4 Unearthed in the Archives. Also The Limner, December 11 & 18. work by Sinéad 5 Highlights Tour: You Can Take It Cahill is now With You: Grave Goods and Beliefs about on display at December the Afterlife. The Brodsky & Egyptian Gallery Tours. Gallery in 6 Kelly Writers Wherever theseA symbols T appear, P moreE imagesN orN audio/video clips are 20 Mexico & Central America Gallery House through available on our website, www.upenn.edu/almanac Tour. December. Sinéad Cahill lery; reception: December 3, 5-7:30 p.m. FILMS is a Philadel- ACADEMIC CALENDAR Through January 22, 2016. phia based Straying; an exhibition revisiting Wal- 1 Love Between the Covers; documen- Last Day of Classes. tary on multi-billion dollar romance fiction artist who uses 8 ter Benjamin’s Moscow Diary of Decem- stone lithogra- 9 Reading Days. Through December 10. ber 1926; Slought; opening: December 3, business; 5 p.m.; rm. 402, Claudia Cohen Hall (English; PHF). phy and fabric 11 Final Examinations. Through 6:30 p.m. Through January 2016. to construct December 18. Now 2 Gen/Sex: End-of-Semester Celebra- pillowy 18 Fall Term ends. This Book Belongs To…Provenance tion and Film Screening: Welcome To sculptures, Marks and Book Ownership Through the This House; about the homes and loves badges and Centuries; marks that specify who owned of poet Elizabeth Bishop; 7 p.m.; Grad quilts. CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES books; Kislak Center, Van Pelt-Dietrich Lounge, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English). 5 The Cat’s Pajamas; Peanut Butter Library. Through December 8. 13 Mardistan; the notions of Indian See Exhibits. and Jams; doors: 10:30 a.m.; show: 11 Senior Seminar Fall Exhibition; original masculinity through perspectives of the a.m.; World Cafe Live; $10; tickets: work by Fine Arts Senior Majors; Charles Punjab region of India; 2 p.m.; Rainey http://worldcafelive.com (WXPN). Addams Fine Arts Gallery; reception: Auditorium, Penn Museum; free w/admis- Penn Libraries Workshops 4 On Human Flourishing: A Poetry 10 Arts4Youth: Motown Meets Jazz: Ar- December 3, 5 p.m. Through December 8. sion (Museum; PHF). In Van Pelt-Dietrich Library unless noted. Anthology; James Pawelski; 6:30 p.m. peggio Jazz Ensemble; see how signature untitled canvas; Brian BCASSO Register: http://tinyurl.com/objw8zp 9 Villages in the City: A Guide to South Bazemore; Burrison Gallery. Through International House (I-House) Assessment and Grading in Canvas; Motown sounds emanated from the soul 7 p.m.; tickets: $9, $7/students, seniors, 1 China’s Informal Settlements; Stefan Al, and style of jazz; 10:30 a.m.; Annenberg December 8. 10 a.m.; Goldstein Electronic Classroom. urban design; 5:30 p.m.; register: http:// Covered with Vines: The Many Tal- free/members unless noted; Research to Go Office Hours; 12:30 Center; prices & tickets: www.annenberg http://ihousephilly.org/ penniur.upenn.edu/ (Penn IUR). center.org/ Also December 11, 10:30 a.m. ents of Ludwig Bemelmans; rediscover a p.m.; rm. 251, Huntsman Hall. Also & 8 p.m. (Annenberg Center). Bemelmans now largely forgotten; Kislak 2 The Stations of the Cross. December 2, 3, 7 & 8. Center, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. SPECIAL EVENTS 13 Destination Greece: Coins; hands-on 9 The Ghost Frequency; Italian. 2 Bloomberg 101; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 244, with replicas from the Mediterranean; 1-4 Through December 21. 10 The Iron Ministry. Yablon Financial Resources Lab. 1 Russian Tea; 4:30 p.m.; Cafe U p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum). Becky Suss; meditative, large-scale paint- Who the Hell is Juliette?; Spanish. Research Tea – Picturing the Past Lounge, Williams Hall. Also December 8. ings augmented by smaller studies in oil and 11 All Around This World: Turkish Folk Perfume de Violetas; 9 p.m. and Present: Political cartoons, comics 2 Rum & Cocktail Tasting; Cooper 19 ceramic; ICA Through December 27. and graphic novels; 4 p.m.; rm. 113, Col- River Distillers; 5-7 p.m.; Living Room, Songs; global music and world cultures Christopher Knowles: In a Word; 16 The Night Porter. program; 1 p.m.; International House; $5 laborative Classroom. University Club; $22; tickets: university text, sound, painting, drawing, sculpture 17 Jauja. Office Hours: Microsoft Office Soft- [email protected] (University Club). (ages 2+) (I-House). and performance; ICA. Through Film Festival: New Italian Cinema ware Suite; 4:30 p.m.; Education Com- Freshman Fuerza Celebration; 6 Morris December 27. Free showings at International House. mons, . Also December 7 & p.m.; rm. 108, ARCH. (La Casa Latina). Prices & registration: morrisarboretum.org Josephine Pryde: lapses in Thinking Se Dio Vuole; 5:30 p.m. 14, WIC. Also December 9 & 16, Educa- 4 Friday Night Lights; the Holiday Storytime; ages 1-5; 10:30 a.m.; By the person i Am; her photographs 3 tion Commons, Franklin Field. 11 recall fashion and portrait photography; Meraviglioso Boccaccio; 8:30 p.m. Garden Rail all lit up and decorated for registration required. Also December 18. Canvas Office Hours; 1 p.m.; rm. ICA. Through December 27. 4 Italo; 5:30 p.m. 3 the season; 4:30-7:30 p.m.; Morris Arbo- 12 Kids’ Holiday Cookies; 1-3 p.m.; The Limner; Sinéad Cahill uses stone Io, Arlecchino; 8:30 p.m. 128, WIC. Also December 9, 10 a.m. retum; prices & register: http://bitly.com/ registration required. lithography and fabric to construct pil- Also December 10, 1 p.m. Also Decem- MAFNL15. Fridays through December 18 5 Mi Chiamo Maya; 5:30 p.m. ber 15, 2 p.m. Also December 17, 11 a.m. (Arboretum). See Exhibits. lowy sculptures, badges and quilts; Brod- Youth; 8:30 p.m. We Can Get That For You! (Interli- Makuu Kwanzaa; 6 p.m.; Hall of CONFERENCES sky Gallery. Through December. Tempo Instabile con Probabili Schi- 7 7 Holiday Garden Railway; decorated 6 brary Loan); 10 a.m.; rm. 124, Class of Flags, Houston Hall (UMOJA). 1 Praxis Dialogues: The Public Good; arite; 5:30 p.m. ’68 Seminar Room. for the holidays with lights that twinkle Mia Madre; 8:30 p.m. 9 CASI Student Programs Open House; 6:30-8 p.m.; rm. 414, Fisher Fine Arts along the tracks; Morris Arboretum. 8 Study Break; 5 p.m.; Class of ’68 information on internships, travel funds Bldg.; info.: http://tinyurl.com/nsmahyk Through January 3, 2016. See Holiday Seminar Room. and post-baccalaureate fellowships; 2 (Kleinman Center for Energy Policy; Hours & Special Events. FITNESS & LEARNING p.m.; ste. 560, 3600 Market St. (CASI). PennDesign). Barton Myers: Works of Architec- Aerobic Cardio Fitness Class; 5:30- MEETINGS Christian Association Christmas 2 Penn IUR Public Interest Event: Au- ture and Urbanism; the architectural lega- 1 Party; 6:30 p.m.; CA House (CA). tomation and the Future of Cities; 3:30-5 6:30 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays; St. cy of Barton Myers (GAR ’64); Kroiz Agatha and St. James Church, Parish Hall 2 University Council Meeting; 4 p.m.; 10 Penn Bookstore Sale-A-Bration; save p.m.; Lower Gallery, ; regis- Gallery. Through January 29, 2016. Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; RSVP: 20% storewide; holiday festivities: free ter: http://penniur.upenn.edu/ (Penn IUR). (enter at back door); first class free, $8, $5/ Sex: A History in 30 Objects; high- students; info.: Carolyn, (267) 251-3842. [email protected] professional photo from 2-6 p.m. & hot 3 Continuing Education Series: Ge- lights the ways that societies across time 11 PPSA Board Meeting; 11 a.m.; 3600 chocolate and cookies from 4-6 p.m.; Penn netics & UPenn Labs; 6-8:30 p.m.; Hill have approached sexuality and identity; 3 Penn Knitters; all skill levels are welcome; noon; Penn Women’s Center. Market Street; RSVP: ppsa@ Bookstore (Bookstore). Also December 11. Pavilion; register by November 25; regis- Penn Museum. Through July 31, 2016. exchange.upenn.edu Penn Computer Connection: Annual ter: (877) PENN-VET (Penn Vet). Victorious Secret: Entertaining Notions Thursdays through December 17. Fels Information Session; 6 p.m.; Holiday Wishbook; special offers and sav- Penn Medicine Program for LGBT of Elite Ideals for Women 300 AD; based on ings on a variety of technology, raffle priz- 10 originals in Piazza Armerina, Sicily; Educa- Spady Room, Fels Institute; register: MUSIC Health: Transgender Health Symposium; www.fels.upenn.edu/ (Fels). es, refreshments and giveaways; 2-6 p.m.; 9 a.m.-noon; auditorium, BRB II/III; tion Commons, Franklin Field. Through 2 First Wednesday Concert; 12:15 Computer Connection. Also December 11. February 15, 2016. Special Staff Workshop: Recognizing register: http://bit.ly/1iggbGR (CPHI). 10 p.m.; St. Mary’s Church; free and open to Annual Holiday Party/Adopt a Fam- Year of Health–Corn: From Ancient and Responding to Interpersonal Vio- the public (St. Mary’s). 15 Crop to Soda Pop; corn as an important lence on Campus; noon; Bodek Lounge, ily Donation Drop-off; noon; rm. 217, EXHIBITS 4 University Choral Society; directed Stiteler Hall (WPPSA). crop that has impacted human health; Penn Houston Hall; register: http://tinyurl.com/ by William Parberry; 8 p.m.; Irvine Audi- Museum. Through March 13, 2016. nbyepd2 All About Foaling; a special evening Admission Donations and Hours torium; $5, free w/PennCard (Music). program focused on foaling; 7 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery: Fisher Fine Children of Abraham by Abbas; trav- 11 December Wellness Walk; come Arts Library; free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.- eling exhibition by Magnum Photos pho- 5 Holiday Concert with the Penn Glee Alumni Hall, ; RSVP: dressed in your fun and crazy holiday Club; a fun and diverse seasonal perfor- (610) 925-6111 (Penn Vet). 5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m.; tographer Abbas; Arthur Ross Gallery decorations for the 1 or 2-mile route; www.arthurrossgallery.org/ Through March 20, 2016. mance; 2 p.m.; Morris Arboretum; free Christmas Follies; a fun family noon; meet by Ben Franklin statue, Col- w/admission (Arboretum). 19 Burrison Gallery: University Club at The Civil War: An Ephemeral Lens Into lege Green; register: http://tinyurl.com/ friendly salute to the holidays; 3 p.m.; Penn; free; Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; the Life and Times; the Civil War on the home nqtocep (CPHI; HR). 6 Christmas with David Phelps; classic The Rotunda; tickets: http://xmasfollies. www.upenn.edu/universityclub/burrison. front and the front lines of the Union and Christmas music; 6 p.m.; Irvine Audito- bpt.me/ (Rotunda). rium; tickets: http://tinyurl.com/ojgtlbh shtml See Holiday Hours. Confederacy; Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietri- Prices: www.upenn.edu/icerink 27 8th Annual Winter Beer Festival; over Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery: ch Library. Through March 21, 2016. (Perelman Quadrangle). 40 breweries; noon-4 p.m.; World Cafe Public Skating; Mon., Wed. and Fri. free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Let Every Heart Be Filled with Joy; 11 An English Holiday; traditional Live; $45; tickets: http://philly.worldcafe Esther Klein Gallery: free; history of the Savoy Company; Eugene noon-1:30 p.m.; Sat. 5-6 p.m.; Sun. 1-2 holiday music performed by Penn Flutes live.com/ (World Cafe Live). Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Ormandy Gallery, Otto E. Albrecht Mu- p.m. See Holiday Hours. – directed by Michele Kelly; 12:30 p.m.; http://estherkleingallery.tumblr.com/ sic Library, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Holiday Skate; 1 p.m.; Class of 1923 Penn Museum 13 Penn Museum (Museum). Info.: www.penn.museum/ Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA): Through late 2016. Arena; free admission with toy donation Echoes From the Bombed Dome: free; Wed., 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thurs. and A Waltz in the Woods; an original, (Ice Rink). Also December 20. 16 2 Drum Circle Workshop with Joseph Eastern Psalms Recital; against the bomb- Tayoun; all ages and all levels of drum- Fri., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., 11 site-specific stick sculpture, constructed ing and erasure of places where psalms are a.m.-5 p.m.; www.icaphila.org by Patrick Dougherty; Morris Arboretum. HR: Healthy Living Workshops ming, bring your own drum; 6:30 p.m.; Open to faculty and staff; free. sung; 7 p.m.; Recital Hall, Fisher- $15, $10/members & students with ID. International House: free; hours Ongoing until deterioration. Bennett Hall (Music; Middle East Center). vary; info.: http://ihousephilly.org/ Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/myhr/ Also December 9, 16 & 23. Ongoing Chair Yoga; noon. Also December 16. Kroiz Gallery: free; Mon.-Fri., 10 Audubon’s Birds of America; a new 2 Annenberg Center 5 Peace Around the World; world cul- a.m.-5 p.m.; www.design.upenn.edu/ 4 Gentle Yoga; 10:30 a.m. Also Prices & tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org tural holiday celebration, with dancing, page every Wednesday; 1st fl., Van Pelt- December 11. architectural-archives/about Dietrich Library. 5 Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Trou- storytelling, face painting and free treats Morris Arboretum: Mon.-Sun., 10 IHP: The First 100 Years; archival 11 Guided Meditation – Take a Breath badours & Sofia Rei; Latin jazz trombon- for children; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. a.m.-4 p.m.; for prices: www.morris- documents; International House. and Relax; noon. ist & Argentinian-born folk vocalist; 8 arboretum.org John Cage: How to Get Started; p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. SPORTS Penn Museum: $15/adults; $13/ HR: Professional and Personal Motown Meets Jazz, Part 2; bassist interactive installation of a rarely heard Development Programs 11 Tickets & venues: www.pennathletics.com seniors (65+); $10/children (6-17); free/ performance; Slought. Warren Oree and the Arpeggio Jazz En- members, PennCard holders and children Free unless noted; open to faculty and staff. Basketball (M) vs. Navy; 7 p.m. Human Evolution: The First 200 Register: http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu semble; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre. 2 under 5; Tues.-Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; first Gymnastics; Red vs. Blue Meet; Million Years; Penn Museum. Decision Making Strategies; 1 p.m. 12 Sweet Honey in the Rock: Celebrat- 4 Wed. each month, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Native American Voices: The Peo- 2 4:30 p.m. www.penn.museum ing the Holydays; renowned a cappella ple—Here and Now; Penn Museum. 8 Root Cause Analysis; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; $75. ensemble; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. 5 Squash (M) vs. Rochester; 1 p.m. Slought: free; Tues.-Fri., noon-5 Sacred Spaces: The Photography of Career Focus Brown Bag: Resumes; p.m.; www.slought.org 9 Basketball (W) vs. Navy; 2 p.m. Ahmet Ertug; Penn Museum. noon. ON STAGE Squash (M&W) vs. Williams; 6 p.m. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free/ The History of Nursing as Seen ID required; for hours, see http://www. 6 Squash (M&W) vs. St. Lawrence; noon. Through the Lens of Art; Carol Ware HR: Quality of Worklife Workshops 4 Up On Stage!; open mic night; 8 p.m.; library.upenn.edu/hours/vp.html Lobby, Claire Fagin Hall. Open to faculty and staff; free. Muravchick Stage, Platt House (Platt). 19 Basketball (W) vs. Drexel; noon. Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/myhr/ Basketball (M) vs. Ursinus; 2:30 p.m. Upcoming Penn Museum Tours 7 Breastfeeding Support Group; noon. Basketball (W) vs. Wagner; 1 p.m. 3 Scintillare: La Mer – Wildlife Series Tours at 1:30 p.m. at the Warden Garden READINGS AND SIGNINGS 21 & Diatoms to Blue Whales; works in clay 8 Coping and Dealing with Difficult entrance. Free w/admission. For info. Personalities; noon. by Marguerita Hagan; Esther Klein Gal- visit: www.penn.museum 10 New and Expectant Parent Briefing; All events located in Arts Café. noon. Info.: www.writing.upenn.edu/wh 15 Using Mindfulness Skills to Relax 1 The Body Electric; poetry reading Into the Holiday Season; noon. and performance; 6 p.m. 3910 Chestnut St., 2nd Floor Tips for Effective Meetings; 1 p.m. 2 The Economy of Prestige: Literary , PA 19104-3111 Prizes in the 21st Century; Jim English, (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX (215) 898-9137 Liberal & Professional Studies Register: www.sas.upenn.edu/lps Al Filreis and Michael Kelleher; noon; Email: [email protected] RSVP: [email protected] URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac 2 Walk-In Wednesday; prospective stu- Old English Live; 6 p.m. dents; no appointment necessary; 11:30 Unless otherwise noted, all events a.m.-1 p.m. & 4:30-6 p.m.; ste. 100, 3440 7 Creative Writing Students Reading; are open to the general public as well as Market St. Also December 9 & 16. Karen Rile’s Advanced Fiction Writing Class; 2 p.m. to members of the University. For build- 3 Master of Applied Positive Psychol- ing locations, call (215) 898-5000, or see ogy Virtual Info Session; 5 p.m.; register. 8 Entrepreneurial Journalism Pitch Night; a Creative Ventures Program; 6 p.m. www.facilities.upenn.edu or the Univer- sity’s website, www.upenn.edu A phone Morris Arboretum Creative Writing Students Reading; Prices & registration: morrisarboretum.org 9 number normally means tickets, reserva- Melissa Jensen’s Writing for Children tions or registration required. 1 Pruning Conifers and Broad-Leaved Class; 2:30 p.m. Evergreens; 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Almanac carries an Update with addi- 10 Creative Writing Students Reading; tions, changes & cancellations if received 5 Holiday Wreath; 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Kitsi Watterson’s 145: Art of the Personal Winter Wellness Walks; 10:30 a.m.; Essay; 12:30 p.m. by Monday at noon for the following Saturdays through March 26, 2016. Ron Silliman’s Poetry & Poetics week’s issue. University members may 12 Holiday Tabletop with Lights; Class Reading; 2:30 p.m. send notices for the Update or January AT 9:30 a.m.-noon. PENN calendar. Penn Bookstore Create a Beautiful Holiday Arrange- Events on this calendar are subject to On December 12, Sweet Honey in the Rock will be Celebrating the Holydays at 19 Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore change. More information can be found Annenberg Center. The a cappella ensemble is known for their stunning vocal ment for Your Table or Mantle; 10:30 Philadelphia Liberty Trail; Michael a.m.-12:30 p.m. 2 on the sponsoring department’s website. prowess rooted in the rich textures of African American legacy. See Music. Milne; 6 p.m. Sponsors are listed in parentheses.

11/24/15 TALKS TALKS TALKS Penn Museum — Peace Around the World 1 Public Management in Practice: Psychopathy as an Initial Model; Adrian A Story of the Southern Ocean; Irina Positive Outcomes: Raising the Bar on Raine, criminology; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 240A, Marinov, earth and environmental sci- Government Reinvention; Ted Gaebler, Silverman Hall; RSVP: info@neuroethics. ence; 6 p.m.; World Cafe Live (Penn Nevada County; 11:30 a.m.; Fels Institute upenn.edu (Neuroscience & Society). Science Café). of Government; register: www.fels.upenn. Sub domina meretrice. Circe in the 9 Graduate Workshop – U.S. Borders edu/ (Fels). Latin West; Luca Graverini, Università di and Political Rights; Allison Powers, Spatial Histories of the Western Siena; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 402, Claudia Cohen Columbia; Elspeth Wilson, political sci- Pacific, or Why the Selden Map Needs Hall (Classical Studies). ence; noon; rm. 209, College Hall (Penn an Atlas; Robert Batchelor, Georgia Visiting Artist Lecture; Ian Cheng, Program for Democracy, Citizenship and Southern University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, artist; 6:30 p.m.; Tuttleman Auditorium, Constitutionalism). College Hall (History). ICA (ICA; PennDesign). Spotting the Elusive Majorana under My Horse is Colicky: Now What?; 4 MUSA Lunch Speaker Series; Kate Ra- the Microscope; Ali Yazdani, Princeton Hope Douglas, surgery; 6:30 p.m.; Alum- man, MUSA ‘14 Econsult Solutions; noon; University; 4 p.m.; rm. A8, DRL (Physics ni Hall, New Bolton Center; RSVP: (610) rm. G12, Meyerson Hall; register: http:// & Astronomy). 925-6500 (Penn Vet). penniur.upenn.edu/ (Penn IUR). The Tail that Wags the Economy: 2 Follow the Carbon: Collective Con- Penn Sociology Colloquium; Monica Belief-Driven Business Cycles and Per- sumption and Climate Politics in Global Prasad, Northwestern University; noon; sistent Stagnation; Laura Veldkamp, Cities; Daniel Cohen, NYU; noon; rm. rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology). NYU; 4 p.m.; rm. 309, McNeil Bldg. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology). The Benefits of edicareM Spend- (Economics). Surviving Gameworld Armageddons: ing: Evidence from the Healthcare Cost A Very Queer Family Indeed; Simon What We Desire When We Desire Virtual Slowdown; Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth; Goldhill, University of Cambridge; 5 Worlds, and What We Should Desire Instead; noon; auditorium, Colonial Penn Center; p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; Timothy Burke, Swarthmore; noon; rm. 330, RSVP: [email protected] register: www.phf.upenn.edu/ (PHF). Celebrate Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies). (Leonard Davis Institute). The Myth of Modern Slavery: Coer- Peace Around Unconventional Teaching Texts: The Development of Corporate cion in the Age of Freedom; Max Mishler, the World at Techniques for Decoding, Repurposing Governance in Toulouse, 1372-1946; NYU; 5 p.m.; rm. 627, Van Pelt-Dietrich Penn Museum and Exposing; Ian Lustick, political sci- Will Goetzmann, Yale; 2 p.m.; rm. 209, Library (History). on December ence; noon; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler College Hall (History). 10 Big Data and State Transparency: 5. The 20th Hall (Political Science). Colonial Kinships: Sixteenth-Century What the Absence of Data on Police annual celebra- French and Indian Captives Carried Infanticide and the Intimate Histories of Killings Reveals; Kelly Gates, UC San tion provides to Boston: Alternative Captivities During Latino Studies; Matthew Goldmark, Mc- Diego; 4:30 p.m.; Silverstein Forum, visitors the the Imperial Wars, 1688-1750; Alexandra Neil Center for Early American Studies; Stiteler Hall (Penn Program for Democ- chance to Montgomery, history; 12:30 p.m.; semi- 3 p.m.; Stephanie Grauman Wolf Room, racy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism). spread good- nar rm. 105, McNeil Center (History). McNeil Center (McNeil Center). will beyond the Confined Space, Protein Biophysics 11 Childhood Medical Coverage and Beauty, Craft, and Creating Public Later Life Health Care Utilization; Sarah Museum’s gal- Spaces in a City (Connections Lecture); and Drug Discovery; multiple speakers; leries through- 3:30 p.m.; (rm. 248) JF Library, Anato- Miller, University of Michigan; noon; Laurie Olin, OLIN; 2 p.m.; Morris Arbo- auditorium, Colonial Penn Center; RSVP: out the region retum; $15/members; $20/non-members; my-Chemistry Building (Biochemistry and around and Biophysics). [email protected] (Leonard register at (215) 247-5777, ext. 125 (Ar- Davis Institute). the world. See boretum). On Grounds and Backgrounds in Special Events. Why the Non-Existence of Biological Renaissance Painting; David Young Kim, The American Politics Workshop; Races Does Not Mean the Non-Existence of history of art; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Nick Valentino, University of Michigan; Bldg. (History of Art). noon; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall Racism; Joseph Graves, North Carolina A&T (Political Science). 2015-2016 Holiday Hours for University Services and Facilities State University, UNC Greensboro; 3 p.m.; Public Management in Practice: Diversity and Inclusion in Personnel The CSB Chromatin Remodeler and Annenberg Center Box Office Reunion Auditorium, John Morgan Building CTCF Architectural Protein Collaborate Penn Dining/Bon Appétit All (Ernest E. Just Biomedical Society). Management; Clarence Johnson, Office Open December 14-18 10 a.m.-5 p.m. residential halls will begin closing on of Diversity Management and Equal to Protect Cells from Oxidative Stress; Closed December 19-20. Open December Representation, Subjective States and Hua-Ying Fan, biochemistry; 3:30 p.m.; December 18. All units except McClelland Psychopathology; Ray Dolan, University Opportunity; 5 p.m.; Fels Institute of 21-23 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed December Café and Falk will reopen for dinner Government; register: www.fels.upenn. (rm. 248) JF Library, Anatomy-Chemistry 24-January 3. Open January 4-8 10 a.m.- College London; 4:15 p.m.; Auditorium, Building (Biochemistry and Biophysics). January 12 at 5 p.m. and remain open until Smilow Center for Translational Research edu/ (Fels). 5 p.m. Closed January 9-10. Regular 8 p.m. See www.upenn.edu/dining for Poetry & Poetics; Michael Leong & hours resume January 11. (Mahoney Institute of Neurosciences). 7 Coming in to Focus: Education and Amy Catanzano, poets; 6:30 p.m.; Grad details on specific units. Hanuman’s Tunnel: Legendary Histo- Stratification at Midlife; Eric Grodsky, Lounge, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English). Arthur Ross Gallery Closed Penn Home Ownership Services ries, India and the Arab Imaginary; Scott University of Wisconsin-Madison; noon; December 25-January 4. Regular hours Closed December 25 and reopens January Reese, University of Northern Arizona; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Population Stud- 12 Visual Aspects of Middle Kingdom resume January 5. Stelae; Kei Yamamoto, Metropolitan Mu- 4 at 9 a.m. 4:30 p.m.; Class of 1955 Multimedia ies Center). Cashier’s Office Early closing Conference Room, Van Pelt-Dietrich seum of Art; 3:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; Penn Ice Rink Closed December 25 ITMAT Symposium Seminar; Colin December 24 at 2 p.m. Open December and January 1. Check public skating Library (South Asia Center). Funk, Queens University; noon; rm. 10- $10, $7/members & PennCard holders, $5/students with ID, free/ARCE-PA 31 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Regular hours resume hours: www.upenn.edu/icerink Archaeology’s Entanglements: Re- 146, Smilow Center for Translational January 4. constructing a Monument on Contested Research (Systems Pharmacology and members (Museum). Penn Mail Services December 24 Ground; Stephanie Hagan, history of art; Translational Therapeutics). 18 RNA-Protein Acrobatics; Gideon Department of Residential Services there will be one delivery and pickup at 5:30 p.m.; Cherpak Seminar Room (rm. Dreyfuss, biochemistry; 3:30 p.m.; (rm. Closed December 25-January 4. Office all mail stops. Outgoing mail received Impulse Response Matching Esti- open January 5. 543), Williams Hall (Italian Studies). mators for DSGE Models; Lutz Kilian, 248) JF Library, Anatomy-Chemistry in Penn Mail Services after 11 a.m., Genghis Khan: Barbarian Conqueror University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Building (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Residence Halls All residences are December 24, will be delivered to or Harbinger of Democracy; Morris 4:30 p.m.; rm. 410, McNeil Bldg. (Eco- closed starting December 19 at noon except the USPS on December 28. Closed Rossabi, Columbia; 6 p.m.; Penn Mu- nomics). Harnwell, Harrison and Rodin College December 25 and January 1. Special seum; $10/door, $5/advance, $2/members Material Texts: Unlocking St. Frides- Houses and Sansom Place East and West. delivery schedule is in effect December The Special Winter Vacation Residents in closed College Houses must 28-31. No delivery or pickup will occur in advance (Museum). wide’s Chest: Medieval Student Loans granted to faculty and staff between Presentation of Recent Work; Dirk Si- and the Value of Books; Jenny Adams, vacate their rooms by noon on December during this time frame unless you have Christmas Day and New Year’s Day 19 and may return to their rooms on made special arrangements with Penn jmons, TU Delft, the Netherlands; 6 p.m.; UMass Amherst; 5:15 p.m.; Kislak Cen- will include December 25, as well as rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign). ter, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (English). Saturday, January 10, beginning at 9 a.m. Mail Services by close of business December 28-January 1. In the event on December 11. Regular scheduling 3 Alfy on the Brain: Selective Macro- 8 Advocacy & Influence: Innovations that an employee is needed to report Franklin Field Closed December autophagy and Neurodegeneration; Ai 21-January 10 for recreational walking resumes January 4. Addressing Homelessness; Sister Mary to work to continue departmental op- • USPS Priority Mail Express Service: Yamamoto, Columbia; noon; Austrian Scullion, Project HOME; noon; Class of erations for part or all of this period, and jogging. Open January 11 (Monday- Auditorium, Clinical Research Bldg. Friday) from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Processing until December 22 at 1 p.m. and ’49 Auditorium, Houston Hall; register: the Special Winter Vacation may be resuming January 4. Any permit mailings (Biochemistry and Biophysics). https://goo.gl/j8nlA9 (CPHI). rescheduled for another time. Hillel Closed December 25, January 1. Archiving Protest in the Era of from external vendors needing a Penn Mail Internal Comparative Politics Work- View the Special Winter Vacation Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. all other days. signature during the Winter Break must #BlackLivesMatter; Nicole Ivy, American shop; Matthew Berkman, political sci- Policy online at www.hr.upenn.edu/ Hilton Inn at Penn and Penne Alliance of Museums; 12:30 p.m.; Nevil have paperwork completed and signed by 4 ence; noon; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler myhr/resources/policy/timeoff/special- Restaurant Open and operating on a p.m. on Thursday, December 17. Classroom, Penn Museum (Museum). Hall (Political Science). winter-vacation for more information. regular schedule 24 hours per day. Political Theory Workshop; John Unequal Childhoods and Unequal Penn Museum Closed December 24, Recognized Holidays for Fiscal Year Houston Hall December 18: 6:30 a.m-7 Wallach, Hunter College; 4:15 p.m.; Adulthoods: A Longitudinal Study of 2015-2016 can be found online at www. 25, 31 and January 1. Regular hours in Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall (Political p.m. Closed December 19-20, December effect for all other days. Social Class Differences in Family Life; upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v61/n33/ 25-January 3 and January 9-10. Science). Annette Lareau, social sciences; noon; recognized-holidays.html Penn Transit Services Closes 4th Annual GVR Khodadad Lec- December 21-23 and January 4-8: 6:30 December 24 at 6 p.m.; regular hours Hourglass Room, University Club; RSVP: a.m.-5 p.m. December 24: 6:30 a.m.-2:30 ture: The Neuroscience of Selfishness: (215) 746-5972 (PASEF-Emeritus). resume on January 4 at 3 a.m. All Transit p.m. January 11-12: 6:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Stops will be closed during this period. Normal hours resume January 13. Limited transportation service is available Holiday Giving With Penn VIPS: November 30-December 17 L.U.C.Y. (Loop through University December 25-January 3, 6 p.m.-7 a.m., City) Closed December 25 and January 1. excluding December 31; call (215) 898- Please join us in the Annual Penn Volunteers In Public Service Holiday Drive. As you buy toys and presents for the Morris Arboretum Closed December RIDE (7433). Visit www.upenn.edu/ holiday season, please consider spreading some cheer to deserving members of our community. All toys and gifts donated 24, 25 and January 1. transportation will support the efforts of organizations including the Annual Holiday Party sponsored by Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, People’s Emergency Shelter, local schools, Potter’s Mission, Bridges to Community, Intercultural Family Services and many Newman Catholic Center Open Purchasing and Travel Services more. All items for the holiday drive must be new, not used and unwrapped. Below are convenient locations for you to drop for a half-day on December 24. Closed Closed December 25 and January 1. off your donations: December 25-January 4. Open December 28-31 from 9:30 a.m.- Office of Software LicensingClosed 1:30 p.m. Normal hours resume January President’s Office 100 College Hall Brenda Gonzalez 898-0447 4 at 9 a.m. Provost’s Office 353B 3401 Walnut Susan Curran 898-6841 December 25-January 2. Regular hours Museum Reception Desk Near Kress Gallery Bonnie Crossfield 898-4001 resume January 4. Student Financial Services Closed Human Resources 538A 3401 Walnut Street Syreeta Gary 898-6018 Parking Office Closed December 25; December 25-January 4. Check www.sfs. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Cataloging & Metadata Dept. Rachelle Nelson 898-9048 reopens January 4 at 8:30 a.m. Contact upenn.edu and www.upenn.edu/registrar for Netter Center 111 South 38th Street Isabel Mapp 898-2020 Operations at (215) 898-6933 should you potential updates to this schedule. ISC 265C 3401 Walnut St Doris Pate 573-6803 require operational assistance to access Student Health Services December Wharton 1000 SH-DH Jennifer O’Keefe 898-1092 your permit facility. December 26 - 19, 24, 26, 28-31 and January 2, 9: ISC 203A Sansom West Kathy Ritchie 573-3561 January 3 (excluding January 1), the Penn 9-11:30 a.m. December 21-23 and LIFE 4508 Chestnut Street Cherry Sturdivant 573-7202 Museum and Walnut 40 Garages will be January 4-6, 8, 11-12: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Research Services P-221 Franklin Bldg. Lauren Oshana 573-6710 open. Permit holders will have access to January 7: 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Closed Student Health 3535 Market/Suite 100 Jay Effrece 746-1006 their garages with their AVI transponders December 25 and January 1. Normal Comptroller’s Office 312 Franklin Bldg. Celestine Silverman 898-7593 or access cards throughout the duration of hours resume January 13. FRES 3101 Walnut Carole Mercaldo 573-8795 the holiday break. Visit www.upenn.edu/ Sheraton Philadelphia University AFCRI/CBio 508 Biology Research Bldg II-III Joanne Gorman 746-5550 parking for visitor parking hours. City Hotel Open and operating on a Physics & Astronomy DRL 2E5 Michelle Last 898-5954 Penn Bookstore December 24–early regular schedule 24 hours per day. African American Research Center 3643 Locust Walk (right door) Colleen Winn 898-0104 closing at 4 p.m. December 31– early Travel Agencies closing at 7 p.m. December 25 and • World Travel: Open 24 hours per January 1 closed. Weekdays open 8:30 day, every day. a.m.-9:30 p.m. & weekends open 10 a.m.- • Premier Travel: Closed December 8 p.m. Normal hours resume January 2. 25 and January 1. Early closing PennCard Center Closed December December 24, 31 at 2 p.m. Otherwise 25; reopens January 4 at 8:30 a.m. Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Penn Children’s Center December University Club at Penn Closed for Penn VIPS — Adopt A Family for the Holidays Program 24–early closing at 2 p.m. December renovations December 9. Reopening During the holiday in December, departments from across the University “adopt” a deserving family. The adop- 25-January 1–closed. Reopens January 4 January 19. A special lunch discount will tion is usually done in lieu of departmental gift exchanges. The assigned family is treated to presents and sometimes at 7 a.m. be available for University Club members holiday dinner. Families participate in the program on a one-time basis. Families are assigned to departments based Penn Computer Connection who wish to dine at Penne Restaurant on request. Departments choose the size of the family they would like to adopt. Departments can also request the ages December 24–early closing at 4 p.m. during the renovation period. of the children they are interested in adopting. December 25 and January 1 closed. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Closed Departments may request a “wish list” from the family or they may choose their own gifts for the family members. Weekdays 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. & weekends December 19-20, 25-27 and January 1-3. Departments choose the number and types of gifts they will provide. Departments are provided with size of the 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Normal hours resume December 21-24, 28-31 open 8:30 a.m.-5 family, names, ages and sizes of each family member. Departments are encouraged to deliver gifts to the families, but January 4. p.m. January 4-8 open 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. they may also request to have gifts delivered. Families are selected from the Baring House Family Service Agency and local shelters. A small number of refer- rals are also accepted. Selection of families began in November and assignments are made during and prior to mid- December. Contact Isabel Mapp at (215) 898-2020 or send an email: [email protected] for additional information and/or to volunteer for this program. —Isabel Mapp, Associate Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships December A T P E N N 11/24/15