Klein Gallery; reception: 14, 2 p.m.; tration: (215) 573-3550 (French Institute; The Return of the gallery talk: March 17, 3:30 p.m. Alliance Française). Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur 15 Works in Encaustic on Wood; work by Cinema Studies Neil Garrioch; Burrison Gallery; reception: Screenings 5 p.m.; The Bridge Cinema de Opening March 13, UPMʼs cel- March 20, 5:30 p.m. Through 30. Lux. Free admission. ebrated, nationally-traveling exhibition returns for a limited March 22 Undergraduate Senior Thesis Show; 3 Modern Times. engagement. More than 200 work by students in the fine arts depart- Taxi Driver. ment; Charles Addams Gallery. Through 17 ancient Sumerian treasures April 15. 25 Technolust; followed by discussion from the site of Ur in Mesopo- with Patricia White, Swarthmore College; tamia (modern-day Iraq) will A T P E N N 28 A Show of Roses: Watercolors for the be on display through Sep- Timothy Murray, Cornell University; Whenever there is more than meets the ; paintings by Marcy Ab- Timothy Corrigan, cinema studies. tember. Included in the 4,500 eye, see our web site, hau; Morris Arboretum. Through 27. year-old Sumerian collection www.upenn.edu/almanac. 29 All GFSA Show; Meyerson Gallery. Film Culture Program, are the Great Lyre with a gold Through April 11. Gregory College House and lapis lazuli bullʼs head, Screenings 8:30 p.m.; Film Lounge, Lady Puabiʼs lapis lazuli and Now Van Pelt Manor. Free w/ PennCard. carnelian jewelry, an electrum A Look at Nature: Flowers & Land- Kiss Me Deadly. ACADEMIC scapes; watercolors by Deena Gu that 2 drinking tumbler, a gold os- feature the classic Chinese brushstroke 5 Silence of the Lambs. trich egg, and other treasures. Spring Break Begins at Close of with influence by Western art; Burrison Blade Runner. Following a large scale gallery 5 16 renovation plans and building Classes. Gallery. Through March 13. 19 On the Waterfront. upgrades, the full exhibition Classes Resume at 8 a.m. Al-Bustan Photo Exhibit; photographs Fight Club. 15 of youth from Al-Bustan, a childrenʼs Arabic 22 of Ur materials will be re-in- 22 Advance Registration for Fall and language and cultural day camp; Interna- 23 Se7en. stalled in UPMʼs Mesopota- Summer Sessions. Through April 4. tional House. Through March 14. 30 Dark City. mian galleries after 2006. At Modern Ireland: Four Centuries right Ram in the Thicket made CHILDRENʼS ACTIVITIES through English, American, and Irish Hill Film Society of gold silver, lapis lazuli, cop- Eyes; Rosenwald Gallery, Van Pelt- Screenings 8 p.m.; Hill Gallery, Hill Col- per, shell, red limestone and 2 Penn and Me Story Hour; 2 p.m.; Dietrich Library. Through March 15. See lege House. Free w/ PennCard. bitumen, ca. 2650-2550 B.C. Penn Bookstore. Also every Tuesday. Talks. 4 Shine. UPM will have a opening day Secrets and Science; join an ar- Leaf and Flower: Photographs by The Hanging Garden. celebration full of activities on 20 18 March 13. See Exhibits and chaeological expedition to the Egyptian Nora Odendahl; Lower Gallery, Wid- 25 Life is Beautiful. mummy room, discover tombs and mum- ener Visitor Center, Morris Arboretum. Special Events. mies while learning about Egyptian art Through March 21. International House and science; decorate and gild mummy Dusk of Dawn; digital photography Screenings with English subtitles. Tickets: masks in a craft workshop; ages 8-12; by Demetrius Oliver; Amistad Gallery, Du $6, $5/members, students, seniors. Info.: (215) 387-5125 or www.ihousephilly.org. Penn Presents 26 Architecture and Community Recep- 10 a.m.-noon; UPM; $10; registration: Bois College House. Through March 31. Info./tickets: www.pennpresents.org. tion; join HRH The Duke of Gloucester (215) 898-4016 (UPM). Me Alterʼs Egoes; artist William 4 Reel Voicesʼ African Film Series–Lu- at this reception to see one of University Anastasiʼs works span more than 2000 mumba; French and Lingala; 7:30 p.m.; 4 Ravel Project; performed by the Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, a company of dancers City Districts most important buildings; handwritten sheets of paper on the walls of preceded by Rencontrer: Siddiq. 6 p.m.; Cathedral, 3723 CONFERENCES Slought Foundation. Through March 31. with daring physical and emotional interpreta- 5 The Manchurian Candidate; 7 p.m.; tions of familiar scores; 7:30 p.m.; also March Chestnut St; $35. Euterpe in Furs: Russian Musical Antique Rugs of the Turkman preceded by Primary. 4 Tribes; “main carpets” from 1800-1875 5, 8 p.m. and March 6, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; 27 Young Friends Gala; cocktail party Culture of the Nineteenth and Twentieth 6 Wild in the Streets; 8 p.m.; preceded Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; tickets: with opportunity to meet HRH The Duke Centuries; discussion of Russian music reserved for ceremonial occasions along Yippie! RFK ʼ68 with storage bags and trappings; Arthur by and . evening $39, $35, $31; matinee $36, $32, $28; of Gloucester and other dignitaries; ages in its relations to literature, theater, visual 7 Ulzanaʼs Raid; 1 p.m.; preceded by school matinee March 5, 10:30 a.m., $7. 21-35; 8:30 p.m.; $60. arts, anthropology, social history, philoso- Ross Gallery. Through April 4. Yoshimoto Nara: Nothing Ever Interviews with My Lai Veterans. 17 Othello; Shakespeare play per- UPM phy and other relevant areas; for time and formed by Tony-winning Guthrie Theatre; location visit http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ Happens; paintings and sculptures of 10 Life on the Tracks; Filipino; 8 p.m.; Info.: www.museum.upenn.edu. young children and childhood; ICA. preceded by Poison (Sanpeet). 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg slavic/calendar/current_events.htm Center; also March 19 & March 20, 8 p.m. 6 World Culture Day: Celebrate (). Through March 5. Through April 4. 11 When the War is Over; English and Japan!; hear beats of the Japanese taiko Sarah McEneaney; autobiographi- and March 21, 3 p.m.; tickets: evening Brain Research: From Molecules to Afrikaans; 8 p.m.; preceded by Gacca, drums, view popular Japanese anime car- 15 cal paintings that engage a combination Living Together Again in Rwanda? $42, $36, $28; matinee $39, $32, $26; pre- Mind; keynote speaker Stanley Prusiner, show dinner and talk, 6 p.m., $10; rsvp for toons, taste traditionally prepared green of intimacy, directness and imagination; Hijos/Figli tea, and more; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; free with Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases; ICA. Through April 4. 12 ; Spanish and Italian; 8 p.m. pre-show by March 15; see web site for 8 a.m.-5:15 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III; 13 War Takes; English and Spanish; 8 p.m. additional talks; school matinee March 18 museum donation (Japan America Society Aleksandra Mir: Naming Tokyo of Greater Philadelphia). info.: (215) 898-8498 (The Mahoney In- (Part III); ramp project uses maps, street 14 Power Trip; English and Georgian; & March 19, 10:30 a.m., $7. stitute of Neurological Sciences). signs and other mediums to come up with 7 p.m. 25 Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal; pro- 13 Opening Day: Ancient Near East 26 22nd Annual Maya Weekend: Ancient an alternate, more user friendly identity gram entitled Light-Time-Open Space is a Celebration; in celebration of the open- 17 Selections from the National Film ing of the exhibit Treasures for the Royal Masks and Modern Eyes–New Views on for Tokyo, Japan; ICA. Through April 4. Board of Canada–Begone Dull Care; jazz and contemporary work; 7:30 p.m.; Maya Traditions; discoveries from current See Talks. Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; Tombs of Ur; a lecture by Dr. John Curtis, Lonely Boy; Very Nice, Very Nice; Wres- British Museum, writing in cuneiform on excavations and new research on Mayan cul- Smartwrap; concept for a new building tling (La Lutte); Blinkity Blank; The also March 26, 8 p.m.; March 27, 2 p.m. tural traditions; a special exhibition of Maya material that integrates the functions of a con- & 8 p.m.; tickets: evening $39, $35, $31; fresh clay tablets, regional music, dance Street; How to Build an Igloo; Pas de and children activities; noon-4:30 p.m.; textiles and paintings; 6:30 p.m.; Rainey Au- ventional wall and compresses them into one Deux; 8 p.m. matinee $36, $32, $28; school matinee ditorium, UPM: $155, $130/members and free with museum donation. See Exhibits. composite film; ICA. Through April 4. Walkabout March 26, 10:30 a.m., $7. seniors, $65/full-time students; registration: New Society for Universal Harmony 18 ; 8 p.m. 19 Single Malt Scotch Dinner; Michael www.museum.upenn.edu/new/mayaweekend/ featuring Leonard Malen; installation 20 Bed Sitting Room; 8 p.m. READINGS/SIGNINGS Jackson, internationally renowned beer and register.shtml (UPM). Through March 28. features factual formats, pseudo-documen- Russian Film Series scotch expert, hosts a reception and din- 28 Can Animals Help Humans Heal?: tary photos, video and audio narratives, Screenings 7 p.m.; rm. 402, Logan Hall; 6 J. Hoberman–The Dream Life: ner featuring his selection of single malt Animal-Assisted Interventions in Ado- testimonials, and case histories; Slought Russian and other European languages Movies, Media and the Mythology of the scotches; ages 21 and up; 6:30 p.m.; $100, lescent Mental Health; presentations by Foundation. Through April 15. with English subtitles. Free. Sixties; 7 p.m.; International House. $90/members; reservations: (215) 898-4890. practitioners and scholars in the treatment Garden Life: A Juried Photo Exhibi- 3 Stalker. 20 14th Annual Beer Tasting with Mi- of adolescents with a variety of mental tion; Upper Gallery, Widener Visitor Cen- chael Jackson–Beer or Food: Which Came health diagnoses; 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Jon ter, Morris Arboretum. Through April 30. 17 Decalogue; both parts. Info.: www.english.upenn.edu/~wh. First?; taste pairings of contemporary M. Huntsman Hall; for prices and regis- Only Controversial and Not Detri- 24 Taxi Blues. 1 Live at the Writers House; word microbrews with foods that complement tration visit www.vet.upenn.edu/research/ mental: The Legacy of Modern Design in 31 Burnt by the Sun. and music radio show on 88.5 WXPN; them; ages 21 and up; 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m. or centers/cias/conferences.html (Center for Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia; drawings, pho- 8 p.m. Also March 4, 9 p.m. 6 p.m.; $45, $40/members; tickets: An- the Interaction of Animals and Society). tographs and models representing modern MEETINGS 2 Reading by Michael Fried; 7 p.m. nenberg Center, (215) 898-3900. 31 The Eunice and Irving Leopold An- houses from the late 1940s through 1980s; (Creative Writing). nual Scientific Symposium and Retreat; Kroiz Gallery. Through 31. Trustees Stated Meeting The Beaux-Arts at Penn; selected 18 ; time and 3 Ecopoetics Panel; featuring Jona- SPORTS 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Lobby and Audito- place TBA. than Skinner, Tina Darragh and Marcella rium, BRB II/III; register by March 19: works of architect Paul Philippe Cret and his Info./tickets: http://pennathletics.ocsn.com. students; Kroiz Gallery. Through May 31. 24 University Council; 4-6 p.m.; Bodek Durand; 6 p.m. www.penncancer.org/events (Abramson Lounge, Houston Hall. 4 Reading by Poets Ted Pearson and 5 (W) Basketball vs. Dartmouth; 7 p.m. Cancer Center). Mythic Visions: Yarn Paintings of a Huichol Shaman; José Benítez Sánchez; Chris Edgar; 6 p.m. 6 (M) Lacrosse vs. Villanova; 3 p.m. UPM. Through . MUSIC 16 Transparency Machine with David (W) Basketball vs. Harvard; 8 p.m. EXHIBITS A Wonderful Life: A Daughterʼs Antin; poet and performance artist; 5 p.m. Wrestling 100th EIWA Champion- Tribute to a Family of Educators; Joan 16 Sacred Music for Piano; examines (Creative Writing; Temple University). ship; all day. Also March 7. Admission Donations and Hours Myerson Shragerʼs digital art celebrates the relation between sound and meaning Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine 18 The Kerry Prize Talk; featuring poet 9 (M) Basketball vs. Princeton; 7 p.m. women who dedicated their lives to teach- within a religious and spiritual framework; Brendan Lorber; 7 p.m. (M) Lacrosse vs. Lehigh; 3 p.m. Arts Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; ing; Student Lounge, GSE. Ongoing. 8 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Audito- 10 Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. rium (Penn Humanities Forum). 20 Singer-songwriter Dan Fishback; 16 (W) Tennis vs. Temple; 3 p.m. Amistad Gallery, Du Bois College Ongoing at UPM 7 p.m. 17 (W) Lacrosse vs. Temple; 7 p.m. House: free; noon-9 p.m. Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, 18 A Concert of North Indian Classical Music; sitar duet with performance on the 22 Reading by Poet Lyn Hejinian; 6:30 Baseball vs. Siena; noon & 3 p.m. Burrison Gallery, Faculty Club, Inn Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient p.m.; rsvp: [email protected]; 20 at Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Israel; Native American Southwest; tabla; 7 p.m.; Rooftop Lounge, Harrison Also March 21. House (South Asia Center). interview/conversation with poet March Gymnastics ECAC Championships; Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery: Ancient Mesopotamia: Royal Tombs of 23, 10 a.m. (KWH Fellows Program). Ur; Mesoamerica; The Egyptian Mum- 1 p.m. free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Music Department 24 Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose and Any- Esther Klein Gallery, 3600 Market my: Secrets & Science; Alaskaʼs Native (W) Rowing vs. Georgetown; time Info.: (215) 898-6244. Admission: $5, thing Goes; 8 p.m. TBA. St.: free; Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. People; Buddhism: History & Diversity free w/ PennCard. 25 Living Writers; an open reading in (M) Tennis vs. St. Bonaventure; 1 p.m. GSE Student Lounge: free; Mon.- of a Great Tradition; Africa: The Cradle 16 Penn Baroque and Recorder En- Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. of Humankind; Polynesia: ʻahuʼula + lei the Arts Café; 5 p.m. (English Under- (M & W) Track Quaker Invitational; niho palaoa; Chinese Rotunda. sembles, Penn Madrigals; solo cantatas graduate Advisory Board). all day. Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA): by Handel and Scarlatti; 8 p.m.; Bodek Reading by Poet Shirley Kaufman; (M) Lacrosse vs. Bucknell; 7 p.m. $3, $2/artists, seniors, students over 12, UPM Tours Lounge, Houston Hall. 30 23 free/members, children 12 and under, Meet at Trescher main entrance; 1:30 p.m.; 5 p.m. (Creative Writing; Middle East 25 Softball vs. Lafayette; 3 p.m. w/PennCard and on Sun. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; 21 Philadelphia Viola Society; new Center; Womenʼs Studies). free with Museum admission donation; music by composers in the graduate pro- 27 Baseball vs. Columbia; 11:30 a.m. Wed.-Fri., noon-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.- info.: www.museum.upenn.edu. 31 A Lunchtime Conversation with & 2:30 p.m. 5 p.m.; free tours on Sunday at 1 p.m. gram in music; 8 p.m.; Amado Recital 6 The Spread of Buddhism. Hall, . Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Da- (M) Lacrosse vs. Harvard; 1 p.m. International House: free; open 24 vid McCullough; 12:30 p.m.; rsvp: (W) Rowing vs. Yale/Columbia; time hours daily. 7 The Diversity of Alaskaʼs Native People. 23 Music 10 Recital; solo performances [email protected]. TBA. Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Mesopotamia: The Royal Tombs of Ur. by Penn music students; 8 p.m.; Amado 13 Penn Bookstore 28 (W) Rowing vs. Navy; 9 a.m. Library: free; Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; 14 Egypt of the Pharaohs. Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium. Sat.-Sun., appointment only. Info.: http://upenn.bkstore.com. 30 (M) Tennis vs. St. Josephʼs; 2 p.m. Mesoamerica: Status & Survival. 26 Tempesta di Mare; two short con- Meyerson Gallery, : 20 certs by the Philadelphia-based Baroque 3 Wendy Straker–Sexy Jobs in the (W) Lacrosse vs. Johns Hopkins; 7 p.m. free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 21 Archaeology: Learning from the Past. ensemble; 7:30 p.m.; Rosenwald Gallery, City: How to Find Your Dream Job Using 31 Baseball vs. St. Josephʼs; 3 p.m. Morris Arboretum: $8, $6/seniors 27 Etruscan/Roman: Daily Life. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Also March 27. the Rules of Dating; 12:30 p.m. & students, $3/children 3-12, free w/ 28 Africa: Traditions & Influence. 4 Eric Clemons–The Marine Corps PennCard, children under 3; Mon.-Sun., Penn Presents Info./tickets: (215) 898-3900. Way; 1 p.m. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ICA Programs/Tours 16 Erica Dhawan; will discuss her activ- Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut Info.: www.icaphila.org. 23 Baaba Maal; Senegalese singer, gui- tarist and scholar sings in Pulaar, the lan- ities that led her to receive the Teen People St.: free; Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. 3 Architecture Tour, Conversation 2004 Achievement Award; 4:30 p.m. University Museum (UPM): $8, and Book Signing; tour Levine Hall fol- guage of the Fula ethnic group; 7:30 p.m.; $5/seniors, children 6-17, full-time stu- lowed by conversation on the develop- Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; 18 Yazmin Shiraz –The Blueprint for dents w/ID, free/members, w/PennCard, ment of the exhibit Smartwrap and the tickets: $41, $35, 29, $24; pre-show dinner My Girls; 12:30 p.m. Suite 211 Nichols House, 3600 Chestnut St. children under 6; Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 signing of Stephen Kieran and James and talk, 5:30 p.m., $10; rsvp for pre-show 19 Gerda Lerner–Fireweed: A Politi- Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m., free. Timberlakesʼ Refabricating Architecture; by March 17. cal Autobiography; noon. (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX (215) 898-9137 Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. For hours 5 p.m.; lobby, Levine Hall. George Anastasia–The Last Gang- E-mail: [email protected] 29 URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac see http://events.library.upenn.edu/cgi- 20 Teen Video Festival; includes open ON STAGE ster: From Cop to Wiseguy to FBI Infor- bin/calendar.cgi. panel discussion with special guest video mant: Big Ron Previte and the Fall of the Unless otherwise noted all events are Upcoming artist and ICA curator Bennett Simpson American Mob; 7 p.m. open to the general public as well as to mem- 19 Allʼs Hell That Ends Well; Mask & bers of the University. For building locations, and Tanya Leighton. Wig Clubhouse, 310 S. Quince St.; theatre 13 Treasures from the Royal Tombs SPECIAL EVENTS call (215) 898-5000 between 9 a.m. and 5 of Ur; more than 200 ancient Sumerian 24 Annual ICA Benefit; celebrate the shows 8 p.m., $25: March 20 & 25; dinner p.m. or see www.facilities.upenn.edu. Listing artifacts from the site of Ur in Mesopota- ICAʼs 40th anniversary with a special lec- show 6:30 p.m., $55: March 26; info.: (215) of a phone number normally means tickets, mia (modern-day Iraq); Dietrich Gallery, ture and food and dancing; 6 p.m.; ICA; 923-4229 or [email protected] International House Info./tickets: (215) 895-6543. reservations or registration required. UPM; also an opening celebration from info./tickets: (215) 898-7108. (Mask & Wig Club). This March calendar is a pull-out for noon-4:30 p.m. Through . See 25 Reckless; a dark comedy; 8 p.m.; 19 Mosaic Reception and Perfor- posting. Almanac carries an Update with Special Events. FILMS Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Cen- mances; music, dance, cuisine, and additions, changes and cancellations if re- 14 Art-in-Science XVIII: The Earth Ex- ter; also March 26, 8 p.m. and March 27, scenes from The Taming of the Shrew... in ceived by Monday noon prior to the week posed; remote satellite images of Earth by 26 Un Modèle Pour Matisse: Histoire 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; $10, $7 w/ PennCard; celebration of the people and traditions of of publication. Members of the University professor Stephen Young with computer- de la Chapelle du Rosaire à Vence; 6 p.m.; info.: http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~players the Commonwealth nations; 8 p.m.; $10, may send notices for the Update or April based educational programming; Esther rm. G55, John M. Huntsman Hall; regis- (Penn Players). $7/members, students and seniors. At Penn calendar.

02/24/04 TALKS TALKS TALKS TALKS TALKS 1 Network Flow Methods in Informa- bilization of the Macrophage Phagosome languages; 4:30 p.m.; rm. G245, Jon M. Roof House to Steel Snake; Taka- Activity on Glycosyphosphatidylinositol tion Theory; Sergio Servetto, Cornell by Listeria Monocytogenes; Mathilde Huntsman Hall (French Institute). haru Tezuka, Takaharu and Yui Tezuka Anchored Proteins; Zhengyu Wei, micro- University; 11 a.m.; rm. 337, Towne Bldg. Poussin, microbiology; noon; rm. 209, Slide Lecture; Jerome Witkin, paint- Architects, Tokyo; 6 p.m.; rm. B-1, Mey- biology; noon, rm. 209, Johnson Pavilion (Telecommunications and Networking). Johnson Pavilion (Microbiology). er; 4:30 p.m.; rm. B-3, Meyerson Hall erson Hall (Architecture). (Microbiology). Applying Molecular Perspectives in 7 Lecture on Aleksandra Mir; Beck (Fine Arts). Landscape and the Bodies Politic; The Sentimental and the Gothic: Chemical Engineering; Phillip Westmoreland, Feibelman, SAS; 1 p.m.; ICA. 17 The Interconnections of Research, Kenneth Olwig, SLU-Alnard, Sweden; Claudine-Alexandrine de Tencinʼs University of Massachusetts; 3:30 p.m.; Wu 8 Spindle Orientation: The Compass Science and Policy at the U.S. EPA; Wil- 6 p.m.; rm. B-3, Meyerson Hall (Land- Mémoires du Comte de Comminge; and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical Model; Yves Barral, Institute for Bio- liam Farland, EPA; noon; Carolyn Hoff scape Architecture). Jennifer Furlong, romance languages; and Biomolecular Engineering). Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Bldg. (IES). 23 Freemasonry: Paradox Amid the for previously circulated paper e-mail chemistry; 2 p.m.; Class of ʼ62 Lecture [email protected] Constitutional Reform in China; Cao Hall, John Morgan Bldg. (PMI). The Lysosomal Trafficking of Sphin- Mysteries; Margaret Jacob, UCLA; 5 p.m.; ; 2 p.m.; ste. One Siyuan, Beijing Siyuan Research Center golipid Activator Proteins in Sertoli Cells Penn Humanities Forum; registration: East, 3624 Market St. (French Institute). for WTO; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 314, College Hall 9 Molecular Control of Cell Polariza- Un Modèle pour Matisse: Histoire de tion, Motility and Mechanics Revealed by is Mediated by Sortilin; Carlos Morales, http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/03-04/ (East Asian Studies; ). McGill University; noon; rm. 251, BRB jacob.html (Penn Humanities Forum). la Chapelle du Rosaire à Vence; in French; Slide Lecture; Homer Jackson, Particle Tracking; Denis Wirtz, FOM In- Barbara Freed, Carnegie Mellon University; stitute for Atomic and Molecular Physics; II/III (CRRWH). 24 The Liebestod Between T Cells and visual artist; 5 p.m.; rm. B-3, Meyerson Rational Inhibitor Design Against Phagocytes in Listeria Infection; Emil 6 p.m.; rm. G55, Jon M. Huntsman Hall; Hall (Fine Arts). noon; 2nd fl. Conference Room, Vagelos Viral Proteases registration: [email protected] or Research Labs (IME). ; Ernesto Freire, Johns Unanue, Washington University; noon; Monotone Systems, Feedback, and Hopkins University; 4 p.m.; Class of ʻ62 (215) 573-3550 (French Institute). 2 Molecular Control of Cell Migra- Auditorium, CRB (Micobiology). Multistability in Molecular Biology; Edu- 10 Lecture Hall, John Morgan Bldg. (Bio- Polycomb Chromatin Silencing 27 Stoning the Devil; Brian Freedman, ardo Sontag, Rutgers University; 11 a.m.; tion in Drosophila Ovarian Development chemistry and Molecular Biophysics). author; Adam Fieled, poet, musician; 4:30 and in Ovarian Cancer Mechanisms; Vincenzo Pirrotta, Uni- Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall ; Denise Montell, Lessons in Leadership; Eileen versity of Geneva, Switzerland; 4 p.m.; p.m.; Kelly Writers House (Writers House). (Electrical and Systems Engineering). Johns Hopkins University; noon; rm. 251, Naughton, TIME magazine; 5 p.m.; Ben Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute. 29 MPLS Traffic Engineering and Fast Title TBA; Guillermo Garcia-Carde- BRB II/III (CRRWH). Franklin Room, Houston Hall; registra- Watching Single Biomolecules Do ReRoute Protection; Dave Wang, Wide na, Harvard Medical School; noon; 2nd Jaagsiete Sheep Retrovirus and Lung tion: www.sas.upenn.edu/foxleadership/, Cancer: Mechanisms of Transformation Their Things (and Learning About Them); Area Network Design Lab; 11 a.m.; rm. fl. Conference Room, Vagelos Research ; PennKey needed (Fox Leadership). Taekjip Ho, University of Illinois at Ur- 337, Towne Bldg. (Telecommunications Labs; info.: www.uphs.upenn.edu/ime/ Hung Fan, University of California at Irvine; Conversation: Sarah McEneaney bana-Champaign; 4 p.m.; Class of ʼ62 and Networking). seminars.html (IME). noon; Auditorium, CRB (Microbiology). and Sheila Pepe; Sarah McEneaney, artist; NMR Determination of Structural Lecture Hall, John Morgan Bldg. (Bio- Title TBA; Fulvia Verde, Uni- Merger and Purchase of Chinese Sheila Pepe, artist; Natalie Anderson, poet; chemistry and Molecular Biophysics). versity of Miami; 2 p.m.; Class of ʼ62 Enterprises by Foreign Businesses; Cao and Dynamic Responses of Proteins in 6 p.m.; ICA; free with gallery admission. Different Functional States Poet Painter Series Slide Lecture; Lecture Hall, John Morgan Bldg.; info.: Siyuan, Beijing Siyuan Research Center for ; Linda Nich- 18 Functionalized Biomaterial Surfaces; Yvonne Jacquette, painter; Maureen www.uphs.upenn.edu/pmi/ (PMI). WTO; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 105, Lauder-Fischer olson, Cornell University; 4 p.m.; Class Russell Composto, Material Science and Owen, poet; 5 p.m.; Kelly Writerʼs House Slide Lecture; Debra Werblud, Hall (East Asian Studies; Lauder Institute). of ʼ62 Lecture Hall, John Morgan Bldg. (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics). Engineering; 10:30 a.m.; Auditorium, (Fine Arts; Writerʼs House). printmaker; 5 p.m.; rm. B-3, Meyerson 3 Capital Markets and Corporate LRSM (Material Science and Engineering). 25 Rebuilding Japan; Masato Kimura, Hall (Fine Arts). Environmental Performance—Evidence 12 Regulation of Virulence Factors by Analysis of HIV-1 Envelope Glyco- Quorum Sensing in E. Coli 0157:H7 Shibusawa Memorial Foundation, Japan; 30 Fast Acquisition of GPS Signals; Va- of a Link?; Dinah Kohler, Wharton; noon; ; James proteins as Immunogens; Richard Wyatt, noon; The Forum, Stiteler Hall (East hid Tarokh, Harvard University; 11 a.m.; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chem- Kaper, University of Maryland; noon; rm. NIH; 1 p.m.; Class of ʻ62 Lecture Hall, Asian Studies). Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall istry Bldg. (IES). 209, Johnson Pavilion (Microbiology). John Morgan Bldg. (Center for AIDS Preventing HIV Among Adolescent (Electrical and Systems Engineering). The Role of Innate and Adaptive Im- 13 A Civilian Occupation: The Poli- Research). and Young Adult Women in the U.S., Africa, The Fragmentary Politics of Law, mune Responses in Retroviral Pathogenesis; tics of Israeli Architecture; Rafi Segal, Nadine Gordimer and the Imagina- and the Caribbean; Ralph DiClemente, and Memories, and Migrant Workers: Korean Tatyana Golovkina, Jackson Laboratory; Princeton University and Eyal Weizman, tion of Scale; Rita Barnard, English; Alice Gina Wingood, Emory University; 1 p.m.; Chinese, North Koreans and Guest Work- noon; Auditorium, CRB (Microbiology). Bartlett School of Architecture, London; Brittan, Dalhousie University; 4:30 p.m.; Reunion Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg. ers in South Korea; Hyun Ok Park, NYU; The Three Eʼs of Cancer Immu- 6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation. Penn Humanities Forum (Ethnohistory). (Center for AIDS Research). noon; rm. 107, Old Hillel (Korean Lec- noediting: Elimination, Equilibrium, and 15 Grid Sensor Networks: Statistics Title TBA; Paul Horn, IBM; 4:30 Questioning Assumptions in an Era ture Series; East Asian Studies). Escape; Robert Schreiber, Washington and Dynamics; Sanjay Shakkottai, Uni- p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine of Longevity; Robert Butler, International Three Cultures or One?: Muslims, University; 4 p.m.; Grossman Audito- versity of Texas at Austin; 11 a.m.; rm. Hall (SEAS). Longevity Center; 1:30 p.m.; Class of ʼ62 Jews, and Christians and the Art of Co- rium, Wistar Institute. Exporting Democracy to the Arab Lecture Hall, John Morgan Bldg. (Insti- existence in Medieval Spain; Maria Rosa 337, Towne Bldg. (Telecommunications World From Midnight to the Millenium and Networking). ; Sheila Carapico, University of tute on Aging). Menocal, Yale University; 5 p.m.; rm. 200, and Beyond: Democracy and Identity in Title TBA; Matthew Neurock, Uni- Richmond; 4:45 p.m.; rm. 200, Middle The Puerto Rican Syndrome: Hys- College Hall (Penn Humanities Forum). Todayʼs India; Shashi Tharoor, United versity of Virginia; 3:30 p.m.; Wu and East Center. teria in the Barrio; Patricia Emilia Gh- 31 The Impact of Indoor Air Pollution Nations; 4:30 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Hous- Kerry Prize Talk; Brendan Lorber, erovici, Philadelphia Lacan Study Group; Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall; info.: Lungfull on Human Health; Jack Spengler, Harvard ton Hall; rsvp: (215) 898-5387 (CASI). (215) 898-8531 (Chemical and Biomo- editor of and poet; 7 p.m.; Kelly 4 p.m.; History Lounge, College Hall University; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Being Irish in the 19th Century; Martin lecular Engineering). Writers House. ( American and Latino Studies). Auditorium, Chemistry Bldg. (IES). Burke, Lehmann College; 5:30 p.m.; Rosenwald Slide Lecture; Carol Diehl, painter 19 The Effects of Direct-to-Consumer Title IX: Gender Equity and Ath- Regulation of Signaling at the Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. See Exhibits. and art writer; 4:30 p.m.; rm. B-3, Meyer- Pharmaceutical Advertising; James Car- letics at Penn: Past and Future; Janice Ovarian Germ Cell-Soma Interface; Da- 4 Structure-Composition-Property Re- son Hall (Fine Arts). don, Brigham Young University; noon; Madden, Carol Tracy, and Susan Miller, vid Albertini, Tufts University; noon; rm. lations of Fluoromolecular Fluids for 157 16 Fast Face Detection; Stuart Auditorium, Colonial Penn Center (LDI). women studies, and Kenneth Shropshire, 251, BRB II/III (CRRWH). nm Immersion Lithography; Roger French, A Pneumococcal Locus Linking Wharton; 5 p.m.; Golkin Room, Houston DNA and Protein Transfer by Agro- Schwartz, Princeton University; 11 a.m.; Genetic Competence and Virulence DuPont; 10:30 a.m.; Auditorium, LRSM Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall ; Hall (Womenʼs Studies; Penn Womenʼs bacterium Tumefaciens into Eukaryotic (Material Science and Engineering). (Electrical and Systems Engineering). Michael Sebert, microbiology; noon; rm. Center; Alice Paul Center). and Prokaryotic Cells: The VirB Complex The Politiciansʼ Role(s) in Ameliorat- 209, Johnson Pavilion (Microbiology). Film Studies Today; Patricia White, as a Paradigm Type IV Secretions Sys- On the Fusion of Biological Mem- Towering Steep ing Health Disparities; Estelle Richman, branes; Michael Schick, University of ; Terry Adkins, fine Swarthmore College, Timothy Murray, tem; Andrew Binns, biology; noon; Audi- secretary of public welfare; 12:30 p.m.; Hall Washington; noon; 2nd fl. Conference arts; 3 p.m.; Rich Seminar Room, Jaffe Cornell University; Timothy Corrigan, torium, CRB (Microbiology). of Flags, Houston Hall (Graduate Program Room, Vagelos Research Labs (IME). Bldg. (History of Art). cinema studies; 5 p.m.; The Bridge Cin- 2004 Deanʼs Forum: Qualities of in Public Health; Health and Societies; Na- Regulation of Detrusor Smooth Muscle ema de Lux (Cinema Studies). Leadership; David McCullough, historian; Louis I. Kahn Memorial Lecture; Contraction What is Slought?: An Introduction tional Center on Fathers and Families). Daniel Libeskind, Studio Daniel Libeskind; ; Paul Ratz, Virginia ; 4:30 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; tickets-free: The University and the City; Judith 6:30 p.m.; UPM; tickets: www.aiaphila.org; Commonwealth University; 3:30 p.m.; Aaron Levy, Slought Foundation; 6:30 Annenberg Center, (215) 898-3900 (SAS). Rodin, University President; 4 p.m.; rm. register by Marcy 7 (AIA Center for Archi- Hirst Auditorium, Dulles Bldg. (Urology). p.m.; Slought Foundation. *Postponed until April* W.E.B. Du B-1, Meyerson Hall (School of Design). tecture and Architectural Archives). 22 Nuclear Positioning in C. Elegans 26 Risk Segmentation in Consumer-Di- Bois Sociology: The Philadelphia Negro 5 Taking Research on Guns and Primary Care Ethics and Genet- Syncytial Cells and at the Mouse Neuro- rected Health Plans; John Bertko, Humana; and Social Science; Tukufu Zuberi, so- Violence Seriously; Gary Kleck, Florida ics: How Men View Genetic Testing for Muscular Junction; Dan Starr, University noon; Auditorium, Colonial Penn Center; ciology; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 17, Logan Hall; State University; 9:30 a.m.; Terrace Prostate Cancer Risk; David Doukas, of California, Davis; 2 p.m.; Class of ʼ62 rsvp: [email protected] (LDI). tickets-free: (215) 898-7227 (Provostʼs Room, Logan Hall (FICAP). Center for Bioethics; noon; ste. 320, 3401 Lecture Hall, John Morgan Bldg. (PMI). Listeryia Monocytogenes Phos- Lecture Series). A Host PKC Pathway Initiated by Market St. (Center for Bioethics). Giambolognaʼs Sabine and its View- phatidylinositol-specific Phospholipase Lecture on the Naming Tokyo In- Phosphatidylinositol-Specific Phospholi- La Dimension Sociale de lʼUnion ers; Michael Cole, history of art; 5 p.m.; rm. C has Evolved for Intracellular Growth stallation; Aleksandra Mir, artist; 6 p.m.; pase C (PI-PLC) Participates in Permea- Européene; Betty Slowinski, romance 113, Jaffe Bldg. (Center for Italian Studies). and Virulence by a Major Decrease of its ICA. See Exhibits. FITNESS/LEARNING Jazzercise; 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tues- 4 Credit Counseling and Repair; 26 Career Focus Brown Bag– Salary Landscape Design Intensive; how to Quality of Worklife days & Thursdays, Newman Center; first 3401 Walnut St., Bldg. A, ste. 440. Negotiation; noon-1 p.m. draw base maps and analyze your proper- Open to faculty and staff. Register: class free; $7/class, $5/students; Carolyn 10 Homeownerʼs Insurance; 3401 Wal- ty; 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; $60, $54/members. www.hr.upenn.edu/quality/workshop.asp. Hamilton: (215) 662-3293 (days) or (610) Morris Arboretum Tree ID Using Keys; learn the bo- nut St., Bldg. A, ste. 440. Info./register: (215) 247-5777 x125. 11 Managing Stress for a Less Hectic 446-1983 (evenings). tanical language used in keys to describe Life; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 11 Home Inspection; 3401 Walnut St., Spring Rose Care Demystified; plants; 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; $65, $60/ Class of 1923 Ice Rink; 3130 Walnut 6 Supermarket Smarts; noon-1 p.m. St.; Admission $6.50, $5.50/PennCard; Bldg. A, ste. 440. outdoors, hands-on instruction and tech- members. Continues April 3. 18 skate rental $2.50; Public skating hrs. (*$1 17 Hiring a Contractor: How to Mod- nique for proper pruning, planting, and 30 Tree Cabling & Bracing; 9 a.m.-4 25 Navigating Complex Legal Issues off admission): Mon. 1:15-3:15 p.m.*; ify Your Home for Special Needs; 3401 transplanting of roses; 10 a.m.-noon; $24, p.m.; recognize weak spots in trees, and for Elders in Your Life; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tues. noon-2 p.m.*; Wed. 1:15-3:15 Walnut St., Bldg. A, ste. 440. $22/members; rain date March 13. how to correct these problems by the use Technology and Training Services p.m.*; Thurs. noon-2 p.m.*; Fri. 1:15-3:15 18 Budgeting and Planning; 4046 Wal- Trees and Shrubs for the Home of flexible steel cables and inflexible steel Classes at ISC labs, 3650 Chestnut p.m; Sat. 12:30-2:30 p.m., 8-10 p.m.; Sun. nut St. Landscape; 1-3 p.m.; $24, $22/members. rods; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $85. St., 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Courses open to 12:30-2:30 p.m. 25 Tax Implications of Buying a Home; Continues March 13. The Well-Mannered Perennial Gar- faculty, staff & students. Register at 3 Penn Knitters; noon; The ARCH. 4046 Walnut St. 7 Plant Propagation for Kids; learn den; 7:30-9 p.m.; $18, $16/members. www.tts.isc.upenn.edu. Also March 17 & 31. techniques to start a plant collection; 1:30- 2 FilemakerPro Intro.; $190. ELP Online Courses 3 p.m.; $10, $8/members. PennFit: Department of Recreation 18 Rape Aggression Defense; 2 or 3 sessions Courses through week of April 23; $600 Free to Penn students, faculty & staff. 3 Word 2000 Intro.; $190. of hands-on physical defense for women; 6-9 per course. Register at www.upenn.edu/ 8 Selecting and Planting Quality Info./register: [email protected]. Nursery Trees; tree fertilization, staking 4 Excel XP Intermediate; $190. p.m.; class continues every Thursday through elponline or (215) 898-8681 by March 3. Body Composition Measurements; April 8; 4040 Chestnut St.; free/students, faculty and guying, the use of tree wraps, root 2 8 Excel 2000 Intro.; $190. 8 Writing for Professional Purposes; systems and branching structure; 9 a.m.- 9-10 a.m.; rm. G-16; pre-registration required. & staff; register: www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/ Also March 15, noon & March 31, 3-4. 9 HTML Advanced Authoring; $247. dpsRAD.asp; other session: March 21 & 28, Writing that Works; Grammar for Writ- 4 p.m.; $85. ers; The TOEFL Essay; The University 10 Introduction to Fireworks; $570. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (University Police). Lawn Care for the Homeowner; 16 Massage Demo and Question/ Application Essay; Writing the GMAT/ 9 Answer Session; 7:15-8 p.m.; rm. G-115. Through March 11. 30 Cinq à Sept; a wine and cheese for GRE Analytical Essay. find out when and how to plant seeds, as 12 Word 2000 Intermediate; $190. well as how to time lawn care actions; 18 Rolfing Demonstration and Talk; the local French-American community; Word XP Intro.; $190. 5 p.m.; ste. One East, 3624 Market St. ELP Evening Courses 7-9 p.m.; $24, $22/members. noon-1 p.m.; rm. 113. 15 Courses through week of April 19; $290 (French Institute). Gardening for Birds and Butterflies; Basketball Bonanza; 10 p.m.; Avnet 16 PowerPoint 2000 Intro.; $190. per course unless otherwise noted with $15 10 Courts. 31 Screenwriting Structure Workshop; 6:30-8:30 p.m.; $24, $22/members. 17 Dreamweaver MX Intro.; $570. registration fee. All courses meet in Bennett 23 Peak Performance: Academics and Through March 18. with alumnus David Stern; 10 a.m.- Hall from 6-8:30 p.m. or 6-8:55 p.m. 13 Beekeeping for Everyone; have 1 p.m.; Kelly Writers House; rsvp: a better garden, more prolific flowers, Life; 6-7 p.m.; rm. 113. 19 PowerPoint XP Intro.; $190. [email protected]. 8 Written Communication Practice. TOEFL/TWE Preparation; $580. larger fruits and honey by installing a 22 Access XP/2000 Intro.; $357. Christian Association beehive in your backyard; 10 a.m.-noon; Through March 23. http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~upennca 9 Conversation Practice. $24, $22/members. Info.: /. Conversational Interactions. 24 Acrobat 5.0 Intro.; $190. 2 Discovering God as Eros-Biblical Sto- Pronunciation Improvement. 16 Pruning Shrubs: Broad-Leaved and 25 Flash MX Intro.; $570. Through Needle-Leaved; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $85 all ries of Eros; bible study; noon. Also March 10 Language of Meetings. March 26. 23, When Eros Gets Perverted; March 30, day, $45 morning only (9 a.m.-noon). 11 Vocabulary Expansion. Pruning for the Homeowner; 7-9 29 Word XP Intermediate; $190. Eros: The Passion for Connection. Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Advanced; $190. SLANGuage; international students Listening and Speaking w/ Confidence. p.m.; $50, $45/members. Continues March 30 and their spouses emphasize on written Pronunciation Basics. 20, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; rain date March 19. 31 Excel XP Intermediate; $190. and spoken American English; 3 p.m. Learning and Education Programs 17 Professional Floral Design I; learn Also March 16, 23 & 30. 3624 Market St., Suite 1 B South. Open about the care and handling of fresh flow- Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal 4 Sister Circle: Madonna Mamas; to faculty and staff. Register: (215) 898- ers, centerpiece and high-style design, returns to the Dance Celebration an oasis for the soul for thinking women 3400 or visit www.hr.upenn.edu/learning. vase arranging; 6:45-8:45 p.m.; $190, Series, March 25-27 at the of faith; noon. Also March 18 & 25, The 5 Customer Service at Penn; 9 a.m.- $170/members. Continues March 24, 31 Annenberg Center. The Stories that Liberate Women. 12:30 p.m.; $50. and April 7. program titled Light-Time- Planting Design for the Home Land- Career Focus Brown Bag–Typefo- Open Space includes No Office of Community Housing 11 scape; covers aesthetic and practical con- Strings Attached, set to Seminars from noon-1 p.m. and 1-2 p.m. cus Orientation; self-assessment program siderations associated with selecting trees, which uses personality “type” as it relates Albert Sterling Menendezʼs Register: [email protected]. shrubs and groundcovers; 7:30-9:30 p.m.; jazzy score that comments Community Housing; 4046 Walnut St. to self-awareness and career success; $120, $110/members. Continues March 3 noon-1 p.m. on todayʼs non-committal 24, 31 and April 7 (10 a.m.-noon). relationships with its high 16 Words at Work–The Latest in Busi- 22 Tree Protection During Construc- kicking, hip wiggling ness Writing; 3 half-day sessions; 9 a.m.- tion; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $85. partnering. Scheduled to noon; $50. Continues March 19 and 24. 27 Managing Rainwater on your Prop- round-out the program is 17 Brown Bag Matinee–What Do erty; learn to integrate “wet gardens”, Blue Until June, a solo You Say?; video demonstration of 30 swales, pavers, permeable pavements, Sooo and clin dʼ oeil, an March awkward, intimidating, sometimes over- collections systems for watering, and athletic performance of whelming customer situations and how to green roofs; 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; $24, breakdancing and acrobat- A T P E N N resolve them; noon-1 p.m. $22/members. ics. See On Stage. 02/24/04