Update

March AT PENN

CONFERENCE

28 Technologies of Writing; consider the place of writing before and after the coming of print; 2:30 p.m.-7 p.m.; Terrace Rm., Logan Hall; registration: humanities@sas.upenn.edu. Through March 29, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. (Penn Humanities).

EXHIBIT

31 Homage to Maury: A Burrison Art Gallery Retrospective; featuring art by Maurice and Ruth Burrison, other family members, and numerous other artists; Burrison Gallery, Faculty Club; opening reception: April 8, 4:30 p.m. Through May 3.

FILM

27 After Life; 8 p.m.; Hill College House (Hill Film Society).

FITNESS/LEARNING

26 Career Workshop Series: Alternative Career Paths for Biomedical Postdoctoral Students; 9 a.m.-noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biomedical Postodoctoral Programs).

The Basics of Ground Management; plant selection, low maintenance designs and increasing landscape appeal; 10 a.m.-noon; Morris Arboretum; $24, $22/members; registration: (215) 247-5777 x125 or http://www.morrisarboretum.org/.

Hiring a Contractor/Spring Cleaning; prepare your home for spring and arm yourself against potential cons and gimmicks when hiring contractors; noon-1 p.m. or 1-2 p.m.; registration: pdca@pobox.upenn.edu.

MUSIC

27 Organ Concert; devotional worship followed by performance by Andrew Cyr, organist; noon; Philadelphia Cathedral (Philadelphia Cathedral).

TALKS

25 Markers, Clusters, and Missing Values: Toward Novel Methods for Microarray Analysis; Olga Troyanskaya, Stanford University; 10 a.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).

Performance Beyond Benchmarks Sustainable Development Architecture for the Water Industry; Bill Marrazzo, WHYY; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 360, Jon M. Hunstman Hall (Wharton; Institute for Environmental Studies).

26 Elucidating the Signaling Pathway of the Morphogen Hedgehog; David Robbins, University of Cincinnati Medical Center; 2 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).

27 Ras Activation in Pancreatic Cancer: Implications for Radiotherapy; Thomas Brunner, radiation oncology; noon; Conference Rm., 196A John Morgan Bldg. (Radiation Oncology).

The 2003 Granoff Forum on International Development and the Global Economy; James Wolfensohn, The World Bank Group; 1 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; tickets available at Annenburg Center box office (SAS).

Violent Shuttlings: Racism, Patriarchy, and the Gendered Politics of Housing in Jerusalem; Tom Abowd, Temple University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 632, Williams Hall (Middle East Studies).

31 Platelet Glycoprotein Iba and von Willebrand Factor: Multifunctional Proteins for Tethering Under Flow Conditions; Larry McIntire, Rice University; 3:30 p.m.; Heilmeier Hall, Towne Bldg. (Chemical Engineering; Biomolecular Engineering; Institute for Medicine and Engineering).

Deadline: The deadline for the May AT PENN calendar is April 15. For info, see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.

Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 26, March 25, 2003

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
March 25, 2003
Volume 49 Number 26
www.upenn.edu/almanac

Stephen Breyer, Herbert Gans, Sadako Ogata, Mamphela Ramphele and Philip Roth will join Archbishop Desmond Tutu as Honorary Degree recipients at this year's commencement.

The Trustees announce undergraduate charges increase of 4.8 percent.

Human Resources discusses health care and Penn with the first in a series of articles discussing the cost of health care at Penn.

Energy Conservation Reminder as the cooling season begins.

A new program for University Research Foundation Conference Support is announced.

Location of CCTV cameras for public spaces is updated.

An Executive Summary of the 2001-2002 Report of the Faculty Senate Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty is released with the full report available on-line.