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JANUARY AT PENN

EXHIBITS

Now Seasons of Western Pennsylvania: the Photography of Donald M. Robinson; Kamin Gallery, 1st fl., Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through February 23 (Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; GSFA).

16 Destiny and Design: Perceptions and Uses of Time in South Asia; from Penn's Indic Manuscript Collection; opening lecture: 5:30 p.m. (see Talks, below); Rosenwald Gallery, 6th fl., Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through March 7 (Library; Penn Humanities Forum).

FILM

16 Faat-Kine; (2000; Senegal; Wolof & French w/ English subtitles); 8:30 p.m.; International House; $5; info./tickets: (215) 895-6542 (French Institute; International House).

MUSIC

18 John Stephens; R&B vocalist; 8 p.m.; rooftop lounge, Harnwell House. Free with PENNCard (Harnwell College House).

TALKS

16 Time and Ancient India; opening lecture for Destiny and Design exhibit; David Pingree, Brown University; 5:30 p.m; Rosenwald Gallery, 6th fl., Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Registration: (215) 573-8280 (Library; Penn Humanities Forum).

18 North Korea Waterlogged; Kongdan (Katy) Oh, Institute for Defense Analyses; noon; rm. B-26, Stiteler Hall (Center for East Asian Studies).

22 Dr. Martin Luther King Lecture in Social Justice, Charles R. Stith, former Ambassador to Tanzania; noon; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (Afro-American Studies).

Deadlines: The deadline for the weekly Update is each Monday for the following week's issue. The deadline for the February At Penn calendar is January 15. The deadline for the March At Penn calendar is February 12.

Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 18, January 15, 2002

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
January 15, 2002
Volume 48 Number 18
www.upenn.edu/almanac/

Jim Lehrer, an award-winning journalist from PBS, will deliver the commencement address at Penn on May 13.
A newly created endowed chair at CHOP is in memory of one endocrinologist and will be held by another endocrinologist, a long-time Penn faculty member.
The Open Forum on the Strategic Plan, originally scheduled for today, will be held on Monday, January 28 in 200 College Hall.
The Senate Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty issues their annual report which has countless comparisons and conclusions.
A memorial service will be held today for a Wharton junior who died over the winter break.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday for a staff couple who both died over break.
The Penn's Way Campaign concludes its weekly drawings and has named a grand prize winner for the iBook.