Update
MARCH AT PENN

CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY

11 Mummy Masks; children ages 8-12 visit the Museum's Ancient Egyptian galleries to learn about the craft of mummification and the notion of an afterlife, and later design a "cartonnage" mask in a craft workshop; 10 a.m.-noon; Museum; $5; pre-registration required: (215) 898-4015 (Museum).


SPECIAL EVENT

22 Caribbean Island Dinner Buffet; 5-8 p.m.; Faculty Club; $18.95 per person; Reservations (215) 898-4618 (Faculty Club).


TALKS

7 Why Sould I Teach?; Ellen Braffman, GSE; 4:30 p.m.; Kelly Writers House (Kelly Writers House).

8 Guided Zazen (meditation); Fukushima Roshi, zen master, 7 p.m.; Lower Level, Terrace Room, Logan hall (Museum).

9 Zen Buddhism Lecture; Fukushima Roshi, zen master; 7 p.m. fm.17 Logan Hall (Museum).

10 Twentieth Century Reading Group; Joe Valente; Bill Maxwell; 1 p.m.; Arts Cafe (Kelly Wrtiers House).

16 HIV Risk Reduction Strategies for Adolescents: How Much Do We Know?; John B. Jemmott, III, professor, Annenberg, director Center for Health Behavior and Communication Research; 3-4 p.m.; Auditorium, BRBII/III (Center for AIDS Reasarch).

20 Chemokine Receptor Polymorphisms and HIV Pathogenesis; Melson L. Michael, Walter Reed Army institute of Research; 3-4 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III (Center for AIDS Research).

21 Video Testimonies of Holocaust Survivors; Al Filreis, Class of 1942 English, director, Kelly Writers House; 4:30 p.m.; (Penn Humanities Forum; KellyWriters House).

  • Black Sea Ancient Trade Project: Mountain Top to Ocean Bottom; Fredrik Hiebert, Robert H. Dyson Assistant Professor, assistant curator, Near East Section; 6 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Museum; $10, $8/members (Museum; American Research Institute in Turkey; American Turkish Council).
  • CIS Colloquia Presents; Sudipto Guha, Stanford; 3 p.m.; rm 216 Moore School (Computer & Information Science).

30 Constitutionalism and the Human Rights Debate; Michael C. Davis, University of Hong Kong; 4:30 p.m.; Gates Seminar Room, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center (Center for East Asian Studies). (the date was changed from the march 22 to March 30).


Deadlines

The deadline for the weekly update is each Monday for the following week's issue. The deadline for the April At Penn calendar is March 14.


Almanac, Vol. 46, No. 24, March 7, 2000

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