Conference

7    Focusing on Parkinson’s Disease Alpha-Synuclein at the University of Pennsylvania; Marian S. Ware Research Retreat; 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Biomedical Research Building II/III Auditorium (Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research).

Special Event

12    Penn IUR Scavenger Hunt; noon- 5 p.m.; register: http://penniur.upenn.edu/events (Penn IUR).

Talks

6     Safeguarding Cultural Heritage: Artifacts and Sites in Syria and Iraq; Katharyn Hanson, Penn Cultural Heritage Center; 6 p.m.; upstairs, World Cafe Live (Penn Science Café).

7    Message Strategies to Counter Food, Cigarette and Pharmaceutical Industry Opposition to Health Policies; Jeff Niederdeppe, Cornell University; noon; rm. 500, Annenberg School for Communication (Penn Tobacco Center).

8    Early Kômos Songs: Satyric, Pre-comic and Dithyrambic Performance; Carl Shaw, New College of Florida; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 402, Cohen Hall (Classical Studies).

12    Plague, Quarantine and Epidemic Nosology in Nineteenth-Century Europe; Alex Chase-Levenson, history; 3:30 p.m.; call for location: (215) 898-8400 (History and Sociology of Science).

14    Digital Humanities Research Tools: What I Learned at DH Camp; Andrew Hudson, religious studies; Leslie Jones, sociology; Prashant Kumar, history & sociology of science; noon; Meyerson Conference Center, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (Price DH Lab).