9/16/03, Update - Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 4

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SEPTEMBER AT PENN

EXHIBITS

Seeing the Self: Young Artists Explore Themselves Through Pictures and Words; artists use photography to learn about themselves through the creation of art and share their art, their lives, and lessons with their community; Kelly Writers House. Through September 30.

21 Free Gallery Tour: Strange Messenger; work by Patti Smith; 1 p.m.; ICA.

SPECIAL EVENTS

23 Pep Rally; unveiling of cars now available to PCS members in the Penn community; music, refreshments and giveaways; 4 p.m.; University Square, 36th and Walnut (PhillyCarShare).

30 Integrity Week Keynote Speaker: Patch Adams; founder of free health care facility, Gesundheit Institute; 7 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; tickets available by lottery September 16-21 on www.specevents.net (SPEC; Provost's Spotlight Series).

TALKS

17 60-Second Lecture Series: The Difference Between Blues and Jazz; David Grazian, sociology; noon; Wynn Commons (SAS).

Structural Biology and siRNA: Useful Tools for Drug Discovery; Steven Fesik, Abbott Laboratories; 4 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Bldg. (Biochemistry and Biophysics).

* Cancelled * 18 Laura e Francesco: Un Amore Recambiato; Roberto Fedi, Johns Hopkins University; presented in Italian; reception, 5:30 p.m.; talk, 6 p.m.; location TBA; (215) 898-6040 (Center for Italian Studies).

23 Belief in Democracy; Alexander Boraine, International Center for Transitional Justice; 5 p.m.; Room 200, College Hall; register: (215) 898-8220 or humanities@sas.upenn.edu (Penn Humanities Forum).

Deadlines: The deadline for the weekly Update is each Tuesday, for the following Tuesday's issue. The deadline for the October AT PENN Calendar is today, September 16. For information, see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.

Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 4, September 16, 2003

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

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Penn Medicine will be part of a consortium pursuing biodefense research such as vaccines against anthrax and smallpox and other emerging infectious diseases

The Cardiovascular Division is expanding its Women Heart Program and has a new director, at Penn Medicine at Radnor.

The Penn Humanities Forum focuses on Belief in its year-long series of events.

The Penn Women’s Center plans for its 30th Anniversary Dinner.

The Executive Committee of the Trustees held its first meeting of the academic year.

University Council: Annual Report of the Steering Committee; Summary of 2002-2003 Resolutions; and Pluralism Committee’s year-end report.

Closed Circuit Televisions for Public Spaces, more than three-dozen in the area.

Penn Family Day on October 11 offers food, football and much more.

Academic Career Conference for Ph.D. students and postdocs.

Two events benefit the Abramson Cancer Center.

Research Roundup: Unemployment; Sleep Deprivation; Drugs online; Solar System.

Annual Crime Report