Spring Break begins at the close of classes.

Classes resume at 8 a.m.

Advance Registration for Fall and Summer Sessions. Through April 5.

Paul Green School of Rock All-Stars; with special guest John Wetton playing the music of King Crimson, Asia & UK; 7:30 p.m.; $29/reserved seating, $24/ general admission.

Sippy Cups; group comprised of a pop-rock band, circus performer, and large-scale puppets; $10/adults, $7/children.

Rethinking Sex: Gender and Sexuality Studies State of the Field Conference; Gayle Rubin and 30 other key figures in gender and sexuality studies on the history of the field; register: www.sas.upenn.edu/wstudies/rethinkingsex. Also March 5 & 6 (LGBT Center, Women’s Studies, the Alice Paul Center). See Talks.

23rd Annual Korean American Students Conference; explore the foundation of the Korean-American community in Philadelphia; register: www.kascon.com (Korean Students Association).

Posthumous Lives; Literary Archives in the 21st Century; international conference on the collection, preservation and use of archival material; 5:30 p.m.; Rosenwald Gallery, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Also March 21, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. (Penn Libraries).

40th Anniversary VMD/PhD Alumni Reunion Symposium; graduates of the VMD/PhD Program and faculty from the Schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and Arts and Sciences on topics including cancer, neuroscience, developmental biology and translational research; 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion; register: www.vet.upenn.edu (Veterinary Medicine).

The Ancient Kourion Area: Penn Museum’s Legacy and Recent Research in Cyprus: A Conference Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Museum’s Expedition; leading scholars on Kourion, a city-kingdom of ancient Cyprus, to interpret the city’s material remains; register: www.museum.upenn.edu. Through March 29 (Museum).

Tablet and Torah: Mesopotamia and the Biblical World : A Conference in Honor of Dr. Barry L. Eichler; 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; info.: www.museum.upenn.edu (Museum).

Giant Squirrels; 20-25 giant squirrel sculptures decorated by various campus organizations; Locust Walk and College Green. Through April 19 (Penn Art Club).

Art of Limina: Gary Hill; defined by a sensibility of openness, complexity, and subtlety of language resembling an “open” universe, the exhibit features installations by Gary Hill and an essay by collaborating artist/critic George Quasha; Slought Foundation; reception: March 21, 6:30 p.m. Through May 1.

The Art of Patrick Dougherty; members, staff, and students are  encouraged to help Patrick Dougherty create new sculpture installments at the Morris Arboretum; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through April 18; info@morrisarboretum.org to sign up (Morris Arboretum).

Iyare! Splendor and Tension in Benin’s Palace Theatre; artifacts including cast bronzes, carved ivories and wood from the 16th to the 21st centuries; William B. Dietrich Gallery, Penn Museum. Through March 1. 

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.

Billions of Robots Heal the Human Heart; video about hockey player who was stabbed in the heart by a jealous ex-lover and how his life was saved with an experimental medical nanotechnology procedure; International House. Through March 6.

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.

Himalaya: Land of the Snow Lion; 45 black and white photographs by Andrea Baldeck of the Himalaya mountain range examining ethnic, cultural and historical Tibet; Merle-Smith Gallery, Penn Museum. Through March 8.

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. 

Nikon Small World; the beauty of the natural world captured through the microscope; atrium, Wistar Institute. Through March 13.

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; Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through March 22. 

Joshua Mosley: Dread; animated video and five related bronze sculptures on an imagined conversation between Blaise Pascal and Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the difficulty of resolving the human relationship to nature while accepting God as the creator; ICA. Through March 29.

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.

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. 

Who Where What about Me; photography exhibit featuring the work of 15 middle-school students from the Penn Alexander School; Metropolitan Bakery. Through March 30 (University City Arts League).

Still Life; photography by Benjamin Pierce, professor in the department of computer and information science, that concentrates on the human body, often in abstracted or transmuted form; Burrison Gallery. Through April 3.

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.

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 June 21.

Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania; With the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, features never-before displayed items from the private collections of Lenape people along with archaeological objects from the Museum’s collections; Penn Museum. Through September 12.  

The Texture of Trees; Andrea Baldeck photo exhibit that celebrates the botanical world in close-up and landscape; Morris Arboretum. Through September 14. 

Odili Donald Odita: Third Space; large-scale abstract wall paintings; ICA.  Through December 6. 

Francis Johnson: Music Master of Early Philadelphia; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through Fall 2009.

Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun; a look at the rise and fall of this royal city during one of Egypt’s most intriguing times; Penn Museum. Ongoing.   

Springfield Mills; 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.

Collective Imprints; visual art that celebrates the life and history of The Rotunda; The Rotunda. 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.

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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Ancient Egypt: Life Along the Nile.

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Classical Portraits.

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Rites of Passage in Africa.

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Native America Gallery Highlights.

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Buddhist Influence in Ancient China.

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Highlights of the Collection.

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Decoding Egyptian Hieroglyphics.

 La Commendia all’italiana featuring Sedotta e abbandonata; 8 p.m.

La Commendia all’italiana featuring Amici miei; 8 p.m.

Urgh! A Music War;introduced by DJ Robert Drake; 8 p.m.

On the Downlow; with director Abigail Child; in conjunction with Rethinking Sex conference; 7:30 p.m.; free.

Precious Places Community History Project 2009; 7 p.m.; free.

Sanjuro; Cherry Blossom Festival; 7 p.m.; $7, $5/Ihouse members, free/ JASGP members.

Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi); 7 p.m.

In the Realms of the Unreal; 7 p.m.

Albert Schweitzer preceded by Schweitzer and Bach; 7 p.m.

Open the Door and See All the People preceded by Artist’s Friend; 7 p.m.

Film Portrait followed by Death in the Forenoon or Who’s Afraid of Earnest Hemingway, Merry Christmas and The Sand Castle; 7 p.m.

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.

New Parents @ Penn; meets every other Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.; contact Penn Women’s Center (215) 898-8611 for dates.

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).

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 March 11, 18, & 25.

Rape Aggression Defense Program (RAD); hands-on physical defense training for women; session VI: March 7 & 14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; session VII: March 24, 31, April 4, 14, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; session: VIII: March 32, 28, 9 a.m.-3 p.m; register: (215) 898-8762 (UPPD).

Konnichiwa Japan!; 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Classroom 2, Penn Museum; info: deshmukh@sas.upenn.edu or (215) 898-4065 (Center for East Asian Studies).

Slanguage; 2:30 p.m.

African Dinner—Nigeria; 6:30 p.m.

Basquiat; screening; 6:30 p.m.

Basquiat; screening and discussion; 6:30 p.m.

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs!; 6:30 p.m. 

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

Teams: Who, What, When, Why & How; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; $75.

Brown Bag Matinee—Preparing for your Performance Appraisal; noon-1 p.m.; free.

Writing Efficient E-mail; 9 a.m.-noon; $75.

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

Become a Visitor Education Volunteer; Sundays through March 29, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays through March 26, 7-9 p.m.; $55/one-year membership, free/members.

Planting Design for the Home Landscape; 7-9 p.m.; Wednesdays through April 1; $150, $125/members.

Creating a Well-Balanced Pond; 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; $37, $30/members.

Planning for the Unplanned: Using Ecological Restoration Techniques in Your Landscape; 7-9 p.m.; $30, $25/members.

Pruning Shrubs: Broad-Leafed and Needle-Leafed; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $110 all day, $60 9 a.m.-noon.

Pruning for the Homeowner; meets twice: March 11, 7-9 p.m. & March 14, 10 a.m.-noon; $60, $50/members.

Organic Gardening and Companion Planting; 1-2:30 p.m.; $30, $25/members.

Gardening with Native Plants to Attract Birds and Butterflies; 10 a.m.-noon; $30, $25/members.

Designing with Roses in the Home Landscape; 1-3 p.m.; $30, $25/members.

Preserving Trees During Construction; 9 a.m.–4 p.m.; $110.

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

Native Pollinators: Attracting Mason Bees; 10 a.m.; $35, $30/members.

Vase Arranging for Floral Stems; 1-3 p.m.; $50, $45/members.

Current Trends in Floral Design;1-3 p.m.; $10, $8/members.

Perennial Gardening in the Shade: The Challenges and Rewards; 7:30-9 p.m.; $30, $25/members.

Floral Bows; 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; $44, $40/members.

Brewing: An Introduction to Beer Making; 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; $43, $36/members.

Free Body Composition Measurements; noon.

Muscle of the Month; 12:15  p.m.

Results: Fitness & Wellness Begins; 8 week course; 5:30 p.m.

Results: Fitness & Wellness Begins; 8 week course; 12:15 p.m.

Results: Healthy Eating Begins; 6 week course; 5:30 p.m.

Results: Stress Management Begins; 6 week course; 12:15 p.m.

Muscle of the Month; 5:30 p.m.

Results: Healthy Eating Begins; 6 week course; 12:15 p.m.

Chronic Back and Neck Pain: What can I do?; noon-1 p.m.; free.

Arthritis: Alternative Approaches to Prevent and Relieve Joint Disease; noon-1 p.m.; free.

Supporting Adobe Acrobat 9; free.

SharePoint2007 Essentials; $380.

Adobe In-Design CS3, Level 1; $375.

Excel 2007 Intro.; $190.

PowerPoint 2007 Intro.; $190.

Access 2007 Advanced; $448; 2 days.

FileMaker Pro 9 Beyond the Basics; $260.

Business Objects XI Desktop Intelligence Training; $380.

Outlook 2007 Level 2; $190.

HTML Fundamentals;$494; 2 days.

Lunchtime Learning: Supporting the PennNet Phone Service; noon-1 p.m.; free.

Visio 2003 Intro.; $224.

Visio 2007 Intro.; $224.

Moving to Office 2007; 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. or 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.; $95.

PowerPoint 2003 Beyond the Basics; $190.

Lunchtime Learning—Microsoft Visio 2007; noon-1:30 p.m.; free.

Excel 2007 Intermediate; $190.

Word 2003 Intermediate; $190.

Access 2003 Intro.;$357; 2 days.

Visio 2003 Intermediate; $224.

Excel 2003 Intro.; $190.

Excel 2003 Intermediate; $190.

Word 2007 Intermediate; $190.

Word 2007 Intro.; $190.

Dreamweaver CS3 Intro.; $570; 2 days.

Adobe Portfolios; noon.

iMovie; 2 p.m.

PhotoShop Layers; 10 a.m.

Illustrator; 1 p.m.

MS Access; noon.

Google Overview; 2 p.m.

Excel Basics; 2 p.m.

PhotoShop Tricks; 10 a.m.

Zotero; noon.

Excel Data Analysis; 5 p.m.

Dreamweaver; 4:30 p.m.

Video Clip Mgmt; 1 p.m.

Mac File Sharing; noon.

PhotoShop Basics; 2 p.m.

UG Research Papers; 5 p.m.

iMovie; 1 p.m.

Keynote; noon.

PowerPoint Basics; 2 p.m.

WPSA; noon-1 p.m.; Bishop White Room, Houston Hall.

PPSA Board Meeting; noon-1:30 p.m.; Sweeten Alumni Center; RSVP: ppsa@exchange.upenn.edu.

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

University Council; 4-6 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; RSVP: (215) 898-7005.

Penn Symphony Orchestra; 3 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium.

Music 10 Recital; 8 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium.

Penn Composers’ Guild; 3 p.m.; Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall.

SF Jazz Collective; all-star jazz ensemble; Zellerbach Theatre; 7:30 p.m.; tickets $20-$40.

Taikoproject; high-energy taiko drummers; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; tickets: $20-$45. 

Danú; Irish music ensemble will perform festive Irish dances and familiar Celtic melodies; Zellerbach Theatre; 8 p.m.; tickets $20-$35.

Dianne Reeves; Blue Note recording artist hailed as one of the jazz’s best voices; Zellerbach Theatre; 7:30 p.m.; tickets $20-$45.

African Children’s Choir; a unique blend of cultural song and festive dance from all over Africa; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; tickets: $20-$40. 

Isaburo Hanayagi; kabuki dance performance and an explanation of kabuki makeup and costume; 7 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall (Center for East Asian Studies).

African Rhythms Spring Show; 8 p.m.; Iron Gate Theater; $8 on Locust Walk or at the Makuu office (Makuu).

Lunch Talk with Howard Fineman; noon.

Emergency Poetry Reading; 6 p.m.

Reading and Conversation with Mimi Schwartz and Nahid Rachlin; 6 p.m.

Reading and Conversation with poet Hank Lazer; 6 p.m.

The Sylvia Kauders lunch series presents Steve Lopez; noon.

First Annual Bob Lucid Memorial Program in Fiction; Stuart Dybek, fiction writer; 6 p.m.

Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and Anything Goes!;  8 p.m.

LIVE at the Writers House; Michaela Majoun, WXPN; 7 p.m.

Conversation with filmmaker and screenwriter Tom McCarthy; 6 p.m.

Anthony DeCurtis presents Amanda Petrusich; 6 p.m.

The Battle for Wall St.; Richard Goldberg; 5 p.m.

Confrontations: Finding Faith Behind Bars; Omar Fisher; 6 p.m.

Doctors of Deception; Linda Andre; 7 p.m.

Politics of Latino Faith; Catherine Wilson; 5 p.m.

Pro Baseball 2009 Prospectus; Steven Goldman; 5 p.m.

Chance Encounter; Sandy Sanford; 6 p.m.

The PTA, Race, and Civic Engagement; Christine Woyshner; 6 p.m.

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LUNAFest; videos by, for and about women; 5 p.m.; 2nd floor, Penn Bookstore (PWC).

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Women of Color Day; conference entitled Eradicating Health Disparities that Impact Women of Color; 8:30 a.m.; Terrace Room, Cohen Hall; awards luncheon: noon, Sheraton University City; $35/Luncheon, $25/Conference, $50/Conference & Luncheon; ticket info.: Constance Gordon, cagordon@pobox.upenn.edu (WOCAP).

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10th Annual Womynsfest; one of the longest running women’s festivals in Philadelphia, showcasing various styles of music; 3 p.m.; The Rotunda; free admission; info.: VitaminDFestival@aol.com.

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Penn Women’s Center 35th Anniversary Service Projects; make fleece blankets, record books-on-tape, and assemble coloring and activity books for kids in Philadelphia shelters, also make donations on website (www.vpul.upenn.edu/pwc); 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Women’s Center. Through March 20 (PWC).

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Penn Bookstore Grad Fair; time to get your cap and gown!; regular business hours; Through March 20 (Bookstore).

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Penn Vet Student Research Day; spotlighting clinical, basic and translational research currently being carried out by veterinary medicine students; noon; 1st floor, Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion (Veterinary Medicine).

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Share-the-Road Campaign; focuses on educating riders and motorists about bike laws, with local organizations providing information; 1:30 p.m.; 34th St. and Locust Walk (Public Safety).

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Purchasing Services Annual Supplier Show & Expo—“Value Economics: Getting The Best Value for Your Dollar”;  “preferred contract,” Penn Marketplace suppliers and service providers, free info sessions with Penn’s key suppliers; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Annenberg Center (Purchasing Services).

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Relay for Life at Penn; 8 p.m.-8 a.m.; Franklin Field; info. : www.main.acsevents.org (Penn Relay for Life). 

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3rd Annual Penn Global Health Career Day; 8 a.m.-2 p.m.; register: www.med.upenn.edu/globalhealth/ghcd2009.shtml (Medicine).

Archery Demonstration; 11 a.m. & noon.

Japanese Garden Elements Tour; 1 p.m.

Traditional Japanese Tea Demonstration; 2:30 p.m.

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(W) Rowing—Class Day Regatta;TBA.

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Softball vs. Delaware; 2 p.m.

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(M) Lacrosse vs. Denver; 3 p.m.

(W) Lacrosse vs. North Carolina; 6:30 p.m.

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

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(W) Basketball vs. Columbia; 8 p.m.

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(W) Basketball vs. Princeton; 5:30 p.m.

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

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(W) Lacrosse vs. Boston Univ.; 3 p.m.

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(W) Lacrosse vs. Yale; noon.

(M) Lacrosse vs. Yale; 3 p.m.

(M) Rowing (Heavy)—Class Day Regatta; TBA.

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Gymnastics vs. Cornell; 6 p.m.

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Softball vs. Monmouth; 1 p.m.

(W) Lacrosse vs. Cornell; 1 p.m.

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(M) Tennis vs. Univ. of California, Riverside; 4 p.m.

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Baseball vs. Villanova; 3 p.m.

Softball vs. Lehigh; 3 p.m.

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

(W) Tennis vs. Princeton; noon.

Baseball vs. Dartmouth; noon.

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

Baseball vs. Harvard; noon.

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(M) Tennis vs. Army; 4 p.m.

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Baseball vs. Delaware; 3 p.m.

Museums, Antiquities, and Cultural Property; James Cuno, Art Institute of Chicago; 5 p.m.; Penn Museum; RSVP: www.museum.upenn.edu (Penn Cultural Heritage Center).

You Can Never Go Home Again: Myth and Identity Loss in Cesare Pavese’s La luna e i falò; Juliet Nusbaum, Columbia University; 5:30 p.m.; Cherpack Lounge, rm. 543, Williams Hall (Center for Italian Studies).

The Legend of Brigadoon: Architecture, Identity, and Choice in Scotland; Daniel Maudlin, University of Plymouth, UK; 6 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (School of Design).

Defining the 21st Century Campus: The Intersection of Education and Community; Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter; 4:30 p.m.; rm. S-245A, Levy Conference Center (Institute for Law and Economics).

Louis Kahn Lecture Re-creation; William Whitaker, architectural archives and Robert Twombly, CUNY; 6 p.m.; Architectural Archives; See Exhibits. 

Social Determinants of Health: Global Evidence and Action; Sir Michael Marmot, International Institute for Society & Health, London; noon; Stemmler Hall, Dunlop Auditorium (Medicine; Positive Psychology Center).

Videophilia and Our Changing Relationship with Nature; Patricia Zaradic, Red Rock Institute, Inc.; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Bldg. (Institute for Environmental Studies).

Gordion: 40 Centuries Lost & Found; Gareth Darbyshire, Penn Museum; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; $5, free/ members and PennCard holders; register: www.museum.upenn.edu/new/events/greatsites.shtml (Penn Museum).

Whenever Wednesday: Conversation; Betty Woodman, artist & Helen W. Drutt English, Philadelphia Council of Professional Craftsmen; 6:30 p.m.; ICA (ICA).

Blood Under the Bridge: Reflections on “Thinking Sex”; Gayle Rubin, University of Michigan; 7:30 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; register: www.sas.upenn.edu/wstudies/rethinkingsex/
 (Women’s Studies).

DNA Translocation Through a Replicative Helicase: One Step at a Time; Leemor Joshua-Tor, Cold Spring Harbor; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry and Biophysics).

Three Types of “Poor” in Korea; Tae Kim, doctoral student SP2; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 101, Goddard Lab (CEAS).

New Insights into the Lipid Peroxidation and Isoprostane Pathways: Mechanisms, Detection, and Biological Significance; Huiyong Yin, Vanderbilt University; 12:15 p.m.; Seminar Room, John Morgan Bldg. (NRSA in Lung Cell and Molecular Biology).

CAS Colloquium on Celebrations of Continuity and Change: Triumph and Spectacle in the Ancient World; 3:30 p.m.; Rich Seminar Room, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).

LDI Research Seminar; Eric Campbell, Harvard University; noon; auditorium, Colonial Penn Center (LDI).

Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Seminar; David A. Agard, University of California, San Francisco; 2 p.m.; Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg. (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute).

Building an egg: BMP-directed morphogenesis of Drosophila follicle cells; Laurel Raftery, Harvard University; noon; rm. 251, BRB II/III (CRRWH).

Mechanotransduction in an Extracted Endothelial Cell Model; Keigi Fujiwara, University of Rochester; 12:15 p.m.; Seminar Room, John Morgan Bldg. (NRSA in Lung Cell and Molecular Biology).

Novel Functions for Class I Myosins in Polarized Cells; Matthew Tyska, Vanderbilt University; 2 p.m.; Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg. (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute).

Conversations on Conservation: Global Concerns, Why Conservation Now; Jeanne Marie Teutonico, The Getty Conservation Institute; Details TBA (School of Design).

African American Men, Employment, and Wealth Disparities; Deirdre A. Royster, College of William and Mary; 4 p.m.; rm. 500, Annenberg School for Communication (Penn IUR).

Public Interest Week Lecture: The Right to Counsel; Stephen Bright, Southern Center for Human Rights; 5 p.m.; rm. 240B, Silverman Hall (Toll Public Interest Center).

Mega Trends that Will Rebuild America; Chris Nelson, University of Utah; 6 p.m.; Franklin Room, Houston Hall (Penn IUR). 

The Fanconi anemia-BRCA pathway and cancer; Toshiyasu Taniguchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; noon; rm. 252, BRB II/III (CRRWH).

How Judges Know What They Know; Linda Greenhouse, Yale University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 213, Gittis Hall (Toll Public Interest Center).

Rethinking African American Politics and Religion; Steven Hahn and Barbara Savage, history; 4:30 p.m.; McNeil Center for Early American Studies (SAS).

All That is Solid; Lawrence Weschler, Chicago Humanities Festival; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; register: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu (Penn Humanities Forum).

Fine Arts Lecture; Barkley Hendricks, painter; 5:30 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (School of Design).

Comic Artist; Nathan Schreiber, comic artist; 5:30 p.m.; Rosenwald Gallery, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (Penn Libraries).

Whenever Wednesday: Conversation; Joshua Mosley, artist and Elisabeth Camp, philosophy; 6:30 p.m.; ICA (ICA).

Singlet Oxygen in Single Cells: Killing Cells Softy and Watching Them Die; Peter Ogilby, University of Aarhus, Denmark; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry and Biophysics).

The Rules of Attraction: Sanskrit Dramatic Criticism and ‘Appropriate’ Erotic Behavior; David Gitomer, DePaul University; noon; rm. 816, Williams Hall (SAC).

Fitting into the Global Meritocracy: The Multigenerational Project of Kirogi Families in the US; Seung-kyung Kim, University of Maryland; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 101, Goddard Lab (CEAS).

Presence and Absence of Authorized Archives; Roger Chartier, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Social, Paris: 5:30 p.m.; Rosenwald Gallery, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (Penn Libraries).

Innovations in Health Care; Tommy G. Thompson, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions; noon; auditorium, Colonial Penn Center (LDI).

Public Interest Week Lecture: Prisoner Reentry into Society; Jeremy Travis, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; 1:30 p.m.; Levy Conference Center (Toll Public Interest Center).

The Dilemma of Looting: Reconstructing a New Bronze Age Civilization on the Iranian Plateau; Holly Pittman, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; Rich Seminar Room, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).

Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Seminar; Edward Lakatta, NIH; 2 p.m.; Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg. (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute).

Collecting Data on Dinosaurs on Four Continents; Peter Dodson, geology; 1 p.m.; University Club (Penn Women’s Club).

Rethinking Regulation in the Wake of the Financial Crisis; David Moss, Harvard University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. G50, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Penn Program on Regulation).

The Varieties of Health Care in Eleventh-Century China; Nathan Sivin, history and sociology of science; noon; rm. 203, Claudia Cohen Hall (Humanities Colloquium).

Between Freethought and Evangelicalism: Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin; Michael Warner, Yale University; 5:30 p.m.; Rosenwald Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 6th floor; RSVP: www.library.upenn.edu/forms/eventsresponse15.html (Rare Book & Manuscripts Library).

Whenever Wednesday: Conversation; Kathy Butterly, artist and Garth Clark, art dealer; 6:30 p.m.; ICA (ICA).

Protein Interaction Specificity in Native and Designed bZIP Coiled Cells; Amy Keating, MIT; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry & Biophysics).

Presto, Changeo!  Magicians in Ancient Times; Peter Struck, classics; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; register: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu (Penn Humanities Forum).

Evangelical Publics and Christian Nationalism in the Late Eighteenth Century; Michael Warner, Yale University; 5:30 p.m.; Rosenwald Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 6th floor; RSVP: www.library.upenn.edu/forms/eventsresponse16.html (Rare Books & Manuscript Library).

Functional Studies of Antioxidant Response Element (ARE) Pathway Variation; Brian N. Chorely, NIH/NIEHS; 12:15 p.m.; Seminar Room, John Morgan Bldg. (NRSA in Lung Cell and Molecular Biology).

Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Seminar; Matt Welch, University of California, Berkley; 2 p.m.; Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg. (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute).

A Discussion with Isaburo Hanayagi; Isaburo Hanayagi, Tamagawa University, Japan, translated and interviewed by Ayako Kano, East Asian languages and civilizations at Penn; 6 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; $5, free/members (Center for East Asian Studies).