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Update EXHBIT Diary of FOB; photographic work by senior Owusu Akoto; explores the essence of being "Fresh-Off-the-Boat" and captures moments of cultural dissonance and dualism & paradoxes in metaphor as experienced by Owusu in the three continents where he has lived; Fox Gallery, Logan Hall (SPEC). Through February 19. FILM 18 Against the Ropes; followed by Q&A with producer Robert Cort; 7 p.m.; The Bridge Cinema de Lux; tickets required-free: Penn ID required, e-mail events@sas.upenn.edu (Penn Cinema Studies). MUSIC 19 Live Performance by Chris Mann; in conjunction with the exhibit The Plato Songs; 6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation (Slought). READING/SIGNING 25 Henry Skammell, Giantkillers: The Team and the Law That Help Whistle-blowers Recover America's Stolen Billions; 12:30 p.m.; Penn Bookstore (Bookstore). TALKS 17 Title TBA; Orly Castle Bloom, author; 3 p.m.; Class of 1949 Auditorium, Houston Hall (Middle East Center; Jewish Studies; Women's Studies). 18 Dynamic Role of the Microenvironment in Regulating Disease Pathogenesis; Lisa Coussens, University of California, San Francisco; 10 a.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). 19 Enlarging Korea: Democracy, Division and Diaspora; Jacqueline Pak, history; 2 p.m.; rm. B6, Vance Hall (Center for East Asian Studies). Without Passion or Partisanship: Florentine History in the Age of Cosimo I; Ann Moyer, history; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History). 25 When Civil Rights Were Only A Dream: A Roundtable Discussion of Robert Penn Warren's Interviews for Who Speaks for the Negro?; Kristina Baumli, English; Herman Beavers, English; Michael Eric Dyson, religious studies; Ancil George, Van Pelt Library; Sheldon Hackney, history; 5:30 p.m.; Kelly Writers House (Writers House). Deadlines: The deadline for the Update is each Tuesday, for the following issue. The deadline for the April AT PENN calendar is Tuesday, March 16. For more information, see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.
Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 22, February 17, 2004 |
ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS: Tuesday, A procession
across campus is planned for after Friday's Trustees'
Meeting. Dr.
Strom takes on two more roles at Penn Medicine and UPHS. Dr.
Pemantle fills the Merriam Term Chair of Mathematics. Funding
from University Research Foundation for conference support. Grants available for molecular studies in digestive and liver
disease. Government
Affairs Update: Commonwealth Relations, and City & Community
Relations. 2004
Models of Excellence Winners have a high tech slant. The University
Research Foundation Fall 2003 Awards went to
50 projects. March 15 is the deadline
for the next round of URF grants. Talk
About Teaching and Learning: Using Instructional Technology
to Facilitate Active Learning. |
