4 Rachael Wren: Small Paintings; Bur- 4 My Lai; screening and Q&A with ACADEMIC CALENDAR rison Gallery; reception: April 6, 4 p.m. director Barack Goodman; 5:30 p.m.; Through May 8. rm. 401; Fisher-Bennett Hall. 1 Last day to withdraw from a course. 8 PennDesign MFA Photo Seminar 13 The Abyss; 7 p.m.; M20 seminar 3 Advance Registration for Fall and Exhibit; reception: 5:30 p.m.; Lower Gal- room, Harrison College House. Summer Sessions ends. lery, . Through April 21. 17 The Social Network; 7 p.m.; Heyer April 26 Spring Term Classes end. Lauren Greenfield’s Girl Culture; Sky Lounge, Harrison College House. photographic documentation on Ameri- 27 Reading Days begin. Through April 29. International House can girls in the 21st century; reception: 5 Tickets: http://ihousephilly.org A T P E N N CHILDREN’S ACTIVITies p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through July Wherever these symbols appear, more images or audio/video clips are 31. 23 Janus Collection: Harlan County USA available on our website, www.upenn.edu/almanac/. 7 2011 International 19 Visual Correspondences; photo- ; 7 p.m.; Ibrahim Theater. Children’s Festival; performances from graphs that explore the possibility of 28 Pop Cinema: Art and Film in the around the globe; Annenberg Center; communicating through purely visual UK and US 1950s-1970s; three night $25/festival fun pass, $10-15/shows; means; reception: 6:30 p.m.; Slought film program; 7 p.m.; Ibrahim Theater. info: www.annenbergcenter.org/tickets/ Foundation. Through June 30. Through April 30. childfest.php. Through April 9. 21 Visual Studies; Fox Art Gallery. 18 Silk Road Spring Break Adventure Through May 15. Meetings Camp; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. through April 22; One is the Loneliest Number; art- PPSA ages 7-13; $50/day with multiple day ist duos that collaborate in a variety of 12 ; open to monthly-paid exempt discounts; RSVP: [email protected]. media; reception: 6 p.m.; ICA. Through University staff; noon; Class of 1954 Also April 25-29 (Museum). Room, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. RSVP: August 7. [email protected] 23 PECO World Culture Day: Gladiator That’s How We Escaped: Reflections Day; celebrate Rome’s birthday with arts on Warhol; the research of students in 14 WPPSA; open to weekly-paid (non- and crafts, play battles and food; 1-4 p.m. ARTH 100-301 pertaining to Warhol’s union) Penn employees; 12:30 p.m.; Mor- Penn Museum (Museum). 1965 ICA exhibit; ICA. Through August 7. ris Seitz Room, Houston Hall. 30 Situating No-land: Videoart from 27 University Council; open to mem- Register: (215) 247-5777 or Latin America; reception: 6:30 p.m.; bers of the Penn community; 4 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. RSVP: Grammy winners Take 6 will bring their brand of jazz and gospel-influenced www.morrisarboretum.org Slought Foundation. Through June 30. a cappella to the Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center on April 30. See Music. 2 Garden Discovery Series; craft activi- Iraq’s Ancient Past: Rediscovering (215) 898-7005. ties and exploration of the garden; free with Ur’s Royal Cemetery; the discovery and regular admission; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. excavation of the Royal Cemetery at Ur Music Annenberg Center. Through April 16. Alumni Hall, (HR). 3 Creating an Asian Dragon; ages 3-7; in modern-day Iraq; Penn Museum. Penn Improvisational Jazz Workshop; 15 Spring Fling 2011, Viva La Fling; 1-2:15 p.m.; $15, $13/members. Now open jazz jam for musicians of all abilities; Readings/Signings games and activities; concerts featuring Lupe Turtles and Lizards and Snakes, Oh Post-Mao Dreaming: Chinese Con- Sundays, 4-6 p.m.; rm. 413, Fisher Bennett Fiasco, Flo Rida and Ratatat; info.: http:// 16 temporary Art; prints, drawings, photo- Hall; Info.: [email protected] 20 The Emperor of All Maladies: A Bi- specevents.net/. Through April 16 (SPEC). My! A Live Reptile Program; 1-3 p.m.; ography of Cancer; Siddhartha Mukher- $15, $13/members. graphs, and paintings; Arthur Ross Gal- 1 Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; Pennchants male The 29th Annual Maya Weekend: The lery. Through April 3. jee; 7 p.m.; Wistar Institute; free tickets Ancient Maya in 21st Century— Strings of Aloha: Crafting a Floral a cappella; 8 p.m.; Dunlop Auditorium, required: www.wistar.org (Wistar). 30 Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Tetons: Stemmler Hall; $10, $8/Locust Walk (PAC). Advances in Analysis and Presenting the Lei; 1-3 p.m.; $38, $33/members. Photographs by Jerry Porter Past ; photographs The Meiravi Quartet; 8 p.m.; $5/ ; talks, films, workshops, and more; 9 World Cafe Live: of America’s National Parks; Burrison 9 Events in the Arts Café unless otherwise a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Museum. Through April 17. Peanut Butter & Jams Through April 2. students, $15/seniors, $20/general admis- Gallery. sion; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall. noted. RSVP to [email protected] 16 National Robotics Week: GRASP Lab Info.: www.worldcafelive.com J’entends les trains depuis toujours/I where noted. celebration Jeffrey Koepper, Vic Hennegan and ; noon; GRASP Laboratory, Shows begin 11:30 a.m. keep hearing the trains for ever; 3-part 16 2 Whenever We Feel Like It; Joshua Beck- Levine Hall. video exhibition by artist Tania Mouraud; Michael Peck; instrumental, ambient 10 Ralph’s World; pop-rock, kid-friend- man, Anthony McCann, Meg Barboza; 2 p.m. Picturing the Universe; Penn astrono- ly music; $16/adults, $4/kids. Slought Foundation. Through April 19. music; Sanctuary, St. Mary’s Hamilton 21 Village; $15 (The Gatherings). 4 Talk by Jerome McGann; 6 p.m. mers guide star gazing; 8:30 p.m.; David Rit- Gustafer Yellowgold; blend of live 2011 Undergraduate Fine Arts Thesis 16 Show; Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery. 6 Lunch Talk: Robin Kirkpatrick; noon. tenhouse Laboratory Observatory; info.: (215) music and animations; $12/adults, $9/kids. Annenberg Center 746-8250 (Philadelphia Science Festival). Through April 21. Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org 7 Nothing Elegant—A Stein Celebration; 23 The Rozz and Val Show; eclectic Along Bayou Road; Michael Koehler’s celebration of Gertrude Stein with perfor- Morris Arboretum music; $10/adults, $7/kids. 1 Nnenna Freelon; jazz singer; 8 p.m.; Info.: www.morrisarboretum.org photographs of the Louisiana Bayous; Goat $20-$45; Zellerbach Theatre. mances, readings, and reception; 6 p.m. 30 Brady Rymer; rock music; $10/ Lounge, Silverman Building, Law School. Free with regular admission 2 West Philadelphia Gospel Competi- 13 Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose and Any- adults, $7/kids. Through April (YoW; Law). thing Goes!; open mic night; 8 p.m. 2 Japanese Cherry Blossom Celebra- Righteous Dopefiend; photographs tion; traditional, 10 a.m.; a cappella, 2 tion; performances, origami and tea dem- and other media examine the experiences p.m.; contemporary gospel, 6 p.m.; tickets 14 Poetry Reading: Kit Robinson; 6 p.m. onstrations; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Also April 9. Conferences for each category $5; Zellerbach Theatre. of homeless drug users; Penn Museum. 19 Poetry Reading by Quincy Scott 11 Visit by the Japanese Cherry Blos- 1 In the Terrain of Water; dialogues, Through May. 23 Los Muequitos de Matanzas; percus- Jones and Holly Melgrad; 6 p.m. som Queen; 10-11 a.m. exhibits, workshops, and talks from Water as Creator and Destroyer Spe- sionists of Afro-Cuban music and dance; 20 Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz; 6 p.m. Arbor Day Celebration contemporary thinkers across disciplines; cial Display; ancient Mesopotamian arti- 7 p.m.; $25-$35; Harold Prince Theatre. 30 ; crafts and 21 Reading by Novelist Sam Munson; activities; 1-3 p.m. 9 a.m.-7:15 p.m.; Upper and Lower Gal- facts including a famous Sumerian “flood Also 9 p.m. 7 p.m. leries, Meyerson Hall; register: www. tablet;” Penn Museum. Through May. 28 Music and Edible Desserts: A Benefit design.upenn.edu/calendar/terrain-water. Penn Abroad Photo Contest Exhibit; 25 Reading by Marjorie Perloff; KWH Sports for Center for Public Health Initiatives Fellows program; 6:30 p.m. Through April 2 (YoW). photos by students studying abroad; 6 Service Programs; Amy Sue Barston, Tickets & venues: www.pennathletics.com 7 Un/Translatables; several locations; p.m.; Galleria at International House. cello, and Navah Perlman, piano; 8 p.m.; 26 Brunch Conversation with Marjorie Note: (DH) indicates double header Perloff; KWH Fellows Program; 10 a.m. See http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/german/ Through June 3. $75; Harold Prince Theatre. 1 Softball vs. Harvard; 2 p.m. untranslatables/program1 for conference Secrets of the Silk Road; artifacts from 30 Take 6 Gospel Concert; gospel, doo Penn Bookstore (W) Tennis vs. Yale; 2 p.m. program. Through April 9. (Germanic the Tarim Basin in Western China; Penn Mu- wop and jazz; $20-$50; Zellerbach Theatre. Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore (M) Lacrosse vs. Yale; 4 p.m. Languages and Literatures). seum. Through June 5. See Conferences. Music Department 4 American Catholic Hospital: A 2 (M & W) Track; Penn Invitational; all day. Exploring Asia: From the Silk Road Fang! The Killing Tooth; explores Century of Markets and Missions; Barb 9 the history of the vampire myth and of Free with PennCard, unless otherwise noted. Baseball vs. Harvard (DH); noon. to the Shanghai Expo; 6th Annual Greater Mann Wall; noon. (W) Tennis vs. Brown the “killing” canine; Penn Museum. University Choir; 8 p.m.; $5; Irvine ; noon. Philadelphia Asian Studies Consortium 2 Dancing in the Glory of Monsters; Softball vs. Dartmouth; 2 p.m. Undergraduate Research Conference; 8:30 Through July. Auditorium. Jason Stearns; 3 p.m. Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and (M) Lightweight Rowing vs. Dela- a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Crest Room, ARCH; 2nd 3 Daedalus Quartet; 7 p.m.; Amado 6 My Name is Mary Sutter; Robin ware/Marietta/Williams; 9:30 a.m. fl., Williams Hall (East Asian Studies). Present of the Lenape in ; Recital Hall, . photographs, archaeological objects, tra- Oliveira; 7 p.m. 3 Baseball vs. Dartmouth (DH); noon. 10 The Blue Frontier: Water in a Modern ditional arts and family heirlooms; Penn 9 Penn Wind Ensemble; 8 p.m.; $5; 12 Poetry Reading: Suppose an Eyes (W) Lacrosse vs. Columbia; TBA. World; 1-4:30 p.m.; info.: www.penn.muse- Irvine Auditorium. Museum. Through July. Poetry Group; 6 p.m. 4 (M) Golf; Quaker Classic; all day. um/events-calendar/ Penn Museum (YoW). Ancient Voices; 3 p.m.; $5; Amado Sheila Hicks: 50 Years; honors the 10 13 Social Marketing to the Business 5 Softball vs. Villanova; 3 p.m. 15 From the Unity of Italians to the Unity artist who has built an international reputa- Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium. Customer; Eric Schwartzman; 4 p.m. of Italics: The Languages of Italicity Around Penn Flutes; 7 p.m.; Amado Recital 9 (W) Track vs. Princeton/Yale; all day. tion with two- and three-dimensional works Postdoctoral Discussion: Chris Mc– the World; discussions in Italian & English of in fiber; ICA. Through August 7. Hall, Irvine Auditorium. 14 (M) Tennis vs. Harvard; 2 p.m. Italian identity as developed and expressed in Knight Nichols; Promise and Peril—Amer- (M) Heavyweight Rowing vs. Princ- Renaissance City Views from Above 15 University Choral Society with the ica at the Dawn of a Global Age; 7 p.m. economics, politics, art and design, linguis- and Afar; Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietri- Penn Symphony Orchestra eton/Columbia; Childs Cup; TBA. ; 7 p.m.; $5; (M) Lightweight Rowing vs. Cornell/ tics, literature, film, and more; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. ch Library. Through August 13. Irvine Auditorium. 27 The Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking; Kate Payne; 6 p.m. Harvard; Matthews-Leonard Cup; TBA. Also April 16, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Terrace Room, The Midwestern Experience: Or- Penn Chamber I 18 ; 7 p.m.; Amado (M) Tennis vs. Dartmouth Claudia Cohen Hall (Italian Studies). mandy in Minneapolis; exhibit on Eugene Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium. 10 ; noon. Graphic Exchanges: Comics Without Ormandy’s life; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Special Events 15 (M) Tennis vs. Cornell; 2 p.m. Borders; 2:30-5 p.m.; Meyerson Confer- Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through Fall. 19 Penn Chamber II; 7 p.m.; Rose Re- cital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall. 2 Philly Spring Cleanup; 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; 16 Baseball vs. Princeton (DH); noon. ence Center, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; Color, Form and Texture of Trees; info.: [email protected] (UCD). Softball vs. Princeton RSVP: [email protected] Penn Baroque and Recorder Ensem- ; 12:30 p.m. photography by Jim Smith highlighting 20 CHORDS Spring Service Weekend; (W) Lacrosse vs. Dartmouth; 1 p.m. (Germanic Languages and Literatures). the beauty and diversity of trees; Upper bles; 8 p.m.; Rose Recital Hall, Fisher- 10 a.m.; info.: www.upenn.edu/chaplain/ Infusing Global Education into Math Gallery, Morris Arboretum. Ongoing. Bennett Hall. 17 Baseball vs. Princeton (DH); noon. 20 chords.html (Office of the Chaplain). (W) Tennis vs. Columbia and Science Curriculum; 5-8 p.m.; Class- John Cage: How to Get Started; Jazz Combos; 7 p.m.; Rose Recital ; noon. 21 Penn Fashion Show: Reverie; stu- Softball vs. Princeton; 12:30 p.m. room 2, Penn Museum; RSVP: jreif@ Slought Foundation. Ongoing. Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall. dent-produced runway show; 7 p.m. and (W) Lacrosse vs. Princeton; 7 p.m. upenn.edu (Philadelphia Science Festival). ICA Programs 25 Penn Chamber III; 7 p.m.; Amado 9 p.m.; Inn at Penn (Dzine2Show; Delta 20 27 GET (Genomes Environment Traits) Events at 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium. Sigma Pi; Wharton Retail Club). 23 (M) Lacrosse vs. Dartmouth; 1 p.m. Conference 2011; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Trans- Weaving as Metaphor Lecture Series. Penn Chamber IV Annual Rental Housing Fair; 11 a.m.-2 (M) Heavyweight Rowing vs. Har- 6 26 ; 7 p.m.; Rose Re- 5 vard/Navy lational Research Center; www.getconfer- Also April 13, 27. cital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall. p.m.; Wynn Commons; rain location: Hall of ; Adams Cup; TBA. (M) Lightweight Rowing vs. George- ence.org (Philadelphia Science Festival). Flags, Houston Hall (Off-Campus Services). 20 Travelogue—Santiago, Chile; Ca- 30 Penn Composer’s Guild; 8 p.m.; town/Princeton; Wood-Hammond Cup; TBA. mila Marambio. Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall. GSE Open House for Penn Employ- eXHIBITS ees; 12:30 p.m.; Terrace Room, Claudia (M) Heavyweight 23 Le Bateau Lavoir; daylong immer- Cohen Hall; RSVP: www.gse.upenn.edu/ Rowing vs. Northeast- Admission Donations and Hours sion in the arts, inspired by “The Laundry On Stage ern; Burk Cup; TBA. Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts 7 Philadelphia International Festival Boat,” the bohemian enclave of Paris; A Volcanic Corruption: Sun Intended 28 117th Annual Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; noon-8 p.m.; ICA (PIFA). 1 ; of the Arts; see www.pifa.org for locations, 8 p.m.; Clubhouse, 310 S. times and prices. Through May 1. ; all day. Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. Through April 30. Burrison Gallery, University Club at Ongoing at the Penn Museum Quince Street; $30/adult, $15/student; tick- Take Back the Night; grassroots rally Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun; ets: www.maskandwig.com. Also April 2, 7, march and vigil to protest sexual and do- 29 (W) Lacrosse vs. Duke; 7 p.m. Sat.-Sun., 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, Greeks and 8 (The Mask and Wig Club). mestic violence; 6 p.m.; College Green; 30 Baseball vs. Columbia; noon. Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, Romans; Canaan & Ancient Israel; Living in The House Always Wins; Arts House ends with a survivor speak out in Wynn Softball vs. Columbia; 2 p.m. Charles Addams Hall: free; Mon.-Fri., 10 Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Na- Dance Company; 8 p.m.; Iron Gate Theatre; Commons (Penn Women’s Center). a.m.-5 p.m. vajo and Apache; Mesoamerica; The Egyptian $10, $8/Locust Walk. Also April 2 (PAC). Penn International Experiences Fes- Fox Art Gallery, Claudia Cohen Mummy: Secrets & Science; Buddhism: His- At Home at The Zoo by Edward Albee; tival; students share their experiences in an Hall; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. tory & Diversity of a Great Tradition; Africa. Front Row Theatre Company; 8 p.m.; Class informal setting; 6:30 p.m.; Weigle Informa- Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA): P.M. @ Penn Museum of 49 Auditorium, Houston Hall; $10, $8/ tion Commons, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. free; Wed. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thu.-Fri. 11 Gallery tours at 5:30 p.m., followed by PennCard. Also April 2, 2 p.m. (PAC). 8 2011 Relay for Life; overnight walk 3910 Chestnut St., 2nd Floor a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; programs at 6 p.m. A Decade in the Making: 10th Anni- to commemorate cancer survivors and Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111 www.icaphila.org. 13 Quizzo Night. versary Show; Excelano Project (spoken raise funds; 8 p.m.-8 a.m. April 9; Frank- (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX (215) 898-9137 word); 9 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Penn International House: hours vary; Learn to Tango. lin Field; register: www.relayforlife.org E-mail: [email protected] 27 Museum; $10, $8/Locust Walk. Also info.: www.ihousephilly.org. The 50th Annual Philadelphia An- URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac Meyerson Hall Gallery, Meyerson Penn Museum Tours April 2 (PAC). 9 Tours begin at 1:30 p.m.,Warden Garden tiques Show: Celebrations…Antiques that Unless otherwise noted, all events are Hall: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 2 A Dramatic Reading of Scenes Mark the Moment; benefits Penn Ovarian Morris Arboretum: $14; $12/seniors, Entrance. Tour availability and topics from Sophocles’s Ajax; featuring David open to the general public as well as to mem- subject to change. Info.: www.penn. Cancer Research Center; 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; $7/kids 3-17, students; free/members and Strathairn; discussion follows; 1:30 p.m.; special viewing April 8, 6-10 p.m.; The bers of the University. For building locations, kids under 3; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. museum. Harrison Auditorium (Museum). call (215) 898-5000, or see www.facilities. Egypt: Land of the Pharaohs. Navy Yard, 5100 S. Broad St.; tickets: Penn Museum: $10/adults; $7 se- 3 8 Brave Testimony; Black Ice, spoken $17/general admission; www.philaan- upenn.edu or the University’s website, www. niors (65+); $6/children (6-17) and full- 17 The Afterlife in Ancient Egypt. word poet; 6 p.m.; The Rotunda (Center tiques.com. Through April 12. upenn.edu. A phone number normally means time students with ID; free/members & for Africana Studies). tickets, reservations or registration required. PennCard holders; Tues./Thur.-Sun. 10 12 Purchasing Services Supplier Show; filmS One Acts: The Complete Works of 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; The ; Penn Transit Almanac carries an Update with addi- a.m.-5 p.m.; Wed. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; visit William Shakespeare (Abridged); time www.penn.museum for extended hours. 6 Thin; screening & talk with Joan shuttle will travel an eight stop loop ap- tions, changes & cancellations if received TBA; Class of ’49 Auditorium, Houston proximately every 15-20 minutes; see by Monday at noon for the following Slought Foundation: free; Thur.-Sat., Jacobs Brumberg, author of The Body Proj- Hall (Pennaatak). Also April 9. 1-6 p.m.; www.slought.org. ect: An Intimate History of American Girls; www.purchasing.upenn.edu for details week’s issue. University members may send 28 Penn Monologues; 6 p.m.; Arthur (Penn Purchasing Services). notices for the Update or May AT PENN Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free/ Stephen H. Weiss, Cornell; Susan Villari, Also April 29 ID required; info.: http://events.library. health promotion & education; 5 p.m.; rm. Ross Gallery. , Terrace SPEC Art Gallery Presents: Spring calendar. The deadline for the May AT upenn.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi. B-3, Meyerson Hall (ARG). See Exhibits. Room, Claudia Cohen Hall. Crafts Fair; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Locust Walk. PENN is April 12. Annenberg Center Also April 13. Events on this calendar are subject to Upcoming Cinema Studies Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org Open Enrollment Fair; health screen- Info.: http://cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu change. More information can be found 1 Penn Art Club; Fox Art Gallery. 6 Basil Twist’s Petrushka; puppet show; ings and wellness info.; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; on the sponsoring department’s website. Through April 15. 3 Inception; 7 p.m.; Heyer Sky 7:30 p.m.; $10-$35; Harold Prince Theatre, Hall of Flags, Houston Hall. Also April 14, Lounge, Harrison College House. Sponsors are listed in parentheses.

03/29/11 talks fitness/learning 1 Who Pays for Obesity?; Jay Greatest Hits of the Morris Arboretum’s Networks in Roman Sicily; Justin Cardio Fitness; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tue. Department of Recreation: PennFit Bhattacharya, Stanford University; noon; International Plant Exploration; Paul Meyer, Leidwanger, art and architecture; 6 p.m.; & Thu.; St. Agatha-St. James Parish Hall; Pottruck Health & Fitness Center; www. Colonial Penn Center Auditorium; RSVP: director; 2 p.m.; Morris Arboretum; $20, $18/ rm. 543, Williams Hall (Italian Studies). first class free, $8/per class, $5/students; upenn.edu/recreation/programs/pennfit.html. members (Arboretum) http://ldi.upenn.edu/ (LDI). 21 Assessing Nanoarchitecture of (267) 251-3842. 1 Free Body Composition Measure- Was the Land of Aratta Real? Simulations of Self-assembly in New Parents @ Penn; every other ments; 8 a.m.; noon; 5 p.m.; pre-registra- Surfactant, Nanoparticle and Polymer Biological Tissues Using Optical Imaging Reflections on Myth as History in the Based on Light Scattering; Stephen Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.; info.: (215) 898- tion required. Ancient Near East; Holly Pittman, history Systems; Athanassios Panagiotopoulos, 8611 (PWC). Princeton University; 3 p.m.; Wu and Jacques, Oregon Health and Science Working Parents Association 8 Women on Weights; 12:15 p.m. of art; 3:30 p.m.; Rich Seminar Room, University; 11:45 a.m.; Donner Auditorium, ; Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art). Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CBE). Wednesdays; noon; Penn Women’s Cen- 13 Muscles of the Month—Shoulders Search for a New World...at the HUP (Advances in Biomedical Optics). [email protected] Proteins that Organize Chromosomes Activity-based Proteomics- ter; info.: (PWC). and Arms; 5:30 p.m. and Guide Their Inheritance; Ben Black, LHC; Brig Williams, physics; 4 p.m.; rm. Penn Knitters; Thursdays; noon; Fire- A8, David Rittenhouse Labs (Physics and Applications for Enzyme and Inhibitor 15 Intro to Spinning; 1:15 p.m. biochemistry and biophysics; 4 p.m.; Discovery side Lounge (2nd fl.), The ARCH; info.: Astronomy). ; Benjamin Cravatt, Scripps [email protected]. HR: Learning and Education rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. Research Institute; noon; Austrian (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Puppets: The Original Avatars; Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Open to Penn faculty and staff. Register: Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry and www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog. Title TBA; Leor Weinberger, Robert Smythe, Mum Puppettheater; Class; hands-on physical defense training 5 Martin Robinson, Sesame Street; Eileen Biophysics). April 4, 11, 18 University of California, San Diego; Shades of Freedom; Sheldon Hackney, for women; session IV: 5 Unlocking the Secrets of Penn Li- noon; 2000 Vagelos Conference Room Blumenthal, Rutgers University; 5 p.m.; and 25; 5:30-8:30 p.m.; register: (215) brary; noon; free. Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; register: President Emeritus: 1981-1993; 2 p.m.; (Institute of Medicine and Engineering). Auditorium, Jon M. Huntsman Hall; RSVP: 898-4481 (UPPD). 6 Diversity Brown Bag—Sexual Ha- Resistable Force Meets Object: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/registration. 2 The Elements of Playwriting; rassment Awareness; noon; free. shtml (Penn Humanities Forum). [email protected] (PASEF). The Story of the “Introduction” of The Normative Insignificance of workshop with Suzanna Miller; 1 p.m.; 14 Career Focus Brown Bag—Prepar- Norms of Gender Equality Into Japanese 14 Recognition of NLS and NES; Yuh Neuroscience; Selim Berker, Harvard Arts Cafe, Kelly Writers House; RSVP: ing for your Performance Appraisal; Employment Practice; Frank Upham, Min Chook, University of Texas; noon; University; 4 p.m.; rm. 240B, Silverman [email protected]. noon; free. NYU; 3 p.m.; Bernard Segal Moot Court Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry Hall; RSVP: [email protected] 13 The Institution of Museum and and Biophysics). 18 Microsoft Project 2007 Techniques; Room, Silverman Hall (CEAS). (Neuroethics). Library Services (IMLS): Grants and 12:30-2 p.m.; $40. Antifragility: How to Live in a Hidden Transcripts: Bao Shichen’s Wharton Leadership Lecture; Barry Programs Workshop; 10-11:30 a.m.; info.: World We Don’t Understand and Enjoy It; Advice to the Prince; Williams Rowe, Salzberg, Deloitte; 4:30 p.m.; rm. G06, www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/ 20 Brown Bag Matinee—Care and Can- Nassim N. Taleb, author; 4:30 p.m.; G06, Perdue University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. B26, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Wharton). IMLS-GrantsWorkshop (IMLS). dor—Making Performance Appraisals Stiteler (CEAS). Work; noon; free. Huntsman Hall (PPE). Using Authentic Discourse in the 22 International Women’s Afternoon Tea 6 60-Second Lecture: The Cosmos as 15 Institute for Research in Cognitive Teaching of and Research on Korean; Talk: Self Care and Stress Relief; 3 p.m.; 26 Essentials of Management—Cohort a Microscope: Reading the Laws of Nature Science Colloquium; Liina Pylkkänen, Susan Gayle Strauss, Penn State Penn Women’s Center (PWC). 23; 9-10:30 a.m.; $250. in the Night Sky; Mark Trodden, 11:55 NYU; noon; rm. 470, 3401 Walnut, Suite University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. B26, Stiteler 27 Administrative Professionals Day: a.m.; Stiteler Plaza (SAS External Affairs). 400A (IRCS). Hall (CEAS). Morris Arboretum Take Control of Your Money; noon-1:30 Marcellus Shale: What is the The Cut and Shuffle: Form and Beyond Point and Shoot Morality; Register: (215) 247-5777. p.m.; $25. Future Direction of Energy Production Ethics in Cézanne’s Card Players; André Joshua Greene, Harvard University; www.morrisarboretum.org Microsoft Word 2007 Techniques; and How Are the People of Pennsylvania Dombrowski, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; Rich 4:30 p.m.; B6, Stiteler Hall (Positive 2 Garden Discovery Series; 11 a.m.-3 12:30-2 p.m.; $40. Seminar Room, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art). Psychology Center). p.m. Being Affected?; Robert Giegengack, HR: Quality of Worklife earth and environmental science; Transcriptional Control of White and 22 Price Behavior in the Roman Open Guided Tour; 2 p.m.; free with Brown Fat Cell Differentiation; Patrick regular admission. Also April 3, 9, 10, 16, Open to Penn faculty and staff. Register: Carol Collier, Delaware River Basin Empire; Peter Temin, MIT; 2 p.m.; 1040 www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog. Commission; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Seale, cell and developmental biology; Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall (History). 17, 23, 24, 30. rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. Healthy Cooking for One; noon-1 p.m. Auditorium, Chemistry Bldg. (Institute Immune Memory and Vaccination; 5 Sustainability in Your Garden; 7-8:30 5 for Environmental Studies). (Biochemistry and Biophysics). 26 p.m.; $30, $25/members. Graphic Exchanges: A Reading Rafi Ahmed, Emory University; 4 p.m.; 6 Working as a Team across Generation Navigating Today’s Digital Minefield: Austrian Auditorium, CRB (CFAR). 8 Mature Tree Care; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $125. Gaps; noon. Are You Safe Online?; panel discussion; with Charles Burns and Marc Legendre; 7 p.m.; A8, David Rittenhouse The and the 9 Attracting Birds to the Backyard; Q&A with a Nutrition Expert noon; rm. 241, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; Twentieth Century Global Human Rights 19 ; noon. RSVP: [email protected] Laboratory; RSVP: graphicexchanges@ 8:30-11 a.m.; $30, $25/members. gmail.com (Germanic Languages and Revolution; Mark Bradley, University Drawing from Nature for the Reluc- 20 Stress Management; noon. (PPSA). of ; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209; College 10 Nature’s Revenge; Lorraine Daston, Literatures; SAS). See Conferences. tant Beginner; 10 a.m.-noon; $100, $80/ ISC Technology Training Services Hall (History). members. Also April 17, May 1. ISC Labs, 3650 Chestnut St., 9:30 a.m.- Max Planck Institute for the History of 17 Where East Meets West: Genetic Custom Made Medicine: Is There Science, Berlin; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Perspectives on the Tarim Basin 12 Wilderness Rescue: Rope Technician 4:30 p.m. Register: www.upenn.edu/com- a Future for Personalized Therapies?; puting/isc/training. Penn Museum; register: http://humanities. Mummies; Spencer Wells, National Garret Fitzgerald, translational research; Course; 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; $590. Also sas.upenn.edu/registration.shtml (Penn Geographic Society; 2 p.m.; $5, Free/ 5:30 p.m.; Translational Research Center; April 13, 14. 1 Word 2007 Introduction; $190. Humanities Forum). PennCard; Penn Museum; tickets: www. RSVP: [email protected] Front and Back Door Gardening; Word 2010 Introduction; $190. Annual penn.museum/calendar (Museum). (Philadelphia Science Festival). 7-8:30 p.m.; $30, $25/members. 4 SharePoint 2007 Essentials; $380. Oration; Jared Diamond, author; 7 p.m.; 19 Ban Chiang: A New Perspective; 14 Meadow Design and Installation; 7-9 Access 2007 Introduction; two day Irvine Auditorium (YoW). 27 Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome: A 5 Charles Higham, University of Otago; Model for Human Imprinted Disorders; p.m.; $30, $25/members. course; $357. 7 Computer-Aided Drug Discovery 6 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum). Rosanna Weksberg, University of Toronto; 15 Common Diseases of Trees and Access 2010 Introduction; two day for Infectious Diseases; J. Andrew 20 60-Second Lecture: What’s the noon; 252 BRB II/III (CRRWH). Shrubs; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $125. course; $357. McCammon, University of California, Matter with American Exceptionalism?; Bioethics: History Informing the 16 Palm Weaving: The Story and The Art; SharePoint 2007 Essentials; 10 a.m.- San Diego; noon; Austrian Auditorium, Beth Linker, history & sociology of Future; Susan M. Reverby, Wellesley; 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; $39, $32/members. 4:45 p.m.; $380. CRB (Biochemistry and Biophysics). science; 11:55 a.m.; Stiteler Plaza (SAS noon; Ann L. Roy Auditorium, Claire M. Iris and the Garden in Spring: Sec- 7 Excel 2010 Advanced; $190. Mental Health in Old Age: At External Affairs). Fagin Hall (Nursing). Word 2007 Intermediate; $190. the Edge, Taking Chances, Changing tion A; 1-2:30 p.m.; $24, $20/members. Human Fetal Tesris Xenotransplants Going Home to Glory: A Memoir Spring Centerpiece: Section A; 1-3 Word 2010 Intermediate; $190. Outcomes; Lois Evans, nursing; 3 p.m.; and Endocrine Disruption; Kim of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961- 20 Ann L. Roy Auditorium, Claire Fagin p.m.; $50, $47/members. 8 Moving to Microsoft Office 2010; $200. Boekeloheide, Brown University; noon; 1969; David Eisenhower, Annenberg; Spring Centerpiece: Section B; 6:30- Hall (Nursing). 252 BRB II/III (CRRWH). noon; Hourglass Room, University Club; 11 Excel 2007 Introduction; $190. Soul Made Flesh: The Origins of 8:30 p.m.; $50, $47/members. Excel 2010 Introduction; $190. HIV Assembly and Budding; open to PASEF/ASEF and University Club Planting Design for the Home Land- Our Brain-Centered World; Carl Zimmer, Wesley Sundquist, University of Utah; members only (ASEF). 12 Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Introduction; $300. author; 4 p.m.; rm. 245A, Silverman scape; 7-9 p.m.; $150, $120/members. noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (CFAR, Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Also April 27, May 4, 11, 18. 13 PowerPoint 2007 Introduction; $190. Hall; RSVP: [email protected] Microbiology). Lecture: Mandates, Models and Methods, PowerPoint 2010 Introduction; $190. (Neuroethics). Global Climate Change and the Oh My!: A Strategic Look at the Essential 30 Edible Wild Plants; 10 a.m.-noon; Before AIDS/After Undetectability: $30, $25/members. 14 HTML Fundamentals; two day Impact on Risk Management: Insurance Components of Early Childhood course; $494. The Rise and Fall of Condoms in Claims in the New Millennium; John Education; Jerlean Daniel; 4 p.m.; RSVP: Strings of Aloha: Crafting a floral Representation of Gay Male Sex; Cynthia Nevius, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.; noon; www.gse.upenn.edu (GSE). Lei; 1-3 p.m.; $38, $33/members. 18 Business Objects Web Intelligence XI Patton, Simon Fraser University; 4 p.m.; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Beginning; $425. Ste. 331, 3401 Market St.; RSVP: (215) 28 Diabolus in Musica: The Faustian Christian Association Bldg. (Institute for Environmental Studies). Bargain in the Arts; Richard Wernick, Info.: www.upennca.org. 19 Excel 2007 Intermediate; $190. 898-7136 (Center for Bioethics). Field-Assisted Assembly of Excel 2010 Intermediate; $190. music; 11:45 a.m.; Hourglass Room, Networking Lunch; noon; Also April 8, 15. Why Do American Jews Assume Anistropic Colloids; Michael Solomon, 1 PowerPoint 2010 Introduction; 10 That Their Ideals—As Americans, and As University Club; open to PASEF/ASEF and Peacemaking Through the Arts 21 University of Michigan; 3 p.m.; Wu and University Club members only (PASEF). ; 3 p.m.; a.m.-4:45 p.m. Jews—Are Compatible?; panel discussion Also April 8, 15, 3 p.m., April 6, 4 p.m. Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CBE). Transforming Health Care Through Weigle Info Commons Workshops of Beth Wenger’s book; 4:30 p.m.; rm. Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Interfaith Club for Peace, Learning 209, College Hall (Jewish Studies). Partnership; Arthur Rubenstein, Health 4 Class of 1968 Seminar Room, Van Journey of an ATP-dependent Chromatin System; 3 p.m.; Ann L. Roy Auditorium, and Dialogue; 8 p.m.; Also April 11, 18. Pelt-Dietrich Library. RSVP: http://wic. 8 IRCS Colloquium; E.J. Remodeling Protein, CSB; Hua-Ying Fan, Claire M. Fagin Hall (Nursing). 5 SLANGuage; ESL; 2:30 p.m.; Also library.upenn.edu/wicshops. Chichilnisky, Salk Institute; noon; rm. biochemistry and biophysics; 4 p.m.; Candlelight Protests and South April 12, 19, 26. 470, 3401 Walnut, Suite 400A (ICRS). Johnson Foundation Library, rm. 248, 6 From Assignments to References: Korean Democracy; Kyung Hoon Leem, Dana How Mentors; undergraduates RefWorks; 5 p.m. Philadelphia Museum of Art Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. (Biochemistry Seoul National University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. Graduate Symposium; 3:30 p.m.; Rich and Biophysics). mentor high school students; 5 p.m.; Also Zotero; noon. B21, Stiteler Hall (CEAS). April 12, 19. 13 Seminar Room, Jaffe Bldg. Also April 9 Monumental Construction Compassion and Religion; Karen 15 Technically Speaking Series: Mobile (History of Art). and Creative Destruction: Spatial 6 The Word in Context; bible study; Apps for Education; noon. Armstrong, author; 4:30 p.m.; location Also April 13, 20. Title TBA; Kim Sharp, biochemistry Reconfiguarations of Beijing in TBA (Positive Psychology Center). noon; and biophysics; 4 p.m.; rm. 248, Architecture, Art, and Cinema; Sheldon Open Mind for Africa Dinner: Egypt; Liberal and Professional Studies Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. (Biochemistry Lu, University of California, Davis; 29 Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Events at 3440 Market St., Suite 100, Journey of an ATP-dependent Chromatin 6 p.m. Info.: www.pennlps.org. and Biophysics). 4:30 p.m.; rm. 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall 11 Queer Christian Fellowship Dinner; (Cinema Studies). Remodeling Protein, CSB; Hua-Ying 6 Walk-In Wednesdays; 11 a.m. and 10 Water in Contemporary Societies Fan, biochemistry and biophysics; 4 6:30 p.m.; $10, $2/Penn Students. Around the World; various speakers; 1 Local Markets and International 4:30 p.m.; LPS recruitment offices.Also Commerce: Investigating Maritime p.m.; rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. 25 Year End Party @ the CA; 5:30 p.m. April 13, 20, 27. p.m.; Penn Museum (YoW; Museum). (Biochemistry and Biophysics). 11 Alex’s Lemonade Stand and the Fight Against Childhood Cancer; panel discussion including Alex’s mother Liz The 27th annual Philadelphia International Children’s Festival, April 7-9 at the Annenberg Center, will Scott, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation; feature family-friendly music, theater and dance performances, as well as fun and interactive activities noon; Golkin Room, Houston Hall (Center in the fun zone including crafts, for Public Health Initiatives). face painting, jugglers and more. Sound Change in Philadelphia: For tickets and information, visit: www.annenbergcenter.org/tickets/childfest.php New Light on an Old Problem; William Labov, linguistics; noon; Lenape Room, University Club (ASEF). The Parliament of Speech: Right: World renowned puppeteer Recording Technologies and the Mailing Basil Twist will make his Philadelphia of Legal Documents in Japanese Courts; debut with Petrushka, an innovative Miyako Inoue, Stanford University; noon; combination of Czech and Japanese rm. 345, Penn Museum (Anthropology). puppetry techniques recommended for The Children’s Festival Fun Pass, available 12 Voices Across Indian Country: everyone from age 8 to adult. Native American Issues at Penn; Lucy Saturday, April 9 only, includes admission to Fowler Williams, Penn Museum; 1 p.m.; three different shows, access to the fun zone University Club (Women’s Club). and lunch for $25. Will China’s Political System Derail its Peaceful Rise?; Susan Shirk, University of California, San Diego; 3 Right: Award-winning actor John Lithgow will p.m.; rm. 245A, Silverman Hall (CEAS). perform a fun-filled concert of music, stories and The American Civil War and its surprises, featuring songs from his Grammy- Intellectual Boundaries; Stephanie nominated album The Sunny Side of the Street. McCurry, history; Rachel St. John, Harvard University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History). 13 60-Second Lecture: The Chemistry and Geopolitics of the Rare Earth Elements; Eric Schelter, chemistry; 11:55 a.m.; Stiteler Plaza (SAS External Affairs). What Can the Wrong Sperm do April to the Embryo?; Denny Sakkas, Yale University; noon; 132 Hill Pavilion (CRRWH). A T P E N N The Dissident’s Dilemma: Human Above: Jack Golden stars as Brook Rights, the Cold War, and Soviet History; Water, Water Every- Benjamin Nathans, history; noon; Terrace Rivers in Room, Claudia Cohen Hall (SAS). where: A Splashy Look at Our Most Precious Resource.

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