Unless otherwise noted, all events are open to the general public as well as to members of the University.
For building locations, call (215) 898-5000 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or see www.facilities.upenn.edu/ or the University’s website, www.upenn.edu.
Listing of a phone number normally means tickets, reservations or registration required. |
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CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES |
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Morris Arboretum
Register: (215) 247-5777 ext. 156 or 125.
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Cupid’s Valentine’s Centerpiece; ages 5-12; $33, $30/members; 1-3 p.m. |
Peanut Butter & Jams: World Cafe Live
$10/adults, $7/children; 11:30 a.m.
Info.: www.worldcafelive.com.
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Paul Green School of Rock; best of the season show; $10; noon. |
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Ralph’s World; rock music that respects kids’ intelligence and curiosity; $15. |
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Milkshake: A Very Special Valentine’s Day Show; Milkshake writes and performs music that is as musically sophisticated as it is lyrically lighthearted and child-centered. |
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Trout Fishing In America; Grammy-nominated guitar/bass duo; $15/adults, $9/children; Also 1:30 p.m. |
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Darwin’s Legacy in 21st Century Biology; 9 a.m.; Penn Museum; register: www.museum.upenn.edu; Also February 13 (Penn Museum). |
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Imperfect Moments: Mapplethorpe and Censorship 20 Years Later; 5:30 p.m.; Institute of Contemporary Art; info.: www.icaphila.org; Also February 13 (ICA). |
Admission Donations and Hours
Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. |
Annenberg Center Forum; free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |
Burrison
Gallery, University Club at Penn, Inn at Penn: free;
Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-6 p.m. |
Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. |
Esther
M. Klein Art Gallery: free;
Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |
Graduate
School of Education (GSE), Student Lounge: free;
Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5
p.m. |
ICA:
free admission; Wed.-Fri., noon-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. |
International House; free; for hours call (215) 387-5125. |
Kelly Writers House Gallery; free; Mon.-Thurs., 10 a.m. -10:30p.m.; Fri. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sat. noon-11 p.m.; Sun. 6-11 p.m. |
Meyerson Gallery; Meyerson Hall: free; Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |
Morris Arboretum: $14, $12/seniors, $7/students & youth 3-17, free w/ PennCard, children under 3; November-March: everyday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; April -October: weekdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m., weekends 10 a.m.-5 p.m. |
Penn Museum: $10, $7/seniors, children 6-17, full-time students w/ID, free/members, w/PennCard, children under 6; Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. |
Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St.: free; (215) 573-3234 for hours. |
Slought Foundation; free; Wed.-Sat. 1-6 p.m. |
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free; for hours see: http://events.library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi. |
Upcoming
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Louis I. Kahn: The Making of a Room; photographs of buildings and interiors, printed materials, and some of Kahn’s furniture; Arthur Ross Gallery; Through March 29; See Talks. |
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Benjamin Pierce; recent photography concentrates on the human body, often in abstracted or transmuted form; Burrison Gallery; reception, February 27, 5 p.m. Through April 3. |
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Contemplative Spaces, Works on Paper; collection includes ink drawings and digital/drawing prints by sculptor James Fuhrman that are essential to process of making sculpture; Burrison Gallery. Through February 20. |
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BioScapes; exhibition of the 2008 Olympus BioScapes tour, an International Digital Imaging Competition, honoring images and videos of human, plant and animal subjects as captured through light microscopes; Esther M. Klein Art Gallery. Through February 28. |
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Iyare! Splendor and Tension in Benin’s Palace Theatre; more than 100 artifacts including cast bronzes, carved ivories and wood from the 16th to the 21st centuries; William B. Dietrich Gallery, Penn Museum. Through March 1. |
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Trapped in Orbit: Out of Body, Out of Mind; the work of artist and intrepid tinkerer, Charles Hobbs; Esther M. Klein Art Gallery. Through March 1. |
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Billions of Robots Heal the Human Heart; exhibition includes video about hockey player Philip Brouette who was stabbed in the heart by a jealous ex-lover and shows how his life was saved with an experimental medical nanotechnology procedure called cardionanoroboplasty; International House. Through March 6. |
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Head in the Clouds; interactive mobile installation showcasing artist Charles Hobbs’ ongoing interest in light, motion and the recreation of natural phenomena through low-tech gadgetry; International House. Through March 6. |
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Himalaya: Land of the Snow Lion; 45 black and white photographs by Andrea Baldeck of the harsh and dramatic Himalaya mountain range examining ethnic, cultural and historical Tibet; Merle-Smith Gallery, Penn Museum. Through March 8. |
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Peter Weibel, Rewriter; retrospective of the work of media and conceptual artist Peter Weibel, including photos, films and other works from 1964-1975; Slought Foundation. Through March 11. |
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Nikon Small World; the beauty of the natural world captured through the microscope; atrium, Wistar Institute. Through March 13. |
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Life in Boxes: Comic Art and Artifacts; history and development of the comic including original art, graphic novels, volumes of single panel cartoons, histories, and criticism donated by Penn alumnus Steven Rothman; Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through March 22. |
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Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay; presentation of the work of 22 artists who have created significant work in clay, all of which appear to be in some state of flux or growth; ICA. Through March 29. |
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Joshua Mosley: Dread; six-minute animated video and five related bronze sculptures; the video presents an imagined conversation between the philosophers Blaise Pascal and Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the difficulty of resolving the human relationship to nature while also accepting God as the creator; ICA. Through March 29. |
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Touch Sensitive: Anthony Campuzano; witty snatches of phrases from the internet, television, the radio, signs, and personal notes are set against intensely worked backgrounds; ICA. Through March 29. |
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Surviving: The Body of Evidence; interactive exhibition explores evolution and its profound impact on humans using our own bodies as evidence; Penn Museum. Through May 3. |
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Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania; together with the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, the Museum features never-before displayed items from the private collections of Lenape people in Pennsylvania along with archaeological objects from the Museum’s collections; Penn Museum. Through September 12. |
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The Texture of Trees; Andrea Baldeck photo exhibit that celebrates the botanical world in close-up and landscape; Morris Arboretum. Through September 14. |
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Odili Donald Odita: Third Space; large-scale abstract wall paintings; ICA. Through December 6. |
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Francis Johnson: Music Master of Early Philadelphia; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through Fall 2009. |
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Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun; Penn Museum. Ongoing. |
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Springfield Mills;a high dynamic composition photography exhibit by local artist Guillermo Torres of the Arboretum’s historic Springfield Grist Mill; lower gallery, Widener Education Center, Morris Arboretum. Ongoing. |
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Collective Imprints; visual art that celebrates the life and history of The Rotunda; The Rotunda. Ongoing. |
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meta Metasequoia; see the world from among a canopy of redwood limbs; Morris Arboretum. Ongoing. |
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A Wonderful Life: A Daughter’s Tribute to a Family of Educators; Joan Myerson Shrager’s digital art; Student Lounge, GSE. Ongoing. |
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Photographs from the Field; ethnographic photographs by anthropology graduate students; Museum Library, Penn Museum. Ongoing. |
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Strokes of Genius: The Art of Annie G. Hunter; Museum Library, Penn Museum. Ongoing. |
Ongoing at the Penn Museum
Treasures From the Royal Tombs of Ur; Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient Israel; Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache; Mesoamerica; The Egyptian Mummy: Secrets & Science; Raven’s Journey: The World of Alaska’s Native People; Buddhism: History & Diversity of a Great Tradition; Africa: The Cradle of Humankind; Polynesia: ‘ahu’ula + lei niho palaoa.
Penn Museum Tours
Meet at Trescher Main Entrance. Free w/ admission and w/ PennCard. Info.: www.museum.upenn.edu.
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Status and Survival in Mesoamerica. |
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Legacy of the Classical World. |
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Native Americans in the Southwest. |
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Highlights of the Collection. |
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Secrets of Science: Egyptian Mummies. |
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Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania. |
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Film Screening and Discussion with the Director. Introduced by Kathy DeMarco; 6 p.m.; Kelly Writers House (Kelly Writers House). |
College Houses Student Film Festival
Sponsored by Cinema Studies
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Gregory and Du Bois College Houses; 7:30 p.m. |
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Ware and Fisher Hassenfeld College Houses; 7:30 p.m. |
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Sky Lounge, Harrison College House; 7:30 p.m. |
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The Bridge Cinema de Lux; 8 p.m. |
Center for East Asian Studies:
Pop Icons of Japan Film Series
Screenings w/English subtitles. Sponsored by the Friends of the Japanese House and Garden; rm. 402, Claudia Cohen Hall; 7 p.m.
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Godzilla. |
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Happiness of the Katakuris. |
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Ultra Man 2006. |
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Kamikaze Girls. |
Cinema Studies
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Wall-E; 7:30 p.m.; Sky Lounge, Harrison College House. |
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Birdsong (El cant dels Ocells); an evening with Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra; 7 p.m.; Ibrahim Theater, International House. |
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An Evening with Ethnographic Filmmaker Ruth Behar; screening of Adio Kerida; 5 p.m.; rm. 401, Fisher- Bennett Hall. |
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Oscars Night!; 7 p.m.; Sky Lounge, Harrison College House. |
International House
Screenings w/English subtitles. Tickets: $7, $5/members, students, seniors unless otherwise noted. Info.: www.ihousephilly.org.
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Exhumed Films Double Feature: Creepers and Two Evil Eyes; 8 p.m. |
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Selections from the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, 7th Edition; 7 p.m.; info.: www.ihousephilly.org/humanrightswatch2009.htm; Through February 14. |
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Ball Don’t Lie; 7 p.m. |
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30 Years of Film @ International House: Sound on Screen; 8 p.m. |
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30 Years of Film @ International House: The Janus Collection; 7 p.m. |
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Seville Southside; 7 p.m. |
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Rene Allio and Nicolas Philibert–Two Stories; 5 p.m. |
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Class of 1923 Arena; 3130 Walnut St.; admission: weekday $5.50, weekend $6.50, $1 off w/PennCard; skate rental $2.50; group rates and skating lessons offered; hours: www.upenn.edu/icerink. |
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New Parents @ Penn; meets every other Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.; contact Penn Women’s Center (215) 898-8611 for dates. |
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Jazzercise; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tuesdays & Thursdays; Newman Center; $8/class; $6/students; contact Carolyn Hamilton: (215) 662-3293 (days) or (610) 446-1983 (evenings). |
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Vinyasa Yoga; 5:30-7 p.m.; Wednesdays; Penn Museum; $12/class; participants should bring a yoga mat and towel; info.: (215) 898-4890. Also February 11, 18 & 25. |
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Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Class; hands-on physical defense training for women only; session III: Mondays, February 9-March 2, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; session IV: Wednesdays, February 18-March 11, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Session V: Saturdays, February 21 & 28, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; 4040 Chestnut St., Division of Public Safety; register: (215) 898-3590 (UPPD). |
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To Be a Major in Cinema Studies; meet Cinema Studies students and faculty over dinner and a movie; 6 p.m.; Sky Lounge, Harrison College House (Cinema Studies). |
Christian Association
SLANGuage; Tuesdays 2:30-5 p.m. Info: www.upennca.org.
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Slanguage; 2:30 p.m. Also February 10, 17 and 24. |
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African Dinner: Liberia; 6:30 p.m. |
Faculty & Staff Discount Ticket Night
All events held at the Palestra. Register: www.pennathletics.com or contact Athletic Ticket Office at (215) 898-6151.
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Wrestling—Penn vs. Brown/Harvard; noon; $1 tickets with PennCard. |
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Men’s Basketball—Penn vs. Harvard; 6 p.m.; $7/upper-end tickets with PennCard. |
Free Library—Walnut St. West Branch
201 S 40th St.; info.: (215) 685-7671.
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Television: Making the Transition from Analog to Digital; 6 p.m. |
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Little Tales for Tykes; 11 a.m. |
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Celebrate Chinese New Year; 2 p.m. |
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Gaming for Children and Teens; 2 p.m. |
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Toddler Story Time Series; 11 a.m. |
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Book Discussion: The Soloist; 6:30 p.m. |
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Little Tales for Tykes; 11 a.m. |
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Gaming for Children and Teens; 3 p.m. |
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Toddler Story Time Series; 11 a.m. |
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Little Tales for Tykes; 11 a.m. |
Learning and Education: HR
Open to faculty and staff. Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog/default.aspx
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American Management Association’s Strategies for Developing Effective Presentation Skills; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; $75. Through February 6. |
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Brown Bag Matinee—The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Case Study in Decision Making and Consequences; noon-1 p.m. |
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Franklin Covey’s FOCUS; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; $75. |
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Career Focus Brown Bag: Self Assessment Workshop; noon-1 p.m. |
Morris Arboretum
Register: www.morrisarboretum.org.
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Tree and Shrub Identification; intensively study 160 native and introduced trees, shrubs, and vines common in Pennsylvania ; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; 5 Saturdays through March 28; $450. |
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Soils Simplified; learn the basics of soil and how to keep it healthy; 10 a.m.-noon; $38, $33/members. |
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Tree Appraisal; explore the history and process of tree and landscape appraisal; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $125. |
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I.S.A. Arborist Certification Course for Spanish Speakers; arboricultural theory and basic arboricultural skills; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; 6 Fridays through April 3; $450. |
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Miniature Garden: “Portraits” in Color Pencil; learn color pencil art techniques; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; $90, $75/members; continues March 7. |
Department of Recreation
RSVP: (215) 898-6100. Workshops at Pottruck Center.
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Free Body Composition Measurements; noon. |
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Intro. to Yoga; 5:30 p.m. |
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Women on Weights; 12:15 p.m. |
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Women on Weights; 5:30 p.m. |
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Eating for Optimal Health; 12:15 p.m. |
Quality of Worklife: HR
Open to faculty and staff. Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog/default.aspx.
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10 Strategies for Improving Your Sleep; noon-1 p.m. |
Technology and Training Services
Classes at ISC labs, 3650 Chestnut St.; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Open to faculty, staff, and students; register: www.upenn.edu/computing/isc/training.
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Access 2007 Intro.; $357; 2 days. |
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Excel 2007 Intro.; $190. |
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Word 2007 Advanced; $190. |
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Lunchtime Learning: What’s New in FileMaker Pro 10; noon-2 p.m. free. |
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PowerPoint 2007 Beyond the Basics; $190. |
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BusinessObjects XI Desktop Intelligence Advanced; $380. |
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Advanced Business Objects XI Desktop Intelligence Training; $380. |
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Excel 2003 Intro.; $190. |
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Photoshop CS3 Intro.; $494; 2 days. |
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Excel 2003 Intermediate; $190. |
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FilemakerPro Beyond the Basics; $260. |
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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS); $570; 2 days. |
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Lunchtime Learning: Supporting the PennNet Phone Service; noon-1 p.m.; free. |
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Flash CS3 Intro.; $570; 2 days. |
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Microsoft Project 2007 Intro.; $448; 2 days. |
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Access 2003 Advanced; $448; 2 days. |
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PowerPoint 2003 Intro.; $190. |
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Excel 2007 Advanced; $190. |
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Excel 2003 Advanced; $190. |
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Outlook 2007 Intro.; $190. |
Weigle Information Commons
Held in Class of 1968 Seminar Room, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, unless otherwise noted. Register: www.wic.library.upenn.edu/workshops
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BlackBoard Walk-In; 11 a.m.; rm. 127, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. |
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PhotoShop Layers; 10 a.m. |
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PowerPoint Basics; 2 p.m. |
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BlackBoard Walk-In;1 p.m.; rm. 127, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. |
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FileMaker Pro; noon. |
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PhotoShop Basics; 2 p.m. |
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iMovie; 10 a.m. |
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Refworks; noon; Goldstein Electronic Classroom, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. |
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Reducing Nervousness; 5 p.m. |
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ComicLife; 2 p.m. |
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Patent Research; noon. |
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Reading Strategies; 5 p.m. |
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ComicLife; 1 p.m. |
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WPSA; noon-1 p.m.; Bishop White Room, Houston Hall. |
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PPSA Brown Bag Lunch; featuring Sr. Vice President and General Counsel for the University Wendy White; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall; noon-1:30 p.m.; RSVP: ppsa@exchange.upenn.edu. |
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PPSA Board Meeting; noon-1:30 p.m.; Sweeten Alumni Center; RSVP: ppsa@exchange.upenn.edu. |
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University Council; 4-6 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; RSVP: (215) 898-7005. |
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Board of Trustees’ Winter Full Board Meeting;RSVP: (215) 898-7005. Also February 27. |
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Ethnic Heritage Ensemble 35th Aniversary Performance; Afro-American music with traditional African instrumentation; $12; International House (Ars Nova Workshop). |
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Melody, Melody and Meg; 6:30 p.m.; ICA. |
Music Department
Free w/ PennCard. Info.: www.sas.upenn.edu/music.
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Penn Contemporary Music Concert; presented by Professor James Primosch; 8 p.m.; Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall. |
Penn Presents
Info.: www.pennpressents.org.
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American Composers Orchestra: Orchestra Underground: Collaborations, New & Green; 7:30 p.m.; Ibrahim Theatre, International House; $22 (co-sponsored by International House). |
World Cafe Live
Performances daily. For a complete listing, see www.worldcafelive.com.
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One Acts Festival 2009; performing The Red Coat by John Patrick Shanley, Duck Variations by David Mamet, The Right to Remain by Melanie Marnich and Icarus’s Mother by Sam Shepard; 7 p.m.; Class of ’49 Auditorium, Houston Hall; $5; Also February 7 (Theatre Arts Council). |
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Fast Taps at Soundworks High; Soundworks Tap Factory Tap Dancing Troupe; 8 p.m.; Iron Gate Theatre; $8/door, $5/Locust Walk. Also February 7, 4:30 p.m. (PAC). |
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Just Dance; Destination Hip Hop; 8 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; $9/door, $8/Locust Walk. Also February 7, 7:30 p.m. |
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4A Presents: Diva Daughters Dupree by Kim Euell; 7:30 p.m.; Class of ‘49 Auditorium, Houston Hall; $8, $10/at door, 2 for $14; also February 21, 2 & 2:30 p.m. (African American Arts Alliance). |
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The Glee Club Spring Show; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; 8 p.m.; tickets: gleeclub@dolphin.upenn.edu; also February 27 & 28 (Glee Club). |
Penn Presents
Tickets: www.pennpresents.org.
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Batsheva Dance Company; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; 7:30 p.m.; tickets $38-$48. |
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Subcircle; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; 8 p.m.; tickets $25. |
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Les Ballets Jazz de Montrèal; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; 7:30 p.m.; tickets $38-$48; also February 20, 8 p.m. and February 21, 2 & 8 p.m. |
Readings/signings |
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Kelly Writers House
Events in Arts Cafe. Info.: www.writing.upenn.edu/~wh/ .
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We Are Ghosts: Art of Deception in the Theater of War; Alicia Puglionesi, winner of the Terry B. Heled Travel and Research Grant; 6 p.m. |
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The Song of the Distant Dove: Judah Halevi’s Pilgrimage; Ray Scheindlin, author; 5 p.m. (co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program). |
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Writers Without Borders Presents Zhimin Li; Chinese poet and scholar; 6 p.m. |
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Reading and Conversation with Mark Halliday; poet; 6 p.m. (co-sponsored by the Creative Writing Program). |
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Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and Anything Goes!; 8 p.m.; also February 25. |
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Reading with Poet Tisa Bryant; noon; RSVP. |
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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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A Celebration of Ron Silliman and The Alphabet; 6:30 p.m. |
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The Kelly Writers House Fellows Program Presents Robert Coover; 6:30 p.m.; RSVP only; also February 24, 10:30 a.m. |
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Theorizing Presents Rodolphe Gasché; 6 p.m. |
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Conversation between Poets Lyn Hejinian and Jennifer Scappettone; noon; RSVP. |
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PoemTalk with Alan Loney; 4:30 p.m. |
Penn Bookstore
Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore.
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The Mindful Leader—Ten Principles for Bringing Out the Best in Ourselves and Others; Michael Carroll; 6 p.m. |
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The Last Lincolns; Charles Lachman; 1 p.m. |
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Tokyo Fiancée; Amelie Nothcomb; 6 p.m. |
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Moody Minds Distempered: Essays on Melancholy and Depression; Jennifer Radden; 6 p.m. (co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics). |
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Banquet at Delmonico’s: Great Minds, the Gilded Age, and the Triumph of Evolution in America; Barry Werth; 6 p.m. |
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Shopping for Love; Rachel Lesser; 7 p.m. |
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I Smile Back; Amy Koppelman; 6 p.m. |
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War of the Bloods in my Veins; Jiwe Morris; 1 p.m. |
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Modern Noise, Fluid Genres; Jeremy Wallach; 6 p.m. |
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Whatever it Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America; Paul Tough; 6 p.m. |
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X Saves the World; Jeff Gordinier; 6 p.m. |
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Undergrad Superbowl Party; Penn Newman Center; 6 p.m. |
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Fels Institute of Government Information Session; learn about the part-time programs available; 5 p.m.; RSVP: www.fels.upenn.edu (Fels Institute). |
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Tu B’ Shevat Family Day; celebrate the Jewish New Year of Trees with interactive demos about trees and what they produce. Kids will take home a tree seedling that could produce birch beer; 1-3 p.m.; Morris Arboretum (Arboretum). |
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V-Day Production of Vagina Monologues; benefit production to raise awareness and funds for local organizations working to end violence against women and girls; 8 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; $10/door, $8/Locust Walk; also February 13, 8 p.m.; info.: www.upennvday.org. |
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Annual Darwin Day—Year of Evolution Program: Darwin and Evolution Teach-In; celebration of Charles Darwin including short lectures, films, children’s activities and an appearance by Charles Darwin; 1 p.m.; free with Museum admission; Penn Museum (Penn Museum). |
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Women’s Week Keynote Address: Maya Angelou; 6:30 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; $10, on sale February 9 at the Penn Women’s Center ; Info.: www.pennwomen.org. |
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World Culture Family Day: Annual Celebration of African Cultures; 20th annual Celebration of African Cultures includes traditional storytelling, African dance and music performances, workshops, children’s activities, and more; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; free w/ Museum admission; Penn Museum (Penn Museum). |
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Beats, Brews and BBW: 5th Annual Beer Festival!; sample offerings of about 30 local and regional breweries and live performances; 1 p.m., noon/VIP; World Cafe Live; $40, $55/VIP; ages 21+ (World Cafe Live). |
Red Cross Blood Drives
Info.: (215) 451-4971
Info./tickets: www.pennathletics.com.
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(M) Basketball vs. Columbia; 7 p.m. |
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(W) Tennis vs. Virginia Commonwealth; noon. |
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Wrestling vs. Brown; noon. |
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(M) Squash vs. Harvard; 1 p.m. |
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(W) Squash vs. Harvard; 1 p.m. |
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Wrestling vs. Harvard; 2 p.m. |
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(M) Basketball vs. Cornell; 7 p.m. |
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(W) Squash vs. Dartmouth; 11 a.m. |
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(M) Squash vs. Dartmouth; 11 a.m. |
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(W) Tennis vs. Richmond; noon. |
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(W) Basketball vs. Brown; 7 p.m. |
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Gymnastics vs. Ursinus/West Chester/Southern Connecticut; 1 p.m. |
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(W) Basketball vs. Yale; 7 p.m. |
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(W) Tennis vs. George Washington; noon. |
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(M) Basketball vs. Dartmouth; 7 p.m. |
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(W) Lacrosse vs. Drexel; 1 p.m. |
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(M) Basketball vs. Harvard; 6 p.m. |
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(W) Tennis vs. Maryland; noon. |
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(M) Tennis vs. Navy; 3 p.m. |
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(M) Tennis vs. Saint Joseph’s; 4 p.m. |
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(W) Lacrosse vs. California; 7 p.m. |
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(M) Basketball vs. Yale; 7 p.m. |
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(M) Basketball vs. Brown; 7 p.m. |
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The Role of MicroRNAs in Zebrafish Development; Antonio J. Giraldez, Yale University; noon; rm. 252, BRB II/III (CRRWH). |
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Climate Change: Its Influence on Investing and the Opportunities Created for Economic Gain; Bernard J. David, legal studies and business ethics; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Bldg. (Institute for Environmental Studies). |
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Spatio-temporal Compartmentalization of Key Metabolic/Physiological Processes During Muscle Precursors Differentiation; Ertugrul M. Ozbudak, Stowers Institute for Medical Research; 3 p.m.; rm. 318, Lynch Laboratories (PGFI). |
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The Sex Education of a Sinologist; Susan Mann, University of California, Davis; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 200, College Hall (CEAS). |
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Mysteries of Translation; Alastair Reid, poet; 5 p.m.; Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen Hall; RSVP: www.phf.upenn.edu (Penn Humanities Forum). |
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Built of Memory and Hope: The Sacred City of Abydos, Egypt; Josef Wegner, Penn Museum; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; $5 (Museum). |
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Three Views of RNA Catalysis: Ribosomes, Ribozymes and Riboswitches; Scott Strobel, Yale University; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry and Biophysics). |
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MFA Program Lecture; James Duesing, animator; 5:30 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign; Penn Libraries). |
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Young Friends Program—The Score: How the Quest for Sex Has Shaped the Modern Man; Faye Flam, Philadelphia Inquirer; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; cash bar, cocktails and mingling to follow; $10, $5/members (Museum). |
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Amores: Paul Muldoon and Dan Gunn on Translation; 7 p.m.; Slought Foundation (Slought). |
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LDI Research Seminar; Joseph J. Doyle, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 10:30 a.m.; Colonial Penn Center Auditorium; RSVP: www.upenn.edu/ldi/calendar.html (LDI and Health Care Management). |
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Lunch with Local Artists; Nicole Canuso, Nicole Canuso Dance Company; noon; Platt Student Performing Arts House; info.: (215) 898-2312 (University Life Arts Initiatives). |
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Las Indígenas Están Cambiando: The Biocultural Impact of Westernization on Health and Fertility in Latin American Indigenous Women; Claudia Valeggia, anthropology; noon; rm. 436, Claudia Cohen Hall (Women’s Studies). |
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Fibrin Deposition in the Acutely Injured Lung: Role of the Alveolar Epithelium; Lorrain B. Ware, Vanderbilt University; 12:15 p.m.; seminar room, John Morgan Bldg. (IFEM). |
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Louis I. Kahn: The Making of a Room Gallery Lecture; Halpern-Rogath Curatorial Seminar students and George Marcus, Design; 4:30 p.m.; Location TBA; See Exhibits (Art History; Master’s of Liberal Arts; Arthur Ross Gallery). |
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Learning from Mindfulness; Jon Kabat-Zinn, stress expert; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; $35 (Penn Presents). |
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LDI Health Policy Seminar; Salvatore DiMasi; Massachusetts State Senate; noon; Colonial Penn Center Auditorium; RSVP: www.upenn.edu/ldi/calendar.html (LDI). |
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The World As I See It; Nicholas Kristof, New York Times; 6:30 p.m.; rm. G06, Jon M. Hunstman Hall (Office of the Provost). |
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Recognition Rights and Mental Health Consumers; Jennifer Radden, University of Massachussetts; noon; rm. 321, 3401 Market Street (Bioethics). |
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MLK Nursing Lecture; Blondell Reynolds Brown, Councilwoman at Large; noon; School of Nursing (Nursing). |
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Genomic DNA Foot Printing: Identification of Transcription Factor Binding Sites across the Genome; Jay Hesselberth, University of Washington; 3 p.m.; rm. 318, Lynch Laboratories (PGFI). |
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An Introduction to the Phenomenology of Television: What Happens When I Turn on the TV Set; Paddy Scannell, University of Michigan; 6:15 p.m.; rm. 109, Annenberg School for Communication (ASC). |
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Trophoblast Adaptation to Hypoxic Injury; Yoel Sadovsky, University of Pittsburgh; noon; rm. 252, BRB II/III (CRRWH). |
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Will China Run Out of Water?; Chunmiao Zheng, University of Alabama; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Bldg. (Institute for Environmental Studies). |
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Chromatin Deposition & Function of Histone Variant H2A.Z; Michael Kobor, University of British Columbia; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). |
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Tragedy is Easy, Comedy is Hard, and Love is Damn Near Impossible; Amy Bloom, writer; 5 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum; RSVP: www.phf.upenn.edu (Penn Humanities Forum). |
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Cinema Studies Program; Lynne Sachs, filmmaker; 5 p.m.; rm. 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies). |
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Proteome Dynamics—System-Wide Studies of Translation Regulation and Protein Turnover; Christine Vogel, University of Texas, Austin; 3 p.m.; rm. 318, Lynch Laboratories (PGFI). |
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MFA Program Lecture; Patti Smith, visual artist; 5:30 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign; ICA). |
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Year of Evolution Program—Finding Darwin’s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground between God and Evolution; Kenneth R. Miller, Brown University; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum). |
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Host Defense in the Lungs During Pneumonia; Claire M. Doerschuk, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; 12:15 p.m.; seminar room, John Morgan Bldg. (IFEM). |
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The Path Toward a High Value Health Care System; L. Gregory Paulson, National Committee for Quality Assurance and Ellen Kurtzman, George Washington University; 4 p.m.; Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen Hall; RSVP: aging@mail.med.upenn.edu (Institute on Aging). |
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Jews and The Business of Rock ‘n’ Roll; Jonathan Karp, Binghamton University, SUNY; 5 p.m.; Class of 1955 Room, Van Pelt-Deitrich Library (Jewish Studies; History; CFAS). |
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Adipokines as the Link between Obesity and Obesity-Related Malignancies; Christos Mantzoros, Harvard University; noon; rm. 252, BRB II/III (CRRWH). |
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Antagonism of Host Antiviral Factors by HIV Accessory Proteins; Paul Bieniasz, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center; noon; Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building (Penn Center for AIDS Research; Microbiology). |
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Ovarian Cancer: A Platform for Translational Research; Michael V. Seiden, Fox Chase Cancer Center; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). |
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Global Islamic Communities Speaker Series; Muqtedar Khan, University of Delaware; 3 p.m.; rm. 202, Williams Hall (Asian-American Studies; South Asia Center; Middle East Center). |
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Elite Politics and Monetary Swings in China: Then and Now; Victor Shih, Northwestern University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 245, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (CEAS; Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies; Penn-Lauder CIBER). |
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Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North; Thomas Sugrue, history and sociology; 4:30 p.m.; lecture hall, McNeil Center for Early American Studies; February 24 reception, 4:30 p.m., Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (School of Arts and Sciences). |
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A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial of Alcohol Consumption and Firearm Use; Brendan Carr, emergency medicine; 9:30 a.m.; Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen Hall (Penn Science Injury Forum). |
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Dynamics of PKA Signaling; Susan Taylor, University of California, San Diego; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry and Biophysics). |
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Kano Sansetsu and The Song of Everlasting Sorrow; Matthew McKelway, Columbia University; 5 p.m.; rm. B26, Stiteler Hall (Humanities Colloquium). |
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ARCE Lecture: Egyptian Landscape Painting—The Old Kingdom: Mastaba Chapel as a Map of the World; Ann Macy Roth, New York University; 6:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; $5, $3/members, free/ARCE-PA members; info.: (215) 898-4890 (Penn Museum). |
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Mechanotransduction in Acute Lung Injury; Christopher M. Waters, University of Tennessee; 12:15 p.m.; seminar room, John Morgan Bldg. (IFEM). |
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LDI Health Policy Seminar; Mark A. Peterson, University of California, Los Angeles; noon; Colonial Penn Center Auditorium; RSVP: www.upenn.edu/ldi/calendar.html (LDI). |
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The Authentic Garden: Five Principles for Celebrating a Sense of Place; Claire Sawyers, Swarthmore College; 2 p.m.; Morris Arboretum; free with admission, see www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum for registration (Morris Arboretum; Klein Endowed Lecture). |
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Empire, Architecture, and the City: French-Ottoman Encounters, 1830-1914; Zeynep Celik, New Jersey Institute of Technology; 2 p.m.; rm. 314, College Hall (Middle East Center). |
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The Library’s Learning Partnership with the University Community; Marjorie Hassen, Penn Libraries; 1 p.m.; University Club (Penn Women’s Club). |
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Climate Change: Nature and Action; Thomas E. Lovejoy, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment; 4:30 p.m.; rm. G 50, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Penn Program on Regulation). |
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cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Signaling in Endocrine and Other Tumorigenesis: Lessons from Human Disease and Animal Models; Constantine Stratakis, National Institutes of Health; noon; rm. 252, BRB II/III (CRRWH). |
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Cinema Studies Colloquium; Francois Massonnat, PhD student, romance languages; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies). |
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Third World Hydrology: Northern Afghanistan Rivers; Vincent W. Uhl, Uhl, Baron, Rana & Associates, Inc.; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Bldg. (Institute for Environmental Studies). |
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Title TBA; Michael Green, University of Massachusetts; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). |
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A Structural Biology Look at Gene Regulation: RNA Transcription, Processing and Degradation Machinery Visualized by Electron Microscopy; Eva Nogales; University of California, Berkely; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry and Biophysics). |
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Cultural Mobility: The Strange Travels of Shakespeare’s Cardenio; Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; RSVP: www.phf.upenn.edu (Penn Humanities Forum). |
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Too Much for the Too Little: Hyperoxia and the Neonatal Lung; Vineet Bhandari, University of Massachusetts; 12:15 p.m.; seminar room, John Morgan Bldg. (IFEM). |
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