November Extras! | Deadlines

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Advance Registration, Spring Term. Through November 14.

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Last Day to Withdraw From a Course.

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Thanksgiving Break. Through November 28.

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Classes Resume.

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Natural Critters; create critters from dried materials; $40, $34/members; 1-3 p.m.

7

Remarkable Reptiles; see and touch reptiles; $18, $15/members; 1-3 p.m.

11

School’s Out! Art & Artifact Workshop; art project inspired by the culture of Nigeria’s Benin people; noon-3 p.m.

19

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

21

Family Sunday: Lenape Messing; activities inspired by the Lenape fall ceremony of Messing; 1-4 p.m.

6

Ben Rudnick and Friends; original and classic songs; $10/adults, $8/children.

13

Steve Pullara & His Cool Beans Band; eclectic music with audience participation; $10/adults, $7/children.

14

Kids Rock for Kids; rock concert benefiting children’s medical charities; $10.

21

Ralph’s World; rock music; $16/adults, $14/children.

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KiDROCKERS; indie music and comedy; $15/adults, $13/kids.

4

Managing the Last 1%: Allocating Water to Meet the UN Millennium Development Goals; 8 a.m.- 4:40 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; info. and RSVP: chryslene.rebeiro@gmail.com (Earth & Environmental Studies; IGEL at Wharton; Middle East Center; Philadelphia Global Water Initiative).

13

Infusing Global Perspectives Into Your Classroom; strengthening global education in Delaware Valley classrooms; 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.; rm. 26, Williams Hall (African Studies Center; CEAS; Middle East Center; South Asia Center).

15

Inaugural Symposium: HCV: Natural History, Pathogenesis & Therapy with/without HIV; 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Auditorium/Lobby, BRB II/III; RSVP: www.uphs.upenn.edu/aids (CFAR).

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SMARTdoc: Heritage Recording and Information Management in the Digital Age; examines the practice of recording heritage places with digital technology; 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; rm. 102, Meyerson Hall; $100, students free; RSVP: www.smartdocheritage.org. Also November 20 (Design).

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.

2

Open Space; paintings by Mary Powers Holt; Burrison Gallery; reception: November 11, 4-6 p.m. Through December 10.

6

The Dogon: Work, Women and Water; photos by Stuart Franklin illustrating issues of water and sustainability in Mali’s Dogon region; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through January 9 (ARG; YoW).

13

How to Get Started; installation featuring rarely heard performance by composer John Cage; reception: 6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation. Ongoing (Slought).

18

The Wolf Man Paints!; drawings and paintings by Sigmund Freud’s famous patient Sergius Pankejeff; reception: 6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation. Through December 31 (Slought).

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Holiday Garden Railway Display; mini replicas of favorite American roadside attractions decorated for the holidays; grand opening 1-3 p.m.; Morris Arboretum. Through January 2, 2011.

3

Conversation: On Conservation; conservators discuss the future of contemporary art.

10

Open Video Call; videos created by local filmmakers.

17

Set Pieces Screenings: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972); International House.

3

Chef’s Corner Food Demo; tour: Secrets and Science of Mummification.

10

Water Quizzo; tour: MesoAmerican Gallery.

17

Live Music with Minas!; Brazilian music; tour: China: Jade, Porcelain & Cloisonné.

6

China: Bronze, Jade & More.

7

Mexican World Culture Day.

13

Native American Southwest.

14

Highlights of the Collection.

20

Daily Life in Egypt.

21

Meso America – Ancient Ball Game.

1

The Shape of Water; noon; rm. 209, Fagin Hall (Nursing).

3

Family Affair (2010); screening and Q&A with director Chico Colvard; 6 p.m.; rm. 110, Annenberg School (Cinema Studies).

Water as Crime: Chinatown; 7 p.m.; M20 Seminar rm., Harrison College House (Cinema Studies; YoW).

8

Hilltribe Healing Ceremonies of Thailand; noon; rm. 209, Fagin Hall (Nursing).

11

The Man I Killed [aka, Broken Lullaby] & American Nightmares [aka, Combat Shock]; 8 p.m.; Rotunda (Rotunda).

14

Shutter Island; 7 p.m.; Heyer Sky Lounge, Harrison College House (Cinema Studies).

17

Water as Revolution: Swept Away; 7 p.m.; M20 Seminar rm., Harrison College House (Cinema Studies; YoW).

2

Gamera, Guardian of the Universe (1995).

9

Godzilla vs. Destroyah (1995).

16

The Great Yokai War (2005).

23

Godzilla Millennium (1999).

30

Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: All Monsters Attack (2001).

3

National Film Board of Canada Unit B; documentaries; 7 p.m.

9

Brainiacs in La La Land; 7 p.m.

10

American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein; 7 p.m.

11

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo; 7 p.m.

12

An Evening with Lynne Sachs; 2 films; 7 p.m.

13

Reel Injun; 5 p.m.

DDR/DDR; 7 p.m.

17

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant; 6:30 p.m.

18

The City Symphonies; 2 films; 7 p.m.

20

La strada; 7 p.m.

Cardio Fitness; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tue. & Thu.; St. Agatha-St. James Parish Hall; first class free, $8/per class, $5/students; Carolyn Hamilton: (267) 251-3842.

New Parents @ Penn; every other Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.; info.: (215) 898-8611 (PWC).

The Working Parents Association; Wednesdays; noon; Penn Women’s Center; info.: zoeb@sas.upenn.edu (PWC).

Penn Knitters; Thursdays; noon; Fireside Lounge (2nd fl.), The ARCH; info.: wiedmann@upenn.edu.

5

Feel Good Friday: Poetry for Peace; workshop led by Gweny Love; 1:30 p.m.; Penn Women’s Center (PWC).

2

Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Class; 5:30 p.m.; Public Safety Bldg.; RSVP: slivingston@publicsafety.upenn.edu; Also November 9, 16 & 23 (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).

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Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Class; 9 a.m.; Public Safety Bldg.; RSVP: slivingston@publicsafety.upenn.edu. Also November 20 (Public Safety).

1

Bible Study: Justice and Race; 6 p.m.; Also November 8, 15, 22, 29.

2

Queer Christian Fellowship; dinner and discussion of LGBT issues; 6:30 p.m.; Also November 16 & 30.

3

Meditation for Well-Being: Establishing Peace Within; 5 p.m.; Also November 17.

4

Dana How Mentors; undergrads mentor high school students; 5 p.m.; Also November 11 & 18.

6

Saturdays at the CA; peace, social justice, and faith activities; noon; Also November 13 & 20.

7

Leaps and Bounds; an Affording Hope project; 3 p.m.

11

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

3

Walk-In Wednesday Academic Program Info Sessions; 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. & 4:30- 6 p.m.; Suite 100, 3440 Market Street. Also November 10 and 17.

17

Master of Applied Positive Psychology Info Session; 5:30-7 p.m.; rm. G60, Jon M. Huntsman Hall; RSVP: www.sas.upenn.edu/lps.

30

Penn Employee Undergraduate Programs Luncheon; noon-1:30 p.m.; rm. C, 3440 Market Street; RSVP: www.sas.upenn.edu/lps.

3

Intro to Yoga; 5:30 p.m.

5

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

10

Resistance Bands Workout; 5:30 p.m.

12

Women on Weights; 12:15 p.m.

17

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

19

Intro to Golf; 12:15 p.m.

4

Managing and Organizing Your Email Inbox Using Microsoft Outlook; 1:30 p.m.; $35.

9

Unlocking the Secrets of the Penn Library; noon.

11

Diversity Brown Bag Matinee: Creating a Respectful Workplace; noon.

16

Career Focus Brown Bag: Soft Skills in the Workplace; noon.

17

Brown Bag Matinee: Groupthink: Case Study of the Challenger Disaster; noon.

18

Business Writing Basics; 9 a.m.–4 p.m.; $75.

2

Melanoma: What You Need to Know; noon.

8

Flu Shots; multiple times; $25 cash; Also November 10 & 16.

18

Building Resilience and Avoiding Burnout; noon.

30

Being Your Best: Developing and Projecting Confidence; noon.

3

Reconsidering Groundcovers; 7 p.m.; $30, $25/members.

4

Holiday Herbal Appetizers; 1 p.m.; $38, $32/members.

6

Journal Writing Workshop; 10 a.m.; $38, $30/members.

9

Orchids: Fascinating Plants for Home or Greenhouse; 7 p.m.; $53, $48/members.

10

Transforming Concourse Lake Reservoir; 2 p.m.; $20, $18/members.

13

How to Free Up Your Creative Writing Voice; 10 a.m.; $38, $30/members.

20

Traditional Thanksgiving Centerpiece; 10:30 a.m.;  $60, $50/members.

21

Floral Turkey Centerpiece; 1 p.m.; $60, $50/members.

1

HTML Fundamentals; $494.

5

PowerPoint 2007 Introduction; $190.

8

Excel 2007 & 2010 Introduction; $190.

9

Dreamweaver CS4: Introduction; $570.

11

Word 2007 & 2010 Intermediate; $190.

12

FileMaker Pro 10 Advanced; $300.

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Access 2007 Introduction; $357.

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Excel 2007 & 2010 Intermediate; $190.

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PowerPoint 2007 & 2010 Beyond the Basics; $190.

1

Excel Basics; 1:30 p.m.; Biomedical Library Training Lab.

WIC@nite: Mac 101; 9 p.m.; WIC Alcove.

3

Getting Fulltext; noon; Biomedical Library Conference Rm.

PhotoShop Basics; 4:30 p.m.

From Assignment to References: Writing a Research Paper; 5 p.m.

4

PowerPoint I; noon; Biomedical Library Training Lab.

5

iChat; noon

Illustrator; 1 p.m.; Biomedical Library Training Lab.

8

Endnote Walk-in Support; noon; Biomedical Library Conference Rm.

9

PowerPoint Animation; noon; Biomedical Library Conference Rm.

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iMovie; 2 p.m.

Refworks; 5 p.m.

11

PowerPoint II; noon; Biomedical Library Training Lab.

Audacity; 1:30 p.m.

Video Recording Room Basics; 7 p.m.; WIC Alcove.

12

Photoshop Layers; noon; Biomedical Library Training Lab.

15

Zotero; 1 p.m.

WIC@nite: Unlocking the Full Potential of Your Mac; 9 p.m.; WIC Alcove.

16

Excel Charts; 10 a.m.

Refworks; 1 p.m.; Goldstein Electronic Classroom.

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PhotoShop Layers; 2 p.m.

Get to the Point!; 5 p.m.

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PowerPoint Basics; 10 a.m.

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Excel Basics; 11 a.m.

Excel Data Analysis; noon; Biomedical Library Training Lab.

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InDesign; noon.

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Photoshop Basics; noon; Biomedical Library Training Lab.

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Google Maps; noon.

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Photoshop Layers; noon; Biomedical Library Training Lab.

9

PPSA Open Board Meeting; noon; rm. 302, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; RSVP: ppsa@exchange.upenn.edu.

Penn Improvisational Jazz Workshop; open jazz jam for musicians of all abilities; Sundays, 4-6 p.m.; rm. 413, Fisher Bennett Hall; Info.: pijw@law.upenn.edu.

12

Pennchants Fall Show with Quakernotes; Penn’s a cappella groups; 8 p.m.; Dunlop Auditorium, Stemmler Hall. Also November 13, 8 p.m. (PAC).

13

Chuck van Zyl and Ombient; electronic music; 8 p.m.; St. Mary’s Hamilton Village; free; info.: www.thegatherings.org(The Gatherings Concert Series).

17

F! String Ensemble (Jewish Tango and Waltz), Polysonic (African MalleKAT and PanKAT), Animus (Greek Fusion); 8 p.m.; The Rotunda (Rotunda).

18

Ars Nova Workshop: Ches Smith & These Arches; jazz quartet; 8 p.m.; The Rotunda.

12

Ensemble Epomeo; string trio music by Strauss, Schnittke, Beethoven, and more; 7:30 p.m.; Armado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium.

13

University Choir; 8 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; $5, free with Penn ID.

17

Penn Baroque and Recorder Ensembles; 8 p.m.; Rose Recital Hall, Fisher- Bennett Hall.

21

Penn Flutes; 2 p.m.; Armado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium.

4

Into the Woods; presented by Penn Players; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; $10, $8/PennCard; Also November 5, 8 p.m. and November 6, 2 & 8 p.m. (Penn Players).

5

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; presented by Stimulus Childrens Theatre Company; Class of ’49 Auditorium, Houston Hall; 6 p.m.; $8/adults, $5/kids; Also November 6, 2 & 6 p.m. (Penn Arts).

12

The Great Divorce: a one-man drama by Anthony Lawton; 7:30 p.m.; B-1 Auditorium, Meyerson Hall (Penn Veritas Forum).

SPEC-TRUM Fall Show; 8 p.m.; The Rotunda (SPEC).

16

Urinetown: The Musical; 8 p.m.; Montgomery Theatre, Annenberg Center; info: www.yearofwater.org. Also November 17, 18, 19 & 20, 8 p.m. (YoW).

21

Penn Ballet Nutcracker Performance; 6 p.m.; Houston Hall (Penn Ballet).

11

The Laramie Project; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater; $20-50. Also November 13, 2 p.m. (Annenberg).

12

The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theater; $20-50. Also November 13, 8 p.m. (Annenberg).

16

Luis Bravo’s Forever Tango; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; $34-58, free tango lessons with tickets; Also November 17, 2 & 7:30 p.m.; November 18, 7:30 p.m.; November 19, 8 p.m.; November 20, 2 & 8 p.m. (Annenberg).

1

Reading by novelist Joseph Skibell; 6 p.m.

2

ArtsEdge Writer-in-Residence Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz; 6 p.m.

3

Poetry reading by Arkadii Dragomoshchenko; 6 p.m.

4

EDIT hosted by Danny Snelson; 6 p.m.

8

Lunch Program with Buzz Bissenger; noon; RSVP: wh@writing.upemm.edu.

9

Reading by novelist Chimamanda Adichie; 6 p.m.

10

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

11

Bernheimer Symposium with Judy Wicks of White Dog Cafe; noon.

12

Poetry Reading Featuring Kevin Varrone, Cynthia Arrieu-King, and Craig Santos Perez with Tyler Antoine; 4 p.m.

15

Talk by Howard Fineman; 5:30 p.m.

17

Poetry reading by Ammiel Alcalay; 6 p.m.

18

Talking to Girls About Duran Duran; Rob Sheffield; 5 p.m. (RealArts@Penn)

29

LIVE at the Writers House; with Michaela Majoun live on WXPN; 7 p.m.

30

Poetry reading by Kate Eichhorn and Jenny Sampirisi; 7 p.m.

1

The Last Good War–Faces & Memories of WWII; Thomas Sanders and Veronica Kavass; 2 p.m.

3

Reflection on 3rd World Travels; Penn alumnus Stanley Diamond; 6 p.m.

4

The Great Pheromone Myth; Penn professor Richard Doty; 7 p.m.

10

Philadelphia Noir; Penn professor Carlin Romano; 6 p.m.

11

America the Edible: My Hungry History, From Sea to Dining Sea; Travel Channel host Adam Richman; 6 p.m. (co-sponsor: YOUCIE).

13

How to Beat Up Anybody: An Instructional Karate Book by the World Champion; comedian Judah Friedlander; 2 p.m.

30

Strategy from the Outside In: How to Profit from Customer Value; Wharton professor George Day; 6 p.m.

5

Study Abroad and International Opportunities Fair; open to students and alumni; 10:30 a.m-2:30 p.m.; Hall of Flags & Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (Career Services; Penn Abroad).

6

A Day with Wharton Esherick; guest curator Mark Sfirri leads a tour of the exhibition, Wharton Esherick and the Birth of the American Modern; 10:30 a.m.- noon; Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center (Penn Libraries).

7

PECO World Culture Day: Viva Mexico!; food, music, traditional games and crafts; 1-4 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum).

9

Fall Fundraiser for St. Mary’s Nursery School; flower bulbs and baked goods for sale; 4-6 p.m.; Saint Mary’s Church, Locust Walk. Also November 10.

14

PECO World Culture Day: Celebrate Japan!; taiko drums, origami, games and crafts; 1-4 p.m.; Penn Museum (Center for East Asian Studies; Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia; Museum).

5

Sprint Football vs. Princeton; 7 p.m.

Volleyball vs. Columbia; 7 p.m.

6

(M) Fencing: Temple Open; all day. Also November 7.

(W) Fencing: Temple Open; all day. Also November 7.

Volleyball vs. Cornell; 5 p.m.

Wrestling: Intrasquad Meet; TBA.

12

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

13

(M) Swimming vs. Connecticut; 1 p.m.

(W) Swimming vs. Connecticut; 1 p.m.

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

(M) Soccer vs. Harvard; 7 p.m.

(M) Basketball vs. Davidson; TBA.

20

(M) Squash vs. Cornell; noon.

(W) Squash vs. Cornell; noon.

(M) Basketball vs. Drexel; TBA.

21

Wrestling: Keystone Classic; all day.

23

(M) Basketball vs. Lafayette; TBA.

30

(W) Basketball vs. Niagara; 4:30 p.m.

(M) Basketball vs. UMBC; TBA.

1

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

Title TBA; Heng-Yu Chen, University of Michigan; 2 p.m.; rm. 2N36, DRL (Physics).

Effective Systemic and Topical Approaches for the Prevention of Mucosal HIV Transmission; J. Victor Garcia-Martinez, University of North Carolina; 4 p.m.; rm. 1100A, Colket Translational Research Building–CHOP (CFAR; Gene Therapy & Vaccines Graduate Group).

2

Promise and Peril: Debating American Internationalism and Isolationism, 1890s-1940s; Christopher Nichols, history; 4:30 p.m.; History Lounge, College Hall (History).

The Financial Crisis: Aftermath and Implications; H. Rodgin Cohen, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; 4:30 p.m.; Levy Conference Center, Silverman Hall (ILE).

A Conversation with Michelangelo Pistoletto and Christine Poggi; 5 p.m.; Terrace Rm., Cohen Hall; in English and Italian (Italian Studies).

3

A Bevy of Hues: The Construction and Reception of Early Color Television; Susan Murray, NYU; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).

Should We Consider Trialing Deep Brain Stimulation as a Treatment for Addiction?; Wayne Hall, FASSA; noon; rm. 321, Center for Bioethics (Bioethics).

The Critical Role of Vitamin A Metabolism During Mammalian Embryonic Development; Lisa Sandell, Stowers Institute for Medical Research; noon; rm. 132, Hill Pavilion (CRRWH; Center for Animal Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research).

The Red Sea – Dead Sea Conduit: Solution or Disaster for the Dying Dead Sea and Jordan River Watershed; Clive Lipchin, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies; noon; Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Chemistry Building (Institute for Environmental Studies).

Multiculturalism, Culture-Free Religion, and the New Second Generation; PremaAnn Kurian, Syracuse; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Building (Sociology).

Dispatches from a Fluid Border: Views of the Upper Mississippi, 1832-1848; Nenette Luarca-Shoaf, University of Delaware; 12:30 p.m.; rm. 105, McNeil Center (Early American Studies).

San Vincenzo al Volturno and Positivism: The Dark Age Pompeii Thirty Years On; Richard Hodges, Penn Museum director; 12:30 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum).

Aharonov-Bohm Radiation; Tanmay Vachaspati, Case Western Reserve; 1:30 p.m.; rm. A6, DRL (Astrophysics/Cosmology).

What Are the Policy Implications from Research on Neighborhood Effects on Crime?; John Macdonald, criminology; 4 p.m.; Jerry Lee Center of Criminology, McNeil Building (Criminology).

Spaces of Particles, Their Applications, and Connections; Fred Cohen, University of Rochester; 4:30 p.m.; rm. A6, DRL (Mathematics and Physics).

The Discovery of Virtual Movement; Tom Gunning, University of Chicago; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; RSVP: www.phf.upenn.edu(PHF).

4

Gene Regulation in Skin Development and Aging; Howard Chang, Stanford; 10 a.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Dermatology).

Light Active Biofunctionalized TiO2 Based Nanocomposites; Tijana Rajh, Argonne National Laboratory; 10:30 a.m.; Auditorium, LRSM Building (MSE).

Quantum-Mechanical Optimization of Light-Harvesting in Photosynthesis; Gregory Scholes, University of Toronto; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry & Biophysics).

Bayesian Nonparameric Learning of Complex Dynamical Phenomena; Emily Fox, Duke; 3 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CIS).

The Bioethics of Psychiatric Drug Development; Robert Conley, Eli Lilly & Company; 4 p.m.; rm. 245A, Silverman Hall (Center for Neuroscience & Society).

First Contact: Deciphering the Initial Conversations of the Squid-vibrio Symbiosis; Ned Ruby, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 4 p.m.; rm. 109, Leidy Lab (Biology).

A Homotopy-Theoretic View of Bott-Taubes Integrals and Knot Spaces; Robin Koytcheff, Brown; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 4C8, DRL (Mathematics).

Michael L. Tarnopol Dean’s Lecture Series; Ronald Perelman, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.; 4:30 p.m.; rm. G06, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Wharton).

PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture; artist Rick Lowe; 6 p.m.; ICA (Design).

5

On the Design and Use of Therapeutic Robots: Ensuring Clinical Relevance; Marcia O’Malley, Rice; 11 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (GRASP).

Bacterial Factors Important for Resistance to Opsonophagocytic Killing in Streptococcus Pneumoniae; Ankur Dalia, TBA; noon; rm. 209, Johnson Pavilion (Microbiology).

IRCS/Computational Neuroscience Speaker Series; Nathaniel Daw, NYU; noon; rm. 470, 3401 Walnut Street (IRCS).

The Inequity of Globalization as a Development Problem in Northeastern South Asia; David Ludden, NYU; 2 p.m.; rm. 1020, Steinberg-Dietrich Hall (History; Wharton).

The Spectacle of the Face: Manet’s “Portrait of Victorine Meurent”; Susan Sidlauskas, Rutgers; 3:30 p.m.; Rich Seminar Rm., Jaffe Building (History of Art).

Biochemistry & Biophysics Research Discussion; Shelley Berger, cell and developmental biology; 4 p.m.; Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (Biochemistry & Biophysics).

8

Decision Process Colloquium; Dan Goldstein, London Business School; noon; rm. 255, John M. Huntsman Hall (Psychology).

Morphology of Arctic Coastal Slumps; Colin Phillips, earth & environmental science; noon; rm. 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Science).

Hierarchies from Fluxless G2 Vacua; Konstantin Bobkov, University of Ohio; 2 p.m.; rm. 2N36 DRL (Physics).

Switches, Levers, and Transmissions in Kinesin Motors; Stephen Rosenfeld, Colombia; 2 p.m.; Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building (Medicine).

9

Challenges of the System of Approach to Cell Signaling; William Hlavacek, Los Alamos National Laboratory; noon; 2000 Vagelos Conference rm. Vagelos Research Laboratories (Bioengineering; Center for Molecular Discovery, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; IME; Provost’s Interdisciplinary Seminar Fund).

Title TBA; Tom Mitchell, Carnegie Mellon; 3 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CIS).

Physics Colloquium; Steve Kivelson, Stanford; 4 p.m.; A8 DRL (Physics/Astronomy).

Title TBA; Pierre Germain, NYU; 4:30; rm. 4C8, DRL (Mathematics).

The Wound Always Understands the Knife: Jews & Postwar German Theatre; Anat Feinberg; 5 p.m.; Class of 1955 rm., Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (Jewish Studies).

The Solution to Pollution Is Dilution. Or Is It? The Island of Plastic in the Pacific Ocean; Yvette Bordeaux, earth & environmental science; 5:30 p.m.; Ben Franklin Rm.; Houston Hall (LPS).

10

Sperm Capacitation: Between Kinases and Phosphatases; Pablo Visconti, University of Massachusetts; noon; rm. 251, BRB II/III (CRRWH).

Black Sea Littoral; Renata Holod, history of art; 12:30 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum).

Archaeologists and Travelers in Ottoman Lands Special Program; mystery writer Jenny White; 6:30 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum).

11

Bulk Metallic Glass Form Like Plastics; Jan Schroers, Yale; 10:30 a.m.; LRSM Auditorium, LRSM Building (MSE).

Structural and Functional Insights to Post-translational Modification by SUMO, a Ubiquitin-like Modifier; Christopher Lima, Sloan-Kettering Institute; noon; Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building (Biochemistry & Biophysics).

Martin Fishbein Memorial Lecture; Rich Wolitski, CDC; 1 p.m.; Reunion Hall, Johnson Medical Building (Annenberg Public Policy Center; CFAR).

Title TBA; Ben Taskar, CIS; 3 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall. (CIS).

Living at the Edge: Ecophysiology and Genome Biology of Dehalococcoides; Alfred Spormann, Stanford; 4 p.m.; rm. 109, Leidy Lab (Biology).

Wharton Leadership Lecture; Kevin Plank, CEO, Under Armour; 4:30 p.m.; rm. G06, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Wharton).

PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture; artist Lauren Greenfield; 5:30 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall (Design).

The Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Lecture; Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Harvard; 5:30 p.m.; rm. 240A, Silverman Hall (Center for Africana Studies; Law).

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Challenges for 100 Milligram Flight; Robert Wood, Harvard; 11 a.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (GRASP).

Metacognition & Memory Systems in Primates: Successes & Limitations; Robert Hampton, Emory; noon; rm. 470, 3401 Walnut Street (IRCS).

Copayments for Cardiovascular Drugs: Is Less More Than Enough?; Niteesh Choudhry, Harvard; noon; Auditorium, Colonial Penn Center (LDI).

A Murine Model of Orogastric Infection for Evaluation of the Host Response to V. Parahaemolyticus; Michelle Parent, University of Delaware; noon; rm. 209, Johnson Pavilion (Microbiology).

Imagining the Eternal: Maerten van Heemskerck Before Rome; Art di Furia, Savannah College of Art and Design; 3:30 p.m.; Rich Seminar Rm., Jaffe Building (History of Art).

Title TBA; Robbie Toggweiler, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory; 4 p.m.; rm. 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Science).

Biochemistry & Biophysics Research Discussion; Mark Greene, pathology and laboratory medicine; 4 p.m.; Johnson Foundation Library, 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (Biochemistry & Biophysics).

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Decision Process Colloquium; Noah Goldstein, University of California-Los Angeles; noon; rm. 255, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Psychology).

Micromorphology Observations of Sediments from Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco; Vera Aldeias, earth & environmental science; noon; rm. 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Science).

My Encounters With Language and Computers; Aravind Joshi, computer and cognitive science; noon; Lenape Room, University Club at Penn (PASEF).

Dark Energy from Cosmic Structure; David Wiltshire, University of Canterbury; 2 p.m.; rm. 2N36, DRL (Physics).

The Role of N-linked Glycans in Protein Maturation and Quality Control in the Early Secretory Pathway; Daniel Hebert, University of Massachusetts; 2 p.m.; Class of ’62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building (Medicine).

Whose Michi Is It Anyway?: The Road(s) to Buddhahood in the Heian Court; Stephan Miller, University of Massachusetts; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 111, Annenberg School (CEAS).

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Systems Biology of Angiogenesis; Aleksander Popel; MIT; noon; 2000 Vagelos Conference Rm., Vagelos Research Laboratories (Bioengineering; Center for Molecular Discovery; Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; IME; Provost’s Interdisciplinary Seminar Fund).

Flume: Towards Easy, Efficient Massively-Data-Parallel Pipeline; Craig Chambers, Google; 3 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CIS).

Beyond the Community: Writing the History of the Greeks Under Ottoman Rule; Molly Greene, Princeton; 4:30 p.m.; History Lounge, College Hall (History).

Long-term Strategies for Reducing Losses from Extreme Events; Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan, Wharton; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 1206, Steinberg-Deitrich Hall (Wharton).

Designing a Career: Putting Creativity to Work; Kristin Haskins Simms, C’93; 6 p.m.; Benjamin Franklin Rm., Houston Hall; RSVP: www.alumni.upenn.edu/multicultural/events/career.html (Alumni).

Fakes and Forgeries with Robert Wittman; Robert Wittman, founder, FBI Art Crime Team; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum).

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Lars von Trier–The Early Years and The Shorts; Henrik Uth Jensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).

Imaging Single Retrovirus Entry and Fusion; Gregory Melikian, University of Maryland; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (CFAR; Microbiology).

Title TBA; Alex Bortvin, Johns Hopkins; noon; rm. 132, Hill Pavilion (CRRWH; Center for Animal Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research).

Counted Out: Same Sex Relations and Americans’ Definitions of Family; David Gibson, sociology; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Building (Sociology).

The Ideological Origins of Leisler’s Rebellion; Megan Lindsay Charry, Yale; 12:30 p.m.; rm. 105, McNeil Center (Early American Studies).

War and Public Health; Victor Sidel, Cornell; 12:30 p.m.; Ben Franklin Rm., Houston Hall (CPHI).

Recent Results with the STAR Detector at RHIC; Paul Sorensen, Brookhaven National Laboratory; 1:30 p.m.; rm. 3W2 DRL (Physics).

Title TBA; Savvas Koushiappas, Brown; 2 p.m.; rm. A6, DRL (Astrophysics/Cosmology).

Title TBA; Michael Shelley, NYU; 4 p.m.; rm. A8, DRL (Physics/Astronomy).

Counterfeit Chimeras: Early Modern Theories of the Imagination and the Work of Art; Claudia Swan, Northwestern; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum RSVP: www.phf.upenn.edu(PHF).

America in 2050: How Housing Preferences Will Shape Our Urban Landscape; Chris Nelson, University of Utah; 5:30 p.m.; Golkin Room, Houston Hall; RSVP: http://penniur.upenn.edu(Institute of Urban Research).

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The Structure Soft Materials Thin Film Nanocomposites; Peter Green, University of Michigan; 10:30 a.m.; LRSM Auditorium, LRSM Building (MSE).

Structural Mechanisms of ssDNA/SSB-Processing Enzymes; James Keck, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 11 a.m.; Hilary Koprowski Rms., Wistar Institute (Wistar).

Raman Spectroscopic Measures of Bone Quality and Function; Michael Morris, University of Michigan; 11:45 a.m.; Donner Auditorium, BRB II/III (Biomedical Imaging and Spectroscopy Laboratory; Center for Magnetic Resonance and Optical Imaging; Physics/Astronomy; Radiology).

NMR and Single Molecule Techniques for Studying RNA folding and RNA Protein Recognition; Arthur Pardi, University of Colorado, Boulder; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry & Biophysics).

Detecting Cheaters in Multiplayer Games with Accountable Virtual Machines; Andreas Haeberlan, CIS; 3 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CIS).

Genome Dynamics in Natural Populations of Sulfolobus Islandicus; Rachel Whitaker, University of Illinois; 4 p.m.; rm. 109, Leidy Lab (Biology).

Title TBA; Daniel Fox, Duke; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 4C8, DRL (Mathematics).

Senza Vestimenta: The Literary Transmission of Trecento Song; Lauren Jennings, music; 5 p.m.; Cherpeck, Williams Hall (Italian Studies).

PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture; artist David Salle; 6 p.m.; ICA (PennDesign).

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IRCS Colloquium; George Alverez, Harvard; noon; rm. 470, 3401 Walnut Street (IRCS).

Making Connections, Making Metaphores: The Many Layers of Clothing and Encounter in Early American Southeast; Laura Johnson, University of Delaware; 3 p.m.; Stephanie Grauman Wolf Rm., McNeil Center (Early American Studies).

Picturing Transcendence: The Prints and Paintings of Marten de Vos, 1566-1603; Geoffrey Shamos; 3:30 p.m.; Rich Seminar Room, Jaffe Building (History of Art).

The Morality of Amoeboid Cells of the Immune System; Dan Hammer, bioengineering; 4 p.m.; Johnson Foundation Library, rm. 248 Anatomy-Chemistry Building (Biochemistry & Biophysics).

Soil Organic Matter Quality: Definitions, Quantification and Implications for Modeling; Alain Plante, earth & environmental science; 4 p.m.; rm. 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Science).

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Phenomenology of D-branes at Toric Singularities; Sven Krippendorf, Cambridge; 2 p.m.; rm. 2N36, DRL (Physics).

Medieval Architecture in China through Modern Technology: Region, Style, and Patterns of Change; Tracy Miller, Vanderbilt; 4:30 p.m.; rm. B26, Stiteler Hall (CEAS).

Title TBA; Stephanie Toothman, National Park Service; 6 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (Historic Preservation).

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Title TBA; Margo Seltzer, Harvard; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CIS).

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Search for WZ in the Ivbb Final State at CDF; Justin Keung, physics and astronomy; 1:30 p.m.; rm. 3W2, DRL (Physics).

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Characterization of Soil Organic Matter Quality Using Thermal Analysis Technology; Jose Fernandez, earth & environmental science; noon; rm. 358, Hayden Hall (Earth & Environmental Science).

Decision Process Colloquium; B. Cade Massey, Yale; noon; rm. 255, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Psychology).

Title TBA; Alex Dahlen, Princeton; 2 p.m.; rm. 2N36, DRL (Physics).

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Personalized Cancer Medicine Using Engineered Vaccines; Carl June, pathology; 1 p.m.; University Club at Penn (Penn Women’s Club).

Title TBA; Jimmy Dilles, University of Utah; 1:30 p.m.; rm. 2C6, DRL (Math-Physics).

Constraints Driven Learning for Natural Language Understanding; Dan Roth, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; 3 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CIS).

Reading, Writing & Arithmetic in an African Kingdom of the Indian Ocean; Pier Larson, Johns Hopkins; 4:30 p.m.; History Lounge, College Hall (History).