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September 23, 2008, Volume 55, No. 5
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September AT PENN2008

Penn Family Day: October 4

Reminder: Today is the deadline for ticket orders sent via intramural mail; Friday, September 26 is the deadline for orders placed in person at the Athletics Ticket office, for the 16th Annual Penn Family Day on Saturday, October 4.

Tickets are required for the Tailgate Party and the football game, Penn vs. Dartmouth. For more information and an order form, go to www.hr.upenn.edu/quality/staffrecognition/FamilyDay.aspx.

children's activity

30

Gaming Afternoon with the Wii; 2:30 p.m.; Walnut Street West Branch (Free Library).

conferences

27

Applied Mathematics & Computational Science: an inaugural symposium for the new AMCS graduate group; 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Melvin & Claire Levine Hall  (AMCS).

28

Advocating for Wildlife in Your Community; 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; The Rotunda (Mid-Atlantic Animal Rights Coalition). 

exhibit

29

Oil and Water; oil paintings and watercolors by Diane Lachman; Burrison Gallery; reception: October 3, 5 p.m. Through November 7.  

FILM

29

Children Playing Gods; screening and discussion with filmmaker Irfana Majumdar; 6 p.m.; G50, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (South Asia Center; Cinema Studies).

Fitness/Learning

27

Hindi-Urdu Workshop; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Penn Humanities Forum (South Asia Center).

Music

26

Indian Classical Music: Anupama Bhagwat (sitar) and Nitin Mitta (tabla); 7:30 p.m.; Penn Humanities Forum (South Asia Center). 

reading/signing

25

No One Sees God: The Dark Night of Atheists and Believers; Michael Novak; 7 p.m.; Penn Newman Center (Penn Newman Center). 

talks

25

Distinguished Lecture; Valentina Salapura, IBM; 3 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Melvin & Claire Levine Hall (Computer & Information Science).  

26

Cigoli’s Ecorche and the Florentine Contribution to the Emergence of Baroque Art; Lisa Bourla, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).

29

A Non-Coding RNA Revolution in the Cancer Society; George Calin, Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium (Wistar).

30

The Truth About You; Marcus Buckingham, author; 5 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; info.: www.marcusbuckingham.com; tickets at pennpresents.org, students: $25, educator: $35, individual: $40, mentor/mentee: $60 (includes a copy of his book with DVD) (Wharton School’s Center for Human Resources). 


Deadlines: Submissions for the Update are due every Monday for the following Tuesday’s issue. The deadline for the November AT PENN is October 14 .  For information see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.
Almanac - September 23, 2008, Volume 55, No. 5