Penn Alexander School Week of September 11 PAS WEEKLY pennalexander.philasd.org | Mr. Farrell, Principal | 215-400-7760

Upcoming Events: Back to School Nights (Sept. 12th & 13th) Back to School Night (Grades 1-5) All parents/families are asked to join your Wed., Sept. 12th 6PM child’s classroom teacher at Back to School Night on the following date: Back to School Night (Middle School) Grades 1-5, Wed., Sept. 12th 6PM Thur., Sept. 13th 6PM Grade 6-Thur., Sept. 13th 6-7PM Home & School Association (HSA) Meeting Grades 7& 8-Thur., Sept. 13th 7-8PM Mon., Sept. 17th 8:45AM & 6PM Enter building through front entrance. Yom Kippur, School Closed Wednesday, September 19th Box Tops Collection International Peace Day Last year, PAS earned over $1,000 Friday, September 21st in Box Tops. Start Pretzel Friday ($1) & collecting now, and send Dress Down Day ($1) them to school. Friday, September 21st

Interim Reports (Grades 4-8) Monday, October 1st e-Pony launches September 11th Winter Coat Drive Begins Monday, October 1st Beginning September 11th, all families who create a PAS MySchool Anywhere account will automatically receive an email the first day of High School Info Night the week with a link to access our weekly Pony materials. (8th Grade Families) Tuesday, October 2nd, 6-7PM Your family can choose NOT to receive our paper Pony materials each week, by OPTING-OUT using Noon Dismissal the the link below. PAS will continue to send home Friday, October 5th paper copies of forms/slips that need to be returned. Fall Festival Thursday, October 11th https://tinyurl.com/PonyOptOut

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Please join us! Interested in volunteering at PAS? Check out the MySchool Anywhere Application and click on “Sign-Ups” to volunteer. Currently sign-ups are available General Meeting of the HSA to support with the Lunchroom, upcoming Pretzel Fridays, and Middle School trips. First meeting of the 2018–2019 school year, offered at two times, morning and evening: ‘18-’19 Student Handbook Our PAS ‘18-’19 Student Monday, Handbook is now available on our school’s website September 17 under the “For Families” section under “Policies Morning meeting: and Procedures”. If you 8:45–9:45AM would like a paper copy, please request a copy in Evening meeting: our main office. In 6:00–7:00PM addition, the School District of Philadelphia’s Student Code of Conduct can be accessed with the link below. Students in PAS Lunchroom (enter via the grades 5-8 will receive a paper copy and are asked to sign blacktop on 43rd Street). and return.

Topic: How can I volunteer? https://tinyurl.com/SDPStudentCode

Information will be available on the many ways to help the PAS community. Find out more about the committees and school events that need your help to be successful. Meet the HSA Board. 56% of Students Signed Up! Are you? Sign up to be a room parent. To date 56% of our families have created an account on the PAS Learn more about the My School MySchool Anywhere Application. Access our calendar, family Anywhere app. online directory, and volunteer sign-ups.

Register: join.myschoolanywhere.com Invitation Code: sadiesadie

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Dear Parents: Welcome to another great year at Penn Alexander! PAS is a community of engaged families, teachers, and administrators who all strive to give our children the best education possible — one that has earned our school a prestigious National Blue Ribbon award and recognition as the Philadelphia School District’s highest-performing K-8 School.

The Home and School Association of Penn Alexander School is an important partner with the school. The HSA is made up of you - the hard-working parents and caregivers who support the ​ school through fundraising and volunteerism. Our goal is to help maintain an exceptional neighborhood school that provides the best possible learning environment for our children.

What the HSA does: ● Raises money for school programming — including the school’s full-time art teacher, Mrs. Durant, and after-school clubs ● Promotes school spirit and community involvement through special events, such as the Ice Cream Social, Bingo Night, and the 5K Run for Art & Science ● Supports teachers and staff by helping meet classroom needs (reimbursing them for classroom supplies they buy out-of-pocket) and recognizing accomplishments ● Helps keep parents informed of school activities and news ● Secures volunteers for key school activities such as class trips, school events, and more

We can provide this support in part because of donations from you. Our goal for this school ​ year is to raise $150,000, with 100% of Penn Alexander families contributing. In order to ​ maintain the current level of programming and to meet our fundraising commitments, we are asking for $100 per student. We ask all families to give what they can, understanding that not ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ everyone is able to give at all times. In past years, individual donations have ranged from $10 to $6,000. Every donation of time and money counts, including the support PAS gets from you — ​ ​ our dedicated families — along with local businesses and organizations, relatives, alumni, and neighbors.

Please return the pledge form (on the reverse side of this letter) with a check or donate online ​ ​ at www.pennalexander.org. ​ ​

Thank you for your commitment to maintaining a high-quality, sought-after neighborhood ​ public school that reflects the diversity of the city. We look forward to another terrific year for the students!

The 2018–19 HSA Board Leila Graham-Willis, President Roseann Liu, Treasurer Karla Thut, VP of the Upper School Gina Bittner, Media Manager Rotonya Carr, Co-VP of the Lower School Angela Curry, Volunteer Coordinator Hannah Sassaman, Co-VP of the Lower School Jim Dugan, Room Parent Coordinator Elizabeth Johnson, Secretary ______2018 - 2019 Family Giving Donations to the Home & School Association support academic and extracurricular programs at Penn Alexander.

Where did my dollars go last year? ​ ➤ Enrichment: Full-time art teacher * After-school programs * Music education ​ ​ ➤ Teacher Support: Books and supplies * Staff appreciation * Professional development ​ ​ ➤ Building Community: Equity Circle * Ice cream social * BINGO night * Fall Festival ​ ​ ➤ Facilities: Gardening * Playground repair * School grounds renovation ​ ​ ______Suggested Donation: $100 per student

Goal: Participation from 100% of Penn Alexander families. We are grateful for any donation. All amounts are welcome. ​ ​ ​ We ask for 100% participation from PAS families to show our support and commitment to our school, teachers, administrators, staff, and our children.

My donation: ⬜ $10 ⬜ $50 ⬜ $100 (suggested per student) ​ ​ ​ ​ ⬜ $25 ⬜ $75 ⬜ $500 ​ ​ ​ ⬜ Other $ ______​ Ways to Give: ​ ➤ Check: Enclose a check with this form (please make checks payable to “PAS HSA”) and return in your child’s PONY ​ ​ ​ ➤ Cash: Enclose cash with this form and return in your child’s PONY ​ ​ ​ ➤ Online: Donate online at https://www.pennalexanderschool.org/ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ➤ Other online options: PayPal (Penn Alexander Home and School Association); Venmo (@PennAlexanderHSA) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ➤ Stock transfer: Please contact Roseanne Liu ([email protected]) for more information ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Contact Info: My name: ______My email: ______

My Student(s): Name: ______Room Number: ______Name: ______Room Number: ______Name: ______Room Number: ______VOLUNTEER! Calling all volunteers! Please get involved. Penn Alexander relies on the time, effort, and talents of our families. Whether you can serve on a committee, volunteer at an event, serve as a room parent, donate a skill or talent, or help out during lunch or recess, we want you and we need you!

______Yes, I would like to be contacted by the HSA Volunteer Coordinator to learn more about how I can help. THANK YOU! We Are Not Alone; Annenberg School of Communication. Penn Museum Tours Gallery Tours; Saturdays-Sundays, September 1:30 p.m.; Pepper Hall; free with admis- A T P E N N sion; info: www.penn.museum/visit/tours Wherever this symbol appears, more images are available on our website, Global Guides public tours; Sat- www.upenn.edu/almanac/at-penn-calendar urdays-Sundays, 2:30 p.m.; free with admission. Slought: free; Tues.-Fri., noon- ACADEMIC CALENDAR 5 p.m.; slought.org FILMS Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free; 3 Labor Day (no classes). hours: http://tinyurl.com/hwd74bp 14 In the Name of Peace, screening and 17 Course Selection Period ends. Wistar: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. discussion with director Maurice Fitzpat- rick; 5 p.m.; rm. 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES Upcoming (Cinema Studies). 1 Water and Solitude; photographs by 27 10 Drawings For Projection (1989- I-House Family Matinée Ed Stemmler; Burrison Gallery; 2011); features work from artist William $5 (ages 2+), free/IHP members. reception: September 7, 5 p.m. Through Kentridge; 6 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery. October 9. Tickets: ihousephilly.org International House (I-House) Center. Annenberg Photo courtesy of 9 Tales from Earthsea; animated 4 Truth & Image; artwork that absorbs, Circa, Australia’s bold, contemporary circus troupe, at Annenberg Center. See On captivates, transfxes and delivers the Lightbox Film Center fantasy epic based on the book series by Tickets: $10, $5 students/seniors; free/ Stage. Ursula K. Le Guin; 2 p.m. viewer to newly imagined destinations; reception: September 7, after 7 p.m. members. Morris Arboretum screening of The Seventh Seal; East Info: www.lightboxflmcenter.org 27 Yung Pueblo Reading and Book Sign- smithsonianmag.com/museumday/muse- Prices & registration: morrisarboretum.org Alcove Gallery, Lightbox Film Center, Screenings at 7 p.m. unless otherwise ing; reading from his poetry collection um-day-2018; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 1 Nature Play; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Top of I-House; info: www.davinciartalliance. noted. INWARD; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore. Archaeology in the A.M.; program the Oak Allée. org/calls/truthimage Through December 4 Deep Dive: Ingmar Bergman (a dis- 28 State of the Nation; David Jackson Am- for teens and young adults with special 15. cussion with Dr. Jan Holmberg); 6 p.m. brose, author; 6:30 p.m.; Penn Bookstore. needs; 10 a.m.-noon; free w/museum ad- 7 Storytime at the Arboretum; 10:30 mission; info: www.phillyautismproject. a.m.; Visitor Center. 11 The Other 9/11–Memories: 6 Wild Strawberries. Kelly Writers House Geography of a Decade, Chile, org; RSVP: [email protected] All events in the Class of 1942 Garden, 8 Thomas the Tank Engine and 1973-1983; more than 100 pieces of 7 The Seventh Seal. Penn Vet Working Dog Center Friends; all day. Through September 9. unless noted otherwise. artwork and photos to commemorate the 8 Through a Glass Darkly; 2 p.m. 3401 Grays Ferry Ave., Pennovation Center 45th anniversary of the Chilean coup; Info: https://writing.upenn.edu/wh Penn Museum Winter Light; 5 p.m. 4 “Get Lost” Working Dog Center Info: www.penn.musuem Upper Ambulatory, Annenberg Center; The Silence; 8 p.m. 5 Who Will Speak for America?; hosted reception: September 11, 6-8 p.m. by Stephanie Feldman and Nathaniel Tour; 2 p.m.; RSVP: (215) 989-2200 12 Archaeological Adventures: Myths Through October 11 (Latin American and 12 Tour Without End. Popkin; 6 p.m. 20 “Up & Over, Under & Through” around the World; workshops, guided Latino Studies). 13 The Magician. 12 Speakeasy Open Mic Night; 7:30 Working Dog Center Tour; 10 a.m.; tours and interactions with conservators RSVP: (215) 989-2200. for Homeschool Day; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; ad- 14 Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It; 14 Persona. p.m.; Arts Cafe. mission: $12/children over 3 and adults; flms, objects and installations; ICA; 15 Cries and Whispers; 5 p.m. 13 Alumni Panel: Careers in Journalism 23 Basic K9 Patrol Handler Course; advanced registration required. reception: 6:30 p.m. Through December 400-hour, 10-week course; 8 p.m.; 23. Scenes from a Marriage; 8 p.m. & New Media; Jill Castellano, Jess Good- cost: $375; register: (215) 989-2200 or man, and Ashley Parker with moderator 14 Exploring the Past; Homeschool Ree Morton: The Plant That Heals 17 Sci-Fi at Sunset: Flash Gordon; 8 p.m. [email protected] Day: Teen Edition; 1-3:30 p.m.; info: Stephen Fried; 6 p.m. May Also Poison; the work of artist 20 Newsreel ’68: Program 3. www.penn.museum/homeschool Ree Morton; ICA; reception: 6:30 p.m.; 17 Lunch with Maya Rao; Povich Jour- SPORTS curator-led tour: September 19, 6 p.m. 21 Autumn Sonata. nalism Program; noon. CONFERENCES Through December 23. 27 Milford Graves Full Mantis. 18 A Lunchtime Reading and Conver- 2 Field Hockey vs. North Carolina; 27 Las Voces de Maria; profles Puerto sation with Ondjaki; noon (Portugese 1:30 p.m. (Ellen Vagelos Field). 6 Women’s Voices from American Fron- MEETINGS Studies Program). tiers; explore some of the many women’s Ricans displaced by Hurricane Maria; 3 Men’s Soccer vs. Drexel; 7 p.m. Brodsky Gallery; opening reception: 6 (Rhodes Field). voices in Ok, I’ll Do It Myself: Narra- 5 University Council Meeting; 4 p.m., 24 Dead Parents Society Meets Modern tives of Intrepid Women in the American p.m.; Class of 1942 Garden, Kelly Writ- Loss; a conversation with Rebecca Sof- 7 Volleyball vs. Radford; 7 p.m. (The ers House. Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; register: Wilderness exhibit; 4 p.m.; Class of 1978 [email protected] or (215) 898- fer; noon. Palestra). Orrery Pavilion, 6th foor, Van Pelt-Diet- Now 7005. LIVE at the Writers House; 7 p.m. 8 Volleyball vs. Saint Francis; 10 a.m. rich Library; info and registration: www. Critical Abstractions: Modern 11 WPPSA Board Meeting; 12:30-1:30 25 David Bromige Memorial Reading; 6 (The Palestra). library.upenn.edu/exhibits/schim_conf. Architecture in Japan, 1868-2018; The p.m. Sprint Football Alumni Game; noon html Through September 7. p.m.; Conference Room 201, 3401 Wal- Architectural Archives, Kroiz Gallery, nut Street, B Wing. 26 Other Women Don’t Tell You: The (Franklin Field). 11 Penn Global Week; various locations; Fisher Fine Arts Library. Through Sep- Poetics of Motherhood; 6 p.m. Volleyball vs. Lehigh; 5 p.m. (The showcasing the depth and breadth of tember 24. 13 PPSA Open Board Meeting; 1 p.m.; School of Nursing; RSVP: ppsa@lists. Palestra). cultural activity and global programming Ok, I’ll Do It Myself: Narratives SPECIAL EVENTS of Intrepid Women in the American upenn.edu 9 Field Hockey vs. Saint Joseph’s; 1 available across campus; info: www.upenn. p.m. (Ellen Vagelos Field). edu/globalweek Through September 14. Wilderness; selections from the Caroline 25 WXPN Policy Board Meeting; noon; 6 Student Activities & Resources Fair; F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the WXPN, 3025 Walnut St. 11 Volleyball vs. Delaware State; 7 p.m. 26 Energy Policy Roundtable in the 1-4 p.m.; College Green/Locust Walk American Wilderness; Goldstein Family (GAPSA). (The Palestra). PJM Footprint #11: Cybersecurity: and Kamin Galleries, Van Pelt-Dietrich MUSIC Threats, Best Practices, and Improving 7 Kelly Writers House Activities Fair; 14 Men’s Tennis hosts Penn Fall Invi- Library. Through November 11. tational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Tennis the Regulatory Framework; 1-6:15 8 2nd Annual Pennovation Summer 1-4 p.m.; Class of 1942 Garden. p.m.; reception following roundtable; William Kentridge: Universal Ar- Centers). chive; series of 79 linocut images; Arthur Concert: Featuring Sun Ra Arkestra; 6-8 12 Pan-Asian American Community Women’s Soccer vs. UMBC; 5 p.m. Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, 4th p.m.; Pennovation Center (Pennovation foor, Fisher Fine Arts Library; $50/$100; Ross Gallery; reception: September 7, House (PAACH) Open House; 4-6 p.m.; (Rhodes Field). 5 p.m. Through November 11. Center). rm. 108, ARCH Bldg. info: [email protected]; register: 15 Men’s Tennis hosts Penn Fall Invi- https://tinyurl.com/ycuxh96y Cultures in the Crossfre: Stories 23 Flute and Harp Recital; Penn 21 Life Saving Measures; emergency tational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Tennis from Syria and Iraq; shedding light on the Flutes-Michele Kelly, music director; response preparedness and prevention; Centers). 28 Fourth Annual PLAC Conference: ongoing destruction of cultural heritage in 5 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine noon; Hamilton Field (PennReady). Climate Change, Resilience, and Envi- Football vs. Bucknell; 3 p.m. (Frank- the Middle East; Penn Museum. Through Auditorium (Music). LALS annual Almuerzo de Bienveni- ronmental Justice in Latin America and November 26. lin Field). the Caribbean; 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m; Singh 26 Rochberg @ 100: A Centennial da/Welcome Lunch; location TBD; info: 16 Men’s Tennis hosts Penn Fall Invi- Musical Partnerships at Play: The [email protected] (LALS). Center for Nanotechnology; info: https:// Marlboro Music School and Festival; Eu- Celebration of Composer George Roch- tational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Tennis tinyurl.com/y7gdte7l (Latin American berg; Daedalus Quartet + Fromm Players Ronald O. Perelman Center for Centers). gene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Political Science and Economics Open and Latino Studies). Library. Through June 21, 2019. featuring Ryne Cherry, baritone; 8 p.m.; Field Hockey vs. Drexel; 1 p.m. Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall House; short talks, refreshments, and (Ellen Vagelos Field). EXHIBITS Bearing Witness: Four Days in West (Music). tours of the new PCPSE bldg.; 3-5 p.m.; Kingston; Penn Museum. Through PCPSE; www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS). 21 Women’s Tennis hosts Cissie Leary December 2019. 28 Music in the Pavilion: Musicians Invitational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Ten- Admission Donations and Hours Moundbuilders: Ancient Artifacts of from Marlboro-Classical and Romantic 22 Population Studies Center Fall Cele- nis Centers). bration; info: www.pop.upenn.edu (PSC). Arthur Ross Gallery(ARG): Fisher North America; Penn Museum. Through Chamber Music; 6:15 p.m. lecture, 7 p.m. Volleyball vs. Princeton; 7 p.m. (The Fine Arts Library; free; hours: www. December 2019. performance, reception to follow; Class 25 Competing Visions of the Global Or- Palestra). arthurrossgallery.org/ of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center, der; join scholars, policymakers and lead- Ongoing Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; register: Sprint Football vs. Cornell; 7 p.m. Burrison Gallery, Inn at Penn: free; ers from around the globe, including Vice (Franklin Field). Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Audubon’s Birds of America; 1st f, www.alumni.upenn.edu/marlboro_2018 President Joe Biden; Perry World House; http://tinyurl.com/kaevlec Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. (Music). registration opens early September; info: 22 Women’s Tennis hosts Cissie Leary Esther Klein Gallery: free; Mon.- Marian Anderson on the World Stage; global.upenn.edu/perryworldhouse Invitational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Ten- Marian Anderson Gallery, Van Pelt-Diet- 29 Vijay Iyer; composer/pianist solo nis Centers). Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; performance; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Morris Arboretum http://estherkleingallery.tumblr.com/ rich Library. Football vs. Lehigh; 3 p.m. Middle East Galleries; explores how Theatre, Annenberg Center. Prices & info: morrisarboretum.org ICA: free; hours: www.icaphila.org Women’s Soccer vs. Harvard; 4 p.m. ancient Mesopotamian societies gave rise World Cafe Live 1 Early Bird Weekends; 8 a.m. Week- International House: free; hours: to the world’s frst cities through artifacts; 23 Women’s Tennis hosts Cissie Leary http://ihousephilly.org/ Performances daily. Complete listing and ends through September. Invitational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Ten- Penn Museum. tickets: philly.worldcafelive.com Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Saturday Morning Live Tour: Hidden nis Centers). Native American Voices: The People– Gems; 11 a.m.; Visitor Center. Library: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Here and Now; Penn Museum. 28 Philly Music Fest; two nights, only 25 Men’s Soccer vs. Bucknell; 7 p.m. http://tinyurl.com/hvrlct4 Out of Time; 12 photos or paintings by Philadelphia bands; 6 p.m.; info: https:// 8 Dogs and Barks Tour; dogwood tree (Rhodes Field). phlmusicfest.com Through September 29. tour; 11 a.m. Also September 22. Morris Arboretum: hours, prices: artists and dancer Raphael Xavier; Lobby, 28 Volleyball vs. Yale; 7 p.m. (The morrisarboretum.org Annenberg Center. ON STAGE 16 Grist Mill Demonstration Day; 1-4 Palestra). Penn Museum: $15/adults; $13/ The Artifact Lab: Conservation in p.m.; Bloomfeld Farm. Action; Penn Museum; weekdays, 11- Sprint Football vs. Chestnut Hill; 7 seniors; $10/children; free/members, p.m. (Franklin Field). PennCard holders and children under 5; 11:30 a.m. and 1:30-2 p.m.; weekends, Annenberg Center 23 Autumnal Equinox; 1 p.m.; Baxter Tues.-Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; frst Wed., noon-12:30 p.m. and 3-3:30 p.m.; free w/ Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org Memorial. Also at 2 p.m. 29 Field Hockey vs. Harvard; noon 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; www.penn.museum admission. 28 Circa; Australian circus troupe; 8 29 Korean Harvest Festival; 11 a.m.-3 (Ellen Vagelos Field). p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. Also September p.m. Volleyball vs. Brown; 5 p.m. (The 29, 2 p.m. Penn Museum Palestra). Info: www.penn.museum 30 Field Hockey vs. Temple; 1 p.m. READINGS & SIGNINGS (Ellen Vagelos Field). 4 Conversational Corners; Spanish 6 Our American Israel: The Story of language groups welcome; 9-11 a.m.; an Entangled Alliance; Amy Kaplan, group entrance. Also September 11, English; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore. English language groups; September 18, Portuguese language groups; September 13 Kids’ TV Grows Up: The Path from 25, Italian language groups. Howdy Doody to SpongeBob; Jo Holz, 3910 Chestnut St., 2nd Floor Annenberg; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore 5 Crafternoons; knitting groups; 2-4 p.m.; Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111 (Annenberg). Cultures in the Crossfre: Stories from Syria (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX (215) 898-9137 and Iraq exhibition. Also September 12, 17 Soraya Chemaly Book Signing; Email: [email protected] scrapbooking groups in the Museum Café; URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac discussing her book Rage Becomes Her; September 19, cross stitching groups in the 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore. Cultures in the Crossfre: Stories from Syria Unless otherwise noted, all events 18 The Musical Gift: Sonic Generosity and Iraq exhibition; September 26, jewelry are open to the general public as well in Post-War Sri Lanka; book release making groups in the Museum Café. as to members of the University. For building locations, call (215) 898-5000, event; Jim Sykes, music; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 14 Coffee with a Keeper; enjoy your 102, Lerner Center. or see www.facilities.upenn.edu or the morning coffee in the company of Penn University’s website, www.upenn.edu A 20 Two Times Platinum; Lloyd Remick, Museum expert Janet Monge; 9:30-11 phone number normally means tickets, attorney; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore. a.m.; Museum Café (enter at group reservations or registration are required. entrance); admission: $5; free/members. 26 Acts, Facts, and Artifacts: The Stuff Almanac carries an Update with of Black Culture; Kevin Young, Director 21 Peace Day Philly and Welcoming additions, changes & cancellations if of the Schomburg Center for Research Week Event; special Global Guide tour of received by Monday at noon for the fol- in Black Culture and Herman Beavers, the new Middle East Galleries; 10 a.m.- 5 lowing week’s issue. University members English and Africana Studies; 5 p.m.; p.m.; free w/museum admission.

Photo courtesy of the Burrison Gallery. may send notices for the Update or the Lighthouse Film Center, I-House. 22 Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day; October AT PENN calendar. Killarney from the Water and Solitude exhibit at the Burrison Gallery of photos by Frida: The Woman and the Novel; download two free museum tickets on Events on this calendar are subject to Ed Stemmler. See Exhibits. Barbara Mujica, novelist; 6 p.m.; Penn the Smithsonian magazine website; www. change. More information can be found Bookstore. on the sponsoring department’s website. Sponsors are listed in parentheses.

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4 Between the Sheets: The Molecular Chile; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Physiology Seminar Series; Jeanne From Self-Help to Self-Determina- Chemistry of Hybrid Perovskites; He- (Sociology). Bldg. (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Nerbonne, Washington University in St. tion: Radical Politics Off the (Non-Prof- mamala Karunadasa, Stanford Universi- Econometrics Seminar; Ivana Ko- Department). Louis; 4 p.m.; CRB Austrian Auditori- it Industrial Complex) Grid; Erica ty; noon; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry munjer, Georgetown; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 200, Jumps, Realized Densities and News um and Lobby, Clinical Research Bldg. Kohl-Arenas, UC Davis; 6 p.m.; rm. Complex (Chemistry). PCPSE (Economics). Premia; Paul Sangrey, economics PhD (Physiology). B3, Meyerson Hall (Graduate City and Graduate Research Colloquium; 11 Dissecting Tumor Metabolism from candidate; noon; rm. 203, PCPSE (Eco- TBA; Carl Bergstrom, University of Regional Planning). Alicia Meyer, English, and Sara Rendell, Immunometabolism; Jonathan Powell, nomics). Washington; 4 p.m.; Tedori Auditorum, 26 60-Second Lecture Series: OK Goo- anthropology; noon; 3rd foor, GSWS/ Johns Hopkins University; noon; Caplan PSC Colloquium Series: Conducting Levin Bldg. (Biology). gle/Siri/Alexa/Cortana, What’s Next?; APC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett Auditorium, Wistar (Wistar). Research Using Restricted Census Data; Almost Failing: Mexico’s Violence, Mark Liberman, Linguistic Data Consor- Hall (GSWS). Industrial Organization Seminar; Ethan Hossain, US Census Bureau; noon; Space and Discourse; Hector Amaya, tium; noon; Ben Franklin Statue, College Customer Learning and Reve- Alessandro Gavazza, London School of rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology). University of Virginia, Institute for Ad- Hall (rain location: Bistro, Houston nue-Maximizing Trial Design; Takeaki Economics; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 101, PCPSE Preparation, Passion and Seren- vanced Study at Princeton; 5:15 p.m.; rm. Hall); info: www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS). Sunada, economics; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 101, (Economics). dipity: Refections on an Unfnished, 109, Annenberg School for Communica- Colloquium; Kathy DeMarco Van PCPSE (Economics). Micro Theory Seminar; Doron Ravid, Non-Traditional Career in Chemistry; tion (Annenberg). Cleve, cinema and media studies; noon; 5 60-Second Lecture: Changing University of Chicago; 3:30 p.m.; rm. Richard Hark, Yale University; noon; 21 Grappling with Hercules: The Heroic rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Places: Using Science to Design Safer 203, PCPSE (Economics). Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex Male Nude and the Embodied Viewer Studies). and Healthier Cities; John MacDonald, Regulation of Energy Homeostasis: (Chemistry). around 1600; Kendra Grimmett, history Ours to Lose: Places in West criminology and sociology, Fels Institute; Basic Biology and New Therapeutic Op- Current Biology: Predictable Events of art PhD Candidate; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Philadelphia at Risk of Being Forgot- noon; Ben Franklin Statue, College Hall portunities; Bruce Spiegelman, Harvard; Enhance Word Learning in Toddlers; Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art). ten; Vincent Feldman, photographer; (rain location: Reading Room); info: 4 p.m.; Smilow Rubenstein Auditorium Jenny Saffran, University of Wisconsin; 23 The Digital Restoration Initiative: noon; The Hourglass Room, The Inn at www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS). (Cardiovascular Institute). 3:30 p.m.; Levin Auditorium, Levin Bldg. Penn. RSVP: [email protected] (Psychology). Reading the Invisible Library; W. Brent Astronomy Seminar: Cosmology Annenberg Seminar: Newer Women Seales, University of Kentucky; 2 p.m.; (PASEF). Seed Magnetic Field From Infation A; and Newer Men in Interwar Britain; Reba Weak Identifcation in a Class of Penn Museum (Museum). PSC Colloquium Series: Birth of the Bharat Ratra, Kansas State; 2 p.m.; rm. N. Soffer, California State, Northridge; Generically Identifed Models with an Culture Wars: How Race and Class Di- A6, David Rittenhouse Laboratory (Phys- 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History). Application to Factor Models; Gregory 24 Smooth Priors and the Curse of Di- vided American Religion; Melissa Wilde, ics and Astronomy). Fletcher Cox, Columbia; 4:30 p.m.; rm. mensionality: Feasible Multivariate Den- sociology; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. 12 60-Second Lecture Series: Lost 200, PCPSE (Economics). sity Estimation; Paul Sangrey and Minsu Electrokinetics, Transport and Words: 5 Medieval Words That We Need (Sociology). Stability at Reactive Metal Electrodes Alphaville, The City Layer, and the Chang, economics PhD candidates; noon; Right Now; Emily Steiner, English; noon; rm. 203, PCPSE (Economics). Astronomy Seminar; Daniel Jacobs, in High-energy Batteries; Lynden A. Ben Franklin Statue, College Hall (rain New Normal; Benjamin H. Gratton, UC Arizona State; 2 p.m.; rm. A6, David Archer, Cornell; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen San Diego; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, PSC Colloquium Series: Explaining Rittenhouse Laboratory (Physics and location: Bistro, Houston Hall); info: Health Disparities in the Sexual Minority Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical and www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS). Meyerson Hall (Graduate Architecture). Astronomy). Biomolecular Engineering). Population: Health Behaviors, Access to Colloquium; Whitney Trettien, En- 18 Nitrogenase M-Cluster Assembly; Condensed Matter Seminar: Geo- Condensed Matter Seminar: Soft Care and Neighborhood Effects; Matthew metrically Frustrated Self-Assembly: glish; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall Markus Ribble, University of California, Ruther, University of Louisville; noon; Matter Physics of the Evolution of (Cinema Studies). Irvine; noon; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chem- What Determines the Dimensionality of Multi-cellularity; Peter Yunker, Georgia rm. 103, NcNeil Bldg. (Sociology). the Aggregates?; Pierre Ronceray, Princ- Data-driven Design of Self-assem- istry Complex (Chemistry). Econometrics Seminar; Koen Tech; 4 p.m.; rm. A6, David Rittenhouse Work in Progress Seminar; Lauren eton; 4 p.m.; rm. A6, David Rittenhouse Laboratory (Physics and Astronomy). bling Colloids and Machine Learning Jochmans, Cambridge; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, Laboratory (Physics and Astronomy). of Protein Folding Funnels; Andrew Jade Martin, Penn State; noon; rm. 345, Money Macro Seminar: Self-Ful- PCPSE (Economics). CVI Seminar Series; Benjamin Ferguson, University of Chicago; 3 p.m.; Fisher-Bennett Hall, Conference Room; Paleontology and Connoisseur- flling Debt Dilution: Maturity and Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall register: https://tinyurl.com/y7lx9sqg Prosser, PSOM; 4 p.m.; rm. 11-146, Smi- Multiplicity in Debt Models; Mark Agu- ship; Carlo Ginzburg, Scuola Normale low Center for Translational Research (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineer- (Alice Paul Center). Superiore, Pisa; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 iar, Princeton; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE ing). Industrial Organization Seminar: (Cardiovascular Institute). (Economics). Orrery Pavilion, sixth foor,Van Pelt-Di- Department Colloquium; Robert Job Market Talk; Ambar LaForgia, Health Lawrence R. Klein Lecture; Richard The EwingCole Lecture: Sir Peter etrich Library; info: https://tinyurl.com/ McKeown, Jefferson Lab; 4 p.m.; rm. A8, Care Management and Economics PhD y8ylppah (A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Rogerson, Princeton; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, Cook; Peter Cook, founder, Archigram David Rittenhouse Laboratory (Physics Program; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 101, PCPSE PCPSE (International Economic Re- and Cook-Robotham Architecture Bibliography). view). and Astronomy). (Economics). 25 A Conversation with Donna Graves, Bureau; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Mey- Reputation Effects Under Interde- Acts, Facts and Artifacts: The erson Hall (Graduate Architecture). Money Macro Seminar; Rishabh public historian; noon; Upper Gallery, Kirpalani, Penn State; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, pendent Values; Harry Pei, Northwestern; Meyerson Hall (PennDesign Graduate Stuff of Black Culture; Kevin Young, 6 Struggles for Visibility: Surveillance PCPSE (Economics). 3:30 p.m.; rm. 203, PCPSE (Economics). Program in Historic Preservation). Schomburg Center for Research in Black Representations and Self-Representations Culture and New Yorker, and Herman Dream The Combine; Jennifer 19 60-Second Lecture Series: 60 Sec- Graduate Research Colloquium Beavers, English and Africana studies; 5 of Terrorists in the News Media; Mette Newsom and Tom Carruthers; 6:30 p.m.; onds is Forever (Without a Watch); Jamal Series: Exploding the Spectacle: The Mortensen, University of Copenhagen; p.m.; Lightbox Film Center, International Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Graduate Elias, religious studies and South Asia Urgency of (Re)Graphing Blackness House (Wolf Humanities Center). noon; 6th foor, 3901 Walnut St; RSVP: Architecture). studies; noon; Ben Franklin Statue, Col- in Kindred, and Live From the Under- [email protected] (Center Memory/Race/Nation—The Politics 13 Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation lege Hall (rain location: Bistro, Houston ground; Kiana Murphy and Dana Cy- for Advanced Research in Global Com- Hall); info: www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS). of Modern Memorials; Mabel O. Wilson, Interacts with Cancer and Normal press, English; noon; 3rd foor, GSWS/ Columbia; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, munication). Privacy, Research Ethics and the APC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett Molecular QED Theory of Reso- Tissues; Ling Qin, orthopaedic surgery; Meyerson Hall (Graduate Architecture). noon; rm. 10-146, Smilow Center for Dead; Susan Lawrence, University of Hall (GSWS). nance Energy Transfer; Akbar Salam, Tennessee; 4 p.m.; rm. 2019, Claire Fagin Musculoskeletal Microbiology; 27 Understanding the Prostate Cancer Wake Forest University; 1 p.m.; Lynch Translational Research (Radiobiology and Imaging). Hall (Nursing). Christopher Hernandez, Cornell; 1:30 Genome: From Biomarker Discovery Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex The Role of Efferocytosis in Car- p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (McKay to Clinical Application; Felix Y. Feng, (Chemistry). Inorganic Chemistry Seminar; Smarand Marinescu, Johns Hopkins diovascular Disease; Nicholas Leeper, Orthopaedic Research Lab). University of California, San Francisco; Estimating Models of Entry and Stanford; 4 p.m.; rm. 11-146, Smilow An Empirical Model of R&D Pro- noon; rm. 8-146, Smilow Center for Differentiated Products; Isabelle Perri- University; noon; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry). Center for Translational Research (Car- curement Contests: An Analysis of the Translational Research (Radiation Oncol- gne, Rice; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE diovascular Institute). DOD SBIR Program; Vivek Bhattacha- ogy). (Economics). Empirical Micro Seminar; Yusuke Narita, Yale; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE Why Do Spatial Wage Gaps Persist? rya, Northwestern; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 101, Memory at “The Mine of Death”: What an Ultrathin Cell can do: Evidence from the Enduring Divide Be- PCPSE (Economics). Cultural Landscapes of Andean Mercury Structural and Signaling Roles of the (Economics). Mining; Douglas K. Smit, anthropology; Diversifcation and Domestication of tween East and West Germany; Tommaso Micro Theory Seminar; Paul Lung Alveolar Type 1 Cell; Jichao Chen, Porzio, UC-San Diego; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, Milgrom, Stanford; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 203, 12:30 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum). MD Anderson Cancer Center; 4 p.m.; rm. Yeast; Justin Fay, Rochester University; 4 p.m.; Tedori Auditorum, Levin Bldg. PCPSE (Economics). PCPSE (Economics). Portuguese as a Welcoming Lan- 12-146, Smilow Center for Translational Humans vs. Robots: (Re)Valuating guage for Immigrants and Refugees in Research (Penn Center for Pulmonary (Biology). Microbiome Time in Metabolic Dis- the Worth of Work in the Age of Automa- ease; Christoph A. Thaiss, microbiology; Brazil; Leandro Rodrigues Alves Diniz, Biology). Epigenetics Monthly Seminar Series; University Federal de Minas Gerais, Sydney Shaffer, Jennifer Aleman, PSOM; tion; Ya-Wen Lei, Harvard University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 12-146A/B, Smilow Cen- 7 Culture, Ethnography, and Interac- 4:30 p.m.; rm. B26, Stiteler Hall (Center ter for Translational Research (IDOM). of Brazil; 2 p.m.; location TBD (Latin 4 p.m.; rm. 09-146AB, Smilow Center American and Latino Studies). tion: Thank God It’s Monday: Coworking for Translational Research (Cell and for the Study of Contemporary China). Did Delaware Get it Right or Mess It Spaces as Cultural Marketplaces; David Developmental Biology). 20 Knowledge by the Slice: How Dis- Up in Addressing the Takeover Boom of Understanding the Labor Market Grazian, sociology; noon; rm. 169, Mc- crimination Haunts Western Democracy; the 1980s?; panel discussion moderat- Payoff of Social Networks; Yiran Chen, Neil Bldg. (Sociology). 14 Culture, Ethnography and Interac- ed by Lawrence Hamermesh, Institute economics PhD candidate; 3:30 p.m.; rm. tion; Julia Ticona, Annenberg; noon; rm. Michael Hanchard, Africana studies; Archaeology, Museums and War in noon; Irvine Auditorium, Café 58; https:// for Law & Economics; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics). the 21st Century; Brian Rose, classical 169, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology). S245A, Law School (Penn Law). An Even More Humiliating Option; Galois Seminar; Dong Quan Nguy- tinyurl.com/y7ryxmxz (SAS). studies; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. TBA; Paul Cremer, Penn State PennMusic Colloquium; Rey Chow, Carlo Ginzburg, Scuola Normale Superi- (History of Art). en, Notre Dame University; 3:15 p.m.; ore, Pisa; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery DRL 4N30 (Mathematics). University; 1 p.m.; Lynch Lecture Hall, Duke; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 102, Lerner Center 10 Heterogeneity and Aggregate Fluc- (Music). Pavilion, sixth foor,Van Pelt-Dietrich It’s About Time; Nicholas Herman, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry). Library; info: https://tinyurl.com/y8ylp- tuations; Frank Schorfheide and Minsu Physical Chemistry Seminar; Ond- A New Species of Antiquarian; Carlo Chang, economics, and Xiaohong Chen, Penn Libraries; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe pah (A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bldg. (History of Art). jaki, Angolan writer, poet, and director; Ginzburg, Scuola Normale Superiore, Bibliography). Yale; noon; rm. 203, PCPSE (Econom- 2 p.m.; Iron Gate Theatre (Portuguese Pisa; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery ics). 17 60-Second Lecture Series: Interpret- Language Program). Pavilion, sixth foor,Van Pelt-Dietrich 28 GCB Chalk Talks; Yi Xing, Hongzhe Observational Data for Discovery ing the Constitution; Samual Freeman, Generation and Regeneration of the Library; info: https://tinyurl.com/y8ylp- Li, Mingyao Li, Penn; 2 p.m.; Class of Science; Nicholas P. Tatonetti, Columbia; humanities; noon; Ben Franklin Statue, Mammalian Lung; Edward E. Morrisey, pah (A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in 1962 Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg. noon; rm. 10-146, Smilow Center for College Hall (rain location: Bistro, medicine and cell and developmental Bibliography). (Biomedical Graduate Studies). Translational Research (Systems Pharma- Houston Hall); info: www.sas.upenn.edu biology, Penn Center for Pulmonary Bi- Expanding Historic Preservation Testimonios: Voices in Solidarity cology and Translational Therapeutics). (SAS). ology and Penn Institute for Regenerative Practice: Lessons from LGBTQ Histo- Against State Repression; sharing of PSC Colloquium Series: Calidad de Epigenetic Drivers of Childhood Medicine; 4 p.m.; rm. 11-146 Smilow ries; Donna Graves, public historian; frst-hand accounts of state repression in Vida de los Adultos Mayores en Chile; Brain Cancer: A Histone Tale; Sriram Center for Translational Research (Penn 6 p.m.; Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hall the Americas; 3 p.m.; location TBA; info: David Bravo, Catholic University of Venneti, University of Michigan; noon; Center for Pulmonary Biology). (GSWS). https://lals.sas.upenn.edu (LALS and UAB). 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