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Mind Center for Outreach, Research & Education - Penn's hub for the integrative study of the mind.
Early Childhood & Families Speaker Series: Dr. Allyson Mackey
Presented by ECEFS and PECF

Nov 17, 2025, 3-4:30 PM EST
Stiteler Hall 263–264, 3700 Walnut St

www.gse.upenn.edu/events/early...
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Inquiry Science: A STEM Education Webinar for College Students
Facilitator: Rebecca Lehr, Senior Director Programs & Professional Learning, TGR Learning Lab Philadelphia
Nov 19, 7–8:15 PM

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...!
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
MindCORE Seminar
Friday, November 14 at Noon with pizza!

“What does have mean? how patterns across languages can shed light on the building blocks of linguistic meaning”

Paloma Jeretič
Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
web.sas.upenn.edu/paloma-jeret...
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
We are excited to host Philly's own doyenne of community science communication, Dr. Sarah McAnulty!

Friday, Nov 21, 1:30-3PM
Hands-On Science Zine Making Workshop

Registration for the workshop is limited by room size. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hands-on-s...

@sarahmackattack.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Tomorrow, Weds, Nov 12, @upenn.edu we will have two Stanford psychologists speaking on campus!

2-3 PM
Dr. Russell Poldrack
Why Modeling Matters for Task FMRI Analysis
JMB Class of '62 Auditorium

4:30-6 PM
Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt
Racial Bias: Here and There, Then and Now
Agora, APPC

@appc.upenn.edu
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Call for Papers: Experiments in Linguistic Meaning (ELM) 4
June 10-12, 2026
University of Pennsylvania

Abstracts due Dec 10.
www.elm-conference.net/elm-4-2026/e...

@pennlinguistics.bsky.social @upenn.edu
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Today's scheduled MindCORE seminar at Noon with Dr. Simon DeDeo has been cancelled.

Join us at next week's seminar:
Nov 14, Noon, 111 NBS

What Does Have Mean? How Patterns Across Languages Can Shed Light on the Building Blocks of Linguistic Meaning

Paloma Jeretič
@pennlinguistics.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
EARS is accepting submissions for the Trainee Session on Dec 16, 2025. The session will feature 4 presentations of 10 mins w/5 mins for Q&A.

Submit by 11/24/25: forms.gle/xoCfoinid2UM...

This is a great opportunity to use your SFN & APAN abstracts and give the presentation one more time!
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Biology Seminar
Mon, Nov 3, 2025
12-1 PM | NBS 111 (Sail Room) and Zoom

The Neuroethology of Sociality and Its Role in Environmental Resilience
Camille Testard, Harvard University

@sas.upenn.edu
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
MindCORE Summer Fellowship Program
May 31-Aug 7, 2026

This is a paid 10-wk research experience for undergrad students matched with select Penn faculty in mind sciences.

Open to both Penn students & non-Penn US students through our REU.

Apply by Jan 11: mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/research/sum...
October 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Ooh! Are they responsible for these delights?
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We're looking for panelists for our "Beyond Academia: Careers for PhDs in Behavioral & Brain Sicences" event on Jan 16.

We bring PhDs working in industry/gov/non-profit sector to @upenn.edu to share their experience & jobs.

Early career welcome! DM or email pennmindcoreATsas.upenn.edu

Thanks!
October 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Designed as a springboard for early researchers as they establish their own research program, MindCORE Fellows receive 3 yrs of funding, and are independent but collaborate with faculty across disciplines at Penn.

@sas.upenn.edu @asc.upenn.edu
@pennengineering.bsky.social @pennmedicine.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Seeking applications from recent PhDs in neuro, psych, ling, philo, comp sci, or other cog sci discipline, for our MindCORE Fellowship.

MindCORE is an interdisciplinary effort at Penn to understand human intelligence and behavior.

Apply by Dec 1: mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/post-doctora...
October 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
MindCORE Seminar
Friday, October 31 👻🎃, Noon
111 NBS (formerly Levin) @sas.upenn.edu
Pizza & candy. BYOB.
Open to all.

Allie Sinclair
Annenberg Public Policy Center

Resistance and Resilience: Science Communication and Advocacy in a Federal Funding Crisis

@appc.upenn.edu @asinclair.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Penn Neuroscience Graduate-Led Initiatives & Activities (GLIA) invites 9-12th grade students to apply to the Philadelphia Regional Brain Bee on Penn’s campus Feburary 21.

The Brain Bee is a free 1-day event where HS students compete in their knowledge of the brain.
www.upennglia.com/brain-bee
October 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Also this Friday in 111 NBS

ILST: 1:30 PM w/cookies

Does Not Compute? The Development of Real-time Negation Processing
Victor Gomes, PhD, Psych, Harvard

victorgom.es

@notnaughtknot.bsky.social
@pennlinguistics.bsky.social
@sas.upenn.edu
October 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Friday, October 24: Speical All Postdoc Seminars
111 NBS (formerly Levin), 425 S Univ Ave, Philadelphia @upenn.edu

MindCORE: 12-1 PM w/pizza

Language as a Window to Cognition
Maggie Kandel, PhD, MindCORE Fellow

How Does AI Companionship Shape Social Connection?
Dunigan Folk, PhD, MindCORE Fellow
October 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We had a wonderful day of connection yesterday at the first ever MindCORE retreat. A highlight of the day was getting a chance to hear from so many trainees.

@sas.upenn.edu @pennsasdean.bsky.social @upenn.edu
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Seeking Works in Progress Presenters

MindCORE invites @upenn.edu grad students, postdocs & RAs to give short presentations on a current project followed by an informal discussion with students and fellow researchers.

We’ll provide a location, promotion, & snacks. You provide the science.

DM us.
October 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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.
October 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Research Poster Design Workshops with the Penn Library - virtual

Weds, Oct 22: 4:45-5:45 - libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/15474686
Weds, Nov 19: 4:45-5:45 - libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/15474707
Weds, Dec 3: 4:45-5:45 - libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/15474739
October 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A conversation with Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler and his co-author Alex Imas about their new book:

The Winner’s Curse: Behavioral Economics Anomalies, Then and Now

Thurs, Oct 23, 4-5 pm
3730 Walnut St, Phila

RSVP: wharton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

@bcfginitiative.bsky.social @upenn.edu
October 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is a great way to double your money going to local nonprofits and improve the lives of neighbors right here in Philly.

Some of our favorites: Mazzoni Center, WHYY, Mighty Writers, The Woodlands.

What local nonprofit do you support?

@woodlandsphila.bsky.social @whyy.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Electronic Auditory Research Seminar
Oct 7 @ 1 PM

Timothy Balmer (ASU)
Integration of Top-down Signals in the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus
&
Bobby Gibbs (U Wisconsin-Madison)
Bottlenecks and Future Directions for Binaural Cue Optimization in Bilateral Cochlear Implants

www.med.upenn.edu/pennhearing/...
October 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM