ACADEMIC
CALENDAR
5 Family
Weekend. Through October 7.
12 Drop
Period Ends.
12
Fall Term Break. Through October 14.
29 Advance
Registration, Spring Term. Through November 11.
CHILDRENS
ACTIVITIES
2 Story
Hour; 11 a.m.; Penn Bookstore. Also October 9, 16, 23,
& 30 (Bookstore).
6 Childrens
Workshop Fasten-ating" Buttons! Dancing Blankets of the Northwest
Coast Indians; an Anthropologists in the Making program;
ages 8-12 explore Ravens Journey: The World of Alaskas
Native People exhibition; design a button blanket in a workshop.
10 a.m.-noon; University Museum; $5/materials fee. Pre-registration
required: (215) 898-4015 (Museum).
Morris
Arboretum
Info.:
(215) 247-5777, ext. 156 or 125; or
www.upenn.edu/morris.
13 Orienteering
at the Arboretum; ages 8 and up; 10 a.m.- noon; $8; $6/members.
21 The
Truth About Bats; ages 8 and up; learn where and when bats
can be seen in our area and about their many beneficial characteristics;
1-3 p.m.; $10; $8/members.
27 KYW
Halloween Spook-tacular; ghosts and goblins of all ages can
join in a costume parade through the garden and enjoy the music
and "not-so-scary" stories of local entertainer Ed Stivender;
discount on admission with costumes; 1-3 p.m. (Arboretum; KYW).
CONFERENCES
6 Egypt
Revealed: Reports from the 2001 Excavation Season; world-renowned
Egyptologists report on their most recent excavation work.Including
Drs. Zahi Hawass, Kent Weeks, Mark Lehner, Salima Ikram, and UPMs
Egyptian Section Curator-in-Charge David Silverman. Find out how
recent discoveries at The Valley of the Golden Mummies, The Lost
Tombs of the Sons of Ramesses II, The Village of the Pyramid Workers,
and The Royal Cemetery of King Teti are changing what we know
and think about the ancient Egyptians. 9 a.m.; $195. Info./registration:
(773) 549-2852 or www.sevenwonderstravel. com. Also October
7 (Seven Wonders Travel; University Museum).
20 Substance
Abuse; lecture series by senior clinicians from the Center
for Cognitive Therapy; 9 a.m.-noon; $65; info.: (215) 898-4106
(Center for Cognitive Therapy).
EXHIBITS
Admission
Donations and Hours
Arthur
Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library: free, Tues.-Fri.,
10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. & Sun., noon-5 p.m.
Burrison
Gallery, Faculty Club, Inn at Penn: free, Mon.-Fri, 8 a.m.-6
p.m.
Charles
Addams Gallery: free, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Esther
Klein Gallery, 3600 Market: free, Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Institute
of Contemporary Art: $3, $2/students, artists, seniors, free/members,
children under 12, with PENNCard, and on Sundays 11 a.m.-1 p.m.;
open: Wed.-Fri., noon-8 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Kelly
Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk: See www.english.upenn.edu/~wh/.
Kroiz
Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Bldg., 220 South 34th St.: Mon-Fri.,
10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Morris
Arboretum: $6, $5/seniors, $4/students, free with PENNCard,
children under 6; Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Wed. & Thurs.
10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Rosenwald
Gallery, 6th fl., Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center. See www.library.
upenn.edu/ services/hours/hours.html.
University
Museum: $5, $2.50/seniors and students w/ID, free/members,
with PENNCard, children under 6; Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,
Sunday (free), 1-5 p.m.
Upcoming
1 Hidden
in Plain Sight: Musical Treasures in the Penn Library; opening
reception: November 9. Kamin Gallery, 1st fl., Van Pelt-Dietrich
Library. Through December 31.
2 Zola
and the Dreyfus Affair: Intellectuals and the Struggle for Social
Justice; opening reception: 5:30-7:30 p.m.; with presentations
by Lorraine Beitler; Martine Le Blond-Zola, great-granddaughter
of Emile Zola. Rosenwald Gallery, 6th fl., Van-Pelt Library. Through
December 3 (Beitler Family Foundation; Penn Library).
16 Fine
Arts Drawing Show; features representational, abstract and
conceptual work of graduate and undergraduate fine arts students.
Charles Addams Gallery (Fine Arts).
20 Modern
Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan; features Mongolian cultural
treasures from the National Museum of Mongolian History, Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia. Life-size dioramas, photographs, films reconstruct 20th
c. Mongolian life. Opening reception: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 2nd fl.,
Dietrich Gallery, University Museum. Through July 2002. See
Special Events.
MUSEUMS
MONGOLIAN TREASURES
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MUSEUMS
MONGOLIAN TREASURES
Above,
from left to right:
Halh
woman's hand-embroidered leather boots;
Classic
saddle for everyday use;
a
Halh married woman's summer deel and long vest from the
early 20th century;
Halh
man's summer deel and vest, early 20th century;
part
of a married Halh woman's headdress from the early 20th
century.
See
Exhibits and Special
Events.
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Now
Gerard
DiFalco: Retrospective 1988-2001-- Madrid Dreams, Strega Myths;
art work in mixed media: oil, watercolor and acrylic; vibrant,
surreal cityscapes capped on both ends by the memorials to two
Cuban artists: poet Nelson Blanco and pianist Antonio Carbonel.
Kelly Writers House Art Gallery. Through October 6.
Undergraduate
Faculty Exhibition; showcase of undergraduate fine
arts faculty work. Charles Addams Gallery. Through September
30 (GSFA).
Garden
Railway; designed by landscape architect Paul Busse; large-gauge
model trains wind their way through a garden of models of 34 historic
Philadelphia areas buildings including Independence Hall. New
this year--Great Lighthouses; display uses natural materials
to construct the buildings. Morris Arboretum. Through October
8.
Tremain
Smith: In the Presence of Spirits; West Philadelphia artists
abstract works incorporate collage, found objects, and wax. Esther
Klein Art Gallery. Through November 2.
Rudi
Gernreich: Fashion Will Go Out of Fashion; best known for
the "monokini" topless swimsuit and credited with liberating
women from clothes that constrained the body. Pieces from collections
in LA NY, Philadelphia and private collectors and dealers. ICA.
Through November 11.
Travels
in the Labyrinth--Mexican Art in the Pollak Collection; works
by 46 Mexican artists born between 1871-1940; Arthur Ross Gallery.
Through December 9 (Provosts Spotlight Series).
Ongoing
Ancient
Greek World; Canaan & Ancient Israel; Living in Balance:
Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo & Apache; Ancient Mesopotamia:
Royal Tombs of Ur; The Egyptian Mummy: Secrets & Science;
Ravens Journey: World of Alaskas Native People;
Buddhism: History & Diversity of a Great Tradition; University
Museum.
Healing
Plants: Medicine Across Time and Cultures; Morris Arboretum.
University
Museum Tours
Meet at the main entrance; 1:30 p.m. Free with Museum admission
donation. Info: www.upenn.edu/museum.
6 Ancient
Egypt. Also October 28.
13 Mesoamerica.
14 The
Classical World.
20 Modern
Mongolia. Also October 21.
27 China.
13 Storm
Over Asia; 1928 silent film; V.I. Pudovkin, director; accompanied
by live music by Yat-Kha; 8 p.m.; International House;
$15 (International House).
22 Big;
starring Tom Hanks; 4 p.m.; Film Viewing Center, 4th fl, Van Pelt-Dietrich
Library Center. Also October 23, 6 p.m. (Van Pelt-Deitrich
Library).
22
Dave; starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver; 6 p.m.;
Film Viewing Center, 4th fl, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center.
Also October 23, 4 p.m. (Van Pelt-Dietrich Library).
25 1996
Was a Good Year For Tourism; part of The Other Israel:
Documentary Film Series; 7 p.m.; Carolyn Hoff-Lynch Rm., Chemistry
Bldg. (Jewish Studies Program).
FITNESS/LEARNING
Jazzercise;
5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tuesday
and Thursday; Newman Center; first class free; $4.50/class,
$3.50/students; Carolyn Hamilton, (215) 662-3293 (days) or (610)
446-1983 (evenings).
2
Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Program; 5:30-8:30 p.m.;
for women only; Offers no-nonsense, practical techniques of
defense and dynamic hands-on training; All students receive
a lifetime free return and practice session; Pre-registration
required: (215) 898-4481; Also October 9, 16, 22, 29 and
November 5, 12. (Penn Police Dept).
6
Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Program; 9 a.m.-3 p.m.;
for women only; Offers no-nonsense, practical techniques of
defense and dynamic hands-on training; All students receive
a lifetime free return and practice session; Pre-registration
required: (215) 898-4481; Also October 20, 27 and November
10, 17. (Penn Police Dept).
4 Where
Will My Older Relative Live?; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; rm. 311,
Houston Hall; registration: www.hr.upenn.edu/quality/workshop.asp
(Quality of Life Workshops).
6 Heating
and Cooling; how to avoid costly winter heating bills; 10
a.m.- noon.; University City District, 3940 Chestnut St.; $5/UCHS
members, $10/others (University City District).
8 Strictly
Speaking: Toastmasters Meeting; public speaking; 6:30
p.m.; Penn Bookstore. Also October 22 (Bookstore).
13 Philadelphia
Cares Day; volunteers go to Philadelphia public schools
and paint murals and hallways, landscape school yards, whitewash
graffiti. Info.: (215) 898-2020 or sammmapp@
pobox.upenn.edu (Penn VIPS).
16 The
Insiders Guide to Graduate Education at Penn; a program
with first-hand advice for first and second year Ph.D. students;
4-5:30 p.m.; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall (Career Services).
18 Handling
the Job of Customer Service; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; Rm. 223,
Houston Hall; details and registration: www.hr.upenn.edu/quality/workshop.asp
(Quality of Life Workshops).
ESL
Evening Courses
6-8:30
p.m.; Bennett Hall. Registration: $15/academic year, by October
23. Info.: www.sas.upenn.edu/elp
or (215) 898-8681.
Courses
for Elementary Levels
30 Conversation
Practice; Tuesdays; $265. Through December 11.
Courses
for Intermediate & Advanced
Levels
29 Written
Communication Practice; Mondays; $265. Through December
10.
29TOEFL/TWE
Preparation; Mondays & Wednesdays; $530. Through
December 12.
30 Conversational
Interactions; Tuesdays; $265. Through December 11.
30
Pronunciation Improvement; Tuesdays; $265. Through
December 11.
31 Business
Writing; Wednesdays; $265. Through December 12.
Kelly
Writers House
3805
Locust Walk. Info.: (215) 573-WRIT, wh@english.upenn.edu
or www.english.upenn.edu/~wh.
1 Penn
& Pencil Club; creative writing group for faculty and
staff; 5:15 p.m.; room 202.
3 How
to Write Memoir, and a few words about How to Read It; Mickey
Pearlman, author; one of her memoir essays appears in the recently
published book, Father: famous writers celebrate the bond
between father and child. 6-8 p.m.
3 Manuck!
Manuck!; share and discuss fiction written by members; 7:30
p.m.; room 209. Info.: follinge@sas.upenn.edu.
Also October 17 & 31.
4 Philosophy
Circle; 8 p.m.; room 209. Info.: ganders@wharton.upenn.edu.
Also October 11, 18 & 25.
5 Suppose
An Eyes: A Poetry Working Group; 4 p.m.; room 209. Also
October 19.
9 Nonfiction
Writers Workshop; for non-fiction writers who have been
published or are serious about trying; 5:30-7 p.m.; room 202.
Info.: auersylvia@ aol.com.
Also October 23 & 30.
9 Workshop
and conversation with John Timpane; author of Poetry
for Dummies, and Commentary Page editor for the Philadelphia
Inquirer 6 p.m.
15 Pew
Fellowships in the Arts: Information Meeting; 2001 guidelines
and applications 3-4:30 p.m.
16 Talking
Film / Hollywood Club: James Sadwith Visits; Jim
Sadwith, writer, director and producer of television drama for
20 years; his work was nominated for over 21 Emmy Awards and
Golden Globes; 7 p.m.
18 Writing/Translating
Poetry; talk will be in English; Jacques Darras, University
of PicardieParis, France, on his translation of British
and American poetry with specific examples; with Bob Perelman
and Jean-Michel Rabate, English; 4-6 p.m. (French Institute).
23 Theorizing
in Particular: Approaches to Cultural Interpretation; presents
Juliet Flower MacCannell, UC- Berkeley; 6:30 p.m.; Arts Café.
29 Theorizing
in Particular: Approaches to Cultural Interpretation; presents
Rich Doyle, Penn State; 6:30 p.m.; Arts Café. Info.:
adlevy@english.upenn.edu.
Morris
Arboretum
Info.:
(215) 247-5777, ext. 156 or 125; or www.upenn.edu/morris.
3 Mapping
and Site Analysis; 7-9 p.m.; $88; $80/members. Also October,
10, 17 & 24.
4 Landscape
Design Studio; 7-9:30 p.m.; $180; $162/members (cost includes
a textbook on home landscape design). Also October 11, 18
& 25 and November 1, 8 & 15.
6 Bewitching
Begonias; 10 a.m.- noon; $22; $20/members.
9 Fall
Highlights of the Morris Arboretums Plant Collections;
slide lecture followed by a plant walk; 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m.;
$90; $80/members. Also October 23 and November 6.
9 Landscaping
for Birds and Butterflies with Native Plants; 7-8:30 p.m.;
$22; $20/members.
10 Herbal
Alternatives to Winter Woes; 7-9 p.m.; $27; $25/members.
15 Healing
Plants: Discover Homeopathy; 7-9 p.m.; $22; $20/members.
20 Tree
Identification and Appreciation: Conifers; three-session
course; 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $82; $75/members. Also October
27 and November 3.
22 Healing
Plants for Womens Health; Chinese herbology remedies;
7-9 p.m.; $22; $20/members.
24 Woody
Plant Propagation; 7-9 p.m.; $55; $50/members. Also October
27, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
25 Pruning
Deciduous Trees; morning: lecture and demonstration; afternoon:
supervised, hands-on pruning. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $45/morning only:
9 a.m.-12 noon; 85/all day: including lunch. Rain date: October
26.
25Pruning
for the Homeowner; 7-9 p.m.; $50; $45 /members. Also
October 27, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
27 Herbal
First Aid; 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; $44; $40/members.
30 Practical
Rigging for Arborists; three-day workshop; bring a hard
hat with chin strap; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; $230/includes lunch.
Also October 31 and November 1.
30
Dried Flower Arranging; 7-9:30 p.m.; $38; $34/members.
Online
Computer Classes
Info:
800-288-8221, www.tts.isc.upenn.edu.
9 JavaScript
Fundamentals; 6-9:30 p.m.; Tuesdays & Thursdays; $855.
Through October 23.
15 Fireworks
Introduction; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Mondays & Wednesdays;$570.
Through October 24.
MEETINGS
10 A-3
General Assembly; noon-1 p.m.; Terrace Room, Logan Hall.
17 University
Council; 4-6 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. Info.: (215)
898-7005.
SITAR-RY
NIGHT
20 year
old Anoushka Shankar will make magic with her sitar October
13. See Music.
MUSIC
4 Arpeggio
Jazz & Music Ensemble; 5-7 p.m.; 36th St. Plaza. Also
October 11, 18 & 25 (Penn Bookstore).
7 Steve
Gillette & Cindy Mangsen; folk singer-songwriters; 7:30
p.m.; St. Marys Church; $12/advance; $15/door (St. Marys
Church).
11 Songwriters
Round Robin; singer-songwriter Gina Scipione with others;
8-10 p.m.; Philadelphia Cathedral Chapel; $5 (Philadelphia Cathedral).
28 Paddy
Keenan; Irish traditional music; 7:30 p.m.; St. Marys
Church; $13/advance; $16/door (Cherry Tree Music Co-op).
Penn
Presents
8
p.m.; Info./tickets (215) 898-6701 or www.PENNPresents.org.
13 Anoushka
Shankar; sitar player and daughter of Ravi Shankar, sitar
virtuoso and composer; with Tanmoy Bose and Bokram Ghosh, tanpura
players. Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; $29; $23; $19 (WYBE).
24 Wynton
Marsalis Septet; featuring Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis;
Herlin Riley, drums; Rodney Whitaker, bass; Wess Anderson, reeds;
Victor Goines, reeds; Wycliffe Gordon, trombone; Zellerbach Theatre,
Annenberg Center; $49; $45; $37 (WRTI-FM; Inn at Penn).
26 Marcus
Roberts: Rags to Rhythm; jazz pianist and composer performs
with his trio; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; $34; $29;
$24. (WRTI-FM).
27 Russian
State Symphony Orchestra; Valery Polyansky, conductor; Valentina
Listsa, Fazil Say, piano soloists; 8 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium;
$40; $35; $30 (WYBE).
MORE
MUSICAL NOTES THIS MONTH
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Marcus
Roberts, (top, left) jazz pianist and composer performs
an original suite of music with his trio on October 26.
Conductor
and music director Valery Polyansky (bottom, left) leads
the Russian State Symphony Orchestra in a festival of Russian
piano music on October 27. As part of the 2001-2001 PENNPresents
at Annenberg Center, Wynton Marsalis (below), winner of
the Pulitzer Prize for Music, brings his septet to Zellerbach
Theatre on October 24.
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ON
STAGE
Penn
Presents
7:30
p.m., Info.: (215) 898-6701 or
www.PENNPresents.org.
18 Hubbard
Street Dance Chicago; featuring a new program by Ohad Naharin
including "Minus 16" an ensemble piece set to traditional
music, techno and hits of Dean Martin; Zellerbach Theatre,
Annenberg Center; $35; $33; $31. Also October 19, 8 p.m.;
and October 20, 2 & 8 p.m.
23 The
Perks Dance Music Theatre; under the direction of Rebecca
Stenn, Perks Dance Music Theatre brings athletic dance styles
to the stage; Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; $28. Also
October 24 & 25, 7:30 p.m.
READINGS/SIGNINGS
10 H.W.
Brands; book signing and discussion on Everything You
Always Wanted to Ask About Ben Franklin; 5:30-7 p.m.;
Rosenwald Gallery, Annenberg Rarebook and Manuscript Library,
Van Pelt -Dietrich Library; Info.: 1-800-390-1829, (Library)
Penn
Bookstore
Info.:
(215) 898-5965
1 Richard
Montauk, J.D.; How to Get into the Top Law Schools;
noon
3 Carl
Zimmer; Evolution, The Triumph of An Era; noon
4 Ralph
& Gerald Faris; Living in the Dead Zone: Janis
Joplin and Jim Morrison, Understanding Borderline Personality
Disorder; noon
4 Mark
Crispin Miller; The Bush Dyslexicon, Observations of
a National Disorder; 2 p.m.
9 Karen
Quinones Miller; Satin Doll; noon.
11 Slim
Lambright; The Just Us Girls; noon.
15 Pat
Croce; 110%: 110 Strategies for Feeling Great Every
Day; time TBA.
18 Jennifer
Egan; Look at Me; time TBA.
25 Solomon
Jones; Pipe Dreams; noon
30 The
Etiquette Girls; Things You Need to Know; noon
30
Wendy Kopp; One Day All Children; 2 p.m.
Kelly
Writers House
3805
Locust Walk. Info.: (215) 573-WRIT, wh@english.upenn.edu
or www.english.upenn.edu/~wh.
1 Live
at the Writers House; a one-hour word and music radio
show taping; 8 p.m. Airs October 7, 11 p.m. on WXPN, 88.5
FM.
10 Speakeasy:
Poetry, Prose, and Anything Goes; an open mic performance
night. 8 p.m. Also October 24.
11 Night
of Flamenco; group reading, poetry, music and dance; 7
p.m. See Special Events (Greenfield
Intercultural Center, La Casa Latina).
17 PhillyTalks-19;
reading and discussion featuring Allen Fisher, London, England;
and Karen Mac Cormack, Toronto, Canada; hosted by Matthew
Hart, English; 6 p.m.
19 Suppose
An Eyes: A Poetry Working Group; 4 p.m.; room 209.
20 Laughing
Hermit Series; 4 p.m.
24 Poet
Jay Wright; hosted by the Creative Writing program; 5
p.m.
25 Material
Poetics: Book Art & Printed Matter; reading and symposium
featuring the work of Johanna Drucker and Charles Alexander.
5 p.m. (University of the Arts; Singing Horse Press; Kelly
Writers House).
27 Celebration
of Gil Ott; remembrances of the Philadelphia poet Gil
Ott, and the release of The Form of Our Uncertainty
(2001, Chax Press), edited by Kristen Gallagher; 4 p.m.
30 Cid
Corman Reading Group; 4:30 p.m.; room 202.
30
Program featuring Geoffrey Hartman; from Yale; 7 p.m.
(Kelly Writers House; Center for Judaic Studies; CAS Pilot
Curriculum).
RELIGION
25 Orthodox
Vespers for the Feast of St. Demetrios of Thessalonika; 6
p.m.; St. Bede Chapel, Newman Hall (Orthodox Christian Fellowship
at Penn).
SPECIAL
EVENTS
3 Faculty
Club Open House; 4-6 p.m.; Faculty Club, Inn at Penn (Faculty
Club).
4 SPEC
Crafts Fair; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Locust Walk. Info.: spec@dolphin.upenn.edu.
Also October 5 (SPEC).
7 Fall
Family Festival; make your own scarecrow ($10); paint a pumpkin
($1.50-$2); sample varieties of apples ($0.25); entertainment
by the Mystery Juggling Company; a cappella group, the
Philadelphia Revels; 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.; Morris Arboretum.
Info.: (215) 247-5777, ext. 156 or 125 (Arboretum).
11 Night
of the Flamenco; part of Hispanic Heritage Month; readings
of Southern Spanish & Andalusian poetry connected to flamenco;
live flamenco performance by Fiesta Flamenco; 7
p.m.; Writers House. Info.: wh@english.
upenn.edu (GIC; La Casa Latina; Writers
House).
13 Freemans
Roadshow; 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; appraisals/seminars --10 a.m., 11:15
a.m., 12:30 p.m. & 2:15 p.m.; appraisals--Hall of Flags, Houston
Hall; seminars-- auditorium, Houston Hall; $10/with reservation;
$15/at the door. Reservations/info.: (215) 627-2300 (Penn Alumni
Club; Faculty Club; Wharton Alumni Club).
17 Small
Lunch with American Author Dorothy Allison; 12:30-2 p.m.;
Kelly Writers House. RSVP/Info.: (215) 573-WRIT, wh@english.upenn.edu
or www.english.upenn.edu/~wh.
See Talks, reverse (Womens Studies; Writers House).
20 Penn
Family Day; day-long celebration for Penn employees and their
families; Tailgate Party & Childrens Activities--
11 a.m.-noon; Franklin Field; Penn Family Activities--11
a.m.-4 p.m.; Museum; Penn vs. Yale football--noon; Franklin
Field; free/faculty & staff; $2/person. Info.: www.hr.upenn.edu/quality/staffrecognition/familyday.asp
(Human Resources).
20
Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan; celebrate the
opening of this all-new exhibit with authentic Mongolian dance
performances, throat singing, childrens workshops and more.
11 a.m.-4 p.m. University Museum. Info.: (215) 898-4890. See
Exhibits (Museum).
25 Wine
Tasting Wines of Antiquity: A Mongolian Feast; an evening
of Mongolian-inspired food, wines from around the world, music
and more, celebrating the opening of Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming
Genghis Khan 6:30 p.m. University Museum; $45; $35/advance;
$30/members. Info.: (215) 898-5093 (Young Friends of the University
of Pennsylvania Museum).
SPORTS
Tickets
for football games $10, $5 seniors/children, free with PENNCard.
Call ticket office (215) 898-6151. See www.upenn.edu/athletics.
4 Field
Hockey vs. La Salle; 7 p.m.
5 Sprint
Football vs. Princeton; 7:30 p.m
6 (M)
Soccer vs. Cornell; noon.
6
(W) Soccer vs. Cornell; 2:30 p.m.
6
Football vs. Holy Cross; 12:30 p.m.
7 Field
Hockey vs. Cornell; noon.
10 (M)
Soccer vs. Philadelphia University; 3:30 p.m.
12 Volleyball
vs. Columbia; 7 p.m.
13 Volleyball
vs. Cornell; 4 p.m.
13
Lightweight Rowing--Navy Day Regatta; All Day.
13
Heavyweight Rowing--Navy Day Regatta; All Day.
13
(W) Rowing--Navy Day Regatta; All Day.
17 Field
Hockey vs. Georgetown; 7 p.m.
19 Volleyball
vs. Yale; 7 p.m.
19
(M) Tennis, Penn Classic; All Day.
20 Volleyball
vs. Brown; 4 p.m.
20(W)
Soccer vs. Yale; noon.
20
Football vs. Yale; noon.
20
(M) Soccer vs. Yale; 2:30 p.m.
20Field
Hockey vs. Yale; 6 p.m.
20(M)
Tennis-Penn Classic; All Day.
21 (M)
Tennis-Penn Classic; All Day.
23 (M)
Soccer vs. Rutgers; 2:30 p.m.
26 Sprint
Football vs. Cornell; 7:30 p.m.
27 Lightweight
Rowing--Head of the Schuylkill; All Day.
27
Heavyweight Rowing--Head of the Schuylkill; All Day.
27(W)
Rowing--Head of the Schuylkill; All Day.
TALKS
Monday,
October 1
Molecular
Control of Smooth Muscle Differentiation During Vascular Development
and Following Vessel Injury; Gary K. Owens, University of
Virginia; 4-5 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Institute for
Human Gene Therapy [IHGT]).
Tuesday,
October 2
A
New Model for Metastasis Based upon Direct Observation of Tumor
Cells in the Lung; Ruth J. Muschel, pathology & laboratory
medicine; noon; 2nd fl conference room, Vagelos Research Laboratories
(IME).
Use
of Site-Specific Recombinases to Explore Glucose Homeostatic
Mechanisms in the Mouse; Mark A. Magnuson, Vanderbilt University
Medical Center; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry
& Biophysics).
Avid
and Protool: Composing New Music for the New Hollywood;
Paul Chihara, UCLA; 5 p.m.; rm. 302, Music Bldg. (Music).
Discovering
the Sacred LinkThe Way of the Himalayan Masters; Pandit
Rajmani Tigunait, Himalayan Institute; 7 p.m.; University
Museum; $15/advance; $20/door. Tickets/info.: 1-800-822-4547
or www.himalayaninstitute.org (University Museum; Himalayan
Institute).
Wednesday,
October 3
Cellular
and Viral Factors Involved in the Assembly of Influenza A Virus;
Christopher Broder, Uniformed Services University; noon; auditorium,
CRB (Microbiology).
George
Nick Slide Lecture; George Nick, painter; 5 p.m.; rm. B-3,
Meyerson Hall (Fine Arts).
Thursday,
October 4
The
Growing Gulf Between Men and Women; Andrew Hacker, scholar
of race and contributor to the New York Review of
Books; 4 p.m.; rm. 17, Logan Hall (Sociology).
Friday,
October 5
Ownership
and the Quality of Chronic Kidney Disease Care; Neil Powe,
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute; noon-1:30 p.m.; auditorium,
Colonial Penn Center (LDI Research Seminar Series).
Science
and Sustainable Practice; Gilman Veith, EPA, National Health
and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory; 12:15-1:45 p.m.;
Auditorium, Wistar (Institute for Environmental Studies [IES]).
Disturbing
Beauty: John Singer Sargents Construction of the Feminine;
Susan Sidlauskas, history of art; 3 p.m.; Rich Seminar Rm. 201,
Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).
Merchants
of Health: American Medicine and the Rise of Modern Consumer
Culture; Nancy Tomes, SUNY Stony Brook; 4:15 p.m.; rm. 337,
Logan Hall (History & Sociology of Science).
Monday,
October 8
Genetic
Manipulation of the Derdritic Cell- T Cell Interaction;
Drew M. Pardoll, Johns Hopkins University; 4-5 p.m.; Austrian
Auditorium, CRB (IGHT).
TBA;
Vinh-Kim Nguyen, Montreal General Hospital; 4:15 p.m.; rm. 337,
Logan Hall (History & Sociology of Science).
Sherman
Fleming Slide Lecture; Sherman Fleming, performance artist;
5 p.m.; rm. B-3, Meyerson Hall (Fine Arts).
Tuesday,
October 9
Use
of Metabolic Engineering to Define New Therapeutic Strategies
for Diabetes; Christopher B. Newgard, University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB
(Biochemistry & Biophysics).
IME
Biophysics Workshop; noon- 4 p.m.; details TBA; (IME
Interdisciplinary Seminar Series).
Wednesday,
October 10
Membrane
Fusion and Poration in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases;
Joshua Zimmerberg, NIH; noon-1 p.m.; JMB Reunion Hall (Microbiology).
Max
Weber Meets the Belmont Report: Toward a Sociological Account
of Principalism; John Evans, UCLA; noon-1:30 p.m.; suite
320, Center for Bioethics (Center for Bioethics).
The
Anatomy of Infidelity: Structures of Error Prone and Accurate
DNA Polymerases; Thomas E. Ellenberger, Harvard Medical
School; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute
(Wistar).
Thursday,
October 11
Making
Policy at the Federal Reserve; Anthony Santomero, Federal
Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; 4:30-6 p.m.; rm. 351, Steinberg
Hall-Dietrich Hall (Wharton Business & Public Policy).
Monday,
October 15
Modeling
and Optimization in Protein and Metabolic Engineering; Costas
D. Maranas, Penn State University; 3:30-4:30 p.m.; rm. 337,
Towne Bldg. (Chemical Engineering).
Facing
Loss: Laws of Mourning in Jewish Law; Moshe Halbertal,
Hebrew University; 4 p.m.; rm. 240-A, Silverman Hall (Law
School).
Identification
and Targeting of Cancer Stem Cells; Michael F. Clarke, University
of Michigan Medical Center; 4-5 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB
(IGHT).
William
Pulteney Alison and the Domain of Public Health; Christopher
Hamlin, University of Notre Dame; 4:15 p.m.; rm. 337, Logan
Hall (History & Sociology of Science).
Thomas
Chimes Slide Lecture; Thomas Chimes, painter; 5 p.m.; rm.
B-3, Meyerson Hall (Fine Arts).
Tuesday,
October 16
A
Role for mTOR in Insulin and Amino Acid Signaling in Beta-cell
Transcription and Translation; Michael McDaniel, Washington
University School of Medicine; noon; Austrian Auditorium,
CRB (Biochemistry & Biophysics).
Sub-Cellular
Immunotargeting of Therapeutic Cargoes to Endothelial Cells;
Vladimir R. Muzykantov, pharmacy; noon; 2nd fl conference room,
Vagelos Research Laboratories (IME; Bioengineering).
Black
Voice, White Voice: Crossing Over in Jazz; Elaine Hayes,
GSFA; 5 p.m.; rm. 302, Music Bldg. (Music).
Wednesday,
October 17
Working
From the Outside: Intracellular Growth of Legionella
Pneumophila within Macrophages; Ralph Isberg, Tufts University
Medical School; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Microbiology).
Before
Burial: Death and Law; Moshe Halbertal, Hebrew University;
4 p.m.; rm. 240-A, Silverman Hall (Law School).
Repression
by Nuclear Hormone Receptors; Mitchell A. Lazar, Medicine;
4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).
Woodrow
Wilson; Bruce Kuklick, history; 4-5:30 p.m.; Rm. 200, College
Hall, (History).
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Conversations
with Dorothy Allison; author of Bastard Out of Carolina;
4:30 p.m.; rm. 17, Logan Hall. See
Special Events (Judith Berkowitz Endowed Lecture
in Womens Studies). |
Celestial
Catastrophies in Human Prehistory; Anthony L. Peratt, Los
Alamos National Laboratory; Charles Alcock, astronomy &
astrophysics; Harold Dibble, anthropology; Robert Giegengack,
earth and environmental science; Jeremy A. Sabloff, University
Museum; 6-7:30 p.m. University Museum; registration required.
Optional reception follows: $20/person. Info.: (215) 898-4890
(IES; University Museum; Center for Ancient Studies).
Thursday,
October 18
Algerian/World
History and Population Studies; Matthew Connelly, Columbia
University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History).
Large City Planning Directors Symposium; directors
of city planning: Elizabeth Blume, Cincinnati; Michael Dobbin,
Atlanta; Maxine Griffith, Philadelphia; and Todd Bressi,
executive director, Places; 6 p.m.; rm. B-3, Meyerson Hall (GSFA).
Friday,
October 19
Re-investigating
Akkadian Glyptic Art; Yelena Rakic, history of art; 3 p.m.;
Rich Seminar Rm., Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).
Shahzia
Sikander Slide Lecture; Shahzia Sikander, painter; 5 p.m.;
rm. B-3, Meyerson Hall (Fine Arts).
Monday,
October 22
Pharmacogenetics:
Trials in a Drug Therapy Revolution; Oonagh Corrigan, Goldsmiths
College; noon-1:30 p.m.; suite 320, Center for Bioethics (Center
for Bioethics).
Isobutane
Conversion over Metal Alloy and Acidic Catalysts; James
A. Dumesic, University of Wisconsin at Madison; 3:30-4:30 p.m.;
rm. 337, Towne Bldg. (Chemical Engineering).
Strategies
to Enhance the Oncolytic Effect of Replicating Adenoviral Vectors;
John G. Hays, NYU School of Medicine; 4-5 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium,
CRB (IGHT).
Responsibility,
Republicanism, and the Insanity Defense in Eighteenth-Century
Hamburg; Mary Lindermann, Carnegie Mellon University; 4:15
p.m.; rm. 337, Logan Hall (History & Sociology of Science).
Something
Else Politics; Craig Saper, University of the Arts, on the
Fluxus movement; 4:30 p.m.; Kelly Writers House (Writers House).
Chris
Sullivan Media Presentation/Slide Lecture; Chris Sullivan,
animator; 5 p.m.; rm. B-3, Meyerson Hall (Fine Arts).
Tuesday,
October 23
RNA
Dominance in Neuromuscular Disease; Maurice S. Swanson,
University of Florida; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry
& Biophysics).
Research
on Genetics, Biorisks and Society at the University of Nottingham;
Robert Dingwall, University of Nottingham; noon-1:30 p.m.; suite
320, Center for Bioethics (Center for Bioethics).
Shaker
is a Stretch Channel? Calcium Channels are Stretch Channels?
Whats Going On?; Catherine E. Morris, University
of Ottawa; noon; 2nd fl conference rm., Vagelos Research Laboratories
(IME).
Bridging
Two Worlds: Technology at Penn; Louis P. Berneman, Center
for Technology Transfer Program; 1 p.m.; Faculty Club, Inn at
Penn (Womens Club).
The
Development of Transgenic Mouse Models to Study the Pathogenesis
of Brain Tumors; Mark A. Israel, Dart-mouth Medical School;
4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).
Discussion
of Donald Martino Compositions; Donald Martino, Harvard
University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 302, Music Bldg. (Music).
Wednesday,
October 24
Kaposis
Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus and Episome Persistence;
Malcolm Martin, NIH; noon; auditorium, CRB (Center for AIDS
Research).
Platelet
Membrane GP IIb-IIIa in Thrombosis, Signaling and Inflammation;
David R. Phillips, COR Therapeutics, Inc.; noon; rm. M-100,
John Morgan Bldg. (IME; Thrombosis/Cardiovascular Biology Seminar
Series).
Thursday,
October 25
TBA;
Edward G. Rendell; 4:30 p.m.; Levy Conference Room, Silverman
Hall (Law School).
Whats
the Big Deal About the Big Bang?; Chung-Pei, Michele Ma,
astronomy; 7 p.m.; Newman Hall (Orthodox Christian Fellowship
at Penn).
Friday,
October 26
When
You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It! The Radon Issue;
Bill Belanger, EPA, Air Protection Division; 12:15-1:45 p.m.;
Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (IES).
TBA;
Claudia Gould, ICA; 3 p.m.; Rich Seminar Rm. 201, Jaffe
Bldg. (History of Art).
Monday,
October 29
Dendritic
Cell and Exosome-based Imunotherapy of Cancer; Laurence
Zitvogel, Institute Gustav Roussy; 4-5 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium,
CRB (IGHT).
New
Light on Lighting: The Role of the Lumen in the Evolution of
the Lighting Industry; Leslie S. Levine, Fusion Lighting
Inc.; 4:15 p.m.; rm. 337, Logan Hall (History & Sociology
of Science).
Marta
Chilindron Slide Lecture; Marta Chilindron, sculptor; 5
p.m.; rm. B-1, Meyerson Hall (Fine Arts).
Tuesday,
October 30
Intramembranous
Proteolysis of Notch and APP and the Genesis of Alzheimers
Disease; Dennis J. Selkoe, Harvard Medical School; noon;
Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry & Biophysics).
Polyphony
and Sacred History of Gabriel Sagards Histoire du Canada
(1636); Olivia Bloechl, graduate student, GSFA; Du Jazz
Hot lá créole: Josephine Baker Sings Offenbach;
Andrew Fry, Oxford; 5 p.m.; rm. 302, Music Bldg. (Music).
Wednesday,
October 31
Using
Mouse Genetics to Prove Host-Virus Interactions; Judy Lieberman,
Harvard Medical School; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Center
for AIDS Research).