Update

APRIL AT PENN

Conferences

24 The 1997 Kellogg Conference: Linking Intellectual Resources & Community Needs; Culture and Community Studies: Issues of Pedagogy; 8:15 a.m.-noon; Room 12, University City High School; Environment and Health, & Nutrition and Health: University Community Collaborative Research Projects; noon-5 p.m.; McClelland Hall, the Quad; Reflections on Linking Intellectual Resources and Community Needs; 5:30-7:30 p.m.; the Castle; registration required, contact: Penny Gordon-Larsen, 898-4704 or pglarsen@pobox.upenn.edu (Institute for Environmental Studies, Center for Community Partnerships and Program for Public Service).

29 ENIAC in the Biomedical Sciences: The First 50 Years and Beyond; Mark Chee, Affymetrix, Inc.; Genomics by Hybridization; Russell Doolittle, UC-San Diego; The Human Being: A Three Billion-Year Legacy; Kenneth Kinzler, John Hopkins University; Mapping Gene Expresssion: From Yeast to Cancer; Kamil Ugurbil, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Minneapolis; Computers and Revolutionary Developments in Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Pat Hayes, Interdisciplinary Study of Human and Machine Cognition Institute, University of West Florida; Progress and Problems in Artificial Intelligence Research; 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 200 College Hall (School of Veterinary Medicine, School of Medicine, School of Engineering and Applied Science).

Music

24 An Evening of Music; featuring Grover Washington, Jr. with the University of the Arts Big Band and the Rohm Haas-Settlement Middle School Jazz Ensemble; 7 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Museum; tickets: $20 at the UPSTAGES box office, 893-1145.

Special Events

24 Open Studio; Guided tours of Graduate studios; 5:30-7:30 p.m.; silent auction of small works; 6-7 p.m.; Morgan Bldg.; events 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Blauhaus Bldg. (Graduate School of Fine Art).

Talks

24 Classroom Mathematics Instruction in Three Cultures; James Stigler, UCLA; 5 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (Graduate School of Education).

25 Architecture of Language Acquisition; Mark Steedman, computer and information science; 3-5 p.m.; 470 IRCS, 3401 Walnut Street (Institute for Research in Cognitive Science).

28 Ablating Nonmuscle Myosin II-B in Mice Results in Defects in the Heart, Brain and Retina; Robert Adelstein, NIH; 2 p.m., Physiology Conference Room, Richards Bldg. (Pennsyslvania Muscle Institute).

The Role of Utrophin and Dystrophin in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Kay Davies, Oxford; 4-5 p.m.; Robert Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building (Institute for Human Gene Therapy).

Deadlines: The deadline for the Summer at Penn calendar is May 13. The deadline for the weekly Update is the Monday prior to the week of publication (e.g. April 28 for the May 6 issue).

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Volume 43 Number 31
April 22, 1997

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