October Extras! | Deadlines

9

Fall Break. Through October 12.

15

Drop Period ends;

Family Weekend. Through October 17.

30

Homecoming.

8

40 Winks with the Sphinx Sleepover; overnight expedition for children ages 6-12 and their parents/chaperones; 5:30 p.m.-9 a.m.; Penn Museum; $50/adults and children, $45/members; RSVP: www.penn.museum/sleepovers (Penn Museum).

10

Family Sundays: Buddhist Devotional Dioramas; make-and-take craft project; 1-4 p.m.; Penn Museum (Penn Museum).

2

Garden Discovery Series: Butter Making; make butter from cream in the Springhouse; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

11

Create Your Own Labyrinth; hands-on learning activity; ages 6 and up; $18, $15/members; 1-2:30 p.m.

17

Bug Adventure; learn about garden creatures; ages 5-9; $15, $12/members; 1-3 p.m.

Painting Sunflowers Inspired by van Gogh; paint with acrylics; ages 7-14; $18, $15/members; 1-2:30 p.m.

24

Planetary Treasure Hunt; explore the systems that make our planet so diverse; all ages; $15, $12/members; 1-3 p.m.

30

Halloween Trick-or-Treat Workshop; fill a personalized container with dried flowers; $33, $30/members; 1-2:45 p.m.

2

Laura Doherty; acoustic folk-pop.

9

Ernie and Neal; many genres of music with audience participation.

23

Justin Roberts & The Not Ready for Naptime Players; $15/adults, $12/children; rock music and a kiddie mosh pit.

30

Bubble do Beatles: Revolver; kid-friendly version of the Beatles album; $14/adults, $12/children.

1

New Aging; focuses on progressive advances in architecture, city planning and culture; 9 a.m.; Meyerson Hall, PennDesign; RSVP: www.new-aging.com. Also October 2 (Penn Design).

2nd Annual Anne d’Harnoncourt Symposium: Wharton Esherick and the Birth of the American Modern; 2-7 p.m.; various campus locations; RSVP: www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/esherick.html. Also October 2 (Architectural Archives; Rare Book and Manuscript Library).

Penn Spectrum: An Alumni Conference on Community and Diversity; opportunities for alumni to reconnect; various times; info. and RSVP: www.alumni.upenn.edu/multicultural/pennspectrum. Also October 2 and 3 (Office of the President; Penn Alumni Relations).

2

Water in the Ancient World; highlights the challenges of water management in ancient times; 1-4:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; RSVP: http://penn.museum/events-calendar (Penn Museum; YoW).

8

3rd Annual Penn CIGHT Symposium: Toward the $1,000 Genome; insights on advances in genetic research; 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; info. and RSVP: www.med.upenn.edu/penncight; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center (Penn CIGHT).

14

The Future of Nursing; experts discuss possible changes for the profession; 3-5 p.m.; Claire Fagin Hall (Nursing).

26

ITMAT 5th International Symposium: Interesting Times: The Academic Contribution to Development of Novel Therapeutics in an Era of Reform; explores multiple factors impacting the pursuit of translational science; 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III; $150/non-members, $50/members; RSVP: www.itmat.upenn.edu/symposium.shtml. Also October 27 (ITMAT).

Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m.

Burrison Gallery, University Club at Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 7 a.m.-1 p.m.

Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, 3600 Market St.: free; Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Info.: www.kleinartgallery.org.

Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA): free; Wed. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thu.-Fri. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; www.icaphila.org.

International House: Hours vary; Info.: www.ihousephilly.org.

Kroiz Gallery of the Architectural Archives, Fischer Fine Arts Library, lower level: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Morris Arboretum: $14; $12/seniors, $7/kids 3-17, students; free/members and kids under 3; Mon., Tues., Wed. and Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Thurs., 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Penn Museum: $10/adults; $7 seniors (65+); $6/children (6-17) and full-time students with ID; free/members & PennCard holders; Tues./Thur.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wed. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; www.penn.museum.

The Rotunda: free; (215) 573-3234.

Slought Foundation: free; Thur.-Sat., 1-6 p.m.; Info.: www.slought.org.

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free/ID required; Info.: http://events.library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi.

1

Color, Form and Texture of Trees; photography by Jim Smith highlighting the beauty and diversity of trees; Upper Gallery, Morris Arboretum. Ongoing.

15

Virtual Public Art Project; multimedia exhibit exploring the technology behind Augmented Reality and virtual art; reception: 5 p.m.; Esther M. Klein Gallery. Open now through October 17.

22

Six Plus Six; video installation based on the myth of Persephone; reception: October 28, 6 p.m.; International House. Through December 24 (I-House).

13

Book Celebration and Lecture; writer Eileen Myles, The Inferno: A Poet’s Novel.

20

Travelogue–Vilnius, Lithuania; talk by Virginija Januskeviciute, curator at the Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius.

27

Set Pieces Screenings: L’Avventura; International House (See Films).

6

Chef’s Corner Food Demo.

13

Quizzo; Win prizes (6 person maximum per team).

20

Live Music with Barakka!; fusion of Middle Eastern, Turkish folk and Western rock music.

27

Class Night; free lesson on a selected topic.

2

Iraq’s Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur’s Royal Cemetery.

3

Egypt: Life Along the Nile.

9

African Music and Masks.

10

Highlights of the Collection.

16

Etruscan and Roman Architecture.

17

Daily Life in Canaan and Ancient Israel.

23

Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past & Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania.

24

Archaeology: Studying Material Culture.

30

Magical Object in the Galleries.

5

Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster; 6:30 p.m.; rm. 402 Claudia Cohen Hall (Center for East Asian Studies).

6

Water As Evil: Deliverance; 7 p.m.; M20 Seminar Rm., Mezzanine, Harrison College House (Cinema Studies; YoW).

12

Godzilla 1985; 6:30 p.m.; rm. 402 Claudia Cohen Hall (Center for East Asian Studies).

Order From Chaos; screening and performance by musicians Elliott Levin and Charles Cohen; 7 p.m.; The Rotunda.

14

Andrew’s Video Vault: Secret Beyond The Door; From the Life of the Marionettes; 8 p.m.; free; The Rotunda.

19

Godzilla vs. Mothra; 6:30 p.m.; rm. 402 Claudia Cohen Hall (Center for East Asian Studies).

20

Water As Dream: Fitzcarraldo; 7 p.m.; M20 Seminar Rm., Mezzanine, Harrison College House (Cinema Studies; YoW).

26

Nausicä of the Valley of the Winds; 6:30 p.m.; rm. 402 Claudia Cohen Hall (Center for East Asian Studies).

27

Tea on the Axis of Evil; screening and Q&A with filmmaker Jean Marie Offenbacher; 5 p.m.; rm. 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies; Jewish Studies; Middle East Center; Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations).

29

Phantom of the Opera (1925); silent film screening with live organ accompaniment by Peter Edwin Krasinski; 7 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium.

6

The Anchorage; 7 p.m.

7

Film Series: Women Directors From North Africa and the Middle East; (Cinema Studies; I-House; Middle East Center). Also October 8 and 9.

9

The Janus Collection: Night on Earth; 7 p.m.

13

Archive Fever! 2.0: Film ist. 1-6 + Film ist. 7-12; 7 p.m.

22

A Page of Madness; live score performed by Ensemble N_JP; 8 p.m.; $20, $17.50 students/seniors (I-House).

27

Set Pieces Film Series: L’Avventura; 6:30 p.m. (ICA; I-House).

28

The Epic: Cabiria; 7 p.m.

6

Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Class; 5:30 p.m.; Public Safety Bldg.; RSVP: slivingston@publicsafety.upenn.edu; Also October 13, 20, 27 (Public Safety).

8

S.A.F.E. Self Defense Workshop; women’s safety educational awareness and crime prevention; 6 p.m.; Sansom Place West; info.: susand@publicsafety.upenn.edu (Public Safety; TCPW; UPPD).

23

Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Class; 9 a.m.; Public Safety Bldg.; RSVP: slivingston@publicsafety.upenn.edu. Also October 30 (Public Safety).

2

Saturdays at the CA; peace, social justice, and faith activities; noon; Also October 16, 23, 30.

5

Slanguage; ESL for international students and guests; 2:30 p.m.; Also October 12, 19, 26.

7

Dinner and a Program; movies, speakers, beer tasting; 6 p.m.; Also October 14, 21, 28.

12

Africa Dinner; culture, food, social justice issues of Senegal; 6 p.m.

29

Installation of Ron Gurnee as Executive Director; 5:30 p.m.

6

Walk-In Wednesday Academic Program Information Sessions; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. & 4:30-6 p.m.; 3440 Market St., Suite 100. Also October 13, 20, 27.

16

Bachelor of Arts Info Session; 10 a.m.-noon; Golkin Rm., Houston Hall; RSVP: www.sas.upenn.edu/lps.

Master of Medical Physics Open House; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Terrace Rm., Claudia Cohen Hall; RSVP: www.sas.upenn.edu/lps.

27

LPS Graduate Programs Fair; 5:30-7 p.m.; Terrace Rm., Claudia Cohen Hall; RSVP: www.sas.upenn.edu/lps.

1

Free Body Composition Analysis; 8 a.m.; noon; 5 p.m.

8

Intro to Instructional Dance; 12:15 p.m.

12

Fitness/Wellness 2; 5:30 p.m.

13

Muscles of the Month-Lower Body; 5:30 p.m.

15

Intro to Group Exercise; 12:15 p.m.

22

Rock Climbing 101; 12:15 p.m.

27

Stress Management 2; 12:15 p.m.

28

Healthy Eating 2; 12:15 p.m.

29

Stability Ball Workouts; 12:15 p.m.

7

American Management Association Program: Getting Results Without Authority; 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; $75; Also October 8.

Dealing with the Competing Demands of Work and Family; noon.

13

Brown Bag Matinee: The Attitude Virus; noon

Elder Care 101; noon.

14

Diversity Brown Bag: The Differences Between Sexual Harassment & Assault; noon.

20

Career Focus Brown Bag: Professionalism & Business Etiquette; noon.

Q&A with a Nutrition Expert; noon.

21

Acupuncture: What Can it Do for Your Health & Wellness?; noon.

22

Tuition Benefit Info Session; noon.

26

Gallstone Disease: The Basics; noon.

27

Introduction to Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; 9 a.m.-noon; $75.

Discover Your Strengths & Put Them to Work; noon.

28

Reducing the Stress of the College Application Process; noon.

2

Attracting Birds to the Backyard; 8 a.m.; $30, $25/members.

Making a Hypertufa Trough, 10:30 a.m.; $36, $30/members.

5

Rock Gardens & Small-Space Gardens: An Organic Gardening Guide; 10:30 a.m.; $24, $22/members.

Early Evening Birding at the Arboretum; 4 p.m.; $20, $25/members.

Mapping & Site Analysis; 7 p.m.; $125, $100/members.

Growing Food for Your Table; 7 p.m.; $30, $25/members.

7

Constructing the Landscape; 7 p.m.; $180, $150/members.

8

Fighting the Bullies, Embracing the Natives: Identifying & Controlling Invasive Plants; 9 a.m.; $125.

9

Backyard Beekeeping; 10 a.m.; $30, $25/members.

Great Shrubs for the Border; 10 a.m.; $30, $25/members.

Autumn Painting En Plein Air; 1 p.m.; $35, $30/members.

Outstanding Mosses; 1 p.m.; $42, $37/members.

11

PowerPoint 2010 Introduction; $190.

12

Moving to Office 2010; $200.

Adobe Expo: Technical Support for Adobe; 3-4 p.m.; free.

13

Excel 2007 Intermediate; $190.

14

Word 2007 Intermediate; $190.

18

PowerPoint 2007 Beyond the Basics; $190.

Planning and Managing Windows 7 Desktop Deployments & Environments (5 days); 10 a.m.-4:45p.m.

19

FileMaker Pro 10 Intermediate; $300.

21

Access 2007 Advanced (2 days); $448.

25

Word 2010 Introduction; $190.

26

Photoshop CS4 Introduction (2 days); $494.

29

Excel 2007 Advanced; $190.

6

Speak with Confidence! (CWiC); 5 p.m.

7

Photoshop Basics; 10 a.m.

12

Adobe Product Demo; 10 a.m.

Adobe Connect; noon.

Adobe Train the Trainer; 1:30 p.m.

13

PowerPoint Basics; 10 a.m.

Excel Basics; 3 p.m.

Reading Strategies (Weingarten LRC); 5 p.m.

14

Garage Band;10:30 a.m.

Flickr; 1 p.m.

VideoRec Rm Basics; 7 p.m.; Meyerson Conference Room (Rm. 223).

18

Excel Charts; 10 a.m.

19

Zotero; 10 a.m.

20

Video record and edit; 5 p.m.

21

Layers; 10 a.m.

Illustrator; 1 p.m.

22

iWeb; noon.

28

iMovie; 10:30 a.m.; Van Pelt-Deitrich Library Center (Rm. 129).

5

PPSA; noon; Van-Pelt Dietrich Library; RSVP: ppsa@exchange.upenn.edu.

20

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

28

Board of Trustees Fall Full Board Meeting; Time TBA; Inn at Penn; RSVP: ldelap@upenn.edu. Also October 29.

1

Breaking Barriers Alt Hip Hop Show, up-and-coming artists; 7 p.m.; The Rotunda; $10; Tickets: (973) 766-7599

6

Daedalus String Quartet; 8 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium; free (Music).

21

Ars Nova Workshop: Andy Laster’s Sounds of Cairo; songs inspired by Egyptian composers of the 1920s; 8 p.m.; free; The Rotunda.

27

Multimedia Music Performance; Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zachary Lipez and Stacy Wakefiel perform and sign their book, Please Take Me Off the Guest List; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore (Bookstore).

30

Penn Symphony Orchestra; 8 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; free (Music).

3

Terrence Blanchard: A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina); song-cycle by the jazz trumpeter; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; $20-45 (Annenberg Center; YoW).

8

Hugh Masekela; music from the jazz trumpeter’s new album; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; $20-45 (Annenberg Center).

9

Zydeco-A-Go-Go; Louisiana dance music; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre; $25 (Annenberg Center).

30

Kathy Mattea; music from the singer’s latest album; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; $20-45 (Annenberg Center; YoW).

2

Charitable Laughter; comedy from Penn student performance groups; 8 p.m.; Iron Gate Theatre; Tickets: $5, Locust Walk; info.: (215) 898-2312 (PAC).

21

Paul Taylor Dance Company; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; $24-48. Also October 22, 8 p.m.; October 23, 2 & 8 p.m. (Annenberg Center).

2

Whenever We Feel Like It Reading Series: A Celebration of CAConrad and The Book of Frank; 2 p.m.

5

Poetry Reading by Raquel Albarrán and Carlos Soto Román; 6 p.m.

6

Reading by Swedish poets Jorgen Gassilewski and Anna Hallberg; 6 p.m.

7

Reading by writer Sam Apple; 6 p.m.

13

Lunch Program with writer Eileen Myles; noon; RSVP: wh@writing.upenn.edu.

Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and Anything Goes!; share your work or the work of others; 7 p.m.

19

Reading by Richard Burgin; 6 p.m. (co-sponsor: Creative Writing).

20

Lunch Talk with Rebecca Traister: Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women; noon; RSVP: wh@writing.upenn.edu.

21

An Evening with make/shift Magazine; 6 p.m.

22

Arts Crawl Lunch Talk: A Skeptic’s Guide to Writers’ Houses; author Anne Trubek; noon; RSVP: wh@writing.upenn.edu (co-sponsor: Penn Press).

25

LIVE at the Writers House: Philly Bites! Food Writers Read; hosted by Michaela Majoun live on WXPN; 7 p.m.

26

Poetry reading by Burt Kimmelman; 6 p.m.

27

Lunch Talk with Will Bunch; noon.

Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and Anything Goes!; share your work or the work of others; 8 p.m.

28

Poetry Reading by Melissa Stein and David Moolten; 6 p.m.

30

Homecoming Open House; 15th anniversary celebration; 2-4 p.m., readings and toasts, 4 p.m.; RSVP: whhomecoming@writing.upenn.edu.

4

Probation by Tom Mendicino and Map by Audrey Stein; 6 p.m. (co-sponsors: LGBT Center; Penn SPECTRUM).

7

From Graduation to Corporation: A Practical Guide; Andy Teach; 4 p.m.

13

Mumbai Fables; Gyan Prakash; 6 p.m.

14

Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business in a Fast Changing World; Aron Cramer and Zachary Karabell; 4 p.m.

15

The Game From Where I Stand: A Ballplayer’s Inside View; Penn alumnus Doug Glanville; 4 p.m. (co-sponsor: SEAS).

21

Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election That Changed Everything for Women; Rebecca Traister; 6 p.m.

30

SOS! The Six O’Clock Scramble to the Rescue: Earth-Friendly, Kid-Pleasing Dinners for Busy Families; Aviva Goldfarb; 11 a.m.

The Fugitive in Flight: Faith, Liberalism, and Law in a Classic TV Show; Stanley Fish; 4 p.m. (co-sponsor: Penn Press).

2

Penn Family Day; campus-wide events for faculty/staff begin at 11 a.m.; www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v57/n02/familyday.html.

GradFest: Apple Picking Trip; noon-2 p.m.; Linvilla Orchards; info.: www.gradfest.us (GAPSA).

GradFest: Closing Reception; refreshments and Museum tour; 6-9 p.m.; Penn Museum; info.: www.gradfest.us (GAPSA).

10

Philly Zine Fest 2010; connect with local artists and writers; noon-6 p.m.; free; RSVP: www.phillyzinefest.com/signup.html; The Rotunda.

11

Employee Resource and Commuter Fair; noon-2 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (PPSA; WPPSA).

17

Demystifying Design Professions: Perspectives on Diversity; admission information and networking; time TBA; Meyerson Hall; RSVP: admissions@design.upenn.edu (PennDesign Black Student Alliance).

18

School of Design Fall Open House; information sessions and tours for prospective graduate students; 8:30 a.m.; Meyerson Hall Lobby; RSVP: admissions@design.upenn.edu(PennDesign).

25

Buses, Vans, Bikes, and Sneaks: Safe and Wise Travel at Penn; Penn Police; noon; Golkin Rm., Houston Hall; RSVP: ppsa@exchange.upenn.edu (PPSA).

26

Nanoscale Science and Engineering Industry Workshop and Poster Exchange; noon-5 p.m.; Levine Hall Lobby; RSVP: (215) 898-3204 (Nano/Bio Interface Center).

27

NanoDay@Penn 2010; 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; 1st fl., Towne Building, and Levine Hall Lobby (Nano/Bio Interface Center).

28

Jason Wilson–Boozehound; author discussion and spirit tasting; World Cafe Live; 5 p.m. (Bookstore; World Cafe).

29

Music in Silent Film Master Class; organist Peter Krasinski discusses the history of silent movie musical accompaniment; 4:45 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium.

2

Football vs. Dartmouth; 3:30 p.m.

8

(W) Soccer vs. Columbia; 7 p.m.

13

(W) Soccer vs. Wagner; 7 p.m.

16

Football vs. Columbia; noon;

27

(W) Soccer vs. Lehigh; 5 p.m.

30

Football vs. Brown; 1:30 p.m.

(W) Soccer vs. Brown; 5 p.m.

1

Hybrid Multi-Agent Control in Communication-Constrained Environments; Kingsley Fregene, Lockheed Martin; 11 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (GRASP).

Title TBA; Mitch Marcus, CIS; noon; rm. 470, 3401 Walnut St. (IRCS).

Do Hospitals Shift Unreimbursed Costs to Private Payers?; Vivian Ho, Rice; noon; rm. 1203, Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall (LDI).

Bus Bar Electrons in Respiratory and Photosynthetic Energy Conversion; Les Dutton, biochemistry & biophysics; 4 p.m.; Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (Biochemistry/Biophysics).

4

Palladium & Copper-Catalyzed Functionalization of C-H Bonds; Olafs Daugulis, University of Houston; noon; Carolyn Lynch Rm., Chemistry Building (Chemistry).

Decision Process Colloquium; Karin Kassam, Carnegie Mellon; noon; rm. 255, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Psychology).

Evaporation of 2-d Black Holes: Why There is No Information Loss; Abhay Ashtekar, Penn State; 2 p.m.; rm. 2N36, DRL (Physics).

New Orleans 5 AD: No Waterline on Culture; Nick Spitzer, Tulane; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum (Penn IUR; Penn Museum).

5

Self-Determination, the End of the Empire & the Fragmented Discourse of Human Rights in the 1970s; Brad Simpson, Princeton; 4:30 p.m.; History Lounge, College Hall (History).

A Monumental Cargo: The Roman Column Wreck at Kizilburun, Turkey; Deborah Carlson, Texas A&M; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum (Penn Museum).

6

60-Second Lecture: Virtuality & the (Real) Humanities; Jim English, English; 11:55 a.m.; Stiteler Plaza; rain location: Reading Rm., Houston Hall (SAS).

Between Will & Wandering: Eric Baudelaire’s “Anabases”; Homay King, Bryn Mawr College; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).

Glycomic Strategies for the Discovery of Breast & Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers; Karen Abbott, University of Georgia; noon; rm. 253, BRB II/III (CRRWH; Penn Ovarian Cancer Research Center).

Commercialization & Market Positioning of Clean Technologies; Natalia Olson, Ecolibrium Group, LLC; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Building (Institute for Environmental Studies).

Mastering Uncertainty: The Distillation of Complexity at a Weather Forecasting Office; Phaedra Daipha, Rutgers; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Building (Sociology).

Language Makes the Difference Between Man & Man: & Other Linguistic Truisms in the Early Republic; Tim Cassedy, NYU; 12:30 p.m.; rm. 105, McNeil Center (McNeil Center).

Direct Measurement of the W Boson Production Charge Asymmetry at CDF; Eva Halkiadakis, Rutgers; 1:40 p.m.; rm. 3W2, DRL (High Energy Physics Experimental Group).

Jammed Particulate Systems Are Inherently Nonharmonic; Corey O’Hern, Yale; 4 p.m.; rm. A8, DRL (Physics/Astronomy).

Unlike Aging, Only Longevity Is Sexually Transmitted; Leonard Hayflick, University of California, San Francisco; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).

13th Annual Constance E. Clayton Lecture: A Freedom That Feels Like Love: Reparations, The Testing Industry & the Promise of Freedom Schooling; V.P. Franklin, University of California, Riverside; 4:30 p.m.; Class of 1949 Auditorium, Houston Hall (GSE).

Building a Digital Ancient Rome Bit by Byte; Diane Favro, University of California, Los Angeles; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; RSVP: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu (PHF).

Great Sites on the Silk Road; Nancy Steinhardt, curator of Chinese Art; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; $5/advance, $10/door; RSVP: www.penn.museum (Penn Museum).

7

Combined Heat and Light Solar Conversion via Photon Enhanced Thermionic Emission; Ritesh Agarwal, MSE; 10:30 a.m.; Auditorium, LRSM Building (SEAS).

From Protein Kinase C to the ESCRTs: Two Tales of Structural Membrane Biology; James Hurley, NIH; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry/Biophysics).

Visiting Faculty Scholars of Color Series; Nancy Lopez, University of New Mexico; noon; rm. 203, GSE Building (GSE).

Functional Crowds, Agent Actions, & Smart Events: An Overview of Some Research in the Center for Human Modeling & Simulation; Norm Badler, CIS; 3 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CIS).

Conservation of a Large Tropical Wildland Through Its Biodiversity Development; Dan Janzen, biology; 4 p.m.; rm. 109, Leidy Lab (Biology).

A Social Neuroscience Perspective on Adolescent Risk-Taking; Laurence Steinberg, Temple; 4 p.m.; rm. 245A, Silverman Hall (Center for Neuroscience & Society).

Wharton Leadership Lecture; 4:30 p.m.; rm. G06, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Wharton).

8

Relating the Metric Properties of Perceptual and Neural Similarity Spaces; Geoffrey Aguirre, neurology; noon; rm. 470, 3401 Walnut St. (IRCS).

Policing Business Fraud in the US; Edward Balleison, Duke; 2 p.m.; Dean’s Conference Rm., Steinberg Hall-Deitrich Hall (History; Wharton).

Biochemistry & Biophysics Research Discussion; Marni Falk, CHOP, Research Institute; 4 p.m.; Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (Biochemistry/Biophysics).

PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture; artist Nancy Davenport; 6 p.m.; ICA (PennDesign).

12

Humor in Islam; Ulrich Marzolph, Georg-August University (Germany); 4:30 p.m.; location TBA (Folklore; Middle East Center; Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations).

The Roman Theater at Corinth: The Evolution of the Neighborhood; Charles Williams, emeritus trustee; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum (Penn Museum).

13

Sustainability & Industrial Ecology: An Approach for Industry; Jim Hagan, GlaxoSmithKline; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Building (Institute for Environmental Studies).

Kalamianos: Investigating a Rare Mycenaean Harbor Town; Thomas Tartaron, classical studies; 12:30 p.m.; Penn Museum (Penn Museum).

Breaking the Electroweak Barrier: Novel Signatures at Hadron Colliders; Gustaaf Brooijmans, Columbia; 1:40 p.m.; rm. 3W2, DRL (High Energy Physics Experimental Group).

Applying Unified Systems Biology Theory to Disease; Bruce Aronow, University of Cincinnati; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).

Is the Universe (Statistically) Isotropic?; Marc Kamionkowski, California Institute of Technology; 4 p.m.; rm. A8, DRL (Physics/Astronomy).

Are Catastrophes Virtual?; Slavoj Žižek, European Graduate School; 5 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum; RSVP: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu(PHF).

Why the Figure?; Jenelle Porter, curator of Mineral Spirits: Anne Chu and Matthew Monahan at ICA; 7:30 p.m.; ICA (ICA).

14

Engineering Biomaterials to Control Cellular Interactions & Tissue Response; Jason Burdick, bioengineering; 10:30 a.m.; Auditorium, LRSM Building (SEAS).

FISHing for Worm Guts; Arjun Raj, bioengineering; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry/Biophysics).

CCR5 Antibodies & Trimer Vaccines As Goal-Line & Open-Field Defenses Against HIV; William Olson, Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; 1 p.m.; Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building (CFAR).

PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture; artist Kamrooz Aram; 6 p.m.; ICA (PennDesign).

Amheida: Excavating a Town in the Dakhla Oasis; Roger Bagnall, NYU; 6:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; $5, $3/members & PennCard (ARCE-PA; Penn Museum).

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Evolving Curves Via an Explicit Probabilistic Representation; Killian Pohl, radiology; 11 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (GRASP).

Predictions of Visual Performance From the Statistical Properties of Natural Scenes; Wilson Geisler, University of Texas; noon; IRCS Conference Rm., 3401 Walnut St., 4th Fl., A Wing (IRCS).

Clarifying the Eneolithic-Early Bronze Age Transition Around the Southwestern Black Sea Through Clay Figurines; Shannon Martino; 3:30 p.m.; Rich Seminar Rm., 113 Jaffe Building (History of Art).

Biochemistry & Biophysics Research Discussion; Greg Van Duyne, biochemistry/biophysics; 4 p.m.; Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (Biochemistry/Biophysics).

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Decision Process Colloquium; Shane Frederick, Yale; noon; rm. 255, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Psychology).

Lumps & Bumps in the Early Universe; Mustafa Amin, MIT; 2 p.m.; rm. 2N36, DRL (Physics).

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Nature, Nurture or Just Dumb Luck: Variability in Gene Expression Underlies Incomplete Penetrance; Arjun Raj, bioengineering; noon; Conference Rm., Vagelos Labs (Bioengineering; Center for Molecular Discovery; Chemical & Biomedical Engineering; Institute for Medicine and Engineering).

Towards Universal Semantic Communication; Madhu Sudan, Microsoft; 3 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CIS).

Telomerase & the Consequences of Telomere Dysfunction; Carol Greider, Johns Hopkins University; 3:30 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB I/II (Institute on Aging).

Stories of Survival: War, Displacement & the Environment in China’s Henan Province, 1938-1947; Micah Muscolino, Georgetown; 4:30 p.m.; History Lounge, College Hall (History).

The Roman City of Zeugma (Turkey) Conservation Project; Roberto Nardi, Centro di Conservazione Archeologica – Roma; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum (Penn Museum).

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How Does Social Isolation Get Under the Skin to Affect Health? Gender & Hypertension; Linda Waite, University of Chicago; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Building (Sociology).

Indians, Firearms & the Problem of Dependency in Colonial America; David Silverman, George Washington University; 12:30 p.m.; rm. 105, McNeil Center (McNeil Center).

Hindu Architecture of Ancient Pakistan; Michael Meister, W. Norman Brown Professor of South Asia Studies, History of Art; 12:30 p.m.; Penn Museum (Penn Museum).

Brain Dysfunction in Offenders & Nutrition Interventions to Ameliorate the Risk Factors; Adrian Raine, criminology, & psychology; 4 p.m.; Jerry Lee Center of Criminology (Criminology).

Electronics & Mechanics of Single Molecule Circuits; Latha Venkataraman, Columbia; 4 p.m.; rm. A8, DRL (Physics & Astronomy).

Herd Immunity & the Population Dynamics of Vaccination Against Acute Infections; Bryan Grenfell, Princeton; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).

Islamically Marked Bodies & Neoliberal Locations in Egyptian Cinema; Walter Armburst, University of Oxford; 5 p.m.; rm. 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Center for Global Communication Studies; Cinema Studies; Middle East Center; Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations).

Technology Outlaws & the Morality of Play; Douglas Thomas, Annenberg School for Communication, USC; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; RSVP: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu (PHF).

Nature’s Nanotechnlogy: Biomolecules Explored One at a Time; Yale Goldman, Nano/Bio Interface Center; 7 p.m.; The Mar Bar, 40th & Walnut Sts.; RSVP: jreese@upenn.edu (SAS).

The Racialization of Asian Americans & the Rhetoric of Post-Raciality; Stacey Lee, University of Wisconsin; 5:30 p.m.; rm. 240, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (GSE).

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NASA’s Composite Crew Module–Building Spaceships One Ply at a Time; Daniel Polis, NASA; 10:30 a.m.; Auditorium, LRSM Building (SEAS).

PASEF Luncheon: The Future of Research Libraries in the Age of Google; H. Carton Rogers, Penn Libraries; noon; Lenape Rm., University Club; RSVP: lag@seas.upenn.edu (PASEF).

Ribosome Assembly: Systems Biology of the Core Machine; James Williamson, Scripps Research Institute; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry/Biophysics).

High Energy Theory Seminar; Oliver Schlotterer, Max-Planck-Institut (Munich); 2 p.m.; rm. 2N3, DRL (Physics).

Legal Issues in Engineering Research: Discussion with an FBI agent, a Penn attorney & others; Helen Anderson, Office of the General Counsel; 3 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CIS).

Understanding How Cells Make Fate Choices; Sharad Ramanathan, Harvard; 4 p.m.; rm. 109, Leidy Lab (Biology).

Wharton Leadership Lecture; 4:30 p.m.; rm. G06, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Wharton).

PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture; artist Matthew Monahan; 6 p.m.; ICA (PennDesign).

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Death By Market Power: Reform, Competition & Patient Outcomes in the National Health Service; Martin Gaynor, Carnegie Mellon; noon; Colonial Penn Center (LDI).

Vicarious Conquest: The New World in 16th-Century Florence; Lia Markey, Mellon postdoctoral fellow; 3:30 p.m.; Rich Seminar Rm., 113 Jaffe Building (History of Art).

Biochemistry & Biophysics Research Discussion; Dan Hammer, biochemistry/biophysics; 4 p.m.; Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (Biochemistry/Biophysics).

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Cultural Innovations at the Crossroads; Christopher Fennell, University of Illinois; noon; rm. 345, Penn Museum (Anthropology).

Decision Process Colloquium; Stefano Della Vigna, University of California, Berkeley; noon; rm. 255, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Psychology).

High Energy Theory Seminar; Daniel Chung, University of Wisconsin; 2 p.m.; rm. 2N36, DRL (Physics).

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Public Safety–The Year in Review; Maureen Rush, Penn Public Safety; 1 p.m.; University Club (PWC).

Mistakes That Matter, & Mistakes That Don’t; Bill Pugh, University of Maryland; 3 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CIS).

Capture by Information: How Information Warfare is Waged in the Administrative State; Wendy Wagner, University of Texas School of Law; 4:30 p.m.; Rm. F65, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership; Penn Program on Regulation; Wharton Risk Management).

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Blockbuster Freaks: Victorian Freaks and Hollywood Happy Ending; Sharrona Pearl, communications; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).

Meiotic Maturation of the Mammalian Oocyte: New Insight from a Genome-wide Analysis of Maternal mRNA Translation; Marco Conti, University of California, San Francisco; noon; rm. 253, BRB II/III (CRRWH)

National Security & Global Competitiveness: Lockheed Martin in the Clean Energy Sector; Greg Caplan, Lockheed Martin; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Building (Institute for Environmental Studies).

The Social Origin of Intellectual Eclecticism: 19th Century American Economics as an Academic Field; Charles Camic, Northwestern; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Building (Sociology).

Literacy: Is It the Same Problem in Every Language?; Brian Spooner, anthropology; 12:30 p.m.; Penn Museum (Penn Museum).

Smashing Particles at the High Energy Frontier; Evelyn Thomson, physics/astronomy; 3:30 p.m.; rm. A8, DRL (High Energy Physics Experimental Group).

Molecular Recognition of Chromatin: Crystal Structure of the RCC1/Nucleosome Complex; Song Tan, Penn State; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).

Engineering Organisms as Building Block Materials for Energy & Electronics; Angela Belcher, MIT; 4 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Nano/Bio Interface Center).

Thermodynamic Theory of Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Solid Mechanics; James Langer, University of California, Santa Barbara; 4 p.m.; rm. A8, DRL (Physics/Astronomy).

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Cooperative Adhesion & Friction of Compliant Nanohairs; Ali Dhinojwala, University of Akron; 10:30 a.m.; Auditorium, LRSM Building (SEAS).

Spationtemporal Orchestration of Chromatin-induced Signaling During Mitosis; Pamela Silver, Harvard; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry/Biophysics).

Adaptation in Drosophila & Humans; Dmitri Petrov, Stanford; 4 p.m.; rm. 109, Leidy Lab (Biology).

The 13th Annual John G. Haddad, Jr., MD, Memorial Lecture: PTHrP: New Discoveries For an Old Hormone; Larry Suva, University of Arkansas; 4 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/II (Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism).

Wharton Leadership Lecture; 4:30 p.m.; rm. G06, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Wharton).

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Magazines, Civic Rivalry & Cultural Nationalism in Post-Revolutionary America; Robb Haberman, Colby College; 3 p.m.; Stephanie Graumann Wolf Rm., McNeil Center (McNeil Center).

Dissertation Colloquium: Nancy as a Center of Art Nouveau Architecture, 1895-1914; Peter Clericuzio; 3:30 p.m.; Rich Seminar Rm., 113 Jaffe Building (History of Art).

Biochemistry & Biophysics Research Discussion; Dave Wilson, biochemistry/ biophysics; 4 p.m.; Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (Biochemistry/Biophysics).

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Stories of Coal; insights about the environmental impact of coal mining from singer Kathy Mattea; 1:30 p.m.; Montgomery Theatre, Annenberg Center. See Music. (Annenberg Center; YoW).

Pompeii 79 CE: The Treasure of Rediscovery; C. Brian Rose, Museum deputy director; 2 p.m.; Penn Museum; $20, $15/members (Penn Museum).