work of the architecture and art collective, ACADEMIC CALENDAR Ant Farm; ICA. Through December 12. Nikonʼs Small World: Celebrating 10 Fall Term Classes End. 30 Years of Photography Through the 11 Reading Days. Through December 14. Microscope; images from Nikonʼs 2004 15 Final Examinations. Through competition; Wistar Institute. Through December December 22. December 17. Fall Semester Ends. Photo/Installation; Fox Gallery; 22 reception: December 6, 5 p.m. Through CHILDRENʼS ACTIVITIES December 22. A T P E N N Return to the Source; documentary Whenever there is more than meets the eye, photographer, Kerry Stuart Coppin, ex- see our web site, www.upenn.edu/almanac/. 5 Peace Around the World; holiday plores African, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro- family celebration includes children Latin American life and experience; Kelly and adult choirs, dancing, games, face Writers House. Through December 22. Israeli-American singer Noa will perform 7 Blood Pressure Measurements; 12 Ann Rhoads & Tim Block—Trees painting, holiday craft workshops and Jonathan Tucker: Painted Forms; her Festival of Lights concert on Decem- noon; rm. G-16; registration required. of Pennsylvania: A Complete Reference more; 1-4:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; info.: ber 7 at the Annenberg Center. She fuses explores boundaries between painting and 9 Stress Management; 6 p.m.; rm. 113. Guide; 2 p.m.; Upper Gallery, Widener (215) 898-4890 (Museum). sculpture in whimsical wall hangings; Esther different music styles into one–particularly Visitor Center, Morris Arboretum; $5, 7 Penn and Me Story Hour; 2 p.m.; Klein Gallery. Through December 31. Middle Eastern beats and jazz. See Music. Technology Training Services free/members, w/PennCard; register: Penn Bookstore. Also every Tuesday Images of Folk; photographer Classes at ISC labs, 3650 Chestnut St., (215) 247-5777 ext. 169 (Arboretum). (Bookstore). Robert Corwin captures folk, bluegrass, Gregory House 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Open to faculty, staff & blues, Cajun, jazz, and rock musicians in students. Register at www.tts.isc.upenn.edu. Kelly Writers House 18 Holiday Arrangements for Kids; Screenings 8:30 p.m.; Film Lounge, Van Info.: www.english.upenn.edu/~wh. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Morris Arboretum; classic and historic imagery; lobby Pelt Manor. PennCard needed. 1 Access 2000/XP Advanced; $448. 8 Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and Any- $27, $25/members (Arboretum). gallery, WXPN. Through December 31. Goodfellas. Continues December 2. Holiday Garden Railway; lights and 6 thing Goes; open mic performance; 8 p.m. Road to Perdition. 2 Photoshop 7.0 Web Graphics; $494. CONFERENCES winter décor adorn the Garden Railway 13 Continues December 3. 13 In the Arts Café; poetry reading by for the holiday season; Morris Arboretum. Hill Film Society 6 Excel 2000/XP Intro.; $190. Greg Djanikianʼs English 118 class; 5 p.m. Through January 2. Screenings at 8 p.m.; Hill Gallery, Hill Live at the Writers House; word and 8 Adverse Events in Healthcare PowerPoint XP Intro.; $190. Poster Presentations; view posters and A Garden for Your Walls: Art from College House. PennCard needed. 7 music show on 88.5 WXPN; 8 p.m. learn from findings of how to prevent ad- the Philadelphia Society of Botanical The Backyard; followed by Dog- 8 PowerPoint 2000 Intermediate; $190. Illustrators; Upper Gallery, Morris Arbo- 2 Penn Bookstore verse events/medical errors; 4-6 p.m.; rm. town & Z-Boys. 9 Excel 2000/XP Intermediate; $190. Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore. 350, Jon M. Huntsman Hall; register by retum. Through January 9. GILB: Yellowed Images of a Van- 9 Crumb; followed by Grey Gardens. 10 Excel 2000/XP Advanced; $190. 7 Anthony Lappe–True Lies; 4 p.m. December 3 to [email protected] Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Intro.; $190. (Medicine). ished Country; exhibition of black and International House 13 13 Evelyn “Slim” Lambright–The white images by Lutz Masanetz that re- Word XP Intro.; $190. Sweethearts of Soul; 3:30 p.m. 11 Anastasiʼs Pataphysical Society; work Foreign screenings w/English subtitles. 14 cords East Germany during the years the Films at 7 p.m. Tickets: $6, $5 members, Business Objects Intro.; $350. by individuals who have influenced con- wall divided it from the West; Arthur Ross ceptual artist William Anastasi; 10 a.m.-6 students, seniors. Info.: (215) 387-5125. 15 Dreamweaver MX Advanced; $570. SPECIAL EVENTS Gallery. Through January 30. Maestro. Continues December 16. p.m.; Slought Foundation (Penn Research Non-Retinal: Kovert Konflagration 1 Foundation; French Institute; Slought). Space is the Place. See Exhibits. 16 Access 2000/XP Intro.; $357. Con- 2 Annual Kwanzaa Celebration; cel- Kovenant; sculptor David Stephens revis- 2 ebrate with food, art, and culture; 6 p.m.; its the 2002 Virginia vs. Black case; ex- 3 Cosmic Africa. tinues December 17. EXHIBITS Outlook XP Intro. Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; info.: (215) hibit is comprised of 12 crosses that will Maidstone. 17 ; $179. 573-0823 (MAKUU). 10 Word 2000 XP/Intermediate; $190. be burned and then exhibited in video Tough Guys Donʼt Dance. Admission Donations and Hours format on December 3, 6 p.m.; Slought 11 3 Women of Color at Penn: Arts and Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Foundation. Through January 31. 15 India Song; French. MEETINGS Crafts Fair & Silent Auction; purchase Arts Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Architecture Against Death; features 16 Kuhle Wampe (Whither Germany?); items you wonʼt find in local stores; 11 Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. two texts by Jean-Michel Rabaté, Arakawa, German. 1 University Council; 4-5:30 p.m.; a.m.-5 p.m.; merchandise viewing: 11 Burrison Gallery, Faculty Club, Inn and Madeline Gins installed on the walls of Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. a.m.-noon; bidding: noon-2 p.m.; Reading at Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-6 p.m. 17 A Program of Short Films–Un and Bistro Rooms, Houston Hall; info.: the gallery; Slought Foundation. Through Chant dʼAmour (French); Towers Open 14 PPSA Open Board; noon-1:30 p.m.; Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery: January 31. (215) 898-0104 (AARC). free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fire; The Cut-Ups; Rite of Love and 7th fl. Conference Room, Franklin Bldg.; Sun Ra Meets Napoleon; playful Death (Japanese); Film. rsvp: [email protected]. 9 Holiday Tree Lighting Dinner Buffet; Esther Klein Gallery, 3600 Market 5:30-8:30 p.m.; $29; Faculty Club; reser- juxtaposition of historical materials per- Duet for Cannibals; Swedish. St.: free; Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. taining to ancient Egypt; Slought Founda- 18 vations: (215) 898-4618 (Faculty Club). Fox Gallery, Logan Hall: free; MUSIC tion. Through January 31. See Films. 19 Eden and After; French. 13 University Square Holiday Fest; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The Other Epistemology; revisits the La Ley de Herodes (Herodʼs Law); holiday promotions, hot chocolate, and Graduate School of Education 23 5 Turkish-American Friendship Soci- works of international artists of the1960s Spanish. ety Musical Evening; guitar player Mutlu ice sculptures; December 13 & 14: VIPS (GSE) Student Lounge: free; Mon.-Fri., and 1970s whose art was neglected in con- Toy Drive, drop off small unwrapped 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Onaral with Middle Eastern dance music; temporary criticism; Slought Foundation. FITNESS/LEARNING 4 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; gifts for local families and organizations, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA): Through January 31. 3-7 p.m.; December 14 & 15: snowshoe $3, $2/artists, seniors, students over 12, $20, $15/TASFUS members, $10/Penn Enchanting Plants: Images from a Jazzercise; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tues- students; info.: (215) 222-8927 (Middle lessons, noon; 36th St. between Sansom free/members, children 12 and under, Roving Horticulturist; photos of plants and and Walnut (Business Services). w/PennCard and on Sun. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; days & Thursdays; Newman Center; first East Center). landscapes from around the world; Morris class free; $7/class, $5/students; contact Holiday Sale-A-Bration; 20% off Wed.-Fri., noon-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.- Arboretum. Through February 27. College House Music Program Penn branded merchandise; Penn Book- 5 p.m.; free tours on Sunday at 1 p.m. Carolyn Hamilton: (215) 662-3293 (days) Track of the Rainbow Serpent: Aus- or (610) 446-1983 (evenings). Info.: www.sas.upenn.edu/music/colleg- store; info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore Kelly Writers House Gallery: free; tralian Aboriginal Paintings of the Wolfe ehouse.htm. PennCard needed. (Bookstore). Through December 14. Mon.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Fri., Class of 1923 Ice Rink; 3130 Walnut Creek Crater; photos, video and art collect- St.; Admission $6.50, $5.50/PennCard; 5 Michele Kelly; flutist plays holiday 16 Winterfest; a night of public ice 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., noon-11 p.m.; Sun., ed by anthropologist Peggy Reeves Sanday; 6 p.m.-11 p.m. skate rental $2.50; Public skating hrs. (*$1 program; 3 p.m.; Upper East Lounge, skating with complimentary cocoa, foun- Penn Museum. Through February 27. off admission): Mon. 1:15-3:15 p.m.*; Hill House. tain sodas, and holiday treats; $1; skate Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts The Nine Lives of Edgar Fahs Smith; Library: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tues. noon-2 p.m.*; Wed. 1:15-3:15 p.m.*; 6 Darin Kelly; trumpet ensemble; rentals free; 5:30-8 p.m.; Class of 1923 examination of his service to Penn through Thurs. noon-2 p.m.*; Fri. 7-9:30 p.m. when 8 p.m.; Rooftop Lounge, Hamilton House. Ice Rink (University City District). Sat.-Sun., appointment only. books, manuscripts, photographs and Left Bank, 3101 Walnut St.: free; no hockey game is scheduled; Sat. 12:30- memorabilia; Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt- 2:30 p.m., 8-10 p.m., midnight-2 a.m.; Sun. Music Department Penn Museum Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Dietrich Library. Through March 4. Tickets: $5, free w/PennCard. Info: www.museum.upenn.edu. Meyerson Gallery, Meyerson Hall: 12:30-2:30 p.m.; see back page for holiday A Place of Transcendence: Louis I. hours; info.: http://hstrial-rrobertson1. Info.: www.sas.upenn.edu/music. 2 Magnificent Objects!; curators and free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Kahn at Dhaka; working documents for staff show off the museumʼs most ex- Morris Arboretum: $8, $6/seniors homestead.com/HOME.html. 4 University Symphony Orchestra; his architectural masterpiece at Dhaka, Penn Knitters; noon; ARCH Bldg. 8 p.m.; Philadelphia Cathedral. traordinary treasures, many of which have & students, $3/children 3-12, free w/ India; Kroiz Gallery. Through April 8. 2 never been on display; 6:30-9 p.m.; $30, PennCard, children under 3; daily, 10 Also December 16. 6 Penn Chamber; 8 p.m.; Amado Re- Treasures from the Royal Tombs of cital Hall, Irvine Auditorium. $20/members; info.: (215) 898-4890. a.m.-4 p.m. Ur; ancient Sumerian artifacts from the 14 Fêtes de fin dʼannée et bonne com- Penn Museum: $8, $5/seniors, chil- pagnie; francophone gathering; 5-7 p.m.; University Choral Society; 8 p.m.; 3 Holiday Shopping and Celebration; site of Ur in Mesopotamia; Dietrich Gal- 10 Museum Shops will offer discounts of dren 6-17, full-time students w/ID, free/ lery, Penn Museum. Through May 28. Cherpack Lounge, Williams Hall (French Irvine Auditorium. members, w/PennCard, children under 6; Institute). 10% for non-members and 15% for mem- A Wonderful Life: A Daughterʼs Trib- 12 Messiah Sing-In; 3 p.m.; Philadel- bers or with PennCard, HUP or CHOP ID Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ute to a Family of Educators; Joan Myer- phia Cathedral. Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut African-American Resource Center cards; 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; discount offered son Shragerʼs digital art; Student Lounge, Register: (215) 573-0549. Penn Presents to public beginning December 4. Through St.: free; Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. GSE. Ongoing. Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. For hours 1 How to Manage Grief; noon; rm. Info./tickets: www.pennpresents.org. December 5. see http://events.library.upenn.edu/cgi- ICA Tour 107, 202 S. 36th St. (old Hillel). 4 Cherish the Ladies; Celtic Christ- 4 International Fair Trade Coopera- bin/calendar.cgi. Info.: www.icaphila.org. 7 How to Manage Change; noon; rm. mas Concert; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, tives; Museum Shops offer discounts on Wistar Institute: free; Mon.-Fri., 5 Explore “Amy Sillman”; tour of the 330-A, Center for Africana Studies. Annenberg Center; $47, $43, $37, $23; handicrafts from co-ops in South Amer- 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; December 17, 9 a.m.-noon. ICAʼs 7th ramp commission; 7 p.m. dinner and lecture: 6 p.m., $15, register ica, Africa, Afghanistan, and India; with WXPN, 3025 Walnut St.: free; daily Christian Association by November 26. short presentations by leaders of several Ongoing at the Penn Museum Info.: http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~upennca. 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Festival of Lights; blend of folk, jazz co-ops; 2 p.m.; info.: (215) 898-4022. Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, 2 Sister Circle–Dancing Sacred Jour- 7 Upcoming Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient and Middle Eastern rhythms by Israeli- Penn Womenʼs Center neys: Marking Time and Marking Ritual; American singer, Noa; lecture, 6:30 p.m.; 1 Photographic Explorations: Pho- Israel; Living in Balance: The Universe of noon. Also every Thursday. Info.: (215) 898-8611. tographs from the Collection of the Penn the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache; Me- concert: 7:30 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, An- Why We Are Not Having Safer Sex; Worldspeak; multicultural discus- nenberg Center; $43, $38, $31, $21. 7 Museum; Burrison Gallery; reception: De- soamerica; The Egyptian Mummy: Secrets sions; 7:30 p.m. Also every Thursday. noon-2 p.m. cember 2, 5:30 p.m. Through January 28. & Science; Ravenʼs Journey: The World 18 Take 6; holiday show featuring Womenʼs Study Break; chat & chew, 7 SLANGuage; international students Grammy-winning gospel group; 8 p.m.; 14 2 Gabe Martinez Installations; pro- of Alaskaʼs Native People; Buddhism: and their spouses practice speaking Eng- & veg out 9 a.m.-5 p.m. History & Diversity of a Great Tradition; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; vocative works by famed local artist and lish; 3 p.m. Also every Tuesday. 16 Safety Issues Over the Holiday; Pew Fellow; Fox Gallery; reception: 5:30 Africa: The Cradle of Humankind; $49, $42, $36, $22. Polynesia: ʻahuʼula + lei niho palaoa. 8 Mothers-in-Charge; anti-violence noon-2 p.m. p.m. Through December 22. advocacy group of mothers who lost chil- Slought Foundation 10 Master of Fine Arts Reviews; end of Penn Museum Tours dren to gun violence; 4 p.m. Concerts at 8 p.m.; 4017 Walnut St. Info.: SPORTS Meet at Trescher main entrance; 1:30 www.slought.org. semester final critiques; Meyerson Gal- Learning and Education lery. Through December 12. p.m.; free with Museum admission dona- 4 Interstellar Space is the Place; Info./tickets: www.pennathletics.com. tion; info.: www.museum.upenn.edu. Open to faculty and staff. Register: www. Marshall Allen and Rashied Ali salute hr.upenn.edu/learning/. 1 (M) Basketball vs. Bucknell; 7 p.m. Now Etruscans and Romans: Daily Life. Philadelphia jazz; $15. Graduate Sculpture Seminar; recep- 4 3 (W) Swimming vs. Columbia; 6 p.m. 1 Writing Efficient E-mail; learn to Tom Varnerʼs Swimming; jazz French tion: December 2, 5 p.m.; Meyerson Gal- 11 Ravenʼs Journey: Alaskaʼs Native write clear, concise, active and well orga- 18 (M) Basketball vs. La Salle; 1 p.m. People. horn player; Slought Foundation; $12. 4 lery. Through December 5. nized e-mail; 9 a.m.-noon; $50. 5 (W) Basketball vs. Villanova; 1 p.m. Undergraduate Thesis Preview 12 China: Jade, Bronze and More. 8 Brown Bag Matinee–Cuban Missile World Café Live 13 (W) Basketball vs. Ohio State; noon. Exhibition; Charles Addams Gallery; 18 Egypt of the Pharaohs. Performances are daily. For a complete Crisis-Decision Making and Its Conse- (W) Basketball vs. Drexel; 1 p.m. reception: November 30, 5 p.m. Through Highlights of the Collection. quences; noon-1 p.m. listing see www.worldcafelive.com. 23 December 9. 19 MFA Arts 2nd Year Exhibition; 17 Career Focus Brown Bag–Helping ON STAGE Meyerson Gallery. Through December 9. FILMS Hand-Coaching Skills for Managers; Urban Life: Housing in the Con- noon-1 p.m. Comedy/Drama Request Night; 3 15 Minutes of Fame: Youth Jam; temporary City; interactive exhibit draws 1 Morris Arboretum performing and creative arts jam featur- inspiration from international housing de- 8 p.m.; TV Lounge, Gregory College Info./register: (215) 247-5777 ext. 125. House; info.: (215) 898-7332; PennCard ing talented teens from across Philadel- signs; Left Bank. Through December 10. phia; 7 p.m.; ICA. needed (Modern Languages Program). 1 Holiday Tabletop Tree Arrange- Suite 211 Nichols House, 3600 Chestnut St. Michael Winkler: Word Images ment; 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; $45, $42/ Daughters of the Diaspora: Ex- 9 Deep Sleep; filmed actors “interact” Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106 1982-2004, A New Visual Orthography; 2 members. with live actors on stage; 8 p.m.; Prince ploring Julie Dashʼs African Continuum (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX (215) 898-9137 detail of spelled-forms from “Regular, Theatre, Annenberg Center; $5; info.: (215) Linear, Axial Chaos;” Rosenwald Gal- Aesthetic; 7 p.m.; Multipurpose room, Du 7 Holiday Decorations II: Wreaths; E-mail: [email protected] Bois College House (Social Conscious- 7-9:30 p.m.; $40, $37/members; session 898-7824. Also December 10 &11 (Theatre lery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through Arts Program; Penn Humanities Forum). URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac/ December 10. ness in Black Film). B: December 8, 7-9:30 p.m.; session C: Trials and Turbulence: Pepón Oso- December 9, 1-3:30 p.m.; session D: De- Penn Presents Unless otherwise noted all events are 13 The Last Samurai; 7:30 p.m.; rm. cember 9, 7-9:30 p.m. rio, An Artist in Residence at DHS; fo- B26, Stiteler Hall (Center for East Asian Info./tickets: www.pennpresents.org. open to the general public as well as to mem- cuses on the foster care system to conduct Studies). 8 Holiday Decorations; learn to cre- 9 Paul Taylor Dance Company; a bers of the University. For building locations, an institutional critique between private ate an attractive centerpiece; 1-3:30 p.m.; program including “Promethean Fire”; call (215) 898-5000 between 9 a.m. and 5 28 In Which the Thinking Man Finds $40, $37/members. life and public policy; ICA. Through De- Himself in a Gigantic Orphanage; 6:30 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg p.m. or see www.facilities.upenn.edu. Listing cember 12. p.m.; Slought Foundation (Slought). PennFit: Department of Recreation Center; evenings: $44, $38, $32; matinee: of a phone number normally means tickets, David Lamelas: Exhibiting Mediality; Free to Penn students, faculty & staff. $38, $34, $32; December 10, 8 p.m.; De- reservations or registration required. highlights the late 1960s film and media Cinema Studies Events take place at Pottruck Center. cember 11, 2 & 8 p.m. This December calendar is a pull-out installations of Argentinean artist David PennCard needed. Info.:http://cin- Info./register: [email protected]. for posting. Almanac carries an Update Lamelas; ICA. Through December 12. emastudies.sas.upenn.edu. Ramp Project: Amy Sillman; wall- 2 Body Composition Measurements; READINGS/SIGNINGS with additions, changes and cancellations if 1 Blade; 9 p.m.; Seminar Room, 9 a.m.; rm. G-16; registration required. received by Monday noon prior to the week work by Amy Sillman whose paintings Harrison College House. are figurative, decorative, narrative and Also December 15, noon. 10 Joseph Masheck–Cʼs Æsthetics: of publication. Members of the University 7 Wings of Desire; 7 p.m.; Seminar Working Out Over the Holidays; Philosophy in the Making; 6:30 p.m.; may send notices for the Update or January abstract; ICA. Through December 12. Room, Harrison College House. Ant Farm: 1968-1978; surveys the 5:15 p.m.; rm. G-16. Slought Foundation (Slought). AT PENN calendar.

11/23/04 TALKS TALKS Penn VIPS Christmas Drive: December 1 through 18 1 New Food Movements: Transform- representative of South Korea to United Please join us in the Annual Penn Volunteers In Public Service Holiday Drive. ing Food, Farming and Community; Nations; 5 p.m.; rm. B11, Vance Hall As you buy toys and presents for the holiday season, please consider spreading some cheer to deserving members of our Anna Lappe, Small Planet Institute; (Center for East Asian Studies). community. All toys and gifts donated will support the efforts of organizations including the Peopleʼs Emergency Shelter, noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, The Harold Berger Lecture; Dean McMichael School, Miracle Corners of the World, Potterʼs Mission, Our Lady of the Rosary, Intercultural Family Services Chemistry Bldg. (Institute for Environ- Kamen, Segway inventor; 5 p.m.; Wu & and many more. mental Studies). Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (SEAS). All items for the holiday drive must be new, not used and please indicate the gender and age appropriateness of all Differentiation of Leydig Stem 8 Inhibition of Basonuclin Func- gifts. Below are convenient locations for you to drop off your donations: Cells: Testosterone Synthesis at its In- tion by RNAi in Mouse Oocytes Impairs Museum Reception Desk Near Kress Gallery Bonnie Crossfield (215) 898-4001 ception; Matthew Hardy, Rockefeller Oognesis and Pre- and Post-implantation Womenʼs Center 3643 Locust Walk Gloria Gay (215) 898-8611 University; noon; rm. 251, BRB II/III Embryonic Development; Hung Tseng, Af-Am Resource Center 3537 Locust Walk Afi Heywood (215) 898-0104 (CRRWH). dermatology; noon; rm. 251, BRB II/III Veterinary Medicine Rosenthal Lobby Trish diPietrae (215) 898-8842 Killing Pathogenic Bacteria Like (CRRWH). Engineering 107 Towne Bldg. Ellen V. Russell (215) 898-7244 Never Before; Vincent Fischetti, Rock- Structure Based Design of Retrovi- English Language Programs 21 Bennett Hall Anne Budd (215) 898-6009 efeller University; noon; CRB, Austrian ral Envelope Proteins that Give Targeted SAS 120 Logan Hall Kristin Davidson (215) 573-3416 Auditorium (Microbiology). Entry; Lorraine Albritton, University of Van Pelt Library Shared Catalogue Dept. Rachelle Nelson (215) 898-9048 Chromatin and its Impact on Gene Tennessee; noon; Austrian Auditorium, Renal Division 700 Clinical Research Yvonne McClean Florence (215) 898-1018 Expression and Cellular Memory; Danny CRB (Microbiology). ISC 265C 3401 Walnut Doris Pate (215) 573-6803 Reinberg, University of Medicine and Computer Simulation of Membranes Wharton 1000 SH-DH Jennifer OʼKeefe (215) 898-1092 Dentistry of New Jersery; 4 p.m.; Gross- and Membrane-bound Species; Michael Nursing Ed Bldg. 4th Floor Mailroom Donna Milici (215) 573-0747 man Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). Klein, chemistry; 4 p.m.; Austrian Audito- ULAR 220 S. 40th St. Mary Jo Pauxtis (215) 898-4902 Inside Integrin Signaling; Mark rium, CRB (Biochemistry & Biophysics). Political Science 217 Stiteler Hall Marcia Dotson (215) 898-7641 Ginsberg, Scripps Research Institute; 9 Issues Facing Immigrant and VPUL 3611 Locust Walk Patricia Ravenell (215) 898-5337 4 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Bio- Refugee Children; Gregory Chen, U.S. Faculty Club 3611 Walnut/Inn at Penn Natalka Swavely (215) 898-4618 chemistry & Biophysics). Committee for Refugees; 8:30 a.m.; Levy CCP 133 South 36th/5th Floor Isabel Mapp (215) 898-2020 Waking Dreaming: Gertrude Stein, Conference Center, Law School (Field Graduate Student Center 3615 Locust Walk DeAnna Cheung (215) 746-6868 Automatic Writing, and the Neurophysi- Center for Childrenʼs Policy). Cell & Dev. Biology 1157 BRB II/III Bldg. Kim Walls (215) 898-8045 ology of Altered States of Consciousness; The Tension Rises: Mechanics Med School/Facilities Planning 233 Blockley Robin Rozen (215) 898-1741 Steven Meyer, Washington University– Meets Morphogenesis and Malignancy; Law School Silverman, Rm. 145 LʼTanya Nelson (215) 898-7144 St. Louis; 5 p.m.; rm. 200, College Hall; Valerie Weaver, pathology and laboratory Penn Ice Rink 3130 Walnut St. Richard Robertson (215) 768-3689 register: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu medicine; noon; Conference Room, John Provost Office 353B 3401 Walnut St. Susan Curran (215) 898-6841 (Penn Humanities Forum). Morgan Bldg.; register: field_center@ssw. Penn Tower Lower Level Rachel McClinton (215) 573-5385 2 Injury Data from the National Center upenn.edu (Radiation Oncology). Human Resources 3401 Walnut St., ste. 538A Darcell Griffith (215) 898-6884 for Health Statistics; Lois Fingerhut, Center Virtual Machines: The Ultimate for Disease Control and Prevention; noon; Tool for Computer Forensics; Peter Chen, Terrace Room, Logan Hall (FICAP). University of Michigan; 3 p.m.; Wu & The Mind in the Hand; Robert Storr, Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CIS). Several departments have adopted a deserving family for the holidays and will be NYU; 2 p.m.; Class of ʼ62 Lecture Hall, The Constitution of Historical providing the family with toys and gifts so that they too can have a joyous holiday. John Morgan Bldg. (Institute on Aging). Space: Past, Present, and Future; David The French-American War Over Ludden, history; Amy Kaplan, English; Penn VIPS–Adopt A Family for the Holidays Program Iraq: A Historical Perspective; Irvin Wall, 4:30 p.m.; rm. 345, Penn Museum (An- During the holiday in December, departments from across the University “adopt” a NYU; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 17, Logan Hall thropology; Ethnohistory). deserving family. The adoption is usually done in lieu of departmental gift exchanges. The (French Institute; Middle East Center). Scandal, Surveillance, and Serious assigned family is treated to presents and sometimes holiday dinner. Families participate in Spencer Williams and Dante: An Fraud: Investigating Corruption in Con- the program on a one-time basis. African American Filmmaker at the temporary Ghana; Jennifer Hasty, Pacific Families are assigned to departments based on request. Departments choose the size of Gates of Hell; Dennis Looney, University Lutheran University; 3 p.m.; rm. 311, the family they would like to adopt. Departments can also request the ages of the children of Pittsburgh; reception: 5:30 p.m., talk: Houston Hall (African Studies Center). they are interested in adopting. 6 p.m.; Cherpack Lounge, Williams Hall The Mexico City Riot of 1692 and Departments may request a “wish list” from the family or they may choose their own gifts for (Center for Italian Studies). the Dialectics of Colonial Memory; Anna the family members. Departments choose the number and types of gifts they will provide. Departments are 3 National Needs & the Education Re- Moore, UCLA; 5 p.m.; Cherpack Lounge, provided with size of the family, names, ages and sizes of each family member. Departments are encouraged to deliver gifts search Industry; Grover Whitehurst, Insti- Williams Hall (Latin American & Latino to the families, but they may also request to have gifts delivered. tute of Education Sciences; 11 a.m.; Amado Studies). Families are selected from the Carroll Park Community Councilʼs Housing Program and SunnyCrest Family Service

Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium (GSE). 10 Fiscal Shenanigans, Targeted Feder- Agency. A small number of referrals are also accepted. Selection of families begins in November and assignments are made Enhancing the Uptake of Research al Health Care Funds, and Patient Mortal- during and prior to mid-December. Knowledge in Health Policy; John ity; Katherine Baicker, Dartmouth; noon; Contact Isabel Mapp at (215) 898-2020 or send an e-mail to [email protected] for additional information and/ Lavis, McMaster University; noon; Au- Auditorium, Colonial Penn Center (LDI). or to volunteer for this program. ditorium, Colonial Penn Center; rsvp: A Trust in the Family: Arab Kin- —Isabel Mapp, Associate Director, Faculty, Staff and Alumni Volunteer Services, [email protected] (LDI). ship, English Law and the Transmission of Director, Penn Volunteers in Public Service, Center for Community Partnerships Postcolonial Aporias: Fundamental- Property in Colonial Singapore; Michael ism, Globalization, and Education Reform Gilsenan, NYU; 2 p.m.; Lea Library, Van in India; Sangeeta Kamat, University of Pelt-Dietrich Library (Middle East Center; Massachusetts; noon; rm. 427, GSE (GSE). Penn Economic History Forum). 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Paul Taylor Dance Company (left) celebrates its 50th anniversary with Promethean Fire, December 9-11, in the Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center. They will also perform a Dance Celebra- tion Commission that honors 350 years of Jewish life in America. This company December has performed in over 650 cities and more than 60 nations. See On Stage. A T P E N N 11/23/04