Previous Events

• May 9th 2013, PASEF Luncheon, Jeffrey Tigay, "Loose Constructionism: Its Forerunners in Biblical Interpretation, or: 'You are telling Scripture: Be quiet while I interpret.'"
• May 1st 2013, PASEF Spring Outing
• April 29th 2013, Road to Retirement
• April 25th 2013, Spring Lecture 2013, Vijay Kumar, "Flying Robots"
• March 21, 2013, PASEF Luncheon, Larry Gladney, "From Nothing to Everything: The Origin and Evolution of the Universe"
• February 18, 2013, PASEF Luncheon, Larry Silver, "Jews and Christians in Rembrandt's Amsterdam"
• January 25, 2013, PASEF Luncheon, Robert Seyfarth and Dorothy Cheney, "Mind and Society in Monkeys and Apes"

2012

• December 4, 2012, PASEF Luncheon, Liliane Weissberg, "Rich Jews: An Exhibition"
• November 14, 2012, PASEF Luncheon, Louis Girifalco, "The Creation of ENIAC: The Beginning of the Digital Age"
• October 17, 2012, PASEF Luncheon, Martha Farah, "Twenty-First Century Neuroscience: From Lab and Clinic to Home, School and Office"
• October 4, 2012, 25 Year Club Presentation, Arnold Rosoff, "Healthcare Reform and Obamacare: What does the Future Hold?"
• September 20, 2012, PASEF Luncheon, Samuel Preston, "Causes of Lagging Life Expectancy in the United States"
• May-June, 2012, Penn Libraries Workshop Series, Van Pelt Library
• May 22, 2012, Spring Outing, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ.
• May 16, 2012, Road to Retirement Panel Presentation, hosted by Neville Strumpf and featuring perspectives from Hilary Lopez, Ross Webber, Diana Slaughter-Defoe, and Martin Pring.
• April 25, 2012, PASEF Luncheon, Vivian Seltzer, "The Serious Business of Adolescence"
• April 2, 2012, PASEF Spring Lecture and Reception, Vartan Gregorian, Middle Eastern Turmoil and Outlook
• March 29, 2012, PASEF Luncheon, Michael Useem and Howard Kunreuther, "Learning from Catastrophes"
• March 20, 2012, Penn Forum for Women Faculty Symposium and Reception, "Women and Money: How to Grow it, Stretch it, and Have Enough to Last a Lifetime"
• March 6, 2012, ASEF Spring Symposium and Reception, Becca Levy, "A Longevity Revolution"
• February 15, 2012, PASEF Luncheon, Mark Pauly, "The Uncertain Future of Paying for Medical Care"
• January 19, 2012, PASEF Luncheon, Richard Wernick, "Where does Music come From?"
• January 17, 2012, ASEF's Planning for Retirement Presentation, featuring Victoria Mulhern and Hilary Lopez, Room 251, Biomedical Research Building

• December 19, 2011, ASEF Winter Holiday Party, Penn Tower 21st Floor
• December 15, 2011, PASEF Luncheon, Roger Allen, "Arabian Nights: A Tale of Two Tale Collections"
• December 6, 2011, Penn Libraries Workshop Series, Van Pelt Library
• November 17, 2011, Fall Reception for Newly Retired Faculty, Claudia Cohen Hall, Terrace Room
• November 15, 2011, PASEF Luncheon, Gerald Faulhaber, "The Amazing Development of Wireless Communications Worldwide"
• October 20, 2011, PASEF Luncheon, Kenneth Lande, "Oil, Climate Change and Sustainable Energy"
• October 14, 2011, ASEF Luncheon, Garret FitzGerald, "The Vioxx Affair"
• October 6, 2011, Panel Presentation, Eve Troutt-Powell, "The Egyptian Revolution, Its History and Evolution"
• October 4, 2011, PASEF Congratulates Daniel Perlmutter for his son, Saul Perlmutter's recently awarded Nobel Prize.
• October 1, 2011, Roger Allen's analysis of the recent Arab uprisings.
• September 19, 2011, PASEF Luncheon, Daniel Ben-Amos, "Folktales of the Jews"
• September 12, 2011, Greetings from Roger M.A. Allen, President, PASEF, 2011/2012
• September 8, 2011, Burrison Gallery Reception - Ross A. Webber - "A Wandering Eye: Urban Landscapes"
• June 6, 2011, Penn Libraries PASEF Seminar - Researching in the 21st Century - RefWorks
• May 18, 2011, PASEF Luncheon, Ross Webber, "Did I Cause the Great Financial Crisis?"
• May 16, 2011, PASEF Congratulates Renée C. Fox for receiving her honorary degree at Penn's 2011 commencement.
• May 12, 2011, PASEF Road to Retirement Panel Presentation, A panel of retirees provided their insights into the retirement decision, as well as hints and lessons learned.
• May 11, 2011, Penn Libraries PASEF Seminar - Researching in the 21st Century - Google Tools
• May 9, 2011, ASEF Luncheon, James Saunders, "Hearing Loss and Aging: New Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment."
• April 27, 2011, ASEF Luncheon, David Eisenhower, "Going Home to Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969."
• April 26, 2011, Announcement: HUP Visiting Services, ASEF's initiative to offer visiting services for Penn faculty and their family members who require admission to HUP.
• April 21, 2011, PASEF Spring Lecture, Sheldon Hackney, "Shades of Freedom."
• April 14, 2011, Penn Libraries PASEF Seminar - Researching in the 21st Century - Health Sciences
• April 13, 2011, Penn Libraries PASEF Seminar - Researching in the 21st Century - Humanities/Social Sciences
• April 11, 2011, ASEF Luncheon, William Labov, "Sound Change in Philadelphia: New Light on an Old Problem."
• February 21 - April 4, 2011, Photo Gallery, Jerry Porter, "Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Tetons."
• March 24, 2011, PASEF Luncheon, Simon Richter, "The Devil and Daniel Webster."
• March 23, 2011, ASEF Spring Symposium, James M. Metz, "The Roberts Proton Therapy Center: One Year Update."
• March 7, 2011, ASEF Luncheon, Bert O'Malley, "Robotic Head and Neck Surgery from Concept to Clinical Application."
• March 3, 2011, PASEF Luncheon, Gino Segre, "Faust in Copenhagen - A 1932 Meeting at Niels Bohr's Institute for Theoretical Physics"
• February 18, 2011, PASEF Luncheon, Rebecca Bushnell, "Marlowe's Doctor Faustus: The End(s) of Knowledge"
• February 9, 2011, PASEF Reception and Dinner for Newly Retired Faculty.
• January 7, 2011, MAA Certificate of Meritorious Service, Presented to Jerry Porter - Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans

• December 6, 2010, PASEF Luncheon, Alan Heston and Robert Summers, "The Top 5 World Economies".
• November 19, 2010, ASEF Luncheon, Julie Mennella, "The Sweet Taste of Childhood".
• November 15, 2010, PASEF Luncheon, Aravind Joshi, "My Encounters with Language and Computers".
• November 9, 2010, ASEF Luncheon, Robert Margolskee, "Taste Cells of the Gut and Endocrine Cells of the Tongue".
• October 21, 2010, PASEF Luncheon, H. Carton Rogers, "The Future of Research Libraries in the Age of Google".
• October 14, 2010, ASEF Luncheon, Howard Goldfine, "Darwinism Comes to America: The Philadelphia Response".
• October 7, 2010, Fall Lecture, Olivia Mitchell, "Retirement Challenges in the 21st Century".
• October 5, 2010, ASEF Luncheon, Gary Beauchamp, "Odors in Animal Communication".
• September 23, 2010, PASEF Luncheon, Charles McMahon, "Why the WWII Liberty ships broke in half".
• September 20, 2010, ASEF Luncheon, Janet Monge, "Of Big Brains and Small Teeth: The Evolution of Humans".
• September 15, 2010, Museum Tour, Restoration of Eakins "Gross Clinic" at Philadelphia Museum of Art.
• June 17, 2010, ASEF Open House, Photos taken from ASEF's open house on June 17, 2010.
• June 1, 2010, ASEF Luncheon, David Weiner, "Where do we stand with DNA vaccine technology for HIV vaccines?".
• May 21, 2010, PASEF Luncheon, Nicholas Kefalides, "Echoes from the Cobblestones: A Memoir". Video:
• May 13, 2010, Retirement Presentation, Victoria Mulhern, Hilary Lopez, Neville Strumpf, Jim Saunders, Walter Wales.
• May 11, 2010, ASEF Luncheon, Hakon Hakonarson, "The genetics of complex medical disorders".
• May 7, 2010, PASEF Luncheon, Sarah Tishkoff, "Genetic history of Africa; implications for human evolution and medicine". Video:
• May 4, 2010, PASEF Tour, Luncheon and Tour of American Philosophical Society, May 4, 2010.
• April 27, 2010, ASEF Luncheon, Witold Rybczynski, "How a cornfield became New Daleville: A case study of housing on the exurban frontier".
• April 15, 2010, PASEF Spring Lecture, Richard Beeman, "Plain, honest men: The making of the American Constitution". Video: Audio:

• March 18, 2010, PASEF Luncheon, Gerald and Judith Porter, "Papua New Guinea Sing-Sing Festival - culture and community"
• February 26, 2010, ASEF Luncheon, Franz Hefti, "Molecular imaging of Alzheimer"s disease".
• January 29, 2010, ASEF Luncheon, Emily Fox Conant, "An update on breast cancer screening".
• January 28, 2010, PASEF Luncheon, Dr. Eve Troutt Powell, "Slaves in the nursery: Childhood and memories of slavery in Egypt and the Ottoman Empire". Video: Audio:

• December 9, 2009, ASEF Luncheon, Dr. Leonard Warren, "William Maclure: Geologist, Education Reformer (1763-1840)".
• December 2, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Dr. Julie Fairman, "Making Room in the Clinic: Nurse Practitioners and Modern Health Policy". PowerPoint Presentation
• November 19, 2009, ASEF Lecture, Dr. Jim Endersby, "Darwinian Myths: Re-Reading the Origin of Species".
• November 18, 2009, PASEF Reception and Dinner for Newly Retired Faculty.
• November 18, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Dr. Paul Rozin, "Living with Food in the 21st Century".
• November 9, 2009, ASEF Luncheon, Dr. Stuart Fine, "Age Related Macular Degeneration".
• October 22, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Dr. Barbara D. Savage, "The Politics of African American Religion".
• October 21, 2009, Book Discussion, Dr. Nicholas Kefalides, "Echoes from the Cobblestones".
• October 20, 2009, ASEF Luncheon, Dr. Dupont Guerry IV, "What can you do about your new grandchild's 1 in 50 chance of developing melanoma: From genetic susceptibility to action".
• October 15, 2009, President's reception for emeritus faculty.
• October 1, 2009, Fall Lecture, Panel on Health Care Reform, Drs. Evan Fieldston, David Grande, Scott Harrington, and Harvey Rubin.
• September 29, 2009, ASEF Luncheon, Dr. John Trojanowski, "Alzheimer's Disease".
• September 24, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Dr. Robert Hornik, "Do Mass Media Campaigns Influence Health Behavior?"
• September 10, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Mr. David Hollenberg, "Penn Connects: An Overview of Current Planning and Design Initiatives." PDF Slide Presentation
• May 29, 2009, Invitation to dinner program at Franklin Inn Club.

• May 29, 2009, Tour of the Chemical Heritage Foundation guided by Dr. Arnold Thackray.

• May 28, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Dr. Adrian Morrison, "Reflections on the Animal Research Debate".

• May 22, 2009, ASEF Luncheon, Mr. John Seager, "Global Population: 6.8 Billion and Growing. Are We There Yet?".

• May 14, 2009, Planning for Retirement Presentation, Ms. Victoria Mulhern and Ms. Hilary Lopez.

• May 11, 2009, ASEF Luncheon, Dr. Thomas Naff, "The Politics of Water in the Middle East: Conflict Along the Jordan, Tigris, and Euphrates Rivers".

• May 5, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Dr. Renée C. Fox, "Outsider/Insider Perspective on Medical Humanitarian Action: Case Study of Doctors Without Borders".

• April 30, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Ann Boulis and Jerry Jacobs discuss how the increasing number of women in medicine are faring in the profession and whether they will reshape the provision of health care.

• April 23, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Dr. Susan Wachter, "Reviving the Economy". PowerPoint Presentation.

• April 17, 2009, ASEF Luncheon, Dr. Carl Brighton, "Integration of Clinical Orthopaedics and Basic Research".

• April 13, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Dr. Wystan Curnow, "The Contemporary Arts Scene in New Zealand".

• April 6, 2009, PASEF Spring Lecture, Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, "How Obama Won".

• March 30, 2009, ASEF Luncheon, Dr. Christos Coutifaris, "Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Scientific, Clinical and Ethical Issues".

• March 23, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Dr. Kermit Roosevelt, "After Guantanamo".

• March 16, 2009, ASEF Luncheon, Dr. Geoffrey Aguirre, "What Lurks behind a Neuro Image".

• March 11, 2009, ASEF Lecture, Dr. Marshall E. Blume, "Retiring in this Financial Climate".

• March 9, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Dr. Gary Bernstein, "Some Wrong Ways to Reduce Global Warming". Pop quiz on global warming.

• February 27, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Dr. Solomon Katz, "On Food".

• February 23, 2009, ASEF Luncheon, Robert E. Forster, M.D., "A History of the Graduate School of Medicine at Penn".

• February 16, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Mr. Daniel Garofalo, "Penn and Sustainability".

• January 29, 2009, PASEF Luncheon, Dr. John Lapinski, "Behind the Scenes of the 2008 Presidential Election".

• December 19, 2008, Luncheon, Dr. Allan Pack, "Why Do We Sleep?".

• December 16, 2008, Luncheon, Dr. Harvey Rubin "Science and Technology in Global Politics".

• December 2, 2008, TIAA-CREF Workshop on Investing and Today's Economy. Session I: 10-11:30 a.m. or Session II: 1-2:30 p.m. in Hall of Flags, Houston Hall.

• November 24, 2008, Lecture, Ms. Lauren Steinfeld, "Privacy Today: Current Risks and Opportunities".

• November 19, 2008, PASEF dinner honoring 41 newly retired Penn faculty in the Mosaic Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, followed by a dinner in the Lower Egyptian Gallery.

• November 17, 2008, Luncheon, Dr. Donato LaRossa, "Plastic Surgery Missions in the Developing World".

• November 6, 2008, Luncheon, Professor Brendan O'Leary, "How to Get Out of Iraq with Integrity".

• October 21, 2008, Luncheon, Professor Edward Peters, "Torture and its Modern Disguises".

• October 13, 2008, Luncheon, Professor Yvonne Paterson, "Active Immunotherapy for Cancer Using a Live Recombinant Vector".

• October 2, 2008, Fall Lecture, Professor Donald Kettl, "Critical Issues for the 2008 Election".
  

• May 19, 2008, Commencement, march in academic procession.
  

• May 15, 2008, Planning for Retirement Presentation,
  

• April 10, 2008, Spring Lecture Series, Panel: The Growth of Obesity in Modern Society.
  

• March 27, 2008, Luncheon Series, University Club.
  

• February 28, 2008, Luncheon Series, University Club.
  

• February 14, 2008, Luncheon Series, University Club.
  

• January 24, 2008, Luncheon Series, University Club.
  

• Founders Day Symposium, Aristotle's Brain, January 18, 2008
  

• December 13, 2007, Luncheon Series, University Club.
  

• November 7, 2007, Luncheon Series, University Club.
  

• October 25, 2007, Luncheon Series, University Club.
  

• October 11, 2007, Luncheon Series, University Club.
  

• October 11, 2007, Annual Lecture Series, Professor Jason Karlawish: "Successful Aging -- What Is It and How Can We Achieve It".
  

• September 27, 2007, Luncheon Series, University Club.
  

• May 19, 2007, Commencement, march in academic procession.
  

• April 26, 2007, Spring Lecture Series, Panel: Religion and Politics in Islam: Realities and Stereotypes.
  

• April 6, 2007, Luncheon Series, University Club.
  

• March 8, 2007, Luncheon Series, University Club.
  

• October 5, 2006, Annual Lecture Series, Professor Baruch Blumberg: "Astrobiology: Origin and Distribution of Life on the Earth and in the Universe".
  

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