Update

January AT PENN

EXHIBITS

Now

Art & Community II: Southwest Community Enrichment Center (SCEC); works by neighbors of the SCEC; Esther Klein Gallery. Through March 7.

In Passing; photos by Heather Grossman (Greece/Turkey) and John Henry Rice (India/Napal); reception January 17; 5 p.m., Burrison Gallery, Faculty Club. Through February 14.

FITNESS/LEARNING

14 Tuesday Night Square Dance;with live music by the Rorschach County Ramblers, 7:30-10:15 p.m.; St. Mary's Parish Hall; $5, $3.50/students; no partners or experience necessary (Tuesday Night Square Dance Guild).

Technology Training Services
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; ISC Labs, 3650 Chestnut St.; Registration: www.tts.isc.upenn.edu.

21 Word 2000 Introduction; $190.

TALKS

15 T Cell Adhesion and Migration to and within Lymph Nodes; Ulrich von Andrian, Harvard; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).

17 Control of the Myosin Crossbridge Cycle in Catch Muscle; Thomas Butler, Thomas Jefferson University; 3:30 p.m.; Hirst Auditorium, HUP (Urology).

21 Molecular Design of a New Scaffold Material for Tissue Engineering; Roger Kamm, MIT; noon; 2000 Vagelos Research Labs (IME).

CORRECTIONS

The times for two talks sponsored by Center for AIDS Research were incorrectly listed in January AT PENN. The correct time for Increased Substance Use in NYC Following September 11 , on January 16 is 12:30 p.m.; and Gag: Host Factor Interactions in Retroviral Replication, on January 22, is noon.

Deadlines: The deadline for the February AT PENN calendar is today, January 14. For submission information, see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.

Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 17, January 14, 2003

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
January 14, 2003
Volume 49 Number 17
www.upenn.edu/almanac/

Governor-elect Ed Rendell recruits Mike Masch to serve the State.

President Judith Rodin’s Welcome Back message implores the Penn community to accomplish greater things for humankind by being a drum major for justice.

Collective bargaining by a union for graduate students: a message from the President and Provost, and a web site with the administration’s position.

The Twenty-five Year Club’s newest members join ranks with some who have spent their entire career at the University.

The Penn’s Way Campaign has extended the deadline for those who want to participate but didn’t get around to it before the holidays; the grand prize winner will be selected soon.

Research Roundup: Tackling diseases from Parkinson’s and Pneumonia to West Nile Virus.