11/20/2001, Update NOVEMBER AT PENN - Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 13

Update

NOVEMBER AT PENN

CHANGE

The PPSA Book Group Meeting, initially scheduled for November 21 at the Penn Bookstore, has been moved to November 28, 12:15-1:15 p.m.

EXHIBIT

24 Holiday Garden Railway: A Colonial Christmas; buildings made of natural materials at holiday time; G-scale model trains, holiday lights, colonial décor; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Morris Arboretum. Info.: (215) 247-5777. Also November 25 and December 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, & 26-30 (Arboretum).

FITNESS/LEARNING

30 Open Observatory Night ; talk: The Big Bang, by Chung-Pei Ma, physics & astronomy; non-professional astronomers, children, and adults, encouraged to peek through telescopes; 7:30 p.m.; Flower and Cook Observatory, Malvern. Info.: (215) 898-9597 (Physics & Astronomy).

TALKS

28 Cryptococcus Neoformans: A Pathogen in Black and White; Arturo Casadevall, Montefiore Hospital; noon; CRB (Microbiology; Division for Infectious Disease).

30 Medical Malpractice; Frank Cornett, anesthesia; 9 a.m., 3401 Market Street (Center for Bioethics' Emanuel and Robert Hart Lecture Series).

30 Images of Women as They Appear in Kenyan Oral Narratives; Muigai Wa-Gachanja, Kanyatta University, Kenya; noon-1:30 p.m.; Ben Franklin Rm., Houston Hall (African Studies Center).

Calendar Deadlines: There will be no issue on November 27. The deadline for the following week's Update is November 27. The deadline for the January At Penn calendar is December 4. See www.upenn.edu/calendar/caldead.html for more details.

Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 13, November 20, 2001

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Penn receives over $15.5 million from JDRF and W.W. Smith Trust to establish two centers to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes and its complications

For FY 2001, the Associated Investments Fund, Penn's main investment vehicle, out-performed its benchmark, returning a positive performance.

Penn's paystubs have been redesigned to be more informative and easier to understand.

Penn's Way weekly raffles begin; envelopes must be submitted to Payroll by this Wednesday for the first drawing.

With fall semester classes ending December 10, the Provost reissues the Rules Governing Final Examinations.

Two types of grants are available to faculty to conduct cancer-related research projects; the deadline is January 15 for both.

As the holidays approach, there are special events and performances to attend and there are the annual appeals to donate and contribute to those less fortunate.