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April 17, 2007, Volume 53, No. 30
April AT PENN

 

CONFERENCE

19 The University as an Agent of Global Change; 5:30-8:15 p.m.; Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Continues April 20, 9 a.m.-5:15 p.m.; info./register: www.gdi.upenn.edu (Penn Global Development Initiative).

ExHIBIT

18 Bog Down; paintings by Alana Bograd; reception: 7:30 p.m.; Kelly Writers House Art Gallery. Through April 30 .

FITNESS AND LEARNING

21 Art-making: Mosaics and Arabic Calligraphy; with Hazami Sayed, architect/founder of Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture and Neel El-Sherif, art student; 2 p.m.; Walnut St. West Branch of Phila. Library, 40th & Walnut St. ( Philadelphia Library).

ON STAGE

19 Return to Pangaea; improv/comedy; 7 p.m.; auditorium, Houston Hall; $5/Locust Walk, $6/door. Also April 21, 8 p.m. (Without a Net).

SPECIAL EVENTS

24 2007 Vittorini Prizes for Undergraduate Distinction in Italian; 4:30-6 p.m.; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall (Center for Italian Studies).

Open House for the Graduate Program in Public Health; 5-6:30 p.m.; lobby and auditorium, BRB II/III (Graduate Program in Public Health).

TALKS

19 Providing the Opportunity to Learn: Standards,Policies, and the Achievement Gap; Andrew Porter, incoming GSE dean; 4:30 p.m.; Woodlands Ballroom, Inn at Penn (GSE).

Fels Institute of Government: Delivering Public Services Policy, Networks & Governance Series

Noon-2 p.m. unless otherwise noted; Seminar Room; RSVP: hollingw@sas.upenn.edu.

19 Network Governance; Paul Posner, George Mason University; Ronald Utt, The Heritage Foundation.

24 Leadership for Results; Anne Khademian, Virginia Tech; Lisa Neuberger, Accenture Institute for Public Service Value.

26 State and Local Initiatives for Public Services; Feather Houstoun, The William Penn Foundation; Ann Torregrossa, PA Governor’s Office of Health Care Reform, 1-3 p.m.

60-Second Lectures (SAS)
Noon; 37th & Locust; rain location: Houston Hall.

18 Brokeback Nation; Heather Love, English.

25 An Open Letter to Mister Rogers ; Camille Charles, sociology.

Deadlines: The deadline for the weekly Update is every Monday, for the following Tuesday’s issue. The deadline for the Summer AT PENN is May 8. For information see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.

Almanac - April 17, 2007, Volume 53, No. 30