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ACADEMIC CALENDAR
4 Spring Term Break. Through March 12.
13 Classes Resume.
20 Advance Registration for Fall Term
and Summer Sessions. Through April 2.
24 Last Day to Withdraw from a
Course.
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES
18 Family Matinee: Best of the Fest
2016: Kid Flix Mix 2; featuring audience
favorites and award-winning short films
picked from the 2016 New York International Children’s Film Festival; 2 p.m.;
International House; $5/adults & children
over 2, free/members; tickets: http://
ihousephilly.org/ (I-House).
24 The Campbell Brothers; youth programming for grades 5+; illuminating the
undeniable connection between the blues
and gospel music; 10:30 a.m.; Annenberg
Center; tickets: www.annenbergcenter.
org/ (Annenberg Center).
Morris Arboretum Prices & Info.: www.morrisarboretum.org
13 Seeds to Sprouts, Spring Adventures!
(Ages 2-4) Session I; 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Also March 20 & 27; April 3, 10 & 17.
15 Storytime Nature Yoga (Ages 2-4)
Session I; 10:30-11:15 a.m. Also March
22 & 29; April 5.
17 Free Storytime (Ages 1-5); tailored to
the changing seasons and complements
the natural setting of the Arboretum;
10:30-11:30 a.m.; free w/admission.
Also March 31.
25 Exploring the Hidden Life of a Toad
(Ages 6 and Up); 1:30-2:15 p.m.
Penn Museum
Tickets: www.penn.museum/
4 Gallery Romp: Africa; young children (ages 3-6) meet Zomo the rabbit, a
trickster from West Africa, and discover
what it means to be wise; 10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.; registration encouraged.
8 Homeschool Programs: Archaeological Adventures: Traveling North America;
learn more about the diverse indigenous
cultures that live across the continent of
North America; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; $12 per
child/adult; tickets: (215) 746-6774.
Face-to-Face with World Cultures:
A Special Archaeological Adventure; for
children both on the autism spectrum and
those who are not; this exploration includes a reading of My Cousin Momo and
an interactive gallery tour; 11 a.m.-noon;
$12 per child/adult; buy tickets online.
12 Destination Ancient Greece: Athena’s
Owl Puppets; families craft an owl puppet
to take home, and discover other symbols
of the gods and goddesses of ancient
Greece; 1-4 p.m.; free w/admission.
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CONFERENCES
2017; 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Smilow
Research Center; register: http://tinyurl.
com/z3ye5dy (Penn Medicine).
Queer Wellness: An Intersectional
LGBTQ Youth Health Symposium;
9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Houston Hall; register:
http://tinyurl.com/jjhbpm6 (Gender,
Sexuality & Women’s Studies).
30 American and Muslim Worlds, c.
1500-1900; 5 p.m.; Perry World House;
register: http://tinyurl.com/jrgqyl9
Through April 1, 8 a.m.-5:15 p.m.; McNeil Center for Early American Studies
(PHF; McNeil Center; Penn Libraries;
Perry World House).
Landscape Dialogues; all day;
Meyerson Hall; info.: http://tinyurl.com/
z23yb5f Through March 31. (Penn Design).
31 Objects of Study; 8:30 a.m.-3:05
p.m.; Widener Lecture Hall, Penn Museum; register: http://tinyurl.com/zn54xw5
Through April 1, 1:45-6 p.m. (Penn Libraries; PHF). EXHIBITS
Admission Donations and Hours
ARG: Fisher Fine Arts Library; free;
hours: www.arthurrossgallery.org/
Burrison Gallery: Inn at Penn; free;
Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.;
http://tinyurl.com/kaevlec
Esther Klein Gallery: free;
Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.;
http://estherkleingallery.tumblr.com/
ICA; free; hours: www.icaphila.org
International House; free; hours:
http://ihousephilly.org/
Kroiz Gallery: Fisher Fine Arts
Library; free; Tues.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.;
http://tinyurl.com/hvrlct4
Morris Arboretum: Mon.-Sun.,
10 a.m.-4 p.m.; for prices visit:
www.morrisarboretum.org
Penn Museum: $15/adults; $13/
seniors; $10/children; free/members,
PennCard holders and children under 5;
Tues.-Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; first Wed.,
10 a.m.-8 p.m.; www.penn.museum
Slought; free; Tues.-Fri., noon5 p.m.; www.slought.org
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; free;
hours: http://tinyurl.com/hwd74bp
Wistar: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Upcoming
1 Utopian Explorations and Science
Fiction; surveys historical utopian and
dystopian literature and points to its
influence on science fiction; SnyderGranader Alcove, Van Pelt-Dietrich
Library. Through April 28.
10 Children: Photographs by Jerry Porter; travel and photography have been his
principal avocation—the memories he most
treasures are the children of the world and
he has chosen photographs of children for
this exhibit; Burrison Gallery; reception:
March 15, 4-6 p.m. Through April 12.
17 What Was The Philadelphia School?
An Architecture Exhibit; how Philadelphia
architects formed a movement unified
by ideas and influenced the entire world;
Philomathean Society, College Hall 4F; reception: March 17, 6 p.m. Through April 17. Now
Back Matter: The Making of Robert
Venturi’s Complexity and Contradiction;
traces the development and manifold permutations of the provocative ideas put forth
in Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture; Kroiz Gallery. Through March 3.
Nikon Small World Exhibit; discovering the beauty and complexity of life as
seen through today’s advanced microscopes; The Wistar Institute. Through
March 5.
Photo Courtesy of the Artist
To the Ends of the Earth; 5:30 p.m.;
Kislak Center, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library;
register: http://tinyurl.com/hlt9wxb
Through March 4, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Penn
Libraries). See Exhibits.
4 2017 Canine Breeder Excellence
Seminar; 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Hill Pavilion,
Penn Vet; $75-125; register: www.vet.
upenn.edu/ (Penn Vet).
14 Religious Liberty in the Age of
Trump: Panel Discussion; 5 p.m.; rm. 402,
Claudia Cohen Hall (Religious Studies;
Asian American Studies; Jewish Studies;
Penn Muslim Student Association).
16 Design + Heritage; 6 p.m.; Lower
Gallery, Meyerson Hall; info.: www.design.upenn.edu/ Through March 17,
5 p.m. (Penn Design).
24 Mind Your Brain @Penn Medicine
Travel and photography have been Jerry Porter’s principal avocations. He has traveled
throughout the world (every continent except Antarctica). He has seen many interesting
things, but by far the most interesting things are not “things” but people. The memories
he most treasures are the children of the world because they are the future of the world.
He has chosen photographs of children from 20 different countries for his exhibit. Children: Photographs by Jerry Porter is on display at the Burrison Gallery in the University
Club from March 10 through April 12 with a reception on March 15. See Exhibits.
02/28/17
Paintings by Gay Walling and Alice
Oh; Gay Walling is a representational
painter and Alice Oh is influenced by
forms and colors from nature viewed at
the microscopic level; Burrison Gallery.
Through March 9.
Arbitrary Pleasures–Plaisirs Arbitraires; Dan Rose’s artist books; Kamin
Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library.
Through March 10.
Endless Shout; asks how, why and
where performance and improvisation can
take place inside a museum; ICA.
Through March 19.
The Freedom Principle: Experiments
in Art and Music, 1965 to Now; links to
the vibrant legacy of avant-garde jazz and
experimental music of the late 1960s;
ICA. Through March 19.
Second Life; a series of previously
unfinalized works about social and institutional boundaries and thresholds;
Slought. Through March 23.
Geistdenkenheit: An Installation by
Tyler Kline; a meditation on the similarities and differences between biological
and artificial intelligence; Esther Klein
Gallery; Klecksography Workshop:
March 4, 2-4 p.m. Through March 25.
Landscape/Soundscape; installations
explore the photograph’s capacity to visually convey a sense of sound—musical,
natural elements, urban rhythms or otherwise; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through
March 26.
Let Every Heart Be Filled with Joy;
history of the Savoy Company; Eugene
Ormandy Gallery, Otto E. Albrecht Music
Library, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library.
Through Spring.
To the Ends of the Earth; presenting
some of the textual and material residues
of these encounters and travels, characteristic of past as well as present human
activity and curiosity; Kislak Center, Van
Pelt-Dietrich Library; reception: March
2, 5:30 p.m. Through May 19.
Timely Exhibits of Interest to Everyone; a century of public exhibitions at
Penn Museum, 1890-1990 that explores
how styles of display have changed over
time; Penn Museum. Through June.
Magic in the Ancient World; objects
associated with magical practices; Penn
Museum. Through September 4.
Ongoing
Audubon’s Birds of America; 1st fl,
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library.
Human Evolution: The First 200
Million Years; Penn Museum.
IHP: The First 100 Years; I-House.
John Cage: How to Get Started;
Slought.
Marian Anderson on the World
Stage; Marian Anderson Gallery (4th fl),
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library.
Native American Voices: The People—Here and Now; Penn Museum.
Heaven On Earth: Churches of
Constantinople (The Photography of
Ahmet Ertug); Penn Museum.
Samuel Yellin, Metalworker: Drawings from the Architectural Archives;
Kroiz Gallery, Architectural Archives.
The History of Nursing as Seen
Through the Lens of Art; Carol Ware
Lobby, Claire Fagin Hall.
Unearthed in the Archives; Fridays
1:30-2:30 p.m.; Penn Museum.
Penn Museum Tours
Weekend tours begin at 1:30 p.m. at the
Kamin entrance. Free w/admission.
For info.: www.penn.museum
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FILMS
Red, White & Blues by Mike Figgis;
screening of The Blues and discussion; 7
p.m.; Harold Price Theatre, Annenberg
Center; info. and register: https://www.
annenbergcenter.org/ (Annenberg Center).
14 Changing Face of Harlem; film
screening and discussion of the documentary that examines the revitalization of
Harlem told through the deeply personal
stories; 6 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall
(Penn Design; Penn IUR).
Penn Humanities Forum
Info. & Register: www.phf.upenn.edu/
1 Translation Trouble: Windtalkers;
World War II epic centering on the battle for
Saipan and the Navajo Indians who were
crucial in America’s victory there; 7 p.m.;
International House; register: www.phf.
upenn.edu/ (PHF; Cinema Studies; I-House).
12 Language is Culture: In the Name of
the FADA; comedian Des Bishop is one
of Ireland’s most prominent Irish-American personalities who has made it his
mission to revitalize the Irish language; 2
p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum;
free w/admission (PHF; Museum).
International House (I-House)
$10, $8/students, seniors, free/members. Shows at 7 p.m.
Info.: http://ihousephilly.org/
3 Where the Chocolate Mountains/
Runs Good.
16 The Freedom Principle/Endless
Shout; free; RSVP.
17 Forgetting Vietnam (Philadelphia
Premiere).
28 The New Testament of Jesus Christ
According to John.
30 Shoulder Arms/On Heights All is
Peace; free; RSVP.
31Tony Conrad: Completely in the
Present; free; RSVP.
MUSIC
13 Daedalus Quartet Concert; per-
forming Fred Lerdahl’s Chaconne and
Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata; 6:30 p.m.;
Arthur Ross Gallery (ARG).
29 Suzanne Ciani in Concert; with
Buchla synthesizer and electronic music
pioneer Suzanne Ciani as part of Making/Breaking the Binary: Women, Art &
Technology; 8 p.m.; International House;
$10-15; tickets: http://ihousephilly.org/
(I-House).
Annenberg Center
Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org
11 Visions from Cape Breton and Beyond: A Celtic Family Celebration; master
fiddlers Natalie MacMaster and Donnell
Leahy perform a new show with their
children; 8 p.m.
24 Lurrie Bell & The Campbell Brothers: Sin & Redemption; illuminates the
undeniable connection between the blues
and gospel music. Rousing Saturday
night juke joint sounds morph into Sunday morning gospel tunes; 8 p.m.
25 Noam Pikelny; traditional bluegrass
and innovative acoustic melodies, perfected by preeminent banjoist Noam
Pikelny. A founding member of the string
ensemble Punch Brothers and a three-time
Grammy Award nominee; 7:30 p.m.
World Cafe Live
Performances daily. For a complete listing, see: http://philly.worldcafelive.com/ ON STAGE
15 Performance by Philly Beat-maker
Christopher “Pow Pow” Powell; 5:30
p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery (ARG).
17 There’s No Place Like Rome; Mask
and Wig’s 129th Annual Production imagines Rome as a small college town obsessed with gladiator fighting; 8 p.m.; The
Mask & Wig Club House, 310 S. Quince
Street; $15-35; tickets: www.maskandwig.
com/ Also March 18, 24, 25, 30 and 31.
READINGS AND SIGNINGS
15 Like Arms and Armors: Jesuit Books
and the Libraries in Early Modernity;
Natale Vacalebre is presenting his book;
6 p.m.; rm. 627, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (Italian Studies).
24 When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics; Milan Vaishnav,
senior fellow, South Asia Program; noon;
ste. 560, 3600 Market St. (CASI).
31 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the
Gender Politics of Knowledge in Colonial Mexico; Stephanie Kirk, Romance
languages & literature & comparative
literature; 3:30 p.m.; Cherpack Seminar
Room (rm. 543), Williams Hall (Latin
American & Latino Studies).
Penn Bookstore
Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore
16 City of Gods: Religious Freedom,
Immigration, and Pluralism in Flushing,
Queens; R. Scott Hanson, history; 5:30
p.m. (Urban Studies Program).
21 Skewed: A Critical Thinkers Guide to
Media Bias; Larry Atkins, journalist; 6 p.m.
22 Hydraulic City: Water and the Infrastructure of Citizenship in Mumbai;
Nikhil Anand, anthropology; 6 p.m.
23 Surviving Poverty: Creating Sustainable Ties among the Poor; Joan Maya
Mazelis, alumni author; 5:30 p.m. (Urban
Studies Program).
29 Olive Witch: A Memoir; Abeer
Hoque, alumni author; 6 p.m.
Penn IUR Book Launches
Located in Penn Bookstore at 5 p.m.
Register: http://penniur.upenn.edu/
20 The Strip: Las Vegas and the Architecture of the American Dream; Stefan
Al, city and regional planning; register.
28 Governing the Fragmented Metropolis: Planning for Regional Sustainability;
the most recent C21 book by Christina
Rosan, Temple University; register.
Kelly Writers House
All events located in Arts Café.
Info.: www.writing.upenn.edu/wh
RSVP: [email protected]
1 Speakeasy Open Mic Night; 7:15 p.m.
2 Persian Literature in Translation;
lunch with Dick Davis & Fatemeh
Shams; noon; RSVP.
13 Lunch with Bob Englehart; Kauders
Lunch Program; noon; RSVP.
14 Alec Sokolow; Hartman Screenwriting Symposium; 6 p.m.; RSVP.
15 Lunch with Andrew Rosenthal; Povich Journalism Program; noon; RSVP.
Ivana Kohut, Justin Sheen and
Amanda Silberling; Creative Ventures
Prize presentations; 6:30 p.m.
20 Reading with Nathaniel Mackey;
6:30 p.m.; RSVP.
21 Brunch with Nathaniel Mackey; 10
a.m.; RSVP.
22 Lunch with Jennifer Lin; Povich
Journalism Program; noon; RSVP.
A Celebration of The Adroit Journal;
various speakers; 6 p.m.
27 LIVE at the Writers House; 7 p.m.
29 The Golden Shovel Anthology: New
Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks; 6 p.m.
30Marathon Reading of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 2 p.m.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Workshop: The Service of Sound; an
intimate conversation and workshop with
cyborgs organizers Roksana Filipowska
and Maria Murphy on the political capacities of sound. Using such audio equipment as looper pedals and voice processors, we will explore how the grain of
the voice compares to the surface grain
of the photograph.; 2-3 p.m.; Arthur Ross
Gallery (ARG). See Exhibits.
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Spring Break Skate; buy one admission, get one free; 1-2 p.m.; Class of 1923
Arena, 3130 Walnut Street; info.: www.
upenn.edu/icerink (Penn Ice Rink).
13 A Drop of Life: The Global Water
Crisis and Its Unique Impact on Women;
acclaimed filmmaker Shalini Kantayya
and Wendy Grube, Penn Nursing, will be
speaking and presenting Ms. Kantayya’s
award-winning short film about the global
water crisis; 6-8 p.m.; International House;
register: http://tinyurl.com/jubx9oq (Middle East Center; South Asia Center).
25 Wharton vs. Law Fight Night; annual charity fundraising event that brings
together the graduate and professional
students for a spirited amateur boxing
competition and afterparty; 7 p.m.; The
Palestra; tickets: http://tinyurl.com/htk75oh (Penn Law).
International House
Info.: http://ihousephilly.org
23 Nowruz Celebration; celebrating the
Persian New Year by enjoying Middle
Eastern delicacies and tea, participating
in interactive cultural activities, experiencing Persian music and dance performances, and ending the evening with a
DJ dance party; 7 p.m.; $5-10.
26 Keisha Hutchins: Going Home; examining how African-American musical
art forms have functioned throughout history and across the Diaspora, and considers what it means to be Black in various
homelands; 7 p.m.; $8-15.
Penn Museum
Info.: https://www.penn.museum/
1 Color Between the Wines: Featured
Artifacts: Shingon Buddhist Altarpieces;
adult coloring meet up—socialize and
recharge with other coloring enthusiasts
as you illustrate images and design based
on Penn Museum artifacts; 6:30-8 p.m.;
$5/includes art supplies.
2 Mummies and Martinis; enjoy the
backdrop of the Museum’s collections
during an after-work happy hour in the
Egypt Gallery; 6-7:30 p.m.; $9/includes
one free drink for guests 21+.
11 Hello India!; from henna dye tattoos to
traditional dance, discover some of the arts,
crafts, music and cultural practices of India
at a day that culminates with a Holi celebration; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; free w/admission.
16 DIY Craft Night: Make, Shake
and Take: Sekere; make your own
sekere, working with musician Omomola Iyabunmi, founder of the Women’s
Sekere Ensemble; 6:30-8 p.m.; $45/per
person, includes one drink. 18 Tactile Trip Around the World; new
program for people with low vision or
blindness—featuring touch experiences in
eight of the Museum’s galleries; 11 a.m.-3
p.m.; visitors with vision loss who require
or prefer sighted guides are encouraged to
bring an assistant or companion; free w/
admission; RSVP: [email protected]
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SPORTS
(M) Basketball vs Dartmouth; 7 p.m.
(W) Tennis vs. Drexel; 11 a.m.
(W) Lacrosse vs. Cornell;1 p.m.
(M) Basketball vs. Harvard; 7 p.m.
5 (M) Tennis vs. Denver; 11 a.m.
(W) Gymnastics Quad Meet; 4:30 p.m.
7 (W) Lacrosse vs. Lehigh; 1 p.m.
(M) Lacrosse vs. Navy; 4 p.m.
(W) Basketball vs. Princeton; 7 p.m.
11 (W) Lacrosse vs. Georgetown; 1 p.m.
Ivy League (M) & (W) Basketball
Championships. Through March 12.
12 (M) Tennis vs. William & Mary; 10 a.m.
15Softball vs. Lafayette; 3 p.m.
Baseball vs. Villanova; 3:30 p.m.
17 Track & Field College Classic; TBA.
18(W) Lacrosse vs. Duke; noon.
Baseball vs. Marist; noon.
(W) Tennis vs. St. John’s; 1 p.m.
Softball vs. Rider; 1 p.m.
Baseball vs. Marist; 2:30 p.m.
(M) Lacrosse vs. Princeton; 3 p.m.
(W) Rowing vs. St. Joseph’s; TBA.
19Baseball vs. Marist; noon.
Baseball vs. Marist; 2:30 p.m.
22Softball vs. La Salle; 3 p.m.
Baseball vs. Lehigh; 3:30 p.m.
25Softball vs. Iona; 1 p.m.
Track & Field Penn Challenge; TBA.
(W) Rowing Murphy Cup; TBA.
26 Baseball vs. Lafayette; noon.
Baseball vs. Lafayette; 2:30 p.m.
31Softball vs. Harvard; 2 p.m.
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Futurities at the Border; Bhaskar
Sarkar, UC Santa Barbara; noon; rm. 330,
Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).
The Miracles of Bookkeeping: How
Budget Politics Link Fiscal Policies and
Financial Markets; Sarah Quinn, University of Washington; noon; rm. 103,
McNeil Bldg. (Sociology).
Printing Potentiality: Savannah,
Georgia, circa 1734; Jennifer Chuong,
Harvard; 12:30 p.m.; rm. 105, McNeil
Center (McNeil Center for Early American Studies).
Publicity and Poetry Recitation in
Delhi’s 1750s; Nathan Tabor, Western
Michigan University; 4:30 p.m.; Perry
World House (South Asia Colloquium).
Underwater Panthers and Their
Place in the Native American Cosmos;
Megan Kassabaum, anthropology; 6 p.m.;
Penn Museum; $5/advance, $2/members,
$10/door; tickets: www.penn.museum/
(Museum).
2 Womb as Plot: Conceptive Risk and
Reproductive Time in Contemporary
Poetry; Julia Bloch, English; 5 p.m.; rm.
330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English).
Graduate Fine Arts; Aki Sasamoto,
artist; 6:30 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall
(PennDesign).
3 Princesses Who Protest; Dick Davis,
Ohio State University; noon; rm. 108,
ARCH Bldg. (Middle East Center).
7 Forcing Tumor Progression and
Metastasis; Valerie Weaver, UC San
Francisco; noon; Sarah and Matthew Caplan Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar
Institute).
Sunnism in Rayy During the Saljuq
Period According to the K. al-Naqd; Hassan Farhang Ansari, Princeton; 5:30 p.m.;
rm. 244, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Middle
East Center).
What Are the Implications of UK
EXIT for Northern Ireland and Ireland? Can the Good Friday Agreement
Survive?; Brendan O’Leary, political
science; 6 p.m.; World Café Live (Penn
Lightbulb Café).
Tricky Cases from the Field: What’s
Your Diagnosis?; Equine Field Service
Team; 6:30 p.m.; Alumni Hall, New
Bolton Center; RSVP: Barbara Belt,
(215) 925-6500 (Penn Vet).
8 Rewriting the Language of Life:
Impacts and Challenges of DNA Editing; Jennifer Doudna, UC Berkeley; 4
p.m.; Arthur H. Rubenstein Auditorium,
Smilow Center (Systems Pharmacology
& Translational Therapeutics).
9 Mari Lowe Comparative Oncology
Seminar Series; Gian-Paolo Dotto, Université de Lausanne; 4 p.m.; rm. 132, Hill
Pavilion (Penn Vet).
13 Understanding the Effects of Early
Algebra: A Regression Discontinuity
Approach; Andrew Penner, UC Irvine;
noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Population
Studies Center).
Latin American & Latino Studies External Speaker Series; Marian Vidaurri,
Organization of American States; 2 p.m.;
Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall (Latin
American & Latino Studies).
Social and Environmental Justice;
Manuel Pastor, University of Southern
California; 6 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson
Hall (PennDesign).
14 Latin American & Latino Studies
Speaker Series; Amada Armenta, sociology; noon; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler
Hall (Latin American & Latino Studies).
Plumbing the Past: Histories of
Culture and Conflict in the Persian Gulf;
Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, history; 4:30
p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History).
Leon C. and June W. Holt Lecture in
International Law; Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland; 4:30 p.m.; rm.
100, Golkin Hall; register: http://tinyurl.
com/jcw43f2 (Penn Law).
Religious Liberty in the Age of
Trump; multiple panelists; 5 p.m.; rm.
402, Claudia Cohen Hall (Herbert D.
Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies).
The Opera of Cato is Not Mr.
Handel’s: Performing Authorship in
Handel’s Pasticci; Carlo Lanfossi, Musicology; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 102, Lerner Center
(Music).
15 Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems; Daniel Lee, Penn Engineering; noon; Hourglass Room, University Club, Inn at Penn; RSVP: pasef@
pobox.upenn.edu (PASEF).
Long Shadows of the Arabian Nights
in Weimar Cinema; Suzanne Gauch, English; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall
(Cinema Studies).
Empire of Charity: Rethinking Jewish Politics and Power in Interwar Eastern Europe; Rebecca Kobrin, Columbia;
noon; 420 Walnut St; RSVP: Karen
Schnitker, [email protected] (Herbert D.
Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies).
Using Age-Period-Cohort Models
to Measure Critical Durability; Stephen
Vaisey, Duke University; noon; rm. 103,
McNeil Bldg. (Sociology).
I Never Witnessed More Intense Excitement to Get Possession of a Newspaper: The Hoax Form and the Interpretive
Praxis of Print Capitalism; Eva Latterner,
UVA; 12:30 p.m.; rm. 105, McNeil Center (McNeil Center for Early American
Studies).
Black Russian/White Russian: Is
Russia Undermining or Saving Europe?;
Rudra Sil, Political Science; Phil Nichols,
Legal Studies; Mitchell Orenstein, Slavic
Languages and Literatures; 3 p.m.; Perry
World House (Slavic Languages and
Literatures).
Meter and Metal: Visvakarma’s Bengal, Past and Present; Abhijeet Paul, UC
Berkeley; 4:30 p.m.; Perry World House
(South Asia Center).
From Stud to Stalled: Designing
Identities 1996-2016; Joel Sanders,
Yale; 6:30 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall
(PennDesign).
16 Can We Generate Evidence From
Policy Change? Using Natural Experiments in Public Health and Criminal
Justice Research; David Humphreys,
Oxford; noon; rm. 395, McNeil Center;
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/hwnxors (Criminology).
Educating a Diverse Nation from
Minority Serving Institutions; Marybeth
Gasman, GSE; 3 p.m.; Ben Franklin
Room, Houston Hall; register: http://tinyurl.com/o57ttay (Office of Affirmative
Action).
In Search of Fame? Local Elite Strategies Under the Ptolemies; Christelle
Fischer-Bovet, USC; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 402,
Claudia Cohen Hall (Classical Studies).
The Return of Ideology: The Search
for Regime Identities in Post-Communist
Russia and China; Cheng Chen, SUNY
Albany; 4:30 p.m.; rm. B26, Stiteler Hall
(Center for East Asian Studies).
America, Your Free Speech Update
is Ready, But Not How You Planned It:
Campus Hate Speech, First Amendment
Protections, and the Physical Impact on
Marginalized Gender and Racial/Ethnic
Bodies; Ange-Marie Hancock, USC; 4:30
p.m.; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall
(Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism).
Our Historical Memory: The National Deaf-Mute College and Alexander
Graham Bell; Joseph Murray & Brian
Greenwald, Gallaudet University; 5 p.m.;
rm. G17, Claudia Cohen Hall (Penn Humanities Forum).
17 Diverging Globalizations: National
and Sectoral Pathways to Development
in China and India; Roselyn Hsueh,
Temple; noon; suite 560, Center for the
Advanced Study of India (CASI).
Feminism in The Age of Trump;
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Princeton; 3 p.m.
Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (Penn Forum for Women Faculty).
Inglorious Comparisons: On the
Uses and Abuses of Historical Analogy;
Adrian Daub, Stanford; 3 p.m.; World
Forum, Perry World House (Germanic
Languages and Literatures).
The New Middle East Gallery at the
Penn Museum: Report on Challenges and
Opportunities; Holly Pittman, History of
Art; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).
Public Policy in Practice; David Rubenstein, Carlyle Group; 5:30 p.m.; Ben
Franklin Room, Houston Hall; RSVP:
[email protected] (Fels Institute ).
18 Annual Korsyn Lecture: What’s New
With King Tut?; James P. Allen, Brown
University; 3:30 p.m.; Penn Museum;
tickets: $10/public, $7/members and
PennCard holders, $5/students with ID,
free/ARCE-PA members and children
under 12 (Museum).
20 Geometry and the Topics of Invention; Mary J. Carruthers, NYU; 5:30
p.m.; Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van PeltDietrich Library Center; RSVP: http://
tinyurl.com/hqcq9m7 (A.S.W. Rosenbach
Lecture in Bibliography).
21 Identifying and Targeting Stromal
States that Contribute to Cancer Progression; Thea Tlsty, UC San Francisco;
noon; Sarah and Matthew Caplan Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar Institute).
Work in Process: Eva Del Soldato:
If Aristotle Were Alive: The History of An
Expression; Ann Moyer & Emily Wilson,
Classical Studies; noon; GSWS Conference Room, 3810 Walnut St.; RSVP:
http://tinyurl.com/z6x87xg (Alice Paul
Center).
The Shapes of Creativity 1: Trees,
Towers, Buildings; Mary J. Carruthers,
NYU; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center;
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/hqcq9m7
(A.S.W. Rosenbach Lecture in Bibliography).
Big Data and Algorithms: Can They
Be Fair and Accurate at the Same Time?;
Richard Berk, criminology; 6 p.m.; World
Café Live (Penn Science Café).
22 China’s Foreign Policy and Security
in Northeast Asia; Adam Liff, Indiana
University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. B26, Stiteler
Hall (Center for the Study of Contemporary China).
Susan T. Marx Distinguished Lecture; Johnnetta Cole, National Museum
of African Art; 6 p.m.; auditorium G17,
Claudia Cohen Hall; RSVP: sabrady@
upenn.edu (Arthur Ross Gallery).
Ewing Cole Lecture; Charles Renfro,
Diller Scofidio + Renfro; 6:30 p.m.; rm.
B1, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign).
23 Seven Transmembrane Receptors;
Robert J. Lefkowitz, Duke; 12:15 p.m.;
Arthur H. Rubenstein Auditorium,
Smilow Center (Systems Pharmacology
& Translational Therapeutics).
Faculty or Entrepreneur? Moving
your Lab Discoveries into the Clinic…
Does One Have to Choose?; Yvonne
Paterson, microbiology; 12:30 p.m.; fl. 6,
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; RSVP: pasef@
pobox.upenn.edu (PASEF).
Mari Lowe Comparative Oncology
Seminar Series; Andrew Ewald, Johns
Hopkins; 4 p.m.; rm. 132, Hill Pavilion
(Penn Vet).
How to Build a Humanities Startup:
The Story of the Paideia Institute; Jason
Pedicone, Paideia Institute; 4:30 p.m.;
rm. 402, Claudia Cohen Hall (Classical
Studies).
The Shapes of Creativity 2: Hands,
Spheres, Cubits; Mary J. Carruthers,
NYU; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Pavil-
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Photo Courtesy of Noam Pikelny
Photo Courtesy of the Penn Museum
Enjoy Hello India on March 11 at the Penn Museum. India is home to more
than 1.3 billion people. With Bollywood films, diverse mind/body and spiritual
practices and richly aromatic foods captivating the interests and palates of a
rapidly growing international audience, it’s time for an exploration of India! From
henna dye tattoos to traditional dance, discover some of the arts, crafts, music and
cultural practices of India—at a day that culminates with a Holi celebration, the
traditional festival of colors, the festival of love—in the Warden garden.
See Special Events.
02/28/17
ion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center;
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/hqcq9m7
(A.S.W. Rosenbach Lecture in Bibliography).
Urban Crisis and Urban Opportunity: A Role for Ecological Knowledge;
Steward Pickett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; 6 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson
Hall (PennDesign).
28 Chancery Court Program-Caremark
at 20: A Reflection on Its Real World
Impact; multiple panelists; 4:30 p.m.; rm.
245A, Silverman Hall, Penn Law (Penn
Law).
29 Is the American Western an Irish
Genre?; Jed Esty, English; noon; rm. 330,
Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies).
Prison as Prologue: Criminal Justice
Reform and the Children of the Mass Incarceration Era; John Hagan, Northwestern University; noon; rm. 103, McNeil
Bldg. (Sociology).
Trump’s Populism: Lessons from
Latin America; Carlos de la Torre, University of Kentucky; noon; Silverstein
Forum, Stiteler Hall (Latin American &
Latino Studies).
Seen from Afar: The Visual Meditation of Brazilian and Spanish American
Animals in Pre-Linnaean Natural History; Randall Meissen, USC; 12:30 p.m.;
rm. 105, McNeil Center (McNeil Center
for Early American Studies).
30 Sexual Mobilities: Selling Cosmopolitanism with Same-Sex Materials in
Korean, UK and US Sex Museums; Katherine Sender, University of Michigan;
11:45 a.m.; rm. 602, 3901 Walnut St;
Penn community only; RSVP: marina.
[email protected] (Annenberg
School).
Dying of Whiteness; Jonathan Metzl,
Vanderbilt; noon; rm. 329, Kade Center,
Africana Studies (Penn Program on Race,
Science and Society; Center for Africana
Studies).
Did The Romans Have a Future?;
Brent Shaw, Princeton; 4:30 p.m.; rm.
402, Claudia Cohen Hall (Classical Studies).
Tales of Psychological Science from
City Hall to the Oval Office; David Yokum, The Lab @ DC; 4:30 p.m.; Terrace
Room, Claudia Cohen Hall (PPE).
An Overlooked Chapter in the History of Egyptology: W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus
Garvey, and Pauline Hopkins; Vanessa
Davies, UC Berkeley; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum).
31 Metamorphoses of Media in Tamil
Politics; Francis Cody, University of
Toronto; noon-1:30 p.m.; suite 560,
Center for the Advanced Study of India
(CASI).
Homer in Plato and Aristotle; Pedro
Proscurin, Pontifical Catholic University
of Chile; 3 p.m.; rm. 402, Claudia Cohen
Hall (Philosophy).
FITNESS & LEARNING
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On March 25 at 7:30 p.m., Noam Pikelny (above), will be performing traditional
bluegrass and innovative acoustic melodies at Annenberg Center. A founding member
of the string ensemble Punch Brothers and a three-time Grammy® Award nominee,
Pikelny was honored with the first annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo
and Bluegrass. This March, Pikelny comes to Philadelphia to perform music from his
first purely solo album, Universal Favorite. See Music.
TALKS
Yoga with Anisha; noon-1 p.m.; Arthur
Ross Gallery; free/Penn students, $5/everyone else (ARG). Also March 17, 24 & 31.
HR: Healthy Living
Open to Penn faculty and staff; free.
Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/myhr/
registration
3 March Wellness Walk (Indoors);
noon-1 p.m.
7 Gentle Yoga; noon-1 p.m. Also
March 21.
8 Fitness 101: Back to the Basics
Workshop; noon-1 p.m.
13 Be in the Know Spring Biometric
Screenings; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Also March 14,
15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22 & 23.
19 Relax with Free Yoga; 3-4 p.m.
HR: Professional and Personal
Development Programs
Open to faculty and staff. Register: knowledgelink.upenn.edu
2 Coaching Skills for Managers; 9
a.m.-noon; $75.
7 Participating in Performance Appraisals, for staff; 12:30-1:30 p.m.; free.
8 Communicating More Effectively
Using LIFO; 9 a.m.-noon; $90.
14 Words at Work; 9 a.m.-noon; $75.
15 Brown Bag: Coaching Conversations; 12:30-1:30 p.m.; free.
21 TED Talk Tuesday: Brene Brown–
Shame; 12:30-1:30 p.m.; free.
22 Effective Performance Reviews for
Managers; 12:30-1 p.m.; free.
23 AMA: Doing It All: How to Stay
Focused & Engaged; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; $75
for 2-part course. Through March 24.
28 Brown Bag: Learning with Lynda–
Communicating Across Culture; 12:301:30 p.m.; free.
HR: Quality of Worklife Workshops
Open to faculty and staff; free.
Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/myhr/
registration
2 Protecting Yourself and Your Dependents from Identity Theft; 12:30-1:30 p.m.
10 Guided Meditation: Take a Breath
and Relax; 12:30-1:30 p.m.
20 Mindfulness Monday; 12:30-1:30 p.m.
28 Guided Meditation: Take a Breath
and Relax; 12:30-1 p.m.
30 The Power of Positive Thinking;
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Liberal and Professional Studies
Register: www.sas.upenn.edu/lps
7 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Cafe; with Yvette Bordeaux; noon-1
p.m.; virtual.
14 Master of Liberal Arts On-Campus
Information Session; 5:30-6:30 p.m.;
Classroom C, 3440 Market St.; register.
15 Organizational Dynamics Spring
2017 On-Campus Info Session; 6-7:30
p.m.; ste. 100, 3440 Market St.; register.
21 Post-baccalaureate Studies Spring
2017 On-Campus and Virtual Info Session; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; 3440 Market St.
Also March 23.
Morris Arboretum Prices & registration: www.morrisarboretum.org
3 Managing Forest Fragments; 9 a.m.
4 Designing, Planning and Planting your
Vegetable Garden, Organically; 10 a.m.
Floral Design in Vases: Techniques
for Arranging Loose Flowers; 10:30 a.m.
10 A Journey into the Microscopic
World of the Mosses; 10 a.m.
11 Rose Pruning: How and When to
Prune; 9:30 a.m.
12 Cast Paper Vessels; 12:30 p.m.
15 Introductory Tree Climbing; 9 a.m.
18 Whimsical Fairy Garden Workshop;
1:30 p.m.
21 Pruning Shrubs for Maximum Health
and Beauty: A Hands-on Class; 10 a.m.
Flowers 101: Simple, Easy, Spectacular Arrangements; 10 a.m.
23 Science Discovery for Homeschoolers; 2 p.m.
24 Reading the Land through Climate
Change; 9 a.m.
25 Birding at the Arboretum: A Local
Hotspot, Session I; 8 a.m.
28 Butterfly Basics: Enhancing Your
Home Pollinator Garden; 7 p.m.
30 Fundamentals of Soil Science; 9 a.m.
Winter Tree Identification; 10 a.m.
31 Caring for Mature Trees; 9 a.m.
Penn Home Ownership Services
Register: http://tinyurl.com/ntjqlhf
3 The ABCs of Choosing & Working
with Lenders; lender: Guaranteed Rate;
12:30 p.m.; ste. 1A South, 3624 Market St.
16 Keys to Homeownership; guest presenter: Clarifi; noon; BSD Large Conference Room, ste. 440A, 3401 Walnut St.
31 Understanding the Home Purchasing
Documents; Lender: Wells Fargo; 12:30
p.m.; ste. 1A South, 3624 Market St.
Penn Vet Working Dog Center
Register: http://pennvetwdc.org/
7 Public Tour: Up and Over, Under and
Through; 10-11 a.m.; tours by reservation.
23 Public Tour: Get Lost; 2-3 p.m.;
tours by reservation.
Spring PhD & Postdoc Programs
Register: http://tinyurl.com/k3gmk9u
2 Parenting in Academia; noon-1:30
p.m.; Golkin Room 223, Houston Hall.
Consider your Personality: Using
the MBTI in Career Planning; 2-4 p.m.;
CAPS, 3624 Market St. Also March 21,
3 p.m..
14 Converting your CV to Resume for
your Expanded Job Search; noon-1:30
p.m.; rm. 97, McNeil Bldg.
16 Capitalize on your Interests: Using
the Strong Interest Inventory in Career
Planning; 3-5 p.m.; CAPS, 3624 Market
St. Also March 28.
21 Out in the Academy; 4:30-6 p.m.;
Golkin Room 223, Houston Hall.
23 Learn How to Negotiate, When and
for What!; noon-1:30 p.m.; rm. 97, McNeil Bldg.
24 Market Your Strengths in your Job
Search using StrengthsQuest; noon-1:30
p.m.; rm. 97, McNeil Bldg.
Penn Libraries Workshops
Including: Canvas Help; JMP: Statistical Discovery Software; LinkedIn;
Make your own Prezi; Microsoft PowerPoint; Microsoft Word; Zotero Workshop and more.
Register: http://tinyurl.com/objw8zp
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MEETINGS
WPPSA Meeting; all non-exempt
staff are welcome to attend; noon-1
p.m.; rm. 220, Hill Pavilion.
10PPSA Meeting; monthly-paid exempt university staff are welcome to
attend; noon-1 p.m.; Neville Classroom,
Penn Museum; RSVP: ppsa@exchange.
upenn.edu
22University Council Meeting; 4-6
p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall;
RSVP: [email protected]
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