Update
APRIL AT PENN
CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES
25 Story Hour; Penn & Me Area, Penn Bookstore.
CONFERENCE
20 Transcending Traditions: African, Afro- American and African Diaspora Studies in the 21st Century; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Penn Tower; info www.africa.upenn.edu/africa/transc.html. Through April 21. (African Studies Center; Afro-American Studies Program).
EXHIBIT
21 Exposure: Images of Chile, Costa Rica and Bolivia; photographs by Renee Leta; reception: 5:30-7:30 p.m.; La Casa Latina (La Casa Latina).
READINGS/SIGNINGS
20 Signing and Discussion: Mary Mitchell; 4:30-5:30 p.m.; room 1206, Steinberg/Dietrich (Bookstore).
22 Ruenel's Group; poetry reading and open mike; 10-11 a.m.; 2nd fl., Events Area, Penn Bookstore.
24 Signing and Discussion: Malachi McCourt; 5-7 p.m.; 2nd fl., Events Area, Penn Bookstore.
TALKS
19 Celebration of Cultures: España Nuestras Españas; Beatriz Urraca and Alberto Lisnier, Lauder Inst.; Agustín Legido, St. Christopher's Hosp.; Teresa Jiménez, Mendoza-Harmelin, Inc.; Montserrat Piera, Temple; 7-9 p.m.; La Casa Latina (La Casa Latina).
20 Immune Reconstruction: The Thymus and Beyond; Richard A. Koup, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; 3-4 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III (Penn Center for AIDS Research).
25 The Wages of Sin: Sex and Disease, Past and Present; Peter Allen, Wharton; noon; Vance B-1 (Wharton Healthcare; Wharton Graduate Assoc.).
26 Medical Care at the End of Life: What Do Physicians Want and Do They Express Their Wishes to Others?; Joseph Gallo, Brookdale Foundation Fellow in Geriatrics; noon-1:30 p.m.; suite 320, 3401 Market St. (Center for Bioethics).
- The East-West.Com Series: The eRevolution in Greater China Business; panel discussions with major players in the Internet of China; 3-6:30 p.m.; Museum (Wharton Global Chinese Business Initiative).
- A Profession for the New Millennium; William G. Paul, president, American Bar Association; 3:30 p.m.; room 214, Law School (Law School).
Deadlines: The deadline for the weekly update is each Monday for the following week's issue. For the Summer At Penn, it is May 16.
Almanac, Vol. 46, No. 29, April 18, 2000