Update

November AT PENN

Fitness/Learning

16  Workshop on Advising Undergraduate Students Experiencing Academic Difficulties; centered on group discussions of sample cases; 4 p.m.; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall; RSVP to glanzer@sas.upenn.edu (College of Arts and Sciences; Office of Learning Resources).

17  CGS Information Session; 6 p.m.; ste. 100, 3440 Market St.; register at www.penncgs.org (CGS).

Reading/Signing

16  Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, Anything Goes!; open mic performances; 8 p.m.; Arts Café, Kelly Writers House (Writers House).

Special Event

17 Town Hall Meeting on Public Safety; 8-9:30 p.m.; Heyer Sky Lounge, Harrison Hall (Public Safety).

Talks

15 A Good Place for the Night; Savyon Liebrecht, Israeli author; 3:30 p.m.; Golkin Room, Houston Hall (Middle East Center; Jewish Studies).

17  Roles of TRAIL* Receptors in Drug-induced Apoptosis; Shi-Yong Sun, Emory University; noon; Conference Room, John Morgan Bldg. (Radiation Oncology).

The Uses of Latin in the Italian Renaissance From Petrarch to Poliziano; Christopher Celenza, Johns Hopkins University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History).

21  Are We Prepared for Avian Bird Flu?; Neil Fishman, healthcare epidemiology and infection control, UPHS; 6 p.m.; rm. 200, College Hall (Office of Health Education).