Update

January AT PENN

FILM

31 Jerusalem: An Occupation Set in Stone? and People and the Land; followed by discussion of human rights issues related to occupation; 7 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall (Greenfield Intercultural Center).

FITNESS/LEARNING

Technology Training Services
Courses at ISC Labs, 3650 Chestnut St. Registration required, www.tts.isc.upenn.edu.

29 Excel 2000 Intermediate; $190.

30 Word 2000 Intermediate; $190.

31 Excel 2000 Advanced; $190.

ON STAGE

31 Emily Sachs Dance Show; all Performing Arts Council dance groups; 8 p.m.; Iron Gate Theatre; tickets available on Locust Walk. Also February 1.

READING/SIGNING

29 A Student Reading for Peace and Justice Inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.; 8 p.m.; Kelly Writers House (CA; Writers House).

SPECIAL EVENTS

28 Graduate Professional Women's Mix & Mingle; 4:30 p.m.; Penn Women's Center (Penn Women's Center).

30 Muffled Drums; James Andrew Brown, artist; incorporating prints in the exhibition Darkwater; 7 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery.

TALKS

29 Host Gene Products Affecting Retroviral Replication; Steve Goff, Columbia University; noon; CRB Auditorium (Microbiology).

Comic Books and Convergence: Why the Digital Revolution Won't Overthrow the Comic Book; 5 p.m.; rm. 200, College Hall (Penn Humanities Forum).

30 Tissue Engineering, Stem Cells and Cloning: Current Concepts and Changing Trends; Tony Atala, Harvard Medical School; 7 a.m.; White Surgical Room, HUP (Urology).

Computational Methods for Understanding Gene Function and The Organism as a Molecular System; John Aach, Harvard Medical School; 10 a.m.; Grossman Auditorium; Wistar Institute (Wistar).

Challenges Facing Black Scholars in America; Sean Joe, social work, Patricia Louison, GSE, Sean Seymore, Rowan University; 5 p.m.; GSC (GSC; Makuu).

Empowering Black Women in the Academy; discussion; 5 p.m.; Penn Women's Center (Association of Black Women in Higher Education).

Nonviolent Leadership Workshop; Timothy Sams, facilitator; 5 p.m.; rm 313, ARCH (La Casa Latina; Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute; PAACH).

31 Bladder Hypertrophy Changes the Muscarinic Receptor Subtype and Signal Transduction Mechanism Mediating Contraction; Michael Ruggieri, Temple University; Hirst Auditorium, HUP (Urology).

Deadlines: The deadline for the weekly Update is each Tuesday, for the following Tuesday's issue. The deadline for the March AT PENN calendar is February 11. For information, see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.

Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 19, January 28, 2003