March Extras! | Deadlines

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Spring Break Begins at Close of Classes.

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Classes resume at 8 a.m.

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Advanced Registration begins; course registration for fall and summer sessions. Through April 6.

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Shamrock Puppy; kids can cut and paste patterns to create a puppy dog; 11 a.m.; Penn Bookstore (Bookstore).

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Plant Propagation for Kids; learn techniques at home to start a plant collection or increase one you already have, get plants to take home; 1:30-3 p.m.; $18, $15/members.

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Junior Naturalists Program: Observing the World in Spring; hands-on outdoor experience and increased understanding of the natural world; 8:30-10:30 a.m.; $72, $64/members.

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 Painting the Bamboo Forest for Kids; make Japanese ink paintings; 1-2:30 p.m.; $18, $16/members.

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Southwest Native American Art Family Workshop: Turquoise and Sand; explore old traditions and examine new art forms while beading necklaces and learning how to paint with sand; ages 7+; noon-1 p.m.; free w/ admission; register: (215) 898-4016.

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Astrograss; interactive music performance featuring bluegrass, folk & humor.

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Justin Roberts; pop musician.

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StarFish; band teaches about rock n’ roll.

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Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could; celebrate the release of their new CD.

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Vito Acconci: Public Nuisance; full-day symposium with presentations by Annette Fierro, Liz Kotz, Alan Licht, Christine Poggi, Frazer Ward, and Matthew Witkovsky; 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation; Info.: http://slought.org/search/acconci/. See Films  (Slought).  

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Ancient Origins, Modern Identities; examine ways in which pre-modern history and civilizations have been invoked in construction of modern group identities; 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; info.: (215) 573-0892 (Center for Ancient Studies).

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Smut/Slackness in Caribbean Music and Violence in the Caribbean; interrogation of the concepts of “smut” and “slackness” invoked in discussions of Caribbean popular music; noon-4:30 p.m.; Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; Info.: (215) 898-4965 (Center for Africana Studies).

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The Power of Place: Regional Higher Education Networks for Community Transformation; gala dinner with Mayor Michael Nutter, 7 p.m., Inn at Penn; continues February 29; register: www.phennd.org (Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development).

South Asian Feminisms: Gender, Culture and Politics; focus on the contemporary dynamics of feminist activism and theorizing in the region; continues March 29; 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; McNeil Center (South Asia Center; The Alice Paul Center).

APW Conference 2008: On Love; sessions; 9 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.–7 p.m, Sunday 10 a.m.–2 p.m.; Van Pelt–Dietrich Library; register: www.apwonline.org/home.html (Affiliated Psychoanalytic Workgroups).

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Water!; images by Richard W. Golden; Burrison Gallery; reception: March 12, 6 p.m. Through April 11.

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Given Enough Eyeballs; explores concepts of open-access and sharing, individual versus community, and ownership and appropriation, as it relates to the idea of open source software; Esther M. Klein Gallery; reception: 5 p.m. Through April 26.

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The Neighbors Next Door; Chere Krakovsky, performance artist, creates a kitchen space where visitors can have a cup of coffee in the tradition of the neighbor next door; International House. Through March 23.

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Sculpture Seminar Exhibition; Meyerson Gallery; reception: March 21, 5 p.m. Through March 27.

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Senior Thesis Exhibition; Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery; reception: March 25, 5 p.m. Through April 18.

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Remembered Light: Destruction and Resurrection–Glass Fragments from World War II; contemporary glass artists draw inspiration from the war experience to create new windows that include fragments collected by Chaplain McDonald in the ruined churches, chapels, and synagogues of Europe; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through June 15.

Turkey: Modern, Secular, Ancient & Sacred; photographs by David and Lisa U’Prichard of the people, architecture and geography which inhabit the ancient and modern country of Turkey; reception: March 28, 6 p.m.; International House. Through April 25.

Across the Roof of the World: Beijing to Kathmandu; photographs by Jill Katz; International House. Through March 7 .

Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Fiber Art; fiber creations by six artists; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through March 16.

InLiquid.com Video Installation: The Third Idea; Philadelphia-based artist and curator, dj YardSale aka Nick Cassway, createsan implied narrative, or “the third idea,” is developed through the combination of moving pictures and sound; International House. Through March 28.

One Book, One Philadelphia Special Display: Cultures of Sudan; collection of Sudanese artifacts; 2nd Floor, Penn Museum. Through March.

The Puppet Show; contemporary artworks of various media that explore the imagery of puppets and puppetry; ICA. Through March 30.  

Ramp Project: Beyond Kiosk; monumental collection of printed matter realized by Christoph Keller; ICA. Through March 30. 

Carlos Motta: The Good Life; documentary on US Interventive policies in Latin America; Project Space, ICA. Through March 30. 

Power Fields: Explorations in the Work of Vito Acconci; works by the artist in different media, including writings, street works, performances, photo works, videos, structures, and clothing; Slought Foundation. Through March 31.

incognito: Self-Portraits by Sasha Parker; Kelly Writers House Gallery; Through March.

Amarna, Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun; artifacts from King Tutankhamun and the 1920s excavations of Amarna; Penn Museum. Through April.

Textual Spaces: An Architecture of Reading; examines the spaces in which reading happens; Rosenwald Gallery, Van Pelt Dietrich Library. Through May 28.

Trisha Donnelly; San Francisco–based photographer, painter, sculptor, and performance artist; ICA. Through August 3.

Francis Johnson: Music Master of Early Philadelphia; selection of over 40 pieces of Johnson’s sheet music from the collection of the late Kurt Stein; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through October 2009.

Counterpoint: Anthropology and Photography in New Guinea; color photography of Austin Super’s ethnographic research in Papau New Guinea; Merle-Smith Changing Exhibition Gallery, Penn Museum. Through September 14.    

Coming to the Small Screen: Ormandy & Television; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Ongoing.  

meta Metasequoia; see the world from among a canopy of redwood limbs; Morris Arboretum. Ongoing.

A Wonderful Life: A Daughter’s Tribute to a Family of Educators; Joan Myerson Shrager’s digital art; Student Lounge, GSE. Ongoing.

The Jewish Book: Material Texts and Comparative Contexts; Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; virtual exhibition.

Photographs from the Field; ethnographic photographs by anthropology graduate students; Museum Library, Penn Museum. Ongoing.

Strokes of Genius: The Art of Annie G. Hunter; Museum Library, Penn Museum. Ongoing.

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Native People of American Southwest.

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Egypt: Reading the Hieroglyphs.

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Buddhist Influence in Ancient China.

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Highlights of the Collection.

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The Classical Collection.

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Egypt: Life Along the Nile.

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Highlights of the Collection.

Free Tour; 1 p.m.

Exhibition Tour; tour The Puppet Show; 6 p.m.

The Music of Regret; Laurie Simmons, artist; 7 p.m.; International House.

talk20: Manipulation; 6 p.m.; www.talk20.org.

Democracy Workshop;what is democracy to you?; 1 p.m.; ICA. Through March 9.

Whenever Wednesday; cardboard, shadows, sheets, strings, and suitcases; 7 p.m.; ICA.

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‘Thunderbirds’ and ‘Godzilla, King of the Monsters’; puppet films double feature; 2 p.m.; ICA (ICA). 

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The Music of Regret; 7 p.m.; International House (ICA). See Exhibits.

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Bell Hooks; 5 p.m.; rm. 200, College Hall (Women’s Studies).

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Submissions for 2008 College House Student Film Festival; $10 submission fee; www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/filmfest/.

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Public Nuisance: Encounters with the Works of Vito Acconti; 6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation.

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Changing the Joke? Race Humor in the Race Films of Spencer Williams; Jacqueline Stewart; 5:30 p.m.; rm. 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall.

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Mapping Early Hollywood; Mark Shiel; 5:30 p.m.; rm. 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall.

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Death 24x a Second; discussion; 2 p.m.; rm. 244, Fisher-Bennet Hall.

Cinevardaphoto; 7 p.m.; International House.

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DV on “Visual Pleasure” Essay; followed by public Q&A; 5:30 p.m.; ICA.

Death 24x a Second and Cinevardaphoto; discussion; 1:30 p.m.; rm. 222, Fisher-Bennet Hall.

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City Girls, Flappers, and Feminist Film Theory; lecture; 5:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation.

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Absolute Giants.

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The Castle.

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Bread and Milk followed by Gravehopping; Contemporary Slovenian Cinema; 7 p.m.; free.

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My Name Is Albert Ayler; with live score; 7 p.m.

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Knightriders and 1990: The Bronx Warriors; 8 p.m.; $10.

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La Rebelle; 7 p.m.

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Cleo from 5 to 7; 7 p.m.

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Cinevardaphoto; 7 p.m.; free.

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Jellyfish; Israeli Film Festival; 8:30 p.m.; $10/seniors, $12 gen. free/students.

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Sedotta e abbandonata.

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C’eravamo tanto amati.

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Ladri di saponette.

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Mediterraneo.

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Shall We Dance?

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La Femme Nikita.

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Point of No Return.

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Dark Victory.

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Mildred Pierce.

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Syndromes and a Century.

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Tropical Malady.

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Short Work Program.

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Short Work Program 2.

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Godzilla.

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Godzilla vs. Mothra.

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Godzilla vs. Destroyah.

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Lust, Caution.

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A Better Tomorrow.

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Rouge.

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Marnie.

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Ikiru.

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Free Prostate Cancer Screenings; 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; First District Plaza, 3801 Market St.; register: 1-800-789-PENN (Abramson Cancer Center).

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Rape Aggression Defense Program (RAD); 12-hour sessions give hands-on physical defense training for women; Session VII: March 24, 31, April 7 & 14; 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Session VIII: March 29 & April 5; 9:00 a.m.-3 p.m.; 4040 Chestnut St.; free/students, faculty, staff; register: (215) 898-3590; For Schedule see: www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/SS_RAD.asp (UPPD).

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 Information Session: Wharton Programs for Working Professionals; 6-7:30 p.m.; check-in: 5:30 p.m.; rm. F-95, Jon M. Huntsman Hall; info.: www.whartonworkingprofessionals.com; RSVP by: March 13, 2008, (215) 898-2888 (Wharton).

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SLANGuage: Peace and Justice.

Summer Sessions Information Session; noon-1 p.m.; Classroom C, 3440 Market St.; Penn Employees only.

Post-Baccalaureate & Graduate Programs Fair; 5:30 p.m.

Summer Sessions Information Session; 5:30 p.m.; Classroom C, 3440 Market St.

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One Film: Exile and Otherness in Empire of the Sun; 6 p.m.

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Television: Making the Transition from Analog to Digital; noon.

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Legal Workshop for Immigrants; 2 p.m.

Immigration Law; 2 p.m.

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Networking Made Easier; 5:30 p.m.

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Interviewing for Jobs; 5:30 p.m.

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Brown Bag Matinee–Painless Performance Improvement; noon-1 p.m.

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Getting Ahead: A Series for Young Professionals–Your Money: TIAA CREF; noon-1:30 p.m.

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Unlocking the Secrets of the Penn Library; noon-1:30 p.m.

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Am I Just Losing My Memory or Just Losing My Mind?; noon-1:30 p.m.

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Career Focus Brown Bag: Preparing for Your Performance Appraisal; noon-1 p.m.

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Franklin Covey’s “FOCUS”; $75; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Wellness Walks; join experienced guides for a well-paced walk round the garden; 10:30 a.m. Also March 8, 15, 22, & 29.

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Planting Design for the Home Landscape; five sessions will cover both the aesthetic and practical considerations associated with selecting plants for landscape planting designs; 7-9 p.m.; Also March 12, 19, 26 and April 29, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; $150, $125/members.

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Palm Weaving: The Art and the Story; learn how to fold, weave and manipulate palm to make traditional weavings for decorations; 10 a.m.-noon; $38, $36/members.

Spring Wreath; create a permanent botanical wreath to welcome spring; 1-3 p.m.; $50, $47/members.

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Preserving Trees During Construction; learn comprehensive information about tree-related construction impacts; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $110.

Professional Floral Design I; 6:45-8:45 p.m.; $195, $185/members. Also March 12, 19, 26, and April 2.

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Attracting Birds to the Backyard; 9-11 a.m.; $30, $25/members.

Spring Rose Care Workshop; 10 a.m.-noon; $30, $25/members. Rain date: March 22.

A Day of Japanese Papermaking; history of and practice traditional sheet formation and decorative techniques for making your paper special; 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; $70, $60/members.

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Pruning Shrubs: Broadleaved and Needle-leaved; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $110/all-day, $60/morning only. Rain date: March 21.

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Welcome Spring Centerpiece; create your own centerpiece to brighten your table and welcome spring; Session A: 1-3 p.m., Session B: 6:45-8:45 p.m.; $50, $48/members.

Creating Beautiful Landscapes Under Mature Trees; 7:30-9 p.m.; $30, $25/members.

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Botanical Illustration Workshop; work on specimens from the living collection; 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; $150, $125/members.

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Pruning for the Homeowner; demonstrations to help you master pruning concepts and gain confidence; 7-9 p.m.; $60, $50/members. Also March 29, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Relationships in Nature: Restoring Ecology in Backyards, Schoolyards, and Beyond; course will explore “deep rooted” relationships of soil, plants and wildlife and how to re-establish these natural self-sustaining systems; 7-9 p.m.; $30, $25/members.

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 Breaking the Rules: Creating Natural Landscapes in the Real World; see how alternative approaches can yield more easily maintained gardens; 7-8:30 p.m.; $30, $25/members.

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Gardening with Native Plants to Attract Birds and Butterflies; explore creating a beautiful home landscape and connecting to nature; 10 a.m.-noon; $30, $25/members.

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Personal and Family Stress: How to Achieve Balance; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Managing Stress Through Fitness; noon-1 p.m.

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Parenting Your Toddler and Young Child: Laying A Solid Foundation; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Outlook 2003 Introduction; $190.

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Workshop: Excel Charts; $95.

Workshop: Excel Pivot Tables; $95.

Workshop: Word Mail Merge: $95.

FileMaker Pro Introduction; $260.

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Word 2003 Introduction; $190.

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Moving to Office 2007—Hands On; $110.

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Excel 2003 Introduction; $357.

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Visio Introduction; $224.

Oracle Database 10g: Introduction to SQL; $1800. Through March 14.

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PowerPoint 2003 Introduction; $190.

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BusinessObjects XI Desktop Intelligence; $380.

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Excel 2003 Intermediate; $190.

BusinessObjects XI Advanced Desktop Intelligence; $380.

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Access 2003 Introduction; $190. Through March 20.

Dreamweaver 8: Introduction; $570. Through March 20.

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Windows Vista Introduction; $190.

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Access Queries Workshop; $95.

Access Reports & Forms Workshop; $95.

Workshop: PowerPoint Designs, Slideshows & Presentations; $95.

Outlook 2007 Introduction—Hands On; $190.

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Excel 2003 Programming with VBA; $600. Through March 27.

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Word 2003 Intermediate; $190.

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Excel 2003 Advanced; $190.

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WPSA Open Meeting; noon; rm. 217, Houston Hall.

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Trustees: Executive Committee Meeting, Budget & Finance Committee Meeting; register: (215) 898-7005.

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WXPN Policy Board; noon; 3025 Walnut St.; info.: (215) 898-0628.

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University Council; 4 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; RSVP: (215) 898-7005.

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Arab Music Workshop; A.J. Racy; 12:30-2 p.m.; free; The Rotunda (GI; Platt Student Performing Arts House).

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Hommage to Giancinto Scelsi; 8 p.m.; International House; $12 (Ars Nova Workshop).

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Penn Symphony Orchestra; 8 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium.

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Penn Baroque and Recorder Ensembles; 8 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall.

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Music 10 Recital; student performers studying in the department of music’s Music 10 program; 8 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium.

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Lúnasa; Ireland’s acoustic supergroup; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; tickets: $25-$40 (below).

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Tommy Flemming; male vocalist; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; $30-$45.

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Dianne Reeves; Grammy-winning jazz vocalist; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; tickets: $30-$55.

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Masada Guitars; John Madof and Tim Sparks; 8:30 p.m.; Steinhardt Hall; $12.

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John Zorn’s The Dreamers; 2 p.m.; International House; $25.

Jamie Saft Trio and Erik Friedlander; 8 p.m.; International House; $26.25-$35.

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Up On Stage; open mic/coffee house; 9 p.m.; Platt Performing Arts House (Penn Collective).

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Nikolais Dance Theatre; Ririe—Woodbury Dance Company; a total theatrical experience of lights, sound, costumes and choreography; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center. Also March 7 at 8 p.m., and March 8 at 2 & 8 p.m. (below).

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St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre: Carmen; a story of love, jealousy and tragedy; 7:30 p.m.; Main Lobby, Annenberg Center; $40, $40, $35, $30.

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Theorizing: Theater and Philosophy—Socrates on the Modern Stage; Martin Puchner, Columbia University; 6 p.m.

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Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, Anything Goes!; 8 p.m.; also March 19.

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Theorizing: With Jeffrey Cohen; Jeffrey Cohen, George Washington University; 6 p.m.

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Discussion with Journalist Jeff Gammage; Jeff Gammage, Philadelphia Inquirer; 1:30 p.m.

CPCW Literary Journalism Fellowships; a reading and roundtable discussing featuring the winners; 6 p.m.

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Kelly Writers House Fellows Program; Lynne Sharon Schwartz, author; 6:30 p.m.; RSVP only: whfellow@writing.upenn.edu; also March 25, 10 a.m.

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Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora; Persis Karim, San Jose State University; 6 p.m.

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MACHINE; Chris Funkhouser, New Jersey Institute of Technology; 6 p.m.

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Marathon Reading: Vladimir Nabakov’s Lolita; noon.

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LIVE at the Writers House Tapes; WXPN’s Michaela Majoun hosts a one-hour broadcast of poetry, music and spoken-word art; 7 p.m.

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Ultimate Leadership; Russell Palmer; 12:15 p.m.

Luncheon of the Boating Party; Susan Vreeland; 7 p.m.

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The Fall of The 1977 Phillies; Mitch Nathanson; 6 p.m.

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Kinky Gazpacho; Lori Tharps; 6 p.m.

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The Professor and the Pupil; Murali Balaji; 5 p.m.

A Series of Small Boxes; Thomas Devaney; 7 p.m.

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In Township Tonight; David Coplan; 4:30 p.m.

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What’s That Job And How the Hell Do I Get It?: The Inside Scoop on More Than 50 Cool Jobs from People Who Actually Have Them; David Rosen; 5 p.m.

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The Elevator of Achievement; Renee Amoore; 6:30 p.m.

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Women of Color Day; conference entitled The Impact of Violence on Women of Color: 9 a.m., Houston Hall, $25; awards luncheon: noon, University City Sheraton, $35; $50/luncheon and conference; tickets: cagordon@pobox.upenn.edu (WOCAP). 

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Beer Dinner: A Tribute to Michael Jackson; in honor of Mr. Jackson, who fuelled the craft beer movement regionally through his annual tutored tastings; 7 p.m.; Penn Museum; $95, $85/members; tickets: (215) 898-3900 (Penn Museum).

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19th Annual Tutored Tasting: Michael Jackson: The Man and His Legacy; a panel of four experts taste and guide the tasting of a selection of beers brewed especially for this tribute; 1 p.m.; Chinese Rotunda, Penn Museum; $45, $40/members; must be 21 years old to attend; tickets: (215) 898-3900 (Penn Museum).

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Flyers Game Fundraiser to Highlight Brain Injury Awareness Week; 7 p.m.; $40, $5 for 5/raffle tickets for autographed Flyers memorabilia; to buy/info.: (215) 746-4727, robin@mail.upenn.edu, see table on HUP Mezzanine March 3-6 (Neurosurgery; Center for Brain Injury & Repair).

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Penn Bookstore Grad Fair; time to get your cap and gown!; regular business hours. Through March 21 (Bookstore).

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2nd Annual Penn Global Health Career Day; 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; register: www.med.upenn.edu/globalhealth/ghcd2008.shtml(Global Health Programs).

World Culture Family Day: Hello India!; enjoy classical and folk dances from around India, “Bollywood” films, an Indian fashion show, henna demonstrations, arts and crafts, and more; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Penn Museum (South Asia Center, South Asian Society; Wharton India Club).

 African Cultural Day; 5:30-8 p.m.; Du Bois College House (African Studies).

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Gymnastics vs. Temple/Towson/NC State; 1 p.m.

(M) Lacrosse vs. Villanova; 1 p.m.

Softball vs. Lafayette; 1 p.m.

(W) Basketball vs. Brown; 7 p.m.

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(M) Basketball vs. Cornell; 8 p.m.

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(M) Basketball vs. Columbia; 7 p.m.

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(W) Basketball vs. Princeton; 7 p.m.

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(M) Tennis vs. Michigan; noon.

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(W) Lacrosse vs. Penn State; 6 p.m.

Gymnastics vs. Rhode Island; 6 p.m.

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(M) Lacrosse vs. Harvard; 1 p.m.

(W) Rowing: Penn Challenge; TBA.

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(M) Tennis vs. St. John’s; 2 p.m.

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Softball vs. Yale; 12:30 p.m.

(M) Lacrosse vs. Cornell; noon

(M) Tennis vs. Princeton; 2 p.m.

Baseball vs. Yale; 2 p.m.

(W) Lacrosse vs. Columbia; 3 p.m.

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Baseball vs. Brown; noon.

Softball vs. Brown; 12:30 p.m.

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Green Building Design; Bob Shemwell, Overland Partners; 2 p.m.; Upper Gallery, Widener Visitors Center, Morris Arboretum; register: (215) 247-5777 ext. 155 (Morris Arboretum).

Florence Under Erasur, ca. 1600; Michael Cole, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; Rich Seminar room, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).

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Genomic Impact of Strong Recent Selection in Malaria Parasites; Tim Anderson, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research; 4 p.m.; rm. 132, Hill Pavilion (Parasitology).

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Japan’s Experience with the GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement System; Akio Shimizu, Waseda Law School; 3:00 p.m.; Silverman 240A, Law School (East Asian Studies).

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 Environmental Impacts of Metal Mining; Mark Logsdon, Geochimica, Inc.; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Bldg. (Institute for Environmental Studies).

Oncogene-induced Senescence: In-vitro Tool or In-vitro Reality?; Daniel Peeper, Netherlands Cancer Institute; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).

Of Saints and Savages: Indigenous Missionaries in the Early Modern British Atlantic; Ted Andrews, University of New Hampshire; 12:30 p.m.; rm. 105, McNeil Center (McNeil Center).

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Integrating the Mind and Body: Injury, Depression, and Disability; Therese Richmond, School of Nursing; 9:30 a.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium (Science Injury Forum).

New Insights into the Mechanisms of Cell Death from a Genome Wide RNAi Screen & Chemical Biological Approaches; Junying Yuan, Harvard University; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry and Biophysics).

The Challenges in Real-time Crowd Simulation; Daniel Thalmann, Ecole Polytechnique Federale  de Lausanne; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall; (Computer and Information Science; Center for Human Modeling and Simulation).

Immigration and Minority Cultural Identities; Sarah Song, University of California, Berkeley; 4 p.m.; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall (DCC).

And History Took a Calligraphic Turn: The Art of Tai Jingnong’s Writing; David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 244, Fisher-Bennett Hall (East Asian Studies).

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Traitorous Subjects, Ill Neighbors, and Worse Sovereigns: Indulgences and the Logic of Anti-Catholicism in Early America; Michael Carter, University of Dayton; 3 p.m.; Stephanie Grauman Wolf Room, McNeil Center (McNeil Center).

Philadelphia Contains the Ashes of Our Fathers: Gender and the Catholic Campaign for Respectability in the Aftermath of the Nativist Riots of 1844; Jennifer Schaaf, Penn State Abington; 3 p.m. Stephanie Grauman Wolf Room, McNeil Center (McNeil Center).

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Communication Between Toxoplasma and its Host; Ira Blader, University of Oklahoma; 4 p.m.; rm. 132, Hill Pavilion (Parasitology).

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Insularity, Connectivity, and Island Identity in the Oases of Egypt’s Great Sand Sea; Ellen Morris, Columbia University; 6:30 p.m.; $5, $3/Museum members, free to ARCE-PA members; info.: (215) 898-4890 (Penn Museum).

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Title TBA; Kathryn Montgomery, Northwestern University; 4 p.m.; ste. 321, 3401 Market St. (215) 898-7136 (Bioethics).

East Asia and the Middle East: What Can We Learn from Comparative Approaches to Global History?; Cemil Aydin, Princeton University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 17, Logan Hall (East Asian Studies).

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Title TBA; Sumit K. Chanda, Burham Institute for Medical Research; 3 p.m.; Class of 62 room, John Morgan Bldg.; info. www.genomics.upenn.edu (PGFI).

Myth, Memory and the Mongol Invasion of Japan; Tom Conlan, Bowdoin College; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 17, Logan Hall (East Asian Studies).

Racism Before the Theory of Races; Francisco Bethencourt, King’s College London; 5 p.m.; Stephanie Grauman Wolf Room, McNeil Center (History; Latin American & Latino Studies).

Music Department Colloquia; Katherine Bergeron, Brown University; 5:15 p.m; rm. 302, Music Bldg. (Music).

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Why the Fuss About Conserving Mountains?; Lawrence Hamilton, The World Conservation Union; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Bldg. (Institute for Environmental Studies).

Go Ask Alice: A Slave’s Life and Legacy; Susan Klepp, Temple University; 12:30 p.m.; rm. 105, McNeil Center (McNeil Center).

The Role of Enforcement in Environmental Law; Jon Silberman, US Environmental Protection Agency; 3 p.m.; rm. 213, Gittis Hall (Penn Law).

IRCS/CCN Brain and Language Lecture; Arthur Samuel, State University of New York, Stony Brook; 3 p.m.; ste. 400A, 3401 Walnut St. (Institute for Research in Cognitive Science).

1,000,000 Years of Music; Gary Tomlinson, music; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; Register: (215) 573-8280 (Penn Humanities Forum). 

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Manipulating a Protein’s Energy Landscape; Susan Marqusee, University of California, Berkeley; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB; (Biochemistry and Biophysics).

Genealogies of Pashto Oral Publication: Poetics of Class, Identity, and Patriarchal Hegemony in 1950s Afghanistan; James Caron, South Asia Studies; noon; rm. 816, Williams Hall (South Asia Center).

Sexual and Drug Behavior Patterns and HIV/STD Racial Disparities: The Need for New Directions; Denise Hallfors, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation; 1 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III (Center for AIDS Research).

Genomic Cell Based Screening Approaches; John Hogenesch, pharmacology; 3 p.m.; Reunion Hall, John Morgan Bldg. (Genomics).

Japan’s Answer to Harry Potter: The Abeno Seimei Boom; Laura Miller, Loyola University, Chicago; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 244, Fisher-Bennett Hall (East Asian Studies).

Jane S. Pollack Memorial Lecture in Women’s Studies; Bell Hooks, Berea College; 5 p.m.; rm. 200, College Hall (The Alice Paul Center; Africana Studies).

Powerful Passions: Georges Bizet and Carmen; St. Petersburg Ballet;5:30 p.m.; Annenberg Center (Penn Presents).

Fighting Oppression One Client at a Time: The Strengths Model; Charles Rapp, University of Kansas; 5:30 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; RSVP: (215) 573-9779 (Class of 1954 lecture). 

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Beyond the Walls of Agamemnon: The Search and Discovery of the Lower Town at Mycenae; Christofilis Maggidis, Dickinson College; noon; Penn Museum; (Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World graduate group).

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Functional Modification of Adult and Old Muscles Via AAV-Mediated Gene Transfer; Jeffrey Chamberlain, University of Washington; 2 p.m.; Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg. (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute).

Biology of Secretory Processes in Filariae; Timothy Geary, McGill University; 4 p.m.; rm. 132, Hill Pavilion (Parasitology).

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Evolved Altruism, Strong Reciprocity, and Perception of Risk; Troy Tucker, Applied Biomathematics; 4:30 p.m.; rm. G50, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Fels Institute of Government; School of Law).

Cultural Losses of the Iraq Museum and the Archaeological Sites; Donny George, former director of the Iraq Archaeology Museum; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum (Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World Graduate Group).

Veneration and Imagery of Buddhist “Saints” in Japan from 1700-Present; Patricia Graham, Kansas University; 5:30 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (East Asian Studies).

US Immigration and Employment: Building Effective Strategies for Short and Long Term Employment in the US; 6 p.m.; International House; register: immigrationlawcenter@cfg-law.com (International House).  

Preserving Iraq’s Past: Perils and Prospects; John Russell, Massachusetts College of Art; 6:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; info.: (215) 898-4890 (Archaeology Institute of America).

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Sustainable Stormwater Management; Robert Traver, Villanova University; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Bldg. (Institute for Environmental Studies).

Penn Alumni Diversity Alliance Speaker Series; Esperanza Altamar, Philadelphia Museum of Art; 5:30 p.m.; location TBA; RSVP: marlabr@upenn.edu (Penn Alumni Diversity Alliance).

Artist Lecture: Anne Chu; Anne Chu, figurative sculptor; 7 p.m.; ICA; info.: www.icaphila.org (ICA).

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Haptics Lecture; Jernej Barbic, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 11 a.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall; (Center for Human Modeling and Simulation).

Title TBA; Ulrich Hartl, Max Planck Institute—Martinsried; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB; info.: (215) 898-4829 (Biochemistry and Biophysics).

Smut/Slackness in Caribbean Music; Shannon Dudley, University of Washington; noon; Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (Africana Studies).

Role of Cell Adhesion Molecules In Myelinated Nerves; Elior Peles, Weismann Institute; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).

Violence in Caribbean; Alissa Trotz, University of Toronto; 4 p.m.; Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (Africana Studies).

Ernest Bender Lecture Series Presents; Paul Dundas, University of Edinburgh; 5 p.m.; Cherpack Lounge, Williams Hall (South Asia Studies; South Asia Center).

Music Department Colloquia; Shannon Dudley, University of Washington; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 302, Music Bldg. (Music).

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The Biology of Consciousness; Christoph Koch, California Institute of Technology; noon; rm. 17, Logan Hall  (Institute for Research in Cognitive Science).

How Can a Local Urban Health Department Tackle Health Disparities?; Mary Travis Bassett, NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene; noon; Auditorium, Colonial Penn Center (LDI).

Landscape/Escape: Space, Race, and Revision; Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; Rich Seminar Room., Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).

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 Love From Both Sides: Public Lecture by Bruce Fink; Duquesne University; 5:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation (Slought).

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Bioactivity of Eryngial (Trans-2-dodecenal), A Compound in the Medicinal Plant Eryngium Foetidum (L., Apiaceae); Wayne Forbes, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania; 4 p.m.; rm. 132, Hill Pavilion (Parasitology).

Environmental Law and Corporate Transactional Practice; Jeffrey Smith, Cravath, Swain & Moore; 3 p.m.; rm. 213, Gittis Hall (Penn Law).

Making Every Mistake Once; Safra Catz, Oracle Corporation; 4:30 p.m.; Levy Conference Center, Penn Law School; (Institute for Law and Economics).