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ACADEMIC CALENDAR
8 Spring Term Break. Through March 16.
17 Classes Resume.
24 Advance Registration for Fall Term
and Summer Sessions. Through April 6.
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES
7 Laputa: Castle in the Sky; Giant
Robots! Film Series; 7 p.m.; rm. 111,
Annenberg School (Cinema Studies).
15 Family Matinee: National Film
Board of Canada Shorts Program; 2
p.m.; International House; $5 (ages 2+),
free/members (International House).
23 How Does Nature Inspire Your Creativity? Kids’ Art; ages 6-9; 1-2:45 p.m.;
Morris Arboretum; price and registration:
www.morrisarboretum.org
(Morris Arboretum). Also March 30.
Peanut Butter and Jams
Tickets: worldcafelive.com
Shows begin at 11:30 a.m.
1 Laura Doherty; pop-sweetheart; $10.
8 The Verve Pipe; fun, inventive music
for all ages; $12.
22 ¡Uno, Dos, Tres Con Andrés!; rhythms
of Latin dances & Spanish words; $10.
29 Ratboy Jr. and Sugar Free Allstars;
energetic, catchy, improvised tunes with
stories, funky organ/drum duo; $12.
Penn Museum
Info.: www.penn.museum
Free with admission.
9 Family Second Sunday Workshop:
Southwest Ceramics; illustrate 2D pottery
shapes inspired by the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo
and Apache tribes; 1-4 p.m.
22 Gallery Romp: Native America; children
ages 3-6 and chaperones explore Penn Museum’s galleries through stories, crafts and
play; 10:30-11:15 a.m.; RSVP on website.
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CONFERENCES
Photo Courtesy of the Mask and Wig Club
Penn Symposium on Contemporary
China; 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Bodek Lounge,
Houston Hall; register: www.pennscc.org/
register/ (Center for the Study of Contemporary China).
5 Breeding Management of the Mare;
Patricia Sertich, large animal reproduction; 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; New Bolton Center;
$500; register: (610) 925-6203 (Penn Vet).
8 Dogs and What They Can Do; Daniel
Mills, University of Lincoln; 1-6 p.m.;
Penn Vet Hill Pavilion; $50, $25/PennVet
students, register: https://capable-canine.
com/classes/professor-daniel-mills/
(Penn Vet).
11 Mare and Foal Behavior and Management; Sue McDonnell, Havemeyer
Equine Behavior Lab; Patricia Sertich,
large animal reproduction; 8 a.m.-5 p.m.;
New Bolton Center; $500/one day, $900/
both days; register: (610) 925-6203 (Penn
Vet). Through March 12.
12 Single Cell Analysis Symposium; 9 a.m.5:30 p.m.; Auditorium, Smilow Center for
Translational Research; register: www.surveymonkey.com/s/PGFIsinglecell (Smilow
Center for Translational Research).
13 Just Stallion Handing (Basic); Sue McDonnell, Havemeyer Equine Behavior Lab;
8 a.m.-5 p.m.; New Bolton Center; $500/one
day, $900/both days; register: (610) 9256203 (Penn Vet). Through March 14.
15 Voices of the Past: Maya Research
Today; Richard Leventhal, Penn Museum; Simon Martin, Penn Museum; 9
a.m.-5 p.m.; Penn Museum; $40, $30/
members (Museum).
19 Dangerousness and Involuntary
Treatment: An Applied Ethics Workshop;
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Terrace Room, Claudia
Cohen Hall; $60; register: www.scattergoodethics.org/dangerousness-involuntary-treatment-applied-ethics-workshop
(Medical Ethics and Health Policy).
This March, the Mask and Wig Club
will be performing their show Wishful
Sinking: Just for Ships and Giggles. See
On Stage.
02/25/14
ater in Germany and the US; 5 p.m.;
Montgomery Theatre, Annenberg Center;
register: https://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/german/intersections/registration (Germanic
Languages & Literatures; SAS; Penn
Theatre Arts Program). Through March
22, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Scale/Scope: Social Impact Design
Symposium and Workshop; John Peterson,
Public Architecture; 6 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall; register: www.design.
upenn.edu/scale-scope (PennDesign).
Through March 21, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
23 The Visual Image and Modern Jewish
Culture: A Colloquium in Honor of Professor Richard Cohen on His Retirement
from the Hebrew University; Time TBD;
Kislak Center, 6th fl., Van Pelt-Dietrich
Library (Jewish Studies Program).
25 QPenn 2014: Qtopia Featuring Laverne Cox; 7-9 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson
Hall; $10; register: www.sas.upenn.edu/
gsws/content/qpenn-2014-qtopia-featuring-laverne-cox (QPenn).
29 Women in Archaeology; firsthand accounts by women archaeologists; 9 a.m.-5
p.m.; Penn Museum; $20, $15/members,
free/college student w/ ID (Museum).
EXHIBITS
Admission Donations and Hours
Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts
Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.;
Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m.; www.upenn.edu/
ARG/
Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers
House; free; Mon.-Thurs., 10 a.m-10:30
p.m.; Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. noon-11
p.m.; Sun. 6-11 p.m.
Burrison Gallery, University Club at
Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.;
Sat.-Sun., 7 a.m.-1 p.m.; www.upenn.edu/
universityclub/burrison.shtml
Carol Ware Lobby, Claire Fagin
Hall: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Esther Klein Gallery; free; Mon.Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA):
free; Wed., 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thurs. and
Fri., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., 11
a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Mon. and Tues.;
www.icaphila.org
International House: Hours vary;
info.: http://ihousephilly.org/
Kroiz Gallery: free; Mon.-Fri., 10
a.m.-4 p.m.; www.design.upenn.edu/architecture/kroiz-gallery-exhibitions
Morris Arboretum: daily, 10 a.m.-4
p.m.; for prices, see www.upenn.edu/
arboretum/
Penn Museum: $12/adults; $10/seniors
(65+); $8/children (6-17); free/members, PennCard holders and children under
5; Tues., Thurs.-Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wed.,
10 a.m.-8 p.m.; www.penn.museum
Slought Foundation: free; Thurs.Sat., 1-6 p.m.; www.slought.org
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; free/ID
required; for hours, see http://events.
library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi
Wistar Institute; free; Mon.-Fri., 9
a.m.-5 p.m.
Upcoming
1 Native American Voices: The People-Here and Now; new ongoing interactive exhibit exploring contemporary
issues in Native America; Penn Museum.
See Special Events.
Now
Black Bodies in Propaganda; 33
posters targeting Africans and African
American civilians in times of war; Penn
Museum. Through March 2.
Penn Med Art Show; work by faculty, staff and students from the Perelman
School of Medicine, UPHS, Vet School
and CHOP; Fox Art Gallery, Claudia
Cohen Hall. Through March 5.
Nikon Small World: Photography
through the Microscope; images from the
photomicrography competition; Wistar
Institute. Through March 7.
Be Alarmed: The Black American
Epic, Movement 1-The Visions; Tiona
McClodden, filmmaker and visual artist;
smoke, fireworks and a series of light patterns exploring race, gender and sexuality;
Esther Klein Gallery. Through March 15.
William H. Johnson; 20 expressionist
and vernacular landscapes, still lifes and
portraits; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through
March 23.
Shelby Donnelly: Fabric Impressions; seeking out the current state of
leisure; International House. Through
March 28.
Works by Ryan Collerd; Brodsky
Gallery, Kelly Writers House. Through
March.
Delicate Illusion: Summertime; Laura Henderson; abstract paintings, a fondness of summer and a bold use of color;
Burrison Gallery. Through April 4.
Brought to Light: The Houses of
Louis Kahn; over 60 objects, including
sketches, models, historic photographs
and archival material from Penn’s Louis
I. Kahn Collection; Kroiz Gallery.
Through May 23.
Constellations of Atlantic Jewish
History; The Arnold and Deanne Kaplan
Collection of Early American Judaica;
Goldstein Family Gallery, Kislak Center,
sixth floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library.
Through June 9.
Tomorrow Never Knows: The Beatles
in Text and Image; Kamin Gallery, 1st fl.,
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (Penn Libraries). Through August 11.
Ormandy in China: The Historic
1973 Tour; Eugene Ormandy Gallery,
Otto E. Albrecht Music Library, Van
Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through late 2014.
Ongoing
Audubon’s Birds of America; double
folio set, a new page shown every
Wednesday; 1st fl., Van-Pelt Dietrich
Library.
IHP: The First 100 Years; archival
documents; International House.
John Cage: How to Get Started;
interactive installation of rarely heard
performance; Slought Foundation.
Human Evolution: The First 200
Million Years; Hover Gallery, 2nd fl.,
Penn Museum.
The History of Nursing as Seen
Through the Lens of Art; Carol Ware
Lobby, Claire Fagin Hall.
Institute of Contemporary Art
Info.: www.icaphila.org/
Open Video Call; an opportunity to
see new works on video by Philadelphiaarea artists and filmmakers. Through
April 20.
ICA@50: Pleasing Artists and
Publics Since 1963; micro-exhibitions
opening every two weeks, a multi-faceted
experience of the many forms of contemporary art. Through August 17.
Ruffneck Constructivists; 11 international artists, a contemporary manifesto of urban architecture and change.
Through August 17.
Penn Museum Guided Tours
Tours begin at 1:30 p.m., Warden Garden
Entrance. Tour availability and topics
subject to change.
1 Egypt of the Pharaohs. Also March 8.
2 The Majestic Chinese Rotunda.
22 Mexico and Central America.
P.M. @ Penn Museum
Galleries stay open until 8 p.m., with a
half-hour gallery tour at 5 p.m. Free w/
admission. Info: www.penn.museum
5 First Wednesday Quizzo; 6 p.m.
FILMS
27 Video in the Villages; an interior view
of cultural life of tribes in the Amazonian
region of Brazil; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum;
free (Museum).
International House
Tickets $9, $7/students, seniors unless
otherwise noted; http://ihousephilly.org/
Foreign showings w/ English subtitles.
1 Selections from the HRWIFF: In the
Shadow of the Sun; 5 p.m.
Selections from the HRWIFF: Born
This Way; 8 p.m.
6 The Bicycle Thief; 7 p.m.
7 Almayer’s Folly; 7p.m.
12 The Three Disappearances of Soad
Hosni; Archive Fever! 5.0; 7 p.m.
13 Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy; 7 p.m.
15 The Janus Collection: The Marriage
of Maria Braun; 7 p.m.
18 Philadelphia à la Pataphysique’s
Cinema Pataphysique: Zazie dans le
metro; 7 p.m.
21 A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness; 7 p.m.
28 Flaherty on the Road Program 1, Political Memory: Farther than the Eye Can
See/Printed Matter/Bete & Deise; 7 p.m.
29 Flaherty on the Road Program 2,
Figure-Ground: ÇA VA, ÇA VA (It’s OK,
It’s OK)/Movement in Squares/Figureground/Village, Silenced; 5 p.m.
Flaherty on the Road Program 3,
Perpetrators: The Specialist; 8 p.m.
Women Film the War on Terror
Women filmmakers explore the consequences of todays’ wars at home and
abroad. Penn Humanities Forum.
International House at 7 p.m.; free.
5 The Oath; two brothers-in-law once
close to Osama bin Laden are tracked.
26Return; Ohio National Guard reservist, wife and mother struggles to readjust
to civilian life.
MEETINGS
10 PPSA Board Meeting; 11 a.m.;
Student Financial Services Conference
Room, 2nd fl., Franklin Bldg.; RSVP:
ppsa@exchange.upenn.edu
11 WPPSA Meeting; 12:30 p.m.; Penn
Women’s Center.
18 WXPN Policy Board Meeting; noon;
3025 Walnut St.; info.: (215) 898-0628.
26 University Council Meeting; 4 p.m.;
Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; register:
ucouncil@pobox.upenn.edu or (215) 8987005.
MUSIC
1
The 14th Annual Womynsfest; festival
showcasing female talent; 7:30-11 p.m.;
The Rotunda; free (The Rotunda).
25Susanna; interpretations of iconic
songs; Susanna, vocals, piano; Helge
Stan, guitar; Fredrik Wallumroed, drums;
8 p.m.; International House; $15 (ARS
Nova Workshop).
26 Gregory Fulkerson, Violin; Public
Voices of Music; 8 p.m.; Widener Auditorium, Penn Museum; free (Penn Music).
World Cafe Live
Performances daily. For a complete
listing, see: http://philly.worldcafelive.com/
ON STAGE
1
Wishful Sinking: Just for Ships and
Giggles; 8 p.m.; 310 S. Quince St.; $30/
adult, $15/students; info. & tickets: www.
maskandwig.com (Mask and Wig Club).
Also March 21, 22, 28, 29.
19 ICA Presents Arthur Jafa; live presentation/performance; 7 p.m.; International House; free (ICA).
20 Snowpocalypse Now: Baby, It’s a
Cult Inside; Bloomers; 8 p.m.; Class of
Celebrate Latin Cultures this Month at
International House
On March 4,
celebrate Brazilian
Carnival at International House’s Global
Gala Kick-off Party.
PhillyBloco, Brazilian music at its finest,
will be performing.
See Special Events.
’49, Houston Hall. Also March 21, 8 p.m.
& March 22, 10 p.m. (Bloomers).
24 Auricula Meretricula; play in Latin;
5 p.m.; Classical Studies Lounge, Claudia Cohen Hall (Classical Studies).
Annenberg Center
Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org
1WELL; Penn Theatre Arts; 8 p.m.;
Bruce Montgomery Theatre; tickets: $7.
Also March 2, 2 p.m.
6 doug elkins choreography, etc.;
blend of hip-hop and contemporary
dance; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre;
tickets: $20-55. Also March 7, 8 p.m. &
March 8, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
15 Celtic Nights; music, song and
dance; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; tickets: $20-55.
READINGS & SIGNINGS
Kelly Writers House
All events located in Arts Café.
Info.: www.writing.upenn.edu/wh
3 A Poetry Reading by Bruce Andrews;
7 p.m.
4 Whenever We Feel Like It: Travis
Macdonald and David Goldstein; 6 p.m.
5 7up on Pound; 6 p.m.
6 Contemporary Iranian-American
Fiction: Five Women, Five Books; Anita
Amirrezvani, Marjan Kamali, Persis
Karim, Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Porochista Khakpour; 6 p.m.
17 Lunch with Lisa DePaulo; noon;
RSVP: (215) 746-POEM.
18 A Reading by Adam Wilson; noon.
A Reading by Ben Lerner; 6 p.m.
(Creative Writing Program).
19 A Conversation with Tom Junod;
noon; RSVP: (215) 746-POEM.
A Reading by Martha Silano; 6 p.m.
(Creative Writing Program).
20 Pataphysical Arts Night; Craig
Dworkin, Judith Goldman, Andrew Hugill, Michelle Taransky; 6 p.m.
24 Lunch with Anthony Wallace; noon;
RSVP: (215) 746-POEM.
LIVE at the Writers House; 7 p.m.
25 A Reading by Novelist Tova Reich; 6
p.m. (Jewish Studies Program; Germanic
Languages and Literatures; Gender,
Sexuality and Women’s Studies).
26 Speakeasy Open Mic Night; 7:30 p.m.
27 Alan Light on Leonard Cohen’s
“Hallelujah”; 5 p.m.
31 T.C. Boyle; 6:30 p.m.
Penn Bookstore
All events at 6 p.m. unless specified.
Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore
6 Africa in Stereo: Modernism, Music
and Pan-African Solidarity; Tsitsi Jaji,
English; 5:30 p.m. (Center for Africana
Studies).
18 Nobody is Supposed to Know: Black
Sexuality on the Down Low; C. Riley
Snorton.
19 Sitcom: A History in 24 Episodes
from I Love Lucy to Community; Saul
Austerlitz.
25 Understanding Disability Discrimination Law Through Geography; Fayyaz
Vellani.
26 Mother of Invention: How the Government Created ‘Free Market’ Healthcare; Robert Field.
27 Philadelphia Mural Arts at 30; Jane
Golden, David Updike.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Native American Voices: The PeopleHere and Now Exhibit Opening; 11 a.m.4 p.m.; Penn Museum; free w/ Museum
admission (Penn Museum).
8 Iraqi Cultural Day; music, literature
and art in Iraq from ancient to modern
times; 1-4 p.m.; Penn Museum; free w/
Museum admission (Museum; Philadelphia Refugee Mental Health Collaboration; Intergeneration Center at Temple
University).
28 Relay for Life of University of Pennsylvania; raise awareness and money for
the American Cancer Society; 6 p.m.;
Photos Courtesy of International House
March
20 Intersections: Cross-Cultural The-
On March 3, join
the Philadelphia
Flamenco Festival
and Interntional
House for a
screening of the
Oscar-nominated
Flamenco Hoy
followed by a talk
on the film and
flamenco by Elba
Hevia y Vaca, the
Philadelphia Flamenco Festival’s
Artistic Director.
See Special
Events.
Franklin Field; info.: www.relayatpenn.
org (American Cancer Society). Through
March 29.
29 Natives at Penn: 5th Annual Penn
Powwow; 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Newman Center (Natives@Penn).
International House
Info.: http://ihousephilly.org/
3 Philadelphia Flamenco Festival:
Flamenco Hoy; 7 p.m.
4 Gala Kick-Off Party: Brazilian Carnival featuring PhillyBloco; dinner, concert, dancing; 6 p.m.; $20/general public,
$15/members.
5 International Women’s Day 2014:
Women, War and Peace; panel discussion,
musical performance and reception; 6-8
p.m.
SPORTS
Tickets & venues: www.pennathletics.com
1 (M) Lacrosse vs. Denver; 1 p.m.
(M) Basketball vs. Yale; 7 p.m.
4 Softball vs. St. Joe’s; 3 p.m.
Softball vs. St. Joe’s; 6 p.m.
5 (W) Lacrosse vs. Rutgers; 6 p.m.
7 (W) Basketball vs. Columbia; 7 p.m.
8Wrestling; EIWA Championships; all
day. Through March 9.
(W) Lacrosse vs. Harvard; 1 p.m.
(W) Basketball vs. Cornell; 8 p.m.
9 (M) Tennis vs. Temple; 9 a.m.
15 (M) Heavyweight Rowing; Class Day
Races; Time TBA.
Gymnastics vs. Southern Connecticut
State; 1 p.m.
19 (W) Lacrosse vs. Maryland; 7 p.m.
22 (M+W) Track; Philadelphia College
Classic; all day.
(W) Tennis vs. Temple; noon.
Baseball vs. Lafayette; DH; noon.
(M) Lacrosse vs. Cornell; 1 p.m.
25 Baseball vs. Lafayette; Liberty Bell
Classic; 3 p.m.
26 Softball vs. La Salle; 4 p.m.
(M) Tennis vs. St John’s; 4 p.m.
Softball vs. La Salle; 7 p.m.
28 Softball vs. Yale; 2 p.m.
Softball vs. Yale; 5 p.m.
29 (M) Lightweight Rowing vs. Mercyhurst; Time TBA.
Baseball vs. Yale; DH; noon.
Softball vs. Brown; 12:30 p.m.
(M) Tennis vs. Princeton; 2 p.m.
Softball vs. Brown; 3:30 p.m.
30 Baseball vs. Brown; DH; noon.
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TALKS
1
Epilepsy-Collaborative Research at
Penn Vet; Charles Vite, neurology & neurosurgery; 10 a.m.; Penn Vet Hill Pavilion;
RSVP: (215) 746-7460 (Penn Vet).
3 Gayborhoods: Economic Development and the Concentration of Same-Sex
Couples in Neighborhoods within Large
American Cities; Janice F. Madden,
sociology; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg.
(Population Studies Center).
The Signing Brain: What Sign Languages Reveal About Human Language
and the Brain; Karen Emmorey, San
Diego State; 5 p.m.; rm. G-17, Claudia
Cohen Hall (Linguistics).
The Italian Political System; Antonio
Merlo, economics; 6 p.m.; Cherpack
Seminar Room, Williams Hall (Penn
Center for Italian Studies).
4 The Prophet’s Other Messengers:
Faith, Politics and Consumption at the
Sayyeda Zainab and Bibi Pak Daman;
Noor Zaidi, history; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209,
College Hall (History).
Penn Music Colloquium Series;
Annette Richards, Cornell; 5:15 p.m.; rm.
102, Music Bldg. (Penn Music).
Artist Talk; Abdi Farah, C’ 09, winner of the first season of Bravo Network’s
“Work of Art: Next Great Artist” in
conjunction with William H. Johnson
Exhibit; 5:30 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery
(Arthur Ross Gallery).
Newborn Foals-What to Expect and
When to Worry; Michelle Abraham, New
Bolton Center; 6:30 p.m.; New Bolton
Center; RSVP: (610) 925-6500 (Penn Vet).
5 What Merit Means: Admissions,
Diversity and Inequality at Elite Universities in the United States and Britain;
Natasha Warikoo, Harvard; noon; rm.
103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology).
Visual Programs After the Islamic
Conquest: The Varakhsha Palace and the
Fate of Its Owners, the Bukhar Khudas;
Alexandr Naymark, Hofstra; 3:30 p.m.;
rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).
Rock Mechanics of Fracking; Tim
Bechtel, LPS; 6 p.m.; World Cafe Live
(Penn Science Café).
Thor Heyerdahl and Kon Tiki: A
Grand Experiment in Archaeology; Clark
Erickson, Penn Museum; 6 p.m.; Penn
Museum; register: (215) 898-2680; $5 w/
advanced registration, $10/door
(Museum).
Technologies for Generative Justice;
Ron Eglash, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; 6 p.m.; Berger Auditorium, Skirkanich Hall (South Asia Center).
6 Single-Particle Electron CyroMicroscopy Reveals High-Resolution
Structure and Activation Mechanisms of
TRPV1 Ion Channel; Maofu Liao, UC
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San Francisco; noon; Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building (Medicine).
High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self Discovery That Challenges
Everything You Know About Drugs and
Society; Carl Hart, author, in conversation
with A. Thomas McLellan, psychiatry;
4:30 p.m.; rm. 240B, Silverman Hall;
RSVP: info@neuroethics.upenn.edu
(Neuroethics).
Food as Medicine in Pompeii; Patricia Baker, University of Kent; 4:30 p.m.;
rm. 402, Claudia Cohen Hall (Classical
Studies).
7 Enlightened Leadership: In Life,
Work & the Academy; Annie McKee,
moderator; Lee Spellman Doty, JP Morgan; Suzy Ganz, Lion Brothers; Anita
Allen, Vice Provost for Faculty; Marilyn
Jordan Taylor, PennDesign; 3 p.m.;
Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nanotechnology; RSVP: forum@pobox.upenn.
edu (Penn Forum for Women Faculty).
8 Not Only with the Dead: Banqueting
in Ancient Egypt; John Baines, Oxford;
3:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; info. & prices:
www.arce-pa.org (American Research
Center, Egypt–Pennsylvania Chapter).
11 Diagnosing Disease on a Microchip;
David Issadore, bioengineering; noon;
Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Bldg.
(Institute for Medicine & Engineering).
12 Let ‘er Rip: Necroptosis and Its Regulation in Development; Douglas Green,
St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital; 10
a.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).
16 Visiting with the Ancients: Herculaneum, Pompeii and the Grand Tour; Victoria Coates, art history; 2 p.m.; Penn Museum; $10, $5/Penn Museum or Franklin
Institute members (Penn Museum).
17 Beyond Age: How Phenotypic
Variation Affects and Demography and
Evolution; Shripad Tuljapurkar, Stanford;
noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Population
Studies Center).
Making the ACA Work: Q&A; rollout
of the affordable care act; various panelists; noon; location given upon registration: http://ldi.upenn.edu (Penn LDI).
The Democratic Surround: Multimedia and the Politics of Attention in Cold
War America; Fred Turner, Stanford; 3:30
p.m.; rm. 337, Claudia Cohen Hall (History & Sociology of Science).
PennDesign Lecture; Geoff
Manaugh, Gizmodo; 6 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign).
18 PIER Lecture; Debraj Ray, NYU;
3:30 p.m.; rm. 309, McNeil Bldg. (Penn
Economics).
FITNESS & LEARNING
27Brown Bag Matinee: Mastering the
Art of Cover Letters; 11 a.m.-noon.
HR: Quality of Worklife Workshops
Open to Penn faculty and staff.
Register: http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu
5 Chair Yoga; noon-1 p.m.
13Optimizing Personal and Professional Relationships; noon-1 p.m.
26There’s No Such Thing as a Perfect
Parent and That’s Just Fine; noon-1 p.m.
Liberal & Professional Studies
Info.: www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/
Walk-In Wednesday; 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,
4:30-6:30 p.m.; ste. 100, 3440 Market St.
(LPS). Every Wednesday.
4 LPS Post-Baccalaureate Studies Program Info Session; 5:30-7 p.m.; Houston
Hall.
Morris Arboretum
Prices & Registration:
www.morrisarboretum.org
2 Needle Felting: From Fleece to Fantastic; 1 p.m.
3 Downsizing Strategies & Shortcuts
for Time-Pressed Gardeners; 1 p.m.
8 Rose Pruning 101; 9:30 a.m.
9 Basic Botanical Illustration; 1 p.m.
Also March 16.
11Successful Strategies for Preserving Tree
Canopy in Our Communities; 8:30 a.m.
12Introductory Tree Climbing; 9 a.m.
Also March 13 & 14.
15An Introduction to Beer Making; 1 p.m.
17Mobile Crane Operator Training and
Certification; 9 a.m. Also March 18 & 19.
20The Well-Mannered Perennial Garden; 7 p.m.
21Pruning Shrubs for Maximum Health
and Beauty; 9 a.m.
22Wedding Flower Design Workshop;
10 a.m.
Introduction to Canning; 10 a.m.
Greenhouse and Propagation Tour; 1 p.m.
28Dried Flowers: Preserving and Arranging Floral Beauty; 10:30 a.m.
29Well-Full Gardening; 10 a.m.
Hand-made Paper Bowls; 12:30 p.m.
PennFit: Bonus Seminars/Activities
Register: (215) 898-6100
7 Body Composition; 8 a.m., noon, 5 p.m.
19Peak Power Pilates; 5:15-6 p.m.
21Tee It Up Golf; 12:15-1 p.m.
26Stress Free; noon-1 p.m.
PennFit: Incentive Program
Register: www.upenn.edu/recreation/
programs/pennfit.html
17Healthy Eating; 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays through April 21.
18Fitness (Level 1); 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Tuesdays through April 29.
Fitness (Level 2); 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Tuesdays through April 22.
TALKS
Art Museums and Antiquities: Balancing Practical and Ethical Concerns;
Maxwell Anderson, Dallas Museum of
Art; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum (Penn Cultural
Heritage Center).
Green Vaccines: Low Cost Treatment
for Alzheimer’s, Diabetes, Hypertension
and Infectious Diseases; Henry Daniell,
biochemistry & pathology; 6 p.m.; upstairs, World Cafe Live (Penn Science
Café).
19 The Fracturing of the American
Corporate Elite; Mark Mizruchi, University of Michigan; noon; rm. 103, McNeil
Bldg. (Sociology).
On the Painting Programs in Sogdian Paintings Before and After the Islamic
Conquest: Sources, Narratives, Styles;
Matteo Compareti, NYU; 3:30 p.m.; rm.
113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).
Effects of Substrate Geometry on
Neuronal Growth; Cristian Staii, Tufts; 4
p.m.; rm. A8, David Rittenhouse Laboratory (Physics).
Climate Wars: Global Warming and
the Attack on Science; Michael Mann,
Penn State; Ben Horton, Rutgers; 5 p.m.;
Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; register: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/registration.shtml (Penn Humanities Forum).
Achim Borchardt-Hume and Kaja
Silverman in Conversation at Slought;
Achim Borchardt-Hume, Tate Modern;
Kaja Silverman, history of art; 6 p.m.;
Slought (History of Art).
PennDesign Lecture; Thom Mayne,
Morphosis; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery,
Meyerson Hall (PennDesign).
20 Order, Antiquity and Embellishment:
Ritual Space and Architecture in Nineteenth-Century Banaras; Madhuri Desai,
Penn State; noon; rm. 820, Williams Hall
(South Asia Studies).
Title TBA; Simon Chauchard, Dartmouth; noon; CASI, ste. 560, 3600 Market St. (CASI).
Classical Studies Senior Colloquium; seniors’ honors theses presentations;
4 p.m.; Classical Studies Lounge, Claudia
Cohen Hall (Classical Studies).
Penn Music Colloquium Series;
Naomi Waltham-Smith, music; 5:15 p.m.;
rm. 102, Music Bldg. (Penn Music).
Adapting to (and for) New Media:
Luigi Pirandello’s Cinematic Writings;
Michael Edwards, Italian studies; 6 p.m.;
Cherpack Seminar Room, Williams Hall
(Penn Center for Italian Studies).
21 Exposure of Phosphatidyleserine and
Engulfment of Apoptotic Cells; Shigekazu
Nagato, Kyoto University; 10 a.m.;
Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute
(Wistar).
Creating a Chinese Property Law;
Shitong Qiao, Yale; noon; CSCC Confer-
Rape Aggression Defense (RAD)
Register: (215) 898-4481.
19Session IV; 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Continues March 26, April 2 & April 9.
29Session V; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Continues
April 5.
Weigle Info Commons Workshops
Open to faculty, staff and students.
All events in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library.
RSVP: http://wic.library.upenn.edu/
wicshops
3 Canvas Office Hours; 1 p.m.; WIC
rm. 128. Also March 12; March 20, 2
p.m.; March 25, 3 p.m.
Intro to ArcGIS I: Making a Map; 1
p.m.; Goldstein Electronic Classroom.
4 Assessment and Grading in Canvas;
10 a.m.; Goldstein Electronic Classroom.
Copyright Clinic-Office Hours; 3 p.m.;
WIC rm. 125. Also March 11, 18, 25.
Focused Lab: Codecademy Web
Fundamentals; 4 p.m.; rm. 623, Vitale II.
Also March 11, 18, 25.
5 Topics in Canvas: Collaboration
Tools; noon; WIC Seminar Room.
Prezi; 1:30 p.m.; Education Commons
Seminar Room.
Focused Lab: Text Encoding (TEI); 3
p.m.; rm. 623, Vitale II. Also March 12,
19, 26.
Make a Music Video with Final Cut
Pro X Part 3; 3 p.m.; WIC Seminar
Room.
Focused Lab: Omeka; 4 p.m.; rm.
623, Vitale II. Also March 12, 19, 26.
6 Zotero; 2 p.m.; Goldstein Electronic
Classroom. Also March 28, 1 p.m., Education Commons Seminar Room.
Focused Lab: Codecademy Python;
4 p.m.; rm. 623, Vitale II. Also March 13,
20, 27.
7 Programming for Humanists: Media
and Culture at Texas A&M University; 10
a.m.; rm. 623, Vitale II.
11Photoshop Basics; 2 p.m.; WIC
Seminar Room.
18Canvas Basics; 11 a.m.; Goldstein
Electronic Classroom.
19Keeping Track of Research Notes;
noon; WIC.
Managing Data in ArcGIS; 1 p.m.;
Goldstein Electronic Classroom.
20Working with Historic Maps; 10 a.m.;
Goldstein Electronic Classroom.
Mapping the Census; 1 p.m.; Goldstein Electronic Classroom.
25Blackboard to Canvas; 1 p.m.; Goldstein Electronic Classroom.
Photoshop: Layers; 2 p.m.; WIC
Seminar Room.
26Managing Citations; noon; WIC.
Self-Publishing with InDesign; 2
p.m.; WIC Seminar Room.
NVivo; 2:30 p.m.; Goldstein Electronic Classroom.
TALKS
ence Room, Fisher-Bennett Hall (The Center for the Study of Contemporary China).
Accounting for Survival: Organizational Technologies and Firm Performance, 1871-1881; Caitlin Rosenthal,
UC Berkeley; 2 p.m.; rm. 209, College
Hall (History).
William H. Johnson: Modernist
Master of New World Realities; Leslie
Hammond, Maryland Institute College
of Art; 5:30 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery
(Arthur Ross Gallery).
23 A Museum of Plants: Caring for a
Living Collection; Anthony Aiello, Morris
Arboretum; 2 p.m.; Morris Arboretum;
free w/admission; register: www.morrisarboretum.org (Morris Arboretum).
24 Is Xi Jinping Changing China’s
Course? Reforms Under the New Leadership in Beijing; various panelists; noon;
Amando Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium
(Knowledge by the Slice).
Intergenerational Religious Influences and the Timing of First Marriage;
Sarah Brauner-Otto, McGill; noon; rm.
103, McNeil Bldg. (Population Studies
Center).
The Scientific Commitments of
London’s Chief Rabbi at the Turn of the
Eighteenth Century; Matt Goldish, Ohio
State; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Claudia Cohen
Hall (Jewish Studies).
Serving Mister Tvister: A Business
History of Intourist, 1955-1985; Alex
Hazanov, history; 6 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History).
Lisa Roberts & David Seltzer
Integrated Product Design Lecture;
Dror Benshetrit, Dror; 6:30 p.m.; rm.
B1, Meyerson Hall; register: www.
eventbrite.com/e/dror-at-penndesigntickets-10433032481 (PennDesign).
25 Bioengineering Analysis of Mitochondrial Bioenergetics: Key to the
Diagnosis and Treatment of the Common
“Complex” Diseases; Douglas Wallace,
pathology; noon; Lynch Lecture Hall,
Chemistry Bldg. (Institute for Medicine
& Engineering).
Health and the Household in Early
Modern London; Vanessa Harding, University of London; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209,
College Hall (History).
America’s Asia: Racial Form and
American Literature, 1893-1945; Colleen
Lye, UC Berkley; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 401,
Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).
Penn Music Colloquium Series; Josh
Pilzer, University of Toronto; 5:15 p.m.;
rm. 102, Music Bldg. (Penn Music).
PennDesign Lecture; Jenny
Odell, artist; 6 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson
(PennDesign; MuraLAB).
The Martin Luther King, Jr. We
Have Forgotten; Thomas Sugrue, history
& sociology; 6 p.m.; upstairs, World Cafe
TALKS
Live (Penn Lightbulb Café).
26 The Unintended Consequences of
Medical Measures: The Case of Patient
Experience Surveys; Michael Sauder,
University of Iowa; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology).
From Domestic to International: The
Evolution of Chinese NGO; Jennifer Hsu,
University of Alberta; 4:30 p.m.; CSCC
Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett Hall
(The Center for the Study of Contemporary China).
The Arab Conquest of the Near East
Reconsidered: Implications for Early
“Islamic” History; Parvaneh Pourshariati, Ohio State; 5:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe
Bldg. (History of Art).
The Acropolis of Athens: Recent
Analysis and Conservation; Demetrios
Anglos, University of Crete; Vassiliki
Eleftheriou, Acropolis Restoration Service; 6 p.m.; Upper Gallery, Meyerson
Hall (PennDesign).
27 Putting the Past to Work: Archaeology, Community and Economic Development; Peter Gould, University College
London; 12:30 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum).
Improving Physician Prescribing
Practices and Medication Policy; Jerry
Avorn, Harvard; 3 p.m.; Auditorium,
Smilow Center for Translational Research; register: (215) 898-7801 (Institute
on Aging).
Johannes Th. Kakridis, Neoanalysis
and the Literary Interpretation of Homeric Poetry; Seth Schein, UC Davis; 4:30
p.m.; Classical Studies Lounge, Claudia
Cohen Hall (Classical Studies).
Biodiversity: Use It or Lose It;
Daniel Janzen, biology; 6 p.m.; rm. B3,
Meyerson Hall (PennDesign).
Giovanni Veneroni’s Dizionario Imperiale (1700): Four Languages for a
Portrait of Europe; Pietro Montorfani,
Università di Lugano; 6 p.m.; Cherpack
Seminar Room, Williams Hall (Italian
Studies).
28 From the Great Wall to Many City
Walls: China Hukou System and its Reform; Fei-Ling Wang, Georgia Institute
of Technology; noon; CSCC Conference
Room, Fisher-Bennett Hall (The Center
for the Study of Contemporary China).
31 Personal Branding & Managing
Your Image with Social Media; Winka
Dubbeldam, architecture; noon; location
TBD (Penn Forum for Women Faculty).
Face Transplants and the Meaning
of Identity; Sharrona Pearl, Annenberg
School; 3:45 p.m.; rm. 337, Claudia Cohen
Hall (History & Sociology of Science).
The Kohn Pedersen Fox Lecture; Rafael Moneo, Harvard; 6:30 p.m.; Lower
Gallery, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign).
Photos Courtesy of the Penn Museum
Aerobic Cardio Fitness; 5:30 p.m.;
Parrish Hall, St. Agatha’s and St. James
Church (enter at back door); first class
free, $8/class, $5/students; info.: (267)
251-3842. Every Tuesday and Thursday.
4 New Parents’ Discussion Group;
noon; Penn Women’s Center. First
Tuesday of every month.
5 Dual Career Couples and the Job
Search; 4:30-6 p.m.; rm. 223, Houston
Hall (Career Services; Vice Provost for
Education).
Penn Knitters; noon; Living Room,
Penn Women’s Center. Every Thursday.
6 Penn Benefits Information Session;
noon-2 p.m.; Golkin Room, Houston Hall;
RSVP by February 27 to Marcia Dotson,
mdotson@sas.upenn.edu (WPPSA).
12AARC & Staff and Labor Relations:
Preparing for Your Evaluation; noon; rm.
D27, Castor Bldg. (AARC).
18Time Management for New Faculty:
Balancing Professional Responsibilities
Early in Your Career; 4:30-6 p.m.; Ben
Franklin Room, Houston Hall (Career
Services; Vice Provost for Education).
Christian Association
SLANGuage; 2:30-5 p.m.; Tuesdays.
Class of 1923 Arena
Info.: www.upenn.edu/icerink
Public Skating; Sun. 1:30-3 p.m.; Mon.
noon-1:30 p.m.; Wed. noon-1:30 p.m.; Fri.
noon-1:30 p.m.; Sat. 5:30-7 p.m.
15Philly Roller Girls Skate; 5:30-7
p.m.; free admission w/purchase of Roller
Derby ticket. Also March 16, 1:30-3 p.m.
HR: Professional and Personal
Development Program
Open to Penn faculty and staff.
Register: http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu
5 Conducting Performance Appraisals
for Supervisors; 11 a.m.-noon.
6 AMA’s The Voice of Leadership: How
Leaders Inspire, Influence and Achieve
Results; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; $75. Through
March 7.
11Participating in Performance Appraisals for Staff; 1-2 p.m.
12Professional and Respectful Workplaces; noon-1 p.m.
14Identity Theft; noon-1 p.m.
17Writing Efficient Email; 9 a.m.2 p.m.; $75.
19Brown Bag Matinee: Project Management; 9-10 a.m.
TALKS
(left) Performers from Native Nations
Dance Theater, including Assistant
Director Andrew Lyn, present energetic
dance demonstrations and workshops
during the opening celebration of Native
American Voices: The People—Here and
Now on Saturday, March 1.
Native American Voices: The
People-Here and Now Exhibit
Opening: march 1
11 a.m. - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.
11:30 a.m. - Native Nations Dance Theater: Dance Demonstration and Workshop.
noon - Suzan Harjo: Poetry Reading on Sacred Places.
12:30 p.m. - Namorah Gayle Byrd: Storytelling.
1 p.m. - Native Nations Dance Theater: Music Demonstrations and Workshop.
1 p.m. - Gewas Schindler: Demonstration and Talk on Lacrosse
1:30 p.m. - Joe Watkins and Joseph Aguilar share insights into indigenous archaeology.
2 p.m. - Shelley DePaul: Workshop on the Local Lenape Indian language.
2 p.m. - Stephanie Mach Up: Close Look at Diverse Native American materials.
2:30 p.m. - Margaret Bruchac Talk about the role of wampum.
2:30 p.m. - Namorah Byrd: Native American Trickster Tales (Storytelling).
2:45 p.m. - Gewas Schindler: Demonstration and Talk on Lacrosse.
3 p.m. - Patty Talahongva Talk on work as journalist and Hopi culture.
3:30 p.m. - Native Nations Dance Theater: Finale Music and Dance Performance.