ACADEMIC CALENDAR Now 6 Highlights of the Collection. Basics Trilogy: Water Food Shelter; 12 Archaeology: Study of the Past. Spring Break. Through March 13. experimental activist video group Termite 5 TV Collective’s latest series of shows 13 Ancient Egyptian Funerary Practices. 14 Classes Resume. based on basic human essentials, water, 21 Advance Registration for Fall and food and shelter; West Gallery, Interna- filmS Summer Sessions. Through April 3. tional House. Through March 4. March A Time to Pause: Art as Healing; art- Center for East Asian Studies CHILDREN’S ACTIVITies ists Marc Bernstein and Patricia A. Bar- Info.: (215) 573-4203 rera; East Gallery, International House. 3 Shugendo Now; 5 p.m.; rm. 401, A T P E N N World Cafe Live: Fisher-Bennett Hall. Peanut Butter & Jams Through March 4. Info.: www.worldcafelive.com Houseless Beautiful; Fox Art Gallery. Cinema Studies Through March 12. Wherever these symbols appear, more images or audio/video clips are Shows begin 11:30 a.m.; Tickets: $10/ 2 The Many Names of Water Film available on our website, www.upenn.edu/almanac/. adults, $7/kids. Nikon Small World Exhibit; award- Series—Ponyo; 7 p.m.; M20 Seminar winning photography through the micro- room, Harrison College House. 5 Bill and Tammy’s Children’s World scope; Wistar Institute. Through March Music Express. 13. 12 Ne Change Rien; 7 p.m.; The 12 The Okee Dokee Brothers; folk music. Anne Tyng: Inhabiting Geometry; Ibrahim Theater; International House. 13 Kids Rock for Kids Benefit. architecture that demonstrates Tyng’s 16 Open Water; 7 p.m.; M20 Seminar 26 Moona Luna; Latin-alternatives. lifelong interest in Platonic solids; ICA. room, Harrison College House. Through March 20. 20 Eclipse; 7 p.m.; Heyer Sky Lounge; Conferences Emerging Artists—Project Space; Harrison College House. curated by Whitney Lauder Curatorial 30 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; 17 Maoism and the State of Indian Left; Gellow Virginia Solomon; ICA. Through 7 p.m.; M20 Seminar room, Harrison 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; McNeil Center (South March 20. College House. Asia Center). Shary Boyle & Emily Duke: The Il- 18 Historicizing Sex: A State of the Field luminations Project; ICA. Through College Houses Film Festival Conference in Early Modern Gender and March 20. 21 Day 1; 7:30 p.m.; McClelland Hall, Sexuality Studies; 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Post-Mao Dreaming: Chinese Con- the Quadrangle. McNeil Center (English). temporary Art; over 30 prints, drawings, 22 Day 2; 7:30 p.m.; Multi-purpose Foreign Trends on American photographs, and paintings which offer a Room, Du Bois College House. Soil Symposium; RSVP: stephkao@ glimpse into the post-Cultural Revolution era in China; Arthur Ross Gallery. 23 Day 3; 7:30 p.m.; Heyer Sky Lounge, design.upenn.edu. Through March 19 Harrison College House. (PennDesign). Through April 3. Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Tetons: 24 Day 4; screening of the finalists; 7:30 19 Silk Road Symposium: Reconfiguring Photographs by Jerry Porter; photographs p.m.; Rave University City 6 Theatre. the Silk Road: New Research on East-West of America’s National Parks; Burrison Exchange in Antiquity; $45, $35/Museum International House Gallery. Through April 4. Tickets: www.ihousephilly.com members, free/PennCard; 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Year of Water; collection of ancient Penn Museum (Museum). See Exhibits. Mesopotamian artifacts; Penn Museum. 12 Ne Change Rien; French. 29 The Biology and Therapy of Through May. Latin American Film Series Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE); 8 a.m.- Righteous Dopefiend; photographs Film Studies Seminar Room, Van Pelt- 4 p.m.; Colket Translational Research and other media examine the experiences Dietrich Library Center; 6:30 p.m. Building, rm. 1200A, CHOP; register of homeless drug users; Penn Museum. El Secreto de Sus Ojos. by March 18, www.med.upenn.edu/ Through May. 1 jointcenterfordighealth/retreat_register. Water as Creator and Destroyer Spe- 15 Estacion Central. shtml (Penn/CHOP Center for Digestive, cial Display; ancient Mesopotamian arti- 22 La Deuda. Liver & Pancreatic Medicine). facts including a famous Sumerian “flood 29 Garaje Olimpo. tablet;” Penn Museum. Through May. eXHIBITS Secrets of the Silk Road; the history Meetings of the desert landscape of the Tarim Admission Donations and Hours Basin, located in Western China, and the Arthur Ross Gallery 2 University Council Open Forum; , Fisher Fine Arts mystery of the peoples who lived there; 4-6 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; Above: Pilobolus Dance Theatre brings their innovative dance and weight Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Penn Museum. Through June 5. See RSVP: [email protected] sharing techniques to the Zellerbach Theatre March 3-6. See On Stage. Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. Conferences. Burrison Gallery, University Club at 8 PPSA Open Board Meeting; open to Fang! The Killing Tooth; explores to monthly paid exempt university staff; Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; the history of the vampire myth and of $34-$58; Zellerbach Theatre. Also March 16 Grad Fair; cap & gown pick- Sat.-Sun., 7 a.m.-1 p.m. noon-1 p.m.; rm. 302, Van Pelt-Dietrich 4, 5 at 8 p.m., March 5, 6 at 2 p.m. the “killing” canine; Penn Museum. Library; RSVP: http://penn-ppsa.org/ up, diploma frames, class rings, Penn Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, 3600 Through July. 12 Merge: An Evening of Short Works; merchandise and paraphernalia; 9 a.m.-5 Market St.: free; Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and 17 WPPSA General Meeting; 12:30- 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre; $12. p.m.; Penn Bookstore. Through March 18. p.m.; Info.: www.kleinartgallery.org. Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania; 1:30 p.m.; Bishop White Room, Houston International Women’s Day 2011; Fox Art Gallery, Claudia Cohen photographs, archaeological objects, tra- Hall; all weekly paid employees Readings/Signings a global celebration of the economic, Hall; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. ditional arts and family heirlooms; Penn welcome; info.: www.upenn.edu/wpsa political, and social achievements of Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) : Museum. Through July. 23 WXPN Policy Board Meeting; noon; Kelly Writers House women; 7 p.m.; International House. free; Wed. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thu.-Fri. 11 The Midwestern Experience: Or- WXPN; RSVP: (215) 898-0628 Events in the Arts Café unless otherwise RSVP: [email protected] (South a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; mandy in Minneapolis; exhibit on Eugene noted. RSVP to [email protected] Asia Center). www.icaphila.org. Ormandy’s life; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Music where noted. International House: hours vary; 20 Walk for Water for Haiti; 9-11 a.m.; Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through Fall. Reading by Jay Kirk; non-fiction for info. or to volunteer, contact: sara. info.: www.ihousephilly.org. Color, Form and Texture of Trees; Penn Improvisational Jazz Workshop; 1 Kroiz Gallery of the Architectural open jazz jam for musicians of all abilities; writer; 6 p.m. [email protected] (Nursing). photography by Jim Smith highlighting Along the Silk Road Culture Day; Archives, Fisher Fine Arts Library, lower the beauty and diversity of trees; Upper Sundays, 4-6 p.m.; rm. 413, Fisher Bennett 2 Feminism Presents Karen Finley; 26 level: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Hall; Info.: [email protected]. contemporary performing artist; 6 p.m. part of PECO World Culture Days; free Gallery, Morris Arboretum. Ongoing. with Museum admission; 11 a.m.; Penn Meyerson Hall Gallery, Meyerson John Cage: How to Get Started; 3 Whenever We Feel Like It Present Hall: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Annenberg Center Museum (Museum). Slought Foundation. Ongoing. Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org Elizabeth Robinson and Rachel Blau Morris Arboretum: $14; $12/seniors, DuPlessis; 8 p.m. $7/kids 3-17, students; free/members and Whenever Wednesday at ICA 18 Ladysmith Black Mambazo; South Sports Lectures, films, book signings and other African influences with Christian gospel 14 Johanna Drucker: A Conversation kids under 3; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. about Aesthetics and Materiality; 6:30 p.m. Tickets & venues: www.pennathletics.com Penn Museum: $10/adults; $7 se- events; 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. music; 8 p.m.; $20-$50; Zellerbach niors (65+); $6/children (6-17) and full- 2 Conversation: On Anne Tyng. Theatre. 15 Oulipolooza; readings about the 1 (M) Lacrosse vs. Bucknell; 7:30 p.m. time students with ID; free/members & Altan; traditional Irish music; 8 p.m.; Oulipo, a group of experimental French (W) Tennis vs. Binghamton; 4 p.m. 16 Lecture: On Shary Boyle & Emily 19 poets; 6 p.m. 2 PennCard holders; Tues./Thur.-Sun. 10 Duke by Virginia Solomon: The Illumina- $20-$45; Zellerbach Theatre. (W) Basketball vs. Harvard A Lunch Talk with David Bianculli 4 ; 7 p.m. a.m.-5 p.m.; Wed. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; visit tions Project. 22 Ella the Musical; Ella Fitzgerald’s 16 ; (M) Lacrosse vs. Lafayette; 7 p.m. www.penn.museum for extended hours. life; 7:30 p.m.; $20-$50; dinner music noon; RSVP. Gymnastics vs. Towson; 7 p.m. Slought Foundation: free; Thur.-Sat., Ongoing at the Penn Museum Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in package available for Penne Restaurant, 5 (W) Lacrosse vs. North Carolina; noon. 1-6 p.m.; www.slought.org. 6 p.m., $50; Zellerbach Theatre. Also Anything Goes!; 8 p.m. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free/ the Sun; Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, (W) Basketball vs. Dartmouth; 7 p.m. Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient March 23, 24 at 7 p.m.; March 24, 26, 27 21 A Reading by Edward Albee; 6:30 ID required; info.: http://events.library. at 2 p.m.; March 25, 26 at 8 p.m. p.m.; RSVP. 8 (W) Basketball vs. Princeton; 4:30 p.m. Israel; Living in Balance: The Universe (M) Basketball vs. Princeton; 7 p.m. upenn.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi. A Brunch Conversation with Edward Wistar Institute; free; Mon.-Fri. 9 of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache; Music Department 22 Mesoamerica; The Egyptian Mummy: Albee; 10 a.m.; RSVP. 12 (M) Heavyweight Rowing; Class Day a.m.-5 p.m. Races; time TBA. Secrets & Science; Buddhism: History & 22 Students of the Music 10 Program 23 A Reading by Novelist Karen Upcoming Diversity of a Great Tradition; Africa. Perform Solo; 8 p.m.; Amado Recital Russell; 6 p.m. 13 Gymnastics vs. Cal, Temple, Hall, Irvine Auditorium. Southern Connecticut; 2 p.m. 11 Penn Abroad Photo Contest Exhibit; P.M. @ Penn Museum 24 A Reading and Discussion with photos by students studying abroad; 6 29 Maria Bachmann; Penn Vanessa Place; 6 p.m. 16 Softball vs. Saint Joseph’s; 2:30 p.m. Gallery tours at 5:30 p.m., followed by Contemporary Music; 8 p.m.; $5, free p.m.; Galleria at International House; programs at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 28 LIVE at the Writers House; 7 p.m. 18 Softball vs. Syracuse; 2 p.m. reception: March 16, 6 p.m. Through with PennCard; Amado Recital Hall, (W) Tennis vs. Georgetown; 2 p.m. June 3. 9 Quizzo Night. Irvine Auditorium. 29 A Lunch Program with Michael Sokolove; noon; RSVP. 19 (W) Rowing vs. Duke; time TBA. 24 Sheila Hicks: 50 Years; honors the Penn Museum Tours (W) Lacrosse vs. Yale; noon. Tours begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Warden On Stage A Poetry Reading by Ari Banias and artist who has built an international Lynn Xu; 6 p.m. (W) Rowing vs. Georgetown; time reputation with two- and three- Garden Entrance. Tour availabilty and Annenberg Center Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and TBA. dimensional works in fiber; reception: 6 topics subject to change. Info.: www. Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org 30 (M) Lacrosse vs. Princeton; 3 p.m. penn.museum. Anything Goes!; 8 p.m. p.m.; ICA. Through August 7. 3 Pilobolus Dance Theater; 7:30 p.m.; 23 Softball vs. Lehigh; 2:30 p.m. 31 A Poetry Reading by Derek Beaulieu; Baseball vs. Villanova; 3 p.m. 6 p.m. 26 (M) Track; Big 5 Invitational; all day. Penn Bookstore (W) Tennis vs. Princeton; noon. Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore Softball vs. Rider; 1 p.m. 1 Stumbling Into Infinity: A Spiritual 27 Baseball vs. Lafayette; noon. Journey; Michael Fischman; 6:30 p.m. (W) Lacrosse vs. Cornell; 1 p.m. 3 A**holeology The Cheat Sheet: The 29 Baseball vs. La Salle; Liberty Bell Science Behind Getting Your Way-And Classic; 3 p.m. Getting Away With It.; Chris Illuminati; 7 p.m.; 5 Diabetes and You: A Comprehensive Holistic Approach; Dr. Naheed Ali; 1 p.m. 15 Chick Lit & Postfeminism; Steph 3910 Chestnut St., 2nd Floor Harzewski; 6 p.m. (co-sponsor: PWC). Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111 21 The Washington Haggadah; David (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX (215) 898-9137 Stern; 6 p.m. E-mail: [email protected] Photo: Bastiaan van den Berg 22 Selling the Fountain of Youth; URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac Arlene Weintraub; 6 p.m. Unless otherwise noted, all events are 24 Global Think Tanks: Policy open to the general public as well as to mem- Networks and Governance; Jim McGann; bers of the University. For building locations, 6 p.m. call (215) 898-5000, or see www.facilities. 30 Campy: The Two Lives of Roy upenn.edu or the University’s website, www. Campanella; Neil Lanctot; 6 p.m. upenn.edu. A phone number normally means tickets, reservations or registration required. Special Events Almanac carries an Update with addi- tions, changes & cancellations if received 4 Reclamation, Reflection, & by Monday at noon for the following Recognition: Women of Color at Penn 24th Annual Awards Luncheon; noon; Benjamin week’s issue. University members may send notices for the Update or April AT PENN The Institute of Contemporary Art presents Sheila Franklin Ballroom, University City Sheraton The Penn Abroad Photo Contest Exhibit will be Hotel; $45; info.: [email protected] by calendar. The deadline for the April AT on display at International House from March Hicks: 50 Years, the first major retrospective to honor PENN is March 15. the American fiber artist, featuring 90 of her most February 24 at 5 p.m. (WOCAP). 16-June 3. Above: One of last year’s entries by Arts for the Cause; Benefit concert for Events on this calendar are subject to Nursing student Melissa Duva, who took this important works. The exhibit is on display March victims of the fire at 48th Street; 8 p.m.; The change. More information can be found photo in London while studying abroad at Oxford 24-August 7. See Exhibits. Above: La Clef, 1988, rubber Rotunda; $10/door, free/fire victims; RSVP: on the sponsoring department’s website. Brookes University in England. See Exhibits. bands, metal key; 9 1/2 x 6 inches. Private collection. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/156996 Sponsors are listed in parentheses. (Rotunda).

02/22/11 talks fitness/learning 1 Mechanical Engineering and Ap- East Asian Studies). Cardio Fitness; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tue. Section A; 10:30 a.m.; $48, $45/members. 22 Effective Meetings; $40; 12:30 p.m. plied Mechanics Seminar; Kyung-Suk A Test of Syndemics Theory Among & Thu.; St. Agatha-St. James Parish Hall; Also 6:30 a.m. Gay Men Using Data from the MACS Co- 23 Brown Bag Matinee: Inside Infor- Kim, Brown University; 10:45 a.m.; first class free, $8/per class, $5/students; 26 Early Spring Rose Care; 10 a.m.; mation; free; noon. Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall hort; Ron Stall, University of Pittsburgh; Carolyn: (267) 251-3842. $30, $25/members. Raindate: March 27, (MEAM). 1 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III (Penn New Parents @ Penn; every other 24 Words at Work; $75; 9 a.m.; Also 1 p.m. March 29, 31. The Twenty-First Century Me- Center for AIDS Research). Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.; info.: (215) 898- Ikebana Flower Arranging; 1 p.m.; tropolis: Making Urban Futures; Ananya Clever Apes, New Mysterians, Folk 8611 (PWC). $70, $60/members. Also April 2. 30 Career Focus Brown Bag: Devel- Psychologists, Computation Brains: Is The Working Parents Association; oping Your Professional Presence Roy, University of California, Berkeley; Hellebore Workshop: Section A; 10 ; free; 5 p.m.; G17, Claudia Cohen Hall (Urban the Mind Anything More than the Brain? Wednesdays; noon; Penn Women’s Cen- 30 noon. Part 2; Richard Dooling, University of ter; info.: [email protected] (PWC). a.m.; $32, $26/members. Studies). Designing and Building Niche Gar- HR: Quality of Worklife Giacomo Leopardi Between Lit- Nebraska; 4:30 p.m.; Gittis 213, Kushner Penn Knitters; Thursdays; noon; Fire- Classroom, Penn Law School; RSVP: side Lounge (2nd fl.), The ARCH; info.: dens; 7 p.m.; $30, $25/members. Open to Penn faculty and staff. Register: erature and Politics; Alessandra Mirra, www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog. Italian studies; 6 p.m.; Cherpack Lounge, [email protected] (Law). [email protected]. Christian Association Williams Hall (Italian Studies). Nature by Design: Preservation Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Info.: www.upennca.org. 2 Elder Care 101; noon; free. 2 A Home for the ‘Therapeutic Problems in Historic ‘Rural’ Cemeteries; Class; for women only; session II: 1 SLANGuage; 2:30 p.m. Also March 9 Chair Yoga; noon; free. Orphan:’ The American Academy of Pe- Blanche Linden; 6 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyer- Wednesdays, March 16-April 4, 5:30- 15, 22, 29. son Hall (PennDesign). 8:30 p.m.; session III: Saturdays, March 15 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease diatrics (AAP) and Federal Drug Policy Dana How Mentors; 5 p.m. Also (GERD): What Can You Do?; free; noon. for Children, 1933-1979; 12:15 p.m.; 18 Health Policy Seminar; Len Nich- 19-23, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; 4040 Chestnut St., March 8, 15, 22, 29. rm. 2019, Claire Fagin Hall (History and ols, George Mason University; noon; Division of Public Safety; register: (215) 2 Bible Study: The Word in Context; ISC Technology Training Services Sociology of Science). Colonial Penn Center Auditorium; RSVP: 898-3590 (Public Safety). noon. Also March 16, 23, 30. ISC Labs, 3650 Chestnut St., 9:30 a.m.- Penn Museum Scholars: Gordion: (215) 898-5611 (LDI). 31 Dodgeball Tournament; open to both Peacemaking Through the Arts; 4 4:30 p.m. RSVP: www.upenn.edu/com- Open-Air Archaeological Site as Garden, Seeing Skulls: Paleontology, Ani- individuals and teams (minimum of six p.m. Also March 16, 23 and 30, 4 p.m. puting/isc/training. Historical Landscape as Park; Naomi mality, and Fin-de-Siècle Crime Fiction; players/team); noon; Pottruck Center. and March 18 and 25, 3 p.m. 1 PowerPoint 2007 Introduction; $190. Andrea Goulet, romance languages; 3:30 Info.: [email protected]. Miller, anthropology; 12:30 p.m.; Penn Open Mind for Africa Dinner: Na- 2 Word 2007 Introduction; $190. Museum; pay-what-you-want (Museum). p.m.; Rich Seminar Room, Jaffe Bldg. mibia; culture, cuisine & social justice Morris Arboretum Excel 2007 Introduction; $190. Osmotic Propulsion: The Osmotic (History of Art). Register: (215) 247-5777. issues of Namibia; 6 p.m. 3 Motor; John Brady, California Institute of 21 Biochemical Characterization of www.morrisarboretum.org 3 Wellbeing: Yoga; 5 p.m. Also March 4 PowerPoint 2010 Introduction; $190. Technology; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Audi- the Yeast Sgsl Helicase: From DNA End 17, 31. 7 Moving to Microsoft Office 2010; $200. torium, Levine Hall (CBE). Resection to Processing of Recombina- 3 Tree Risk Assessment Course and Schools, Supermarkets, and tion Intermediates; Petr Cejka, University Exam: Become a Certified Risk Assessor 14 Queer Christian Fellowship Din- 8 Microsoft Project 2007 Introduc- Creative Places: A Billion Dollars and of California, Davis; noon; rm. 252, BRB TRACE Training; 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; $595. ner; 6:30 p.m. Also March 28. tion; $448; two days. Change; Jeremy Nowak, The Reinvest- II/III (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Also March 4. Interfaith Club for Peace, Learning 10 Windows 7: Transition from Win- ment Fund; 5 p.m.; Levy Conference Decision Processes Colloquim; Landscape Design Studio; 7-9:30 and Dialogue; 8 p.m. Also March 21, 28. dows XP; $190; half day. Center, Penn Law School (Institute for Leif Nelson, University of California, p.m.; $265, $210/members. Also March Networking Luncheon; noon. Also 10, 17, 24, 31 and April 7, 14. 18 14 Dreamweaver CS4: Introduction; Law and Economics). Berkeley; noon; rm. 245, Jon M. Hunts- March 25. $570; two days. Great Adventures: Samarkand in man Hall (Wharton). 5 Wellness Walks; guided walks of 21 Race and Justice Bible Study; 6 16 Excel 2010 Introduction; $190. the Age of Tamerlane; Renata Holod, his- The Neurology of Regicide: A Ja- two miles around the Arboretum; 10:30 p.m. Also March 28. tory of art; 8 p.m.; Penn Museum; recep- cobin Science of the Body Politic; Cathy a.m.; free with regular admission. Also 18 Word 2007 Advanced; $190. Wellbeing: Meditation; 5 p.m. tion following; $5 advance registration, Gere, University of California, San Di- March 12, 19, 26. 23 21 FileMaker Pro 10 Introduction; free with Penn Museum membership, $10 ego; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Claudia Cohen Open Guided Tour; 2 p.m.; free Department of Recreation: PennFit $300. at door; register at www.penn-museum/ Hall (History & Sociology of Science). with regular admission. Also March 6, Pottruck Health & Fitness Center; www. events-calander.html 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27. 22 Access 2007 Introduction; $357; (Museum). 22 Mechanical Engineering and upenn.edu/recreation/programs/pennfit.html. two days. 3 Faust in Copenhagen—A 1932 Applied Mechanics Seminar; Timothy 8 Advanced Tree Biology Workshop; 9 4 Free Body Composition Measure- Meeting at Niels Bohr’s Institute for 24 Business Objects Web Intelligence Healey, Cornell University; 10:45 a.m.; a.m.-4 p.m.; $150. ments; 8 a.m., noon, 5 p.m.; pre-registra- XI Beginner; $380. Theoretical Physics; Gino Segre, physics; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall Introduction to Horticulture; 10:30 tion required. Also March 25 Business Objects Web Intelligence 11:45 a.m.; University Club (PASEF). (MEAM). a.m.-noon; $66, $55/member. Fitness and Wellness Track Begins Engineering Methods of Making The Oldest Old: 95 is the New 65; 15, 22. 15 XI Advanced; $380. Sense of the Function of Neural Circuits Digital Photography (7 weeks); 12:15 p.m.; Tuesdays. Pre- Excel 2007 Intermediate Claudia Kawas, University of California, ; 7-9 p.m.; $187, registration required. 28 ; $190. and Networks from Cell Signaling; Irvine; 2:30 p.m.; BRB II/III Auditorium; $156/members. Also March 15, 22, 29, and Excel 2010 Introduction; $190. Gabriel Silva, University of California, register: [email protected] April 5, 7-9 p.m. March 26, 1-3 p.m. 16 Stress Management Track Begins Excel 2007 Advanced; $190. (6 weeks); 12:15 p.m.; Wednesdays. Pre- 30 San Diego; noon; rm. 337, Towne Bldg. (Institute on Aging). 9 Compost Based Comics: Horticul- 31 Word 2007 Intermediate; $190. (SEAS). The Death of Utilitarian Neurol- tural Humor Hits the Funny Pages; 2 registration required. Dynamic Activation of RNA Func- ogy and the Rebirth of Autonomy, 1973 Bonus Seminar: Muscles of the Weigle Info Commons Workshops p.m.; 20, $18/members. Month: Chest and Back tions; Qi Zhang, UCLA; 2 p.m.; 251 to 1978; Cathy Gere, University of Design Tips for Knockout Gardens; ; 5:30 p.m. Class of 1968 Seminar Room, Van BRB II/III (Biochemistry and Biophys- California-San Diego; 5 p.m.; Center for 7 p.m.; $30, $25/members. 17 Healthy Eating Track Begins (6 Pelt-Dietrich Library. RSVP: http://wic. ics). Neuroscience and Society (Center for weeks); 12:15 p.m.; Thursdays. Pre- library.upenn.edu/wicshops. Pursuing the Dream of Govern- Neuroscience and Society). 10 Perennials that Thrive on ‘Neglect’; 10 a.m.; $30, $25/members. registration required. 2 Blackboard: Walk-In Support; 10:30 ment Accountability—Notes from the Ja- 23 Treasury’s Performance as Pay Bonus Seminar: Intro. to Golf; a.m. pan Experience; Larry Repeta, University 11 Diagnosing Tree Disorders with 18 Tsar: Precedent or Aberration?; Kenneth 12:15 p.m. Microsoft Excel: Basics; 11 a.m. of Washington; 3 p.m.; Tanenbaum 145, Feinberg, LLP; 5 p.m.; Levy Conference Detective Dendro; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $140. 16 Gittis Classroom, Penn Law (CEAS). Aromatic Oil Making Workshop 25 Bonus Seminar: Physioball Work- From Assignments to References: Center, Penn Law (Institute for Law and 12 ; outs; 12:15 p.m. Staying on Top of Your Reading; 5 p.m. Your World and Mine: Brain Re- Economics). learn to make oils from herbs in the gar- search and Public Life; David Brooks, Flesh, Fantasy, and Bandwidth: den; 10 a.m.; $45, $39/members. HR: Learning and Education 17 Zotero; noon. The New York Times; 4 p.m.; Class of Relationships and Their Possibilities; Open to Penn faculty and staff. Register: Test Drive—Gadgets: FaceTime; 11 1949 Auditorium, Houston Hall (Center 16 Birding in the Wissahickon: An Illus- 18 Richard Summers, psychiatry; 5 p.m.; trated Lecture; 1 p.m.; $25, $20/members. www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog. a.m. for Neuroscience & Society). Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; Franklin Covey’s FOCUS: Achiev- Test Drive—Gadgets: iPad; noon. The Subversive Inspiration of Hu- 17 Perennial Gardening in the Shade; 3 RSVP: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/ ing Your Highest Priorities; $75; 9 a.m. RefWorks; 1 p.m. man Sciences and Religious Intellectuals registration.shtml (Penn Humanities Fo- 7 p.m.; $30, $25/members. 22 in Iran; Ali Mirsepassi, New York Uni- Environmental Trends in Design, 8 Microsoft SharePoint Services 3.0 23 Microsoft Excel: Charts; 11 a.m. rum). 18 Techniques Webinar; $40; 12:30 p.m. versity; 5 p.m.; rm. 201, Fisher-Bennett Tree, and Lawn Care; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $125. 30 From Assignments to References: Hall (Middle East Center). 24 “Listening” and “Talking” to Neu- Total Organization Webinar; $40; rons: Clinical Implications of Glial Dys- 19 Birding through the Spring in the 2:30 p.m. Get to the Point! Effective Use of Power- 4 A Shifting of Goals in Archaeol- regulation of Pain and Opiod Actions; Arboretum’s Natural Areas; 8 a.m.; $75, Point; 5 p.m. ogy: Culture, Preservation and Heritage; $60/members. Also April 16, May 11. 10 Global Resources Presentation; Linda Watkins, University of Colorado noon; free. 31 Technically Speaking Series: Visual Richard Leventhal, anthropology; noon; at Boulder; noon; rm. 337, Towne Bldg. Create a Spring Wreath from Silk Designs with PowerPoint; 4:30 p.m. classroom 2, Penn Museum (Museum). (Bioengineering). Flowers; 10:30 a.m.; $48, $45/members. 11 Diversity Brown Bag Matinee: Cre- 7 Investigating the Interplay Between PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture Packed Parallelism: A Contempo- ating a Respectful Workplace; free; noon. Liberal and Professional Studies Replication, Transcription and DNA Series; Stan Douglas, artist; 6 p.m.; rm. rary Interpretation; 1:30 p.m.; $50, $47/ Events at 3440 Market St., Suite 100, 15 Advanced Microsoft Excel 2007 Info.: www.pennlps.org. Repair; Robert Pomerantz, Rockefeller; B1, Meyerson Hall (Fine Arts). members. PivotTables Webinar; $40; 12:30 p.m. noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Bio- 25 Berlusconi and the Body of Ital- 23 Pruning Shrubs: Broad-Leaved and Microsoft Power Point Techniques 2 Walk-In Wednesdays; 11 a.m.-1 p.m., chemistry and Biophysics). ian Women; Stefania Benini, romance Needle-Leaved; 9 a.m.; $110. Raindate 2007 Webinar; $40; 2:30 p.m. 4:30-6 p.m. Also March 9, 16, 23, 30. Robotic Head and Neck Surgery languages; 1 p.m.; rm. 436, Cohen Hall March 28. 16 Introduction to Myers-Briggs Type 3 Summer Sessions Penn Employee from Concept to Clinical Application; (Italian Studies). Pruning for the Homeowner; 7 Indicator Luncheon; noon; Classroom C. Bert O’Malley, Jr., otorhinolaryngology; ; $75; 9 a.m. Designing Pictures for the Virtual p.m.; $67, $56/members. Also March 26, 10 Master of Liberal Arts Information noon; University Club (ASEF). and Floating World: An Illustrated Book, 10 a.m. 18 Empowerment and Accountability: An Equation of Success; $50; 9 a.m. Session; 5:30 p.m.; Classroom C. 14 Mechanical Architecture of Cell Its Artists, Their Publisher and His Pa- 24 Vase Arranging for Floral Stems: Division; Sophia Dumont, Harvard Uni- trons; Julie Davis, history of art; 3:30 versity; noon; 252 BRB II/III (Biochem- p.m.; Rich Seminar Room, Jaffe Bldg. istry and Biophysics). (History of Art). Decision Processes Colloquim; Uri 28 Decision Processes Colloquim; Gneezy, University of California, San Rom Schrift, marketing; noon; rm. 245, Diego; noon; rm. 245, Jon M. Huntsman Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Wharton). Hall (Wharton). Reinventing the (Stepped) Wheel: Vancouver: North America’s Best Ideational Property, Imitation and Ne- Waterfront City; Larry Beasley, city science Around Enlightenment Calculat- planner; 6 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall ing Machines; Matthew Jones, Columbia (PennDesign). University; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Claudia 16 Building Leisure and Everyday Life Cohen Hall (History and Sociology of in a Socialist Shanghai; Xiaojue Wang, Science). East Asian languages and civilizations; 29 Mechanical Engineering and Ap- noon; rm 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cin- plied Mechanics Seminar; Pedro Reis, ema Studies). MIT; 10:45 a.m.; Wu and Chen Audito- Preserving the Maya Past; Richard rium, Levine Hall (SEAS). Leventhal, anthropology; 12:30 p.m.; Mathematics of Blood Clotting: Penn Museum (Museum). Platelets, Chemistry and Flow; Aaron Electrically Functional Soft Mat- Fogelson, University of Utah; noon; rm. ter: From Precise Colloidal Assembly 2000, Vagelos Bldg. (CBE). to Hydrogel Photovoltaics; Orlin Velev, Africana Classical Lecture Series; North Carolina State University; 3 p.m.; Cheikh Anta Babou, history; noon; 3401 Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall Walnut St., ste. 330A; RSVP: africana@ (CBE). sas.upenn.edu (Africana Studies). Artist’s Talk: Ann Hamilton; multi-media artist; 5 p.m.; Harrison Au- Marvelous Writing: Textuality and ditorium, Penn Museum; register: http:// Visual Culture in Late Medieval Siena; humanities.sas.upenn.edu/registration. Jane Tylus, New York University; 6 p.m.; shtml (Penn Humanities Forum). Cherpack Lounge, Williams Hall (Italian Public Interest Week Honorary Studies). Fellow-in-Residence; Joan Messing 30 Bio-Rewind: Death and Reenact- Graff, Legal Aid Society; 6 p.m.; Great ment in TORERO; Ivone Margulies, Hall, Gittis Classroom, Penn Law (Law). cinema studies; noon; rm. 330, Fisher- Penn Science Cafe: Stealing the Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies). Past: Collectors and Museums of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engi- 21st Century; Richard Leventhal, Penn neering Seminar; Laura Sepp-Lorenzino, Museum; 7 p.m.; MarBar; RSVP: (215) Merck; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, 573-6604. Levine Hall (CBE). Women, Water & the World—In- 31 Materials Science and Engineering Above: Ladysmith Black Mambazo re- ternational Women’s Day 2011; 7 p.m.; Seminar; Song Jin, University of Wis- turns to the Zellerbach Theatre for a one- International House; RSVP: railiroy@ consin; 10:25 a.m.; LRSM Auditorium night-only performance on March 18. sas.upenn.edu (South Asia Center). (MSE). Catapulted to worldwide fame with Paul 17 Materials Science and Engineering Civil Disabilities: Theory, Citizen- Simon’s Graceland, the group has opened Seminar; Tijana Rajh, Argonnel National ship, and the Body; various speakers; doors to South African culture through Lab; 10:30 a.m.; LRSM Auditorium 4 p.m.; Stiteler Hall Silverstein Forum music, dance and singing. Ticketholders (MSE). (History and Sociology of Science). can enjoy a free pre-show chat (7 p.m.) March Highlighted Topics on China and PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture featuring member Albert Mazibuko and International Law; Zhaojie James Li, Series; Michelle Grabner, School of Art manager Mitch Goldstein facilitated by Bok; 12:15 p.m.; Tanenbaum 145, Gittis Institute of Chicago; 6 p.m.; Tuttleman Penn Professor of Ethnomusicology, Classroom, Penn Law (Law; Center for Auditorium, ICA (Fine Arts). Carol Muller. A T P E N N

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