A new banner flying over Walnut Street between 33rd and 34th Streets heralds ENIAC's 50th anniversary and the year-long "Birth of the Information Age" events sponsored by the University and the City of Philadelphia.

One of those events will take place on Thursday, Dec. 7, when the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts invites Penn students, staff and faculty to visit its current exhibition, "The Electronic Superhighway." No admission will be charged to members of the Penn community that day in recognition of Penn's role in modern computing. ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), the world's first electronic computer, was built at Penn a half-century ago.

The exhibition of 40 video sculptures by artist Nam June Paik at the Museum of American Art, 118 N. Broad Street, explores the ramifications of the technological revolution, including the concept of a global community connected through the Internet. The exhibition continues through Jan. 14.