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APRIL AT PENN

CORRECTION

The Annual Penn Undergraduate Ceramics & Photography Exhibition is at the Kelly Writers House; reception April 21, 5:30 p.m. Through April 30.

CONFERENCE

24  International Workshop in the Salt Range Culture Zone, Pakistan; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; 1st floor, 3619 Locust Walk; info.: www.southasia.upenn.edu (South Asia Studies; South Asia Center; American Institute of Pakistan Studies).

EXHIBITS

Now

Show Support: A Benefit Exhibition to Support Slought Foundation. Through June 12.

22  Nature Observed: A History of Botanical Engraving; pieces will be available for sale; Morris Arboretum. Through May 9.

READING/SIGNING

24  Voices of Spoken Word; poetic expressions by poets from the surrounding area; 3 p.m.; Du Bois College House (AARC; Arts and Spirituality Center; PWC; Du Bois House; The Excelano Project; KWH).

SPECIAL EVENT

5/7  Traditional Procession to the Woodlands Cemetery; procession to the graves of Alice Fisher, founder of the Philadelphia General Hospital (PGH) School of Nursing and Lillian Clayton, chief nurse at PGH 1915-1930; followed by reception and talk; noon-2 p.m.; meet at 40th and Woodland Ave.; rsvp by April 26 to (215) 898-4502 (Center for the Study of the History of Nursing).

nurses

Easter Procession to Alice Fisher's Grave in the Woodland Cemetary, Circa 1900. From the Collection of Philadelphia General Hospital. See Special Event for the upcoming procession.

TALKS

20  The Puzzle of Authority in the Zaydi Madhhab; Aron Zysow, Harvard; Bernard Haykel, NYU; 4:30 p.m.; rm. B2, Meyerson Hall (Middle East Center).

21  New Horizons in U.S. Relations with South Asia; Christina Rocca, Department of State; 4:30 p.m.; Terrace Room, Logan Hall; rsvp: (215) 898-1732 (Center for Advanced Study of India).

22  Signaling by Phosphoinositide 3-Kinases; Jonathon Backer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; noon; Conference Room, John Morgan Bldg. (Radiation Oncology).

27  Regulation of Contractile Force in Tissue Constructs; Elliot Elson, Washington University; noon; rm. 2000, Vagelos Research Labs (Institute for Medicine and Engineering).

Adventures in Neurogenetics; Seymour Benzer, California Institute of Technology; 4 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Bldg. (Mahoney Institute; Franklin Institute).

Deadlines: The deadline for the weekly Update is each Monday for the following week's issue. The deadline for the Summer AT PENN calendar is May 11. See www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.

 

 


  Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 30, April 20, 2004

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