 PM

MindCORE/Vision Seminar
111 NBS, 425 S University Ave
(w/pizza)

Beyond Movement: Joint Encoding of Action and Cognition in the Human Pallidothalamic Circuit

Roozbeh Kiani
Professor of Neural Science & Psychology, NYU
www.cns.nyu.edu/kianilab/Hom...
mindcore.sas.upenn.edu

Tomorrow: Friday, January 23

Linguistics Speaker Series: 10:15-11:45 AM
Annenberg 110
3620 Walnut St

Bilingual Grammars & Representations Through the Lens of Variation

Rena Torres Cacoullos
Prof of Spanish & Linguistics, Penn State
cls.la.psu.edu/people/rena-...

@pennlinguistics.bsky.social

David Brainard | Psychology

Vision Seminar @ MindCORE
Monday, January 26, Noon
200 Goddard Labs, 3710 Hamilton Walk
and via Zoom

Towards the Geometry of Color Space

David Brainard
RRL Professor of Psychology
University of Pennsylvania

psychology.sas.upenn.edu/people/david...

Please join PPA for our January monthly Social Hour!

This month, PPA will be hosting the Social Hour sponsored by Novogene at the Biomedical Research Building (BRB), 14th floor from 4-6 PM on Wednesday, January 28th 2026.

Novogene also plans for service flyers and giveaways during the event!

Starting now! Our Biannual Science and Technology event!

SAVE THE DATE: PPA Science and Technology Event - Fall 2025 November 12th, 10am

#UPenn postdocs - join us for a Halloween-themed social hour, costumes and spooky accessories encouraged! 👻🎃
🕔 Thursday, October 23, 4-6PM
📍Biomedical Research Building, 14th floor

#UPenn postdocs - join us for a Halloween-themed social hour, costumes and spooky accessories encouraged! 👻🎃
🕔 Thursday, October 23, 4-6PM
📍Biomedical Research Building, 14th floor

Poster Making Open House this Friday
October 17, 1:30-4:30 PM
200 Goddard

We will provide the jumbo paint pens, poster cardstock and Halloween candy fuel. You provide the clever slogans, graphic skills, and patriotic energy for exercising free speech.

Join us TODAY the first day of #NPAW to learn about our postdoc groups!

Happening TODAY 4-6pm!

For Penn Postdocs and others interested in Biology Education: this is taking place right on campus - you do not need to be attending the ASCB meeting to join this workshop

Celebration in Honor of Gary Hatfield
September 19 - 20, 2025
Claudia Cohen Hall, 4th Fl, 249 S. 36 St, Philadelphia, PA

Two days of fascinating programming ending in remarks from Gary himself before he retires!

philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/events

Please join us for a postdoc recruitment event featuring the Penn Postdoc Association, Du Bois Postdoctoral Circle and CHOP Postdoctoral Alliance.

September 15th, 2-4 pm in BRB 14th Floor.

Refreshments will be provided.

Apply to Join the Penn Staff & Community Choir

Launched fall 2024 under the direction of Ruth Naomi Floyd, the choir brings together adults (21+) who are Penn employees and/or Philly residents to sing.

All levels of singing experience welcome, including beginners. www.sec.upenn.edu/choir

#PennPostdocs Join us for a Board Game Social night! Food and drinks provided.

📍14th Floor BRB (421 Curie Blvd)
🕓 September 10th, 4-6PM

Please RSVP if you plan to come!

🌈✊🏽 Join us this June for a powerful lineup of community events!
📅 June 9 – Pride Month Panel & Celebration
📅 June 18 – Juneteenth Seminar w/ Dr. Squire Booker
📅 June 21 – Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration

🎟️ RSVP via the QR codes on the flyers!

Happening today!

Animal Matriarchies You may have heard about patriarchy, but how about matriarchy? Bees, elephants, and bonobos show us how females are often the ones running the show in the wild.

You may have heard about patriarchy, but how about matriarchy? Bees, elephants, & bonobos show us females can be the ones running the show in the wild. Learn about matriarchal animal societies in this week's piece, written by @pennngg.bsky.social student Nita Rome. pennneuroknow.com/2025/06/17/a...

#UPenn Postdocs: Do you know of a postdoc or PI who is an excellent mentor? Honor their work by nominating them for the 2025 PPA Mentorship Awards! Deadline: July 11th, 2025

Penn researchers lose funding and jobs after USAID shutdown Researchers say losing USAID funding means less research that benefits the U.S. government, fewer opportunities for students, and a loss of trust in the U.S. overseas.

WHYY has published a story on the implications of the Trump administration's decision to gut USAID for the work of researchers in our lab (PDRI-DevLab). You may find it interesting: whyy.org/articles/pen...

Saturation Point In her new book, Associate Professor of Political Science Sarah Bush explores the increasingly crowded landscape of international NGOs.

A nice feature from @sas.upenn.edu dives into my forthcoming book with @jenniferhadden.bsky.social -- "Crowded Out: The Competitive Landscape of Contemporary International NGOs" omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/satura...

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🗣️ #Philly #Science Jawns!

💻 We are looking for guest contributors to our Substack. We want to hear about your science, how it advances the public good, and how federal funding cuts and policy changes are affecting it!

💬 DM us if you’re interested.

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🔥 PPA Community BBQ 🔥
Join us Thursday, June 5, from 3–6 PM at Miller Plaza (HUP & Stemmler) for an afternoon of free food, games, music, raffle prizes, sake, and PPA swag! 🎶🍱🎁

Don’t miss out—scan the QR code to RSVP 🌟

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