11/19/02, Update - Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 13

Update
NOVEMBER AT PENN

Stones In His Pockets

Bronson Pinchot (left) and Tim Ruddy portray 15 different characters on a film location in the Tony Award nominated play, Stones In His Pockets, by Marie Jones. The play has won London's Oliver Award and the Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy. Set in an Irish village in County Kerry where a Hollywood film is being shot, Stones In His Pockets makes its Philadelphia Premiere on November 21, at Annenberg Center's Zellerbach Theatre and runs through December 1.

For tickets: (215) 898-3900 or on line at www.pennpresents.org. Discounts are available for seniors, students, groups and Penn faculty, staff and alumni.

MEETINGS

21 Weekly-Paid Professional Staff Assembly; noon; Terrace Room, Logan Hall.

READINGS/SIGNINGS

21 Jonathan Santlofer; The Death Artist; 6 p.m.; ICA (ICA).

23 Montpelier Roundtable: A Reading by Faculty and Philly-area Grads of the Vermont College MFA in Poetry Program; Richard Jackson; Natasha Saje; Christopher Birsk; Barb Daniels; Aaren Perry; Lynn Levin; Ron Mohring; 4 p.m.; Kelly Writers House (Writers House).

TALKS

20 Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor: a Lipophorin in Health and Disease; Vassilios Papadopoulos, Georgetown University; noon; rm. 252, BRB II/III (CRRWH Seminar Series).

21 Evaluating HIV-1 Entry and Antibody Neutralization Using Recombinant Viruses that Express Envelope Proteins Derived from Patient Viruses; Chris Petropoulos, ViroLogic, Inc.; 12:30 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III (Penn Center for AIDS Research).

A Crisis in German-American Relations?; Bernhard von der Planitz, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany; 4 p.m.; rm. G60, Huntsman Hall (Germanic Languages; Political Science).

26 Scientific Opportunities for International Collaborative Research; Lois Cohen, NIH; 3 p.m.; Auditorium, School of Nursing (Nursing).

Deadlines: The deadline for the January AT PENN calendar is December 3. For submission information, see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead.html.

Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 13, November 19, 2002

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
November 19, 2002
Volume 49 Number 13
www.upenn.edu/almanac/

The President and Provost's much anticipated report on Gender Equity.

GSE has two new masters degree programs for education researchers.

A round of applause for Penn's alumni magazine which has been around 100 years.

An endowed chair named for one historian is filled by another historian.

It is time to sign up for an opportunity to address Council's Open Forum.

The Provost reminds faculty about the rules governing final examinations.

Speaking Out on this fall's favorite topics: Fall Break and Sidewalk Safety.

Thanksgiving Break, a time for special residential checks and safety tips.

A Tony Award nominated play set in an Irish village comes to campus.

Honors abound for faculty and staff as well as departments.