Events
CNI hosts several recurring events throughout the year as well as multiple social events and presentations:
- CNI seminars: these seminars feature a presentation by an internal or an external speaker, and are held biweekly on Tuesdays at 12pm in room 200 Goddard Labs (3710 Hamilton Walk). We organize a post-seminar lunch with each of our visiting speakers - please email Jessica Marcus (jmarcus@upenn) to sign up for a spot.
- CNI +/-: weekly journal club sessions and research seminars, for and by graduate students and postdocs affiliated with CNI. No faculty allowed! Sessions are held on Thursdays 5-6pm in room 427 Goddard Labs, and the organizer is Emily Meyer. Please fill out this form to join the mailing list.
- CNI-BMI journal club: a monthly journal club and research seminar series that brings together students and faculty across departments to discuss advances in brain machine interfaces (BMIs). Meetings on Tuesdays from 4-5pm in Richards 102AB. Organized by Bijan Pesaran and Victoria Subritzky Katz, fill out this form to join the mailing list.
- Auditory journal club: meets weekly on Fridays at 9:15am in Stemmler Hall. Please email Xiaomao Ding (xiaomao @ pennmedicine) to be added to the email list.
If you know of a CNI-related event that isn't listed here, please send us an email and we'll add it to the page. Thank you!
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E.A.R.S. Seminar: Early Career Seminar
April 14, 2026
via Zoom
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CNI Seminar: Bijan Pesaran
April 21, 2026
200 Goddard Labs, 3710 Hamilton Walk
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CNI Seminar: Ethan Goldberg
April 28, 2026
200 Goddard Labs, 3710 Hamilton Walk
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E.A.R.S. Seminar: Jennifer Bizley and Brice Bathellier
May 12, 2026
via Zoom
Past Events
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E.A.R.S. Seminar: Early Career Seminar
April 14, 2026 - 1:00pm
via Zoom
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CNI Seminar: Sridevi Sarma
April 7, 2026 - 12:00pm
200 Goddard Labs
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CNI Seminar: Kari Hoffman
March 24, 2026 - 12:00pm
200 Goddard Labs, 3710 Hamilton Walk
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E.A.R.S. Seminar: Rob Froemke and Aaron Wong
March 10, 2026 - 1:00pm
via Zoom
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CNI Seminar: Kevin Bolding
March 3, 2026 - 12:00pm
200 Goddard Labs, 3710 Hamilton Walk
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E.A.R.S. Seminar: Michele Insanally and Dan Polley
February 24, 2026 - 1:00pm
via Zoom
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CNI Seminar: Denise Oswalt
February 17, 2026 - 12:00pm
200 Goddard Labs, 3710 Hamilton Walk
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CNI Seminar: Ila Fiete
February 3, 2026 - 12:00pm
200 Goddard Labs, 3710 Hamilton Walk
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E.A.R.S. Seminar: Victoria Bajo Lorenzana & Yves Boubenec
January 27, 2026 - 1:00pm
via Zoom
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CNI Seminar: Christopher Honey
January 20, 2026 - 12:00pm
200 Goddard Labs, 3710 Hamilton Walk

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