Hall: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Kroiz Gallery of the Architectural ACADEMIC CALENDAR : $14; $12/seniors, Archives. Through February 13, 2011 $7/kids 3-17, students; free/members and (Design; Library). 10 Fall Term Classes End. kids under 3; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. Set Pieces; a restaging of art works 11 Reading Days. Through December 14. Penn Museum: $10/adults; $7 seniors from the collection of the 15 Final Examinations. Through (65+); $6/children (6-17) and full-time stu- Museum of Art, including treasures from December 22. dents with ID; free/members & PennCard the Museum’s storage; ICA. Through holders; Tues./Thur.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; February 13, 2011. 22 Fall Semester Ends. Righteous Dopefiend; photographs December Wed. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; www.penn.museum. CHILDREN’S ACTIVITies The Rotunda: free; (215) 573-3234. and other media examine the experiences Slought Foundation: free; Thur.-Sat., of homeless drug users; Penn Museum; A T P E N N Morris Arboretum 1-6 p.m.; www.slought.org. Through May 2011. RSVP: (215) 247-5777 ext. 125 or 156. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free/ Water as Creator and Destroyer Spe- Wherever these symbols appear, more images or audio/video clips are Info.: www.morrisarboretum.org. ID required; info.: http://events.library. cial Display; ancient Mesopotamian arti- available on our website, www.upenn.edu/almanac/. 19 Kids’ Holiday Centerpiece; make a upenn.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi. facts including a famous Sumerian “flood tablet”; Penn Museum. Through May 2011. holiday decoration to keep or give as a Upcoming Annenberg Center gift; ages 5-12; $33, $30/members; 1:30- Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and filmS Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org MFA Sculpture Seminar Exhibition; Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania 3 p.m. 1 ; Remember Me Meyerson Gallery (Lower), Meyerson historic and contemporary photographs, 1 The Old Man and the Sea; 7 p.m.; 2 ; rock opera collabora- Penn Museum Hall. Through December 8. archaeological objects, traditional arts and M20 Seminar rm., Harrison College tion with Parson’s Dance & East Village www.penn.museum. Opera Company; 7:30 p.m.; $28-48; Info.: 3 Senior Thesis Preview; Charles Ad- family heirlooms; Penn Museum. Through House (Cinema Studies; YoW). Oh Maya!; activities inspired by the July 2011 Toy Story 3; 7 p.m.; Heyer Sky Lounge, Zellerbach Theatre. Also December 3, 8 12 dams Gallery. Through December 9. . 5 December 4 ancient Maya of Guatemala; 1-4 p.m. Color, Form and Texture of Trees; Harrison College House (Cinema Studies). p.m.; , 2 & 8 p.m.

Peanut Butter & Jams Now photography by Jim Smith highlighting Center for East Asian Studies 16 Mummenschanz; Swiss performance Riddle of the Sphinx: Recital in Four the beauty and diversity of trees; Upper Screenings at 6:30 p.m. in rm. 402, Co- group; 7:30 p.m.; $28-48; Zellerbach Family-friendly 11:30 a.m. Saturday Dominions; video, sculpture, drawings, concert series at World Cafe Live. Info.: Gallery, Morris Arboretum. Ongoing. hen Hall. Info.: www.ceas.sas.upenn.edu. Theatre. Also December 17, 8 p.m.; De- www.worldcafelive.com. artifacts and ceremony examine the life The Midwestern Experience: Ormandy cember 18, 2 & 8 p.m. of abolitionist John Brown; Amistad 7 Godzilla: Final Wars (2004). The Cat’s Pajamas; kid-rock with in Minneapolis; recalls the famed conduc- 4 Gallery, W.E.B. Du Bois College House; tor’s tenure with the Minneapolis Sympho- 14 The Host (2006). readings/signings a musical comedy twist; $10/adults, $7/ info. & RSVP: [email protected]. International House children. ny Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, edu. Through December 2 (Du Bois). Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Ongoing. Free or discounted admission for I-House 11 Milkshake; rock music duo; $12/ It Is the Mercy; Joseph Lozano makes members; $8, $6 students/seniors. Info.: Events in the Arts Cafe. adults, $10/children. painting installations that create a world Whenever Wednesday at ICA www.ihousephilly.org. Info.: www.writing.upenn.edu/wh. of abstract objects based on narratives of Lectures, films, book signings and other del Extasis al Arrebato: Documents/ Conferences water and the human relationship to it; events. 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 1 1 The Cloud Over the Floating World: Itineraries; 7 p.m. Tokyo’s Modern Ukiyo in the Age of the ICA. Through December 3. . 1 Conversation with Erin Shirreff. 1 Back to the Future: Explorations in Valence 2 Appropriations/ Great Super 8; 7 p.m. Internet; talk by Ned Eisenberg; 6 p.m. Communication and History ; InLiquid Art and Design Travelogue–Singapore; exploration of ; various Video Installation by Stephen Scott Smith 8 3 Animated Experiments: Rhythm, 2 RealArts@Penn; noon. panelists; 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; rm. 109, Annen- Singapore’s art with Weng Choy Lee. Light and Color; 7 p.m. We All Feel Like It; reading by vari- www.asc.upenn.edu/ that explores movement and deconstruc- berg School; info: tion of image into geometry through Ongoing at the Penn Museum Painting/Movement; 9 p.m. ous Writers House affiliated poets; 6 p.m. backtothefuture (Annenberg). stop-motion, morph and animation; ICA. Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in Investigation/Metacinema; 5 p.m. 6 Poetry in 1960; symposium; 6:30 p.m. the Sun; Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, 4 2 Making Smaller Better: Using Proven Through December 3. Enraptured; 7 p.m. 7 Reading by Greg Djanikian’s Poetry Practices to Inform Urban Right-Sizing in Erin Shirreff: Still, Flat, and Far; vid- Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient Israel; Living in Balance: The Universe 8 Archive Fever: Red Channels – Film Class; 5:30 p.m. Pennsylvania; Do the seeds of city renewal eo, sculpture and works on paper conjuring with Live Score; 7 p.m. necessarily lie with growth and expansion– familiar objects, sites and recollections; of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache; 8 Reading by Lynn Levin’s Poetry or can smaller be better?; Toni Griffin, Har- ICA. Through December 5. Mesoamerica; The Egyptian Mummy: 15 Le Amiche (The Girlfriends); 7 p.m. Class; 6 p.m. vard University; 6 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Mineral Spirits: Anne Chu and Secrets & Science; Buddhism: History & 13 Reading by Jamie-Lee Josselyn’s Hall. Also December 3 (Design). Matthew Monahan; explores the artists’ Diversity of a Great Tradition; Africa. MEETINGs Memoir Writing Class; 6 p.m. distinctive take on the figure through P.M. @ Penn Museum Penn Bookstore eXHIBITS sculpture and drawings; ICA. Through Wednesday evening programs. Gallery 7 PPSA; noon; rm. 302, Van-Pelt Dietrich Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore. Library; RSVP: [email protected]. December 5. tours at 5:30 p.m., followed by programs Book Club Meeting: White Teeth by Admission Donations and Hours Six Plus Six 1 Amistad Gallery, ; video installation based at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 8 University Council; 4 p.m.; Bodek Zadie Smith; noon. W.E.B Du Bois Col- on the myth of Persephone; International ucouncil@ lege House; free, noon-9 p.m.; PennCard 1 Life and Culture of the Romans and Lounge, Houston Hall; RSVP: Selling the Fountain of Youth: How House. Through December 24. Etruscans. pobox.upenn.edu the Anti-Aging Industry Made a Disease required. Holiday Garden Railway Display Arthur Ross Gallery ; out of Getting Old and Made Millions; , Fisher Fine Arts grand opening November 26, 1-3 p.m.; 8 Travel Through Ancient Egypt. Music Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Arlene Weintraub; 6 p.m. Morris Arboretum. Through January 2, 15 Live Music with Ayca Yesim; Tour: Penn Improvisational Jazz Workshop; Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. 2011 Archaeologists and Travelers in Ottoman 2 Knack Puppies: A Complete Guide Burrison Gallery . open jazz jam for musicians of all abili- , University Club at Machinato Causa; result of an artist- Lands. to Raising a Happy Puppy in a Positive Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; ties; Sundays, 4-6 p.m.; rm. 413, Fisher Environment; Joan Capuzzi; 5 p.m. in-residency project with Marisha Si- Drop-in Yoga Class; Tour: Classical Bennett Hall; Info.: [email protected]. Sat.-Sun., 7 a.m.-1 p.m. 22 The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radi- Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, mons, Peter Hanley and Laureen Griffen; World of Romans, Etruscans and Greeks. 2 Penn Singers Present: Parade; 8 p.m.; 7 Esther Klein Gallery. Through January 2, calism; Dan Berger; 6 p.m. Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall: free; Iron Gate Theatre; $12/door, $9/Locust Walk. 2011 (Breadboard). Penn Museum Tours Also December 4, 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. (PAC). 8 What’s an American Doing Here? Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The Wolf Man Paints!; drawings and Tours begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Warden Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, 3600 PennYo (Chinese a cappella) presents: Reflections on Travel in the Third World; paintings by Sigmund Freud’s famous Garden Entrance. Tour availabilty and 3 Stan Diamond; 6 p.m. Market St.: free; Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 topics subject to change. Info.: www. Yoception; 5:45 p.m.; Harold Prince The- www.kleinartgallery.org patient Sergius Pankejeff; Slought Foun- 16 Higher Education and the American p.m.; Info.: . dation. Through January 22, 2011. penn.museum. atre, Annenberg Center; $9/door, $7/Locust Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA): Walk. Also December 4, 8:45 p.m. (PAC). Dream: Success and its Discontents; Mar- Archaeologists and Travelers in Otto- 4 Daily Life in Ancient Egypt. vin Lazerson; 4 p.m. free; Wed. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thu.-Fri. 11 man Lands; explores the excavation of Off the Beat; co-ed a cappella; 8 p.m.; a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; 5 Peace Around the World. Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum; $10, $7/ www.icaphila.org. Nippur by the University of Pennsylvania SPECIAL EVENTS in the late 1800s; Penn Museum. Through 11 Etruscan/Roman: Ancient Coins and groups of 8 or more. Also December 4 (PAC). International House: Hours vary; Gems. Full Measure Presents: Kaleido- February 6, 2011. 4 Red and White Ball info.: www.ihousephilly.org. Archaeology: Tools of the Trade. scope; Christian a cappella; 7 p.m.; Dun- 3 ; hosted by stu- Wharton Esherick and the Birth of 12 dents in Penn Nursing’s Minorities in Kroiz Gallery of the Architectural the American Modern lop Auditorium, Stemmler Hall; $8/door, Archives, ; examines the 18 Highlights of the Collection. Nursing Organization; proceeds will Fischer Fine Arts Library, low- work of the founder of the American $7/Locust Walk (PAC). er level: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 19 Egypt of the Pharaohs. support The Field Center; 7:30 p.m.- Gallery, Meyerson Studio Furniture Movement; Kamin Gal- 5 Penn Sargam Presents: A Journey midnight; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; lery, first floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, Through South Asia; classical South info.: [email protected] (MNO). Asian music;5 p.m.;Class of ‘49 Audito- rium, Houston Hall; $5 (PAC). 4 Discount Days at the Penn Museum; PennCard holders recieve 15% off all 12 Mario Pavone’s Double Tenor; 8 p.m.; purchases; Penn Museum.Through De- International House; $12 (Ars Nova). cember 5. December Performances 16 Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up; 8 Holiday Tea Party; 3-4:30 p.m.; Pep- p.m.;The Rotunda; free (Ars Nova). per Mill Cafe, Penn Museum; $17.95. Music Department 5 Peace around the World: Passport to Info.: www.sas.upenn.edu/music. Culture; 1-4 p.m.; Penn Museum. $5, free with Penn ID. 8 PennRec Faculty/Staff Only Open 1 Jazz Combos I; 7 p.m.; Rose Recital House at Fox Fitness Center; 7 a.m.-7 Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall. p.m.; Gate 2 North, . 2 Jazz Combos II; 7 p.m.; Rose Recital 9 Annual Holiday Sale; 20% off mer- Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall. chandise storewide; through December 4 Penn Wind Ensemble; 8 p.m.; Irvine 10 (Penn Bookstore). Auditorium. Kwanzaa Celebration Dinner; 6 p.m.; 5 Ancient Voices; 3 p.m.; Amado Recital Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (Makuu). Hall, . 10 Christian Association Christmas 6 Penn Chamber I; 7 p.m.; Rose Recital Party; 5:30 p.m. (CA). Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall. 18 Holiday Skate; free with donation to 7 Penn Chamber II; 7 p.m.; Amado Re- Toys for Tots; 5:45 p.m.; Class of 1923 cital Hall, Irvine Auditorium. Arena. Also December 19, 1:30 p.m. 8 Penn Chamber III; 7 p.m.; Rose Re- Sports cital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall. 10 University Choral Society with mem- Tickets & venues: www.pennathletics.com. bers of the Penn Symphony Orchestra; 8 3 Gymnastics; intrasquad; 6 p.m. p.m.; Irvine Auditorium. 7 (W) Basketball vs. St. Joseph’s; 7 p.m. Invisible masters of movement of Mummenschanz enchant audiences 11 Penn Composer’s Guild; 3 p.m.; Rose (M) Basketball vs. Villanova; 7 p.m. of all ages in a magnificent holiday show performed in the Zellerbach Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall. 8 Theatre, December 16-18. The Swiss company uses ordinary materials Performers in David Parson’s Remember Me bring to Penn Chamber Orchestra; 8 p.m.; 9 (M) Squash vs. Navy; 6 p.m. such as toilet paper, foam and recycled junk to tell incredible stories life the classic story of a love triangle between two Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; 10 (W) Swimming vs. Columbia; 4 p.m. that make a great alternate to traditional holiday shows. See On Stage. brothers and their beloved on stage in the Zellerbach Annenberg Center (W) Basketball vs. Maine; 7 p.m. Theatre, December 2-4. Don’t miss the chance to see Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org or this collaboration with the East Village Opera Com- (215) 898-3900. pany. See On Stage. 10 A Creole Christmas: Preservation Hall Jazz Band; 8 p.m.; $20-50; Zeller- bach Theatre. 3910 Chestnut St., 2nd Floor Irish Christmas Celebration 11 ; Slide, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111 traditional Irish band; 8 p.m.; $20-50; Zellerbach Theatre. (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX (215) 898-9137 E-mail: [email protected] World Cafe Live URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac Performances daily. See www.worldcafe- live.com for a complete listing. Unless otherwise noted, all events are WXPN Free at Noon Concert Series; open to the general public as well as to mem- Fridays at noon; RSVP: http://xpn.org/ bers of the University. For building locations, concerts-events/free-at-noon. call (215) 898-5000, or see www.facilities. upenn.edu or the University’s website, www. On Stage upenn.edu. A phone number normally means 3 Simply Chaos Presents: Come At Me, tickets, reservations or registration required. Bro!; sketch comedy; 8 p.m.; Iron Gate Almanac carries an Update with addi- Theatre; $8/door, $7/Locust Walk (PAC). tions, changes & cancellations if received Sparks Dance Company Presents: by Monday at noon for the following One Spark, Two Sparks, Red Sparks, Blue week’s issue. University members may send Sparks; 9 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre; notices for the Update or January AT PENN Partake in an Irish Christmas Celebration at the Zellerbach $10/door, $8/Locust Walk. Also Decem- calendar. The deadline for the January AT Theatre with Slide, a band who hails strait from the Emerald The Preservation Hall Jazz Band is back by popular demand for a ber 4, 6:30 p.m. (PAC). PENN is December 7. Isle, December 11. Their ability to combine traditional Irish New Orleans Creole Christmas celebration in the Zellerbach The- 18 Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol; Events on this calendar are subject to music with contemporary hits, festive fiddling, and mix of atre, December 10. Enjoy the holiday mood with ragtime, blues 7:30 p.m.; St. Mary’s Church; benefits the- change. More information can be found traditional Irish tunes with holiday favorites makes this a per- and jazz twists on Christmas classics. A holiday event perfect for church; donation: $10 adults, $5 children formance you do not want to miss. See Music. on the sponsoring department’s website. the whole family. See Music. 5-12; Info.: (215) 386-3916. Sponsors are listed in parentheses.

11/23/10 talks fitness/learning 1 Creating a Sustainable Water Future; Title TBA; Raleigh Martin, Earth and Cardio Fitness; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tue. HR: Learning and Education Art in Philadelphia; 2 p.m.; $20, $18/ Jeffery Fulgham, GE Power & Water; noon; Environmental Science; noon; rm. 358, & Thu.; St. Agatha-St. James Parish Hall; Open to Penn faculty and staff. Info.: members. Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Hayden Hall (Earth and Environmental first class free, $8/per class, $5/students; www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog. 9 Holiday Tabletop Tree with Lights; 10:30 Building (Environmental Studies). Science). Carolyn Hamilton: (267) 251-3842. 6 Unlocking the Secrets of the Penn a.m.; $60, $50/members; Also 6:30 p.m. Who are in the Top Five of World New Parents @ Penn Being Proactive During a Difficult ; every other Tues- Library; noon. Holiday Kissing Ball; 1 p.m.; $53, Economy: Using Your Break to Find a Economies Today? The Penn World Table day at 5:30 p.m.; info.: (215) 898-8611 (PWC). 11 Perspective; Alan Heston and Robert The Working Parents Association; 9 FOCUS: Achieving Your Highest $44/members; Also 6:30 p.m. Job or Internship in Design and Plan- Priorities; 9 a.m.; $75. ning; noon; room TBA, Meyerson Hall Summers, economics; noon; Lenape Wednesdays; noon; Penn Women’s Cen- 19 Holiday Centerpiece Class; 10:30 (Career Services). Room, Inn at Penn (PASEF). ter; info.: [email protected] (PWC). 10 Information Session on Staff a.m.; $60, $50/members. Also December OLDER the BETTER: Origin and 7 Til Disinterest Do Us Part: Ameri- Penn Knitters; Thursdays; noon; Fire- Mentoring Program; noon. 20, 10:30 a.m. Function of Core Components of Re- can Trial Marriage and the Laws of the side Lounge (2nd fl.), The ARCH; info.: 14 Career Focus Brown Bag: All About Kids’ Holiday Centerpiece; 1:30 pm; productive Machinery; Eugene Xu, Home, 1906-1930; William Kuby, his- [email protected]. Networking; noon. $33, $30/members. Northwestern University; noon; 132 Hill tory; 4:30 p.m.; History Lounge, College 8 S.A.F.E. Self Defense Workshop; 15 Brown Bag Matinee: Time Pavillion (CRRWH, Center for Animal Hall 209 (History). women’s safety educational awareness Management: A Productivity Plan; noon. ISC Technology Training Services Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research). 8 Turning Over a New Leaf: Vegetative and crime prevention; 6 p.m.; Benjamin HR: Quality of Worklife ISC Labs, 3650 Chestnut St., 9:30 a.m.- Christian Slavery: The Moravian Phase Change in Plants; Scott Poethig, Lounge, Sansom Place West; info.: su- Open to Penn faculty and staff. Info.: 4:30 p.m. RSVP: www.upenn.edu/com- Mission to Jamaica, 1754-1770; Kath- biology; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Au- [email protected] (Public www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog. puting/isc/training. erine Gerbner, Harvard; 12:30 p.m.; rm. Safety; TCPW). ditorium, Chemistry Building (Environ- 8 Diabetes Management; noon. 3 Word 2007 Advanced; $190. 105, McNeil Center (McNeil Center for mental Studies). Student Affairs Professional Develop- Early American Studies). 14 Tips for Working with Team Members 14 Access 2007 Advanced; $448. Also The Role of the Sperm Epigenome ment Meeting; 11:30 a.m.; Hall of Flags, 9 December 15. Technology Evolution to Sustainabil- in Paternal Disease Transmission; Sarah Houston Hall. for Better Results; noon. ity Meets Future Energy Needs; Rajeev Weigle Info Commons Workshops Kimmins, McGill University; noon; 253 Christian Association 15 PMS and PMDD: What You Need to Gautam, UOP; 3 p.m.; Wu & Chen Audi- BRB II/III (CRRWH). Know; noon. Class of 1968 Seminar Room, Van Pelt- torium, Levine Hall (CBE). Info.: www.upennca.org. Dietrich Library. Info & RSVP: http:// Innovative Orbital Design; Ed Bel- Bible Study: Race & Justice; 6 p.m. Morris Arboretum Innate Resistance, Inflammation, and bruno, Princeton; 2 p.m.; A6, DRL (As- 6 wic.library.upenn.edu/wicshops. Africa Dinner; 6 p.m. Info. & RSVP: (215) 247-5777. Cancer; Giorgio Trinchieri, Laboratory trophysics and Cosmology). 7 www.morrisarboretum.org 1 Blackboard: Walk-in Support; 11 a.m. of Experimental Immunology Center for TAB Bible Study; sponsored by people Also December 15, 9:30 a.m. Chromatin Insulators and Nuclear 8 Wellness Walks; guided walks of Cancer Research; 4 p.m.; Grossman Au- Organization; Wictor Corces, Emory of Tabernacle United Church; 5:30 p.m.; 4 Zotero; 11 a.m. ditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). Also December 15, 22, & 29. two miles around the Arboretum; 10:30 RefWorks; noon. University; 4 p.m.; Joseph N. Grossman, a.m., free with regular admission. Also Title TBA; Anthony Braga, Rutgers MD Auditorium (Wistar Institute). 10 Peacemaking Through the Arts; From Assignments to References: University; 4 p.m.; Jerry Lee Center of December 18. Posters with Powerpoint; 4 p.m. Title TBA; Thomas Sanderson, Cen- students work with elementary school Floral Imagery in Copper Foil; 1 Criminology (Criminology). ter for Strategic International Studies; 4 kids on performing and visual arts; 3 p.m. Technically Speaking Series: iPad; 11 Flexibility, Materials, and Biological p.m.; $38, $32/members. 3 p.m.; Jerry Lee Center of Criminology, Slanguage; 2:30 p.m. a.m. Function; Michael Thorpe, Arizona State 3809 Walnut (Criminology). 14 5 Holiday Wreath Making; 10:30 a.m.; University; 4 p.m.; A8, DRL (Physics). 17 Networking/Staff Lunch; noon. $55, $46/members. Also 1:30 p.m.; 8 From Assignments to References: The Music, Mastery, and Memory; Tod Editing and Revising Process; 4 p.m. The Motility Mechanism of Dynein; Machover, MIT; 5 p.m.; Rainey Audito- December 6, 10:30 a.m. 2 Liberal and Professional Studies Blackboard: Grade Center Samara Reck-Peterson, Harvard Univer- rium, Penn Museum: RSVP: www.phf. Info.: www.pennlps.org. 8 A Museum Without Walls: Public 14 ; 11 a.m. sity; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB upenn.edu (PHF). 1 Walk-In Wednesday Academic (Biochemistry and Biophysics). 9 Advances in Modeling of Structural Program Information Sessions; 11 a.m.- The Master Switch: The Rise and Materials for Nuclear Fusion Reactors; Duc 1 p.m. & 4:30-6 p.m.; Suite 100, 3440 Fall of Information Empires; Timothy Nguyen-Mann, UKAEA Euratom Fusion Market Street. Also December 8 & 15. Wu; noon; Room TBA, Annenberg Association; 10:30 a.m.; LRSM Auditorium School (Cinema Studies). 2 Master of Liberal Arts: Penn (Materials Science and Engineering). Employee Information Session; noon; Multi-View Regression; Lyle Ungar, Ubiquitin Links to the AAA+ ATPase Computer and Information Science; 3 Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen Hall; Cdc48/p97 to Cell Cycle Regulation and RSVP: www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/event. p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium (CIS). Membrane Traffic; Hemmo Meyer, Univer- 3 Chaos and Organization in Healthcare; sität Duisburg-Essen; noon; Austrian Audi- 9 MES Lecture Series: Fracking in the Thomas Lee, Harvard; 9 a.m.; rm. 1206, torium, CRB (Biochemistry & Biophysics). Upper Delaware Watershed: How Safe is Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall; RSVP: mad- Cultural Neuroscience: Where Does Hu- Our Drinking Water?; Yvette Bordeaux; [email protected] (LDI, SOM). man Diversity Come From?; Joan Chiao, North- registration: www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/ IRCS/ Computational Neuroscience western University; 4 p.m.; Silverman Hall, rm. node/1789. Speaker Series; Yael Niv, Princeton Univer- 245A (Neuroscience and Society; Law). Department of Recreation: PennFit

sity; noon; rm. 470, 3401 Walnut (IRCS). 10 IRCS/ Computational Neuroscience Pottruck Health & Fitness Center. www. Photo: Paul Meyer Consumer Credit and Consum- Speaker Series; Michael Frank, Brown Uni- upenn.edu/recreation/programs/pennfit. ers Without Credit in Colonial North versity; noon; rm. 470, 3401 Walnut (IRCS). html. America; Robert DuPlessis, Swarthmore Challenges of Communicating with 1 Medicine Ball Workout; 5:30 p.m. College; 2 p.m.; rm. 1040, Steinberg the Public About Health Reform; Susan 3 Free Body Composition Hall-Dietrich Hall (History). Dentzer; noon; Class of 1949 Audito- Measurements; 8 a.m. Also noon & 5 p.m. “Let Them See How Curiously rium, Houston Hall; registration: mad- Bonus Seminar: Intro to Spinning; They’re Made”: Defining Femininity and [email protected] (LDI). 1:15 p.m. Masculine Authority in the Aristotle Texts; Transatlantic Revision and American Bonus Seminar: Muscles of the Marcia Nichols, University of Minnesota- Literary History; Joseph Rezek, MCEAS; 8 Rochester; 3 p.m.; Stephanie Grauman Month; 5:30 p.m. 3 p.m.; Stephanie Grauman Wolf Room, Winter is the perfect time to visit the Morris Arboretum. Don’t miss the Holiday Wolf Room, McNeil Center (MCEAS). McNeil Center (MCEAS). 13 Stress Relief Week; all group exercise Soil Ecosystem Responses to Experi- classes free; through December 17th. Garden Railway, on display now through New Year’s. Above: bronze sculptures Targeted Therapy for Melanoma; by artist Michael Price of Morris Arboretum founders John and Lydia Morris. mental Warning in Northen Mongolia; Lynn Schuchter, biochemistry and bio- Anarma Sharkhuu, Earth and Environ- physics; 4 p.m.; Johnson Foundation mental Science; 3 p.m.; rm. 358, Hayden Library, rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry Hall (Earth And Environmental Science). Building (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Agitplakat: Socialist Laughter in Penn VIPS Holiday Gift/Toy Drive: November 30––December 16 the Political Posters of the Thaw (1956- 15 Title TBA; Barry Zirkin, John Hopkins; Please join us in the Annual Penn Volunteers In Public Service Holiday Drive. As you buy toys and presents for the holiday 1966); Masha Kowell; 3:30 p.m.; Rich noon; 132 Hill Pavillion (CRRWH; Center for season, please consider spreading some cheer to deserving members of our community. All toys and gifts donated will support Seminar Room, 113 Jaffe (Art History). Animal Transgenesis & Germ Cell Research). the efforts of organizations including the Annual Holiday Party sponsored by Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, People’s Emer- Epigenetic Mechanisms: Transcrip- NOS as a Potential Therapeutic gency Shelter, McMichael School, Potter’s Mission, Bridges to the Community, Intercultural Family Services and many more. tion Factor Binding to Mitotic Chro- Target in Pancreatic Cancer; Christopher All items for the holiday drive must be new, not used and unwrapped. Below are convenient locations for you to drop off mosomes; Ken Zaret, biochemistry and Counter, Duke University; 4 p.m.; Gross- your donations: biophysics; 4 p.m.; Johnson Foundation man Auditorium,Wistar Institute (Wistar). Library, rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry 16 Epilepsy, Multi-scale Brain Record- Office Location Contact Phone Building (Biochemistry and Biophysics). ing, and Flexible Silicon Nanoribbons; President’s Office 100 College Hall Brenda Gonzalez 898-0447 Provost Office 353B 3401 Walnut Susan Curran 898-6841 Decision Process Colloquium; noon; rm. Bryan Litt, neurology; 11:45 a.m.; Don- 6 ner Auditorium, HUP (LRSM). Museum Reception Desk Near Kress Gallery Bonnie Crossfield 898-4001 255, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Psychology). Af-Am Resource Center 3537 Locust Walk Rob Carter 898-0104 Human Resources 538A 3401 Walnut Street Monee Pressley 898-6018 2010-11 Holiday Hours for University Services and Facilities SAS 120 Claudia Cohen Hall Stephanie Jones 898-7867 Van Pelt Library Human Resources Office Zakiya Blake 898-8109 Accounts Payable Closed December 24, Penn Home Ownership Services Netter Center 133 S. 36th Street - Rm. 507 Isabel Mapp 898-2020 27, & 31. Open December 28-30 8 a.m.- Closed December 24; re-opens January 3 ISC 265C 3401 Walnut St Doris Pate 573-6803 noon. at 9 a.m. Wharton 1000 SH-DH Jennifer O’Keefe 898-1092 Arthur Ross Gallery Closed November Penn Ice Rink Closed December 24-26; School of Nursing Claire Fagin Hall Room 458 Donna Milici 573-0747 25 & 26; December 26-January 3. Re-opens open December 27-30, check public skating Linguistics 619 Williams Hall Amy Forsyth 898-6046 January 4 hours at www.upenn.edu/icerink; closed ISC 203A Sansom West Kathie Ritchie 573-3561 Christian Association Closed December December 31 and January 1; open January 2 University Club 3611 Walnut/Inn at Penn Natalka Swavely 898-4618 23- January 3. for public skating 1:30-3 p.m.; regular hours SAS Facilities 3600 Market St Suite 501 Juliana Walker 573-3119 resume on January 3. Law School Silverman, Room 145 L’Tanya Nelson 898-7144 Department of Housing & Conference Compliance & Privacy 3819 Chestnut Street Holly Miller 614-1907 Services Closed December 24; re-opens Penn Mail Services December 23, one January 3 at 9 a.m. pickup cycle, mail received after noon School of Medicine 233 Blockley Sharon Connelly 898-2876 Residence Halls All residences, will be delivered to USPS on December LIFE 4508 Chestnut Street Cherry Sturdivant 573-7202 EXCEPT Harnwell, Harrison and Rodin 27. Closed December 24; special delivery Stouffer Commons 3702 Spruce - Lobby Glenn Stieffenhofer/Troy Majnerick 898-8610 College Houses, and Sansom Place East schedule December 27, 28, 29 & 30: Mail Regulatory Affairs 3624 Market Street - 301S Adina Lieberman 746-6264 and West, are closed starting December will not be delivered, unless you have made Research Services P-221 Franklin Bldg. Lauren Oshana 573-6710 23 at noon. Residents in closed College special arrangements with Penn Mail; closed Student Health 3535 Market/Suite 100 Constance Murphy 746-1010 Houses must vacate their rooms by noon on December 31; regular schedule resumes on ULAR 220 South 40th St. - 230 Mary Jo Daley 898-4902 December 23 and may return to their rooms January 3. on Saturday, January 8 beginning at 9 a.m. . USPS Express Service: Open Wednesday, December 22 until 1 p.m. Closed Penn Dining/Bon Appétit All residential December 23-31; re-opens on January halls will close on December 22, 3 p.m.; 3. Any permit mailings from external re-open January 11 at 5 p.m. Houston Market vendors needing a Penn Mail signature closes December 22, 3 p.m., re-opens during the Winter Break must have paper January 11; regular hours resume January 12. work completed and signed by 4 p.m. on See www.upenn.edu/dining. Wednesday, December 22. Penn VIPS – Adopt A Family for the Holidays Program Hilton Inn at Penn Closes December 19 During the holidays in December, departments from across the University “adopt” a deserving family. The adoption is at 3 p.m.; re-opens January 2 at 3 p.m. Penn Museum Closed November 24, 2 p.m. Re-opens November 26. Closed usually done in lieu of departmental gift exchanges. The assigned family is treated to presents and sometimes holiday dinner. Morris Arboretum Closed December 24, December 24, 25 & 31; January 1. Families participate in the program on a one-time basis. 25, January 1. Penn Transit Services Closes December Families are assigned to departments based on request. Departments choose the size of the family they would like to adopt. Office of Software Licensing Closed 24 at 3 a.m.; regular hours resume on January Departments can also request the ages of the children they are interested in adopting. Departments may request a “wish list” December 24; re-opens January 3 at 9 a.m. 3. All Transit Stops will be closed during from the family or they may choose their own gifts for the family members. Departments choose the number and types of gifts Parking Office Closed December 24; this period. Limited transportation service they will provide. Departments are provided with size of the family, names, ages and sizes of each family member. Depart- re-opens January 3 at 8:30 a.m. Contact the is available December 25 to January 2, 6 ments are encouraged to deliver gifts to the families, but they may also request to have gifts delivered. Operations office at (215) 898-6933 should p.m.-7 a.m., excluding December 31; call Contact Isabel Mapp at (215) 898-2020 or send an e-mail to [email protected] for additional information and/or you require operational assistance to access 215-898-RIDE (7433). Visit www.upenn.edu/ to volunteer for this program. your permit facility. Visit www.upenn.edu/ transportation. —Isabel Mapp, Associate Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships parking for visitor parking hours. PennCard Center Closed December 24; Penn Bookstore Open December 24-8:30 re-opens January 3 at 9 a.m. a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed December 25; open Publication Services Closed December December 26 regular hours 11 a.m. to 8 24; re-opens January 3 at 9 a.m. The Special Winter Vacation p.m., December 27-31, 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Purchasing and Travel Services for Faculty and Staff will be De- closed January 1; regular operating hours cember 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31, resume on January 2. Closes December 24; open December 28-30, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; closed December 31; 2010. In the event that an employee Penn Children’s Center Closed resumes regular hours on January 3 at 9 a.m. is needed to report to work to December 24; re-opens January 3 at 7 a.m. Sheraton Philadelphia University City continue departmental operations Aftercare will not be provided on Thursday, for part or all of this period, the December 23. Hotel Open and operating on a regular schedule 24 hours per day. Special Winter Vacation may be Penn Computer Connection Closed rescheduled for another time. December 24-26; open December 27-30, 10 University Club at Penn Closed December 20-31. Regular hours and View the Special Winter Vacation a.m.-5 p.m.; closed December 31-January Policy online at www.hr.upenn.edu/ December services will resume on January 3. 2; open January 3-7, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Policy/Policies/608.aspx for more closed January 8-9; regular hours resume on Van Pelt-Deitrich Library Closed information. January 10. December 24-26 & 31and January 1-2. A T P E N N

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