SEPTEMBER AT PENN

EXHIBITS

Seeing the Self: Young Artists Explore Themselves Through Pictures and Words; artists use photography to learn about themselves through the creation of art and share their art, their lives, and lessons with their community; Kelly Writers House. Through September 30.

21 Free Gallery Tour: Strange Messenger; work by Patti Smith; 1 p.m.; ICA.

SPECIAL EVENTS

23 Pep Rally; unveiling of cars now available to PCS members in the Penn community; music, refreshments and giveaways; 4 p.m.; University Square, 36th and Walnut (PhillyCarShare).

30 Integrity Week Keynote Speaker: Patch Adams; founder of free health care facility, Gesundheit Institute; 7 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; tickets available by lottery September 16-21 on www.specevents.net (SPEC; Provost's Spotlight Series).

TALKS

17 60-Second Lecture Series: The Difference Between Blues and Jazz; David Grazian, sociology; noon; Wynn Commons (SAS).

Structural Biology and siRNA: Useful Tools for Drug Discovery; Steven Fesik, Abbott Laboratories; 4 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Bldg. (Biochemistry and Biophysics).

* Cancelled * 18 Laura e Francesco: Un Amore Recambiato; Roberto Fedi, Johns Hopkins University; presented in Italian; reception, 5:30 p.m.; talk, 6 p.m.; location TBA; (215) 898-6040 (Center for Italian Studies).

23 Belief in Democracy; Alexander Boraine, International Center for Transitional Justice; 5 p.m.; Room 200, College Hall; register: (215) 898-8220 or humanities@sas.upenn.edu (Penn Humanities Forum).

Deadlines: The deadline for the weekly Update is each Tuesday, for the following Tuesday's issue. The deadline for the October AT PENN Calendar is today, September 16. For information, see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.