ACADEMIC CALENDAR8 Fall Term Break. Through October 11.12 Classes Resume.14 Drop Period Ends.28 Family Weekend. Through October 30.31 Advance Registration, Spring Term. Through November 13.

CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIESMorris ArboretumRegister: (215) 247-5777 or www.morrisarboretum.org2 Fall Festival; make your own scarecrow, paint a pumpkin, sample different varieties of apples; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.11 Storytime at the Morris Arboretum; 10:30 a.m.; Also October 28.Penn Museumwww.penn.museum9 Family Sunday: Imagine Creating; be inspired by traditional cloth-making techniques and patterns from Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum; 1-4 p.m. See Exhibits.28 40 Winks with the Sphinx: Halloween Edition; overnight expedition for ages 6-12 and chaperones; $50, $45/members; info.:www.penn.museum/40winks 11/5 (Date change) Intrepid Explorers; ages 6-12 can explore the Museum with games, crafts and a souvenir; $25; RSVP: (215) 898-2680. World Cafe Live: Peanut Butter & JamsTickets: www.worldcafelive.com Shows begin 11:30 a.m.; $10, $7/children.2 We Kids Rock.8 Baze & His Silly Friends.15 The Pop-Ups.22 Meg’s Melodies.29 Rocknoceros Halloween Party.

CONFERENCES14 Ten Years of Penn in Botswana Anniversary Symposium; 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III; info.: muraglia@mail.med.upenn.edu (Nursing). American Association for Chinese Studies 53rd Annual Conference; 4-8 p.m.; info.: http://134.74.90.3/aacs/conferences1.htm (East Asian Studies). Also October 15, 7 a.m.-8 p.m. and October 16, 7-10:15 a.m.18 ITMAT Sixth International Symposium: Translational Strategies in Contemporary Science; 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III; $150, $50/members; info.: www.itmat.upenn.edu/symposium.shtml. Also October 19 (Institution for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics). 21 Third Annual Jack Warner Symposium on American Art; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Amado Recital Room, Irvine Auditorium; $25; RSVP: arg@pobox.upenn.edu (Warner Foundation, Friends of the Arthur Ross Gallery). See Exhibits. Writing the East: History and New Technologies in the Study of Asian Manuscript Traditions; Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; $35. Through October 22. 26 The International Conference on the Life and Work of Ahron Appelfeld; 1:30 p.m.; details: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jwst/appelfeld.html; RSVP by October 4: chwalsh@sas.upenn.edu. Also October 27 (Jewish Studies, Kelly Writers House).28 11th Annual Marian S. Ware Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Retreat; 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III; RSVP: www.med.upenn.edu/cndr/ (CNDR).

EXHIBITSAdmission 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/

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

Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA): free; Wed. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thu.-Fri. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Reopens September 7; www.icaphila.org

International House: free; hours vary; info.: www.ihousephilly.org

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.

Morris Arboretum: $14; $12/seniors, $7/kids 3-17, students; free/members and kids under 3; Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursdays open until 8:30 p.m.; www.upenn.edu/arboretum/

Penn Museum: $10/adults; $7 seniors (65+); $6/children (6-17) and full-time stu-dents with ID; free/members & PennCard holders; Tues., Thur.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wed. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; www.penn.museum

Slought Foundation: free; Thur.-Sat., 1-6 p.m.; www.slought.org

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free/ID required; info.: http://events.library.

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upenn.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgiUpcoming1 The History of Nursing as Seen Through the Lens of Art; new installation gifted by the HUP Nursing Alumni As-sociation with a focus on themes of voice, clinical judgment, inquiry and global en-gagement; Carol Ware Lobby, Fagin Hall. Ongoing. Scarecrow Walk; more than 30 designer scarecrows will be on display; vote for your favorite; Morris Arboretum. Through October 16.3 Variety of the Feather’d Kind: The Birds of Mark Catesby; rare books and reproductions of 40 of Catesby’s bird plates; Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through February 24, 2012. 20 India; photography exhibit with InLiquid Art + Design Video Installation; International House; reception: 6 p.m. Through November 30. 22 Karen Shaver: Oil on Canvas; Bur-rison Gallery. Through December 2.24 Critical Refusals: Herbert Marcuse and Angela Davis; materials that docu-ment scholarly and activist interventions; 1st fl., Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through February 20, 2012. Now On the Political Equator; a video installation that responds to the widening gap between wealth and poverty; Slought Foundation. Through October 11. Art: Alphabet of Art; 31 pieces by artists from 7 countries; International House. Through October 15. Word Play: The Printed Game; 1st fl., Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through October 16. Witness; wildlife paintings by Laurel Ramsden; Burrison Gallery. Through October 21. Philadelphia Future Perfect; prints of unused Philadelphia planning maps; Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House; Through October 30. An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of American Art; paintings chronicle the American experience from 1829 to 1969 in portrait, historical, genre, still-life and landscape; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through November 6. See Conferences. Excavating Ground Zero: Fragments from 9/11; 15 objects excavated from the World Trade Center; Penn Museum. Through November 6. See Talks. Blowing on a Hairy Shoulder/Grief Hunters; works by 20 international artists that examine the relationship between originality and origin; ICA. Through December 4. Bill Walton’s Studio; recreates the environment of the minimalist artist; Project Space, ICA. Through December 4. Charline Von Heyl; 18 paintings by the artist alongside collage-based works on paper; ICA. Through February 19, 2012. The Midwestern Experience: Ormandy in Minneapolis; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through March 30, 2012. Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium; photos by Ahmet Ertug of present-day Turkey; Penn Museum. Through February 12, 2012. Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum; year-long community engagement project drawing on the Museum’s African collection and visitor feedback; Penn Museum. Through September 16, 2012. See Children’s Activities. Color, Form and Texture of Trees; photography by Jim Smith; Upper Gal-lery, Morris Arboretum. Ongoing. John Cage: How to Get Started; interactive installation features a rarely heard performance by John Cage; Slought Foundation. Ongoing. Human Evolution: The First 200 Million Years; the process of evolution and its impact on humans; Hover Gallery, 2nd fl., Penn Museum. Ongoing.ICA ProgramsEvents at 6:30 p.m.5 ICA Salon: Approaching Imagery.19 ICA Salon: Meeting Boundaries.26 Open Video Call.Ongoing at the Penn Museum

Amarna: Ancient Egypt’s Place in the Sun; Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient Israel; Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache; Me-soamerica; The Egyptian Mummy: Secrets & Science; Buddhism: History & Diversity of a Great Tradition; Africa; Iraq’s Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur’s Royal Cemetery; On the Silk Road: Tashkent.P.M. @ Penn MuseumGallery tours at 5:30 p.m., followed by programs at 6 p.m.12 2nd Wednesday Quizzo.19 Secret Cinema: The Thief of Baghdad (1924).

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22 Young Friends Program: We See Dead People; paranormal investigation of the galleries, followed by cocktails; $10, $5/members/students.Penn Museum ToursTours begin at 1:30 p.m.,Warden Garden Entrance. Tour availability and topics sub-ject to change. Info.: www.penn.museum1 The Native American Southwest.2 Egypt of the Pharaohs. Also October 15. 8 Daily Life in Caanan/Ancient Israel.9 Daily Life in Ancient Egypt.16 A Thousand Miles up the Nile.22 Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition.23 The Ancient Greek World.29 Will the World Really End in 2012? A Tour of the Mesoamerican Gallery.30 Magical Objects in the Galleries.

FILMS2 Chinese Restaurants; 2 p.m.; Penn Museum (CEAS, Penn Museum, Anthropology). 4 Traces of the Trade; 5 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (African-American Resource Center, Inter-Fraternity Council, SP2). International HouseTickets: http://ihousephilly.org5 The Phantom of the Operator; 7 p.m.; $9, $7/students.8 The River; 7 p.m.; $9, $7/students.12 Two By Luke Fowler: The Way Out and Pilgrimage from Scattered Points; 7 p.m.; $9, $7/students.13 The Essential Films of Segundo de Chomon; 7 p.m.; $9, $7/students.15 Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India; 2 p.m.; $5. Nosferatu—eine Symphonie des Grauens (A Symphony of Horror); live musical accompaniment; 8 p.m.; $10, $8/students.20 Sonic Arts Union Retrospective; 7 p.m.; $20, $17.50/students.21 Philadelphia Film Festival Screenings; International House; info. www.filmadelphia.org. Through October 26.

MEETINGS18 PPSA Board Meeting; noon; rm. 302, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library.26 University Council; 4 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; RSVP: (215) 898-7005

MUSIC4 Taranta by Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino; 6 p.m.; Class of 1949 Auditorium, Houston Hall (Center for Italian Studies). 20 Joshua Abrams’s Natural Information Society; 8 p.m.; The Rotunda (Ars Nova Workshop).27 Mikrokoletkyw; Polish electronic and horn duet; 8 p.m.; The Rotunda (Ars Nova Workshop). Annenberg CenterTickets: www.annenbergcenter.org14 Joshua Redman/Brad Mehldau Duo; two Grammy-nominated jazz greats join forces; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; $20-$45.28 Omar Sosa Afreecanos Quartet & Jerry Gonzalez and the Apache Band; 7:30 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; $20-$45.Music DepartmentIn Irvine Auditorium at 8 p.m.13 Penn Contemporary Music Presents: Jessica Meyer, Viola; Amado Recital Hall.22 Penn Symphony Orchestra; Main Hall.World Cafe Live 20th Anniversary Tribute ConcertTickets: http://philly.worldcafelive.com/28 John Hiatt & Indigo Girls; 6 p.m.29 Feist & Dawes with a Special Appearance by Robbie Robertson; 6 p.m.

ON STAGE1 Charitable Laughter; Penn’s com-edy groups perform for charity; 8 p.m.; Iron Gate Theatre (PAC). Annenberg CenterTickets: www.annenbergcenter.org14 Hua Hua Zhang’s Visual Expressions; dance, music and puppetry; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; $20-$30. Also October 15. 29 Family Performing Arts Night; members of Penn’s student theatrical, vocal, instrumental, dance, and comedy groups will perform excerpts from their fall shows; 8 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; $10, $6/students.

READINGS/SIGNINGS20 Antiquities and Museums: The Story of the Getty; Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino, authors of Chasing Aphro-dite; 12:30 p.m.; Nevil Classroom, Penn Museum (Cultural Heritage Center). The Illicit Market of Art and Antiqui-ties: A Panel Discussion about Museums and the Law; Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino, authors of Chasing Aphro-dite; 6 p.m.; rm. 245A, Silverman Hall (Cultural Heritage Center). Kelly Writers HouseEvents in the Arts Cafe.3 Lunch with Editors of Apiary Magazine; noon; RSVP: (215) 746-POEM.

H. G. Adler’s Panorama; reading and talk by Peter Filkins; 6 p.m.4 Emma Crandall, Josey Foo and Lonely Christopher; 6 p.m.5 Creative Venture presents and Edible Book Party; 6 p.m.6 A Lunch Talk with Mara Hvistendahl; 11:30 a.m. Bulgarian Noir: A Reading from Zift; featuring Vladislav Todorov and Joseph Benatov; 6 p.m.12 Lunch and Poetry with Jerry Rothenberg and Amish Trivedi; noon; RSVP: wh@writing.upenn.edu Whenever We Feel Like It Presents Rusty Morrison and Elizabeth Robinson; 8 p.m.13 Celebration of Gerald Weales; 6 p.m.18 A Poetry Reading by Jane Hirshfield; 6 p.m.19 Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and Anything Goes!; 8 p.m.20 Dylan Song Symposium; 6 p.m.24 Lunch with Kathleen Volk, Editor of “Painted Bride Quarterly”; noon; RSVP: (215) 746-POEM. LIVE a the Writers House; 7 p.m.25 James Hoff; Processing Improvisatory Writing Technologies; 6 p.m.31 We All Feel Like Halloween; 7 p.m.Penn BookstoreInfo.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore3 The Haunting of Twentieth-Century America; William J. Birnes and Joel Martin; 6 p.m.4 Life (and work) After College—50 Jobs in 50 States: One Man’s Journey of Discovery Across America; Daniel Seddiqui; 6 p.m.11 Poetry Reading: Suppose an Eyes; 6 p.m.13 Struck by Living: From Depression to Hope; Julie Hersh; 6 p.m.15 The Best of Me; book signing by Nicholas Sparks; 2-4 p.m.17 Poetry Reading: 34th Street Poets; 6 p.m.20 The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life; faculty discussion; Elijah Anderson; 5 p.m.25 The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge; Stephen Tow; 6 p.m.26 Book Club Meeting; noon; next book: God’s Middle Finger: Into the Heart of the Sierra Madre by Richard Grant.27 The Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies; local crime experts rank the greatest gangster films of all time; George Anastasia, Glen Macnow; 6 p.m.29 A Scary Scene in a Scary Movie; Matt Blackstone; ages 12+; 2 p.m.

SPECIAL EVENTS11 New Parents @ Penn Clothing Swap; 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Greenfield Intercultural Center; info.: salome.ricklin@mac.com (New Parents @ Penn). Employee Resource and Commuter Fair; noon-2 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (PPSA, WPPSA, Business Services).15 Re: Activisim; navigate Philadelphia’s radical history with this interactive game using cell phones and SMS; 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; register by September 30 to http://reactivism.eventbrite.com/ (ICA; KWH; Urban Studies).21 International Students & Scholars Welcome Reception; 5-7 p.m.; Chinese Rotunda, Penn Museum; info.: (215) 898-4065 (International Classroom).-7

22 19th Annual Penn Family Day; food, fun and football; 10:30 a.m.; north side of Franklin Field; order 4 free tickets by October 17; info.: www.hr.upenn.edu (HR). Philadelphia Writing Project’s 25th Anniversary; day of festivities; 1-4 p.m.; Penn Museum, followed by gala dinner, 6 p.m.; Inn at Penn; tickets: www.gse.upenn.edu/philwp (GSE). 23 12th Annual Rena Rowan Ribbon 5k Run/Walk; registration begins at 10:30 a.m., race at noon; The Compass; $20, $16/online registration; RSVP: www.renarowanrun2011.eventbrite.com26 Nanoday@Penn; exhibits, demonstrations and lab tours to highlight

nanotechnology research at Penn; all day; RSVP: (215) 898-5151 (Nano/Bio Interface Center). Community Night: An Evening to Imagine Africa; an evening of traditional and modern music, dance, and storytelling; 5:30-7:30 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum). See Exhibits.27 Diwali Village; day-long Indian festival with henna, arts, crafts, vendors and more; 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; International House (International House). Diwali Celebration; food and performances; 6:30 p.m.; International House; $10, $8/students, $5/members (International House). 28 International House Halloween Party; food, beer and costume contest; 9 p.m.-2 a.m.; International House; $10, $8/members (International House). 31 President Gutmann’s Annual Halloween Party for Penn Students; 6 p.m.; Wynn Commons.

SPORTSTickets: www.pennathletics.com1 Softball vs. Temple; Rocci Pignoli Memorial City Six Championship; noon. Field Hockey vs. Dartmouth; noon. Softball vs. Drexel; Rocci Pignoli Memorial City Six Championship; 2 p.m. Volleyball vs. Harvard; 5 p.m. Softball—Championship Game; Rocci Pignoli Memorial City Six Championship; 7 p.m. (M) Soccer vs. Cornell; 7 p.m.2 (W) Soccer vs. St. Francis; 1 p.m.7 Sprint Football vs. Post; 3 p.m.8 (W) Rowing; Navy Day Regatta; all day. (M) Heavyweight Rowing; Navy Day Regatta; all day. (M) Lightweight Rowing; Navy Day Regatta; all day. Football vs. Fordham; 6 p.m. Softball vs. TBA; Quaker Fall Classic; time TBA.9 Field Hockey vs. UC Davis; 10 a.m.12 (W) Soccer vs. NJIT; 7 p.m.14 Sprint Football vs. Mansfield; 7 p.m. Volleyball vs. Brown; 7 p.m.15 Volleyball vs. Yale; 5 p.m. (W) Soccer vs. Dartmouth; 5 p.m. (M) Soccer vs. Dartmouth; 7:30 p.m.16 Field Hockey vs. Appalachian State; 11 a.m.21 Volleyball vs. Princeton; 7 p.m. Sprint Football vs. Cornell; 7 p.m.22 Football vs. Yale; noon. (W) Soccer vs. Yale; 5 p.m. (M) Soccer vs. Yale; 7:30 p.m.23 Field Hockey vs. Yale; 1 p.m.29 (M) Heavyweight Rowing; Head of the Schuylkill; all day. (W) Rowing; Head of the Schuylkill; all day. (M) Lightweight Rowing; Head of the Schuylkill; all day.

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The Harold Prince Theatre at the Annenberg Center presents Philadelphia pup-pet artist Hua Hua Zhang and her company Visual Expressions along with local dance company Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers as they perform the world premiere of Two Hands—a work that combines dance, music and puppetry, October 14 and 15. Come early (7:15 p.m.) and enjoy a pre-show performance by Penn’s Chinese a cappella group, PennYo. See On Stage.

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Cardio Fitness; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tuesdays & Thursdays; St. Agatha-St. James Parish Hall; first class free, $8/per class, $5/students; (267) 251-3842.

New Parents @ Penn; every other Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.; Penn Women’s Center; info.: (215) 898-8611 (PWC).

Working Parents Association; Wednesdays; noon; Penn Women’s Cen-ter; info.: zoeb@sas.upenn.edu (PWC).

Penn Knitters; Thursdays; noon; Fireside Lounge (2nd fl.), The ARCH; info.: wiedmann@upenn.edu.1 Weekend Ceramic Workshop for Artists: Pots in America; learn West African pot building techniques; 10 a.m.- 3 p.m.; Penn Museum; register: (215) 898-2680. Also October 2 (Museum).5 Rape Aggression Defense (RAD); 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.; Public Safety Building; RSVP: (215) 898-4481. Also October 12, 19, 26 (Public Safety).15 Student Anti-Violence Advocate (SAVA) Training; 1-day training for students; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Penn Women’s Center; RSVP: www.PennViolencePrevention.com by October 12 (PWC).22 Rape Aggression Defense (RAD); 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Public Safety Building; RSVP: (215) 898-4481. Also October 29 (Public Safety).Christian AssociationInfo.: www.upennca.org4 Slanguage; 2:30-5 p.m. Also October 11, 18 and 25. Scripture Study; 7:30 p.m. Also October 11, 18 and 25. 5 Open Mind for Africa Dinner; 6:30 p.m.Class of 1923 Arena10 Columbus Day Skate; free. 22 Penn Day (faculty/staff); free admission to any group with a PennCard. 29 Penn Day (students); free admission to any group with a PennCard.30 Halloween Skate; free admission with costume.HR: Learning and EducationOpen to Penn faculty and staff. Regis-ter: www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog4 Managing and Organizing Your Email Inbox Using Microsoft Outlook; 12:30-2 p.m.; $40. Words at Work; 9 a.m.-noon; $75. Also October 11, 14.5 Focus Your Vision; noon-1 p.m.; free.10 Diversity Brown Bag- Sexual Harassment Awareness; noon-1 p.m.; free.11 Microsoft Word 2007 Techniques; 12:30-2 p.m.; $40.12 AMA’s Getting Results Without Authority; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; $75.19 Career Focus Brown Bag–Resumes for Career Changers; noon-1 p.m.; free.20 Accomplishing More with Less; 12:30-2 p.m.; $120. Also October 27, November 3. Social Media in a Nutshell; 2:10-2:50 p.m.; $40.21 Discovering Your Strengths and Putting Them to Work; 11 a.m.-noon; $40.25 Microsoft Excel Macros; 2:30-4:30 p.m.; $40.26 Franklin Covey’s FOCUS; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; $75.HR: Quality of WorklifeOpen to Penn faculty and staff. Regis-ter: www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog5 MAPS for Quitting Smoking; noon-1 p.m.; free.13 Returning to Work After Having a Baby; noon-1 p.m.; free.20 A Guide to Communicating with Your Adolescent; noon-1 p.m.; free.25 Workshop on Flexible Work Options; noon-1 p.m.; free.26 How to Stick to an Exercise Program: Motivation and FAQs; noon-1 p.m.; free.

3 Title TBA; Richard Young, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; 12:15 p.m.; auditorium, BRB II/III (Cell & Developmental Biology). Laser Nanomachining, Nanomanipulation and Applications to Biomedical Research and Engineering; Alan Hunt, University of Michigan; 2 p.m.; rm. B404, Richards Bldg. (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute). Gamification: Practical Advice from Game Developers; Nathan Solomon, Philadelphia Game Lab; 6 p.m.; rm. F85, Jon M. Huntsman Hall; RSVP: http://gamification-philly.eventbrite.com (PANMA, Wharton). To Listen to the Principal of Nature; Wang Shu, China Academy of Art; 6:30 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall (Penn Design). A Conversation with Gian Antonio Stella; author of Licenziare I Padreterni; 7 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium (Italian Studies). 4 Ernst Keil vs. Prussia: Censorship, State Ego and the Rule of Law in the Amazon Affair; Chase Richards, grad student; 4:30 p.m.; History Lounge, rm. 209, College Hall (History). South Asian Panel Discussion; 6 p.m.; International House (International House). Where in the World: India; panel discussion; Menaka Gopalan, East Asian Studies; 6 p.m.; Australia Lounge, International House; $10, $5/students (International House).5 Genetic Analysis of Melanocyte Development and its Implications for Melanoma; William Pavan, NHGRI, NIH; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). Editing Neighborhoods: The Politics of Urban Transformation in Recent Iberian Documentary Films; Luis Moreno-Caballud, Romance Languages; 5 p.m.; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies). Non-Adaptive Origins of Language; Terrence Deacon, UC Berkley; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; RSVP: www.humanities.sas.upenn.edu (Penn Humanities Forum). Philadelphia’s “Modern Museum”: Exhibiting Avant-Garde at Mid-Century; Alexander Kauffman, history of art; 5 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery (Arthur Ross Gallery). Cliches and Anti-Stereotypes in Latino Popular Culture; Raquel Rivera, author, scholar and singer-songwriter; 6 p.m.; rm. 200, College Hall (La Casa Latina). King Arthur, Camelot and the Quest for a Holy Grail; Richard Hodges, Williams Director, Penn Museum; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; $10, $5/advance, free/members (Museum). Kengo Kuma at Penn Design; Kengo Kuma, Kengo Kuma and Associates; 6 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Penn Design). The Coffee Ring Effect: Silly-Sounding Research Goes a Long Way; Peter Yunker, graduate student; 6 p.m.; Pepper Mill Café, Penn Museum (Penn Science Café). 6 Investing in Health Research: A Crucial Commitment to Our Future; Arlen Specter, Penn Law; 2:45 p.m.; auditorium, BRB II/III; RSVP: aging@mail.med.upenn.edu (Institute on Aging, LDI). The Middle East: A Panel Discussion; Eve Troutt, history; 3:30 p.m.; Class of 1949 Auditorium, Houston Hall (PASEF). Wharton Leadership Lecture; Preet Bharara, US Attorney, Southern District of NY; 4:30 p.m.; Ambani Auditorium, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Wharton). The Effects of Early Psychosocial Adversity on Brain and Behavioral Development; Charles Nelson, Harvard University, Children’s Hospital Boston; 4:30 p.m.; Golkin Room, Houston Hall (Center for Neuroscience and Society). A Conversation With Lateefa Simon; Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights; 5 p.m.; rm. 200, College Hall (Women’s Studies). The Shape of Things to Come: Developing Collections of Antiquities and Archaeological Materials in the 21st Century; Timothy Rub, Philadelphia Museum of Art; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; pay-what-you-want (Museum). Penn Design Presents Hamza Walker @ ICA; Hamza Walker, University of Chicago; 6:30 p.m.; Tuttleman Auditorium, ICA (Penn Design).7 Product Innovation Enabled by MEMS; Nico de Rooij, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; 10 a.m.; rm. 337, Towne Bldg. (SEAS). What is the Impact of Hospital Competition on Quality and Efficiency? Evidence from the English National Health Service; Zack Cooper, London School of Economics; noon; Auditorium, Colonial Penn Center; RSVP: maddene@wharton.upenn.edu (Leonard Davis Institute). Harnessing the Diaspora: Dual Citizenship, Migrant Remittances and

Return; David Leblang, University of Virginia; noon; Forum, Stiteler Hall (Christopher Browne Center). Toward Protein Motion Capture: Minimalist Labels for Tracking Protein Dynamics and Stability; James Petersson, chemistry; 4 p.m.; Johnson Foundation Library, rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. (Biochemistry and Biophysics).10 Title TBA; Peter Fraser, Babraham Institute; 12:15 p.m.; auditorium, BRB II/III (Cell and Developmental Biology). New Collaborations in the Control of Actin Filament Assembly and Disassembly; Bruce Goode, Brandeis University; 2 p.m.; rm. B404, Richards Building (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute). Richard Weller at Penn Design; Richard Weller, University of Western Australia; 6 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Penn Design).12 Culture, Creativity and Adaption; Peter Boyer, Washington University, St. Louis; 5 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum; RSVP: www.humanities.sas.upenn.edu (Penn Humanities Forum). Sustainable Public Finance; 4:30 p.m.; Colloquium Room, 8th fl., Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Penn IUR). Experience Africa Forum: Penn Student Perspectives; students share experiences from Botswana, Ghana and South Africa; 5 p.m.; rm. 345, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Botswana Upenn Partnership; African Studies; Wharton). The Insider’s Guide to Graduate Education at Penn: A Program for First and Second Year PhD Students; 5:15 p.m.; Class of ’49 Auditorium, Houston Hall (Career Services). From the Sacred to the Historical: Ten Years After September 11, 2001; Mark Schaming, New York State Museum; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum (Penn Cultural Heritage Center).13 Ten Years of Penn in Botswana: Research Update; Andrew Steenhoff, research director of Botswana-UPenn Partnership; 2 p.m.; rm. 253, 421 Curie Blvd. (Botswana UPenn Partnership). Harold Berger Distinguished Lecture—How Innovation Has Changed the World; Steven Chu, US Secretary of Energy; 4:30 p.m.; Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (SEAS). The Gulf Oil Spill: What Now?; Yvette Bordeaux, earth and environmental science; 5:30 p.m.; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall (LPS). Animate Art! Robert Pruitt in Conversation with Karen Beckman; 6:30 p.m.; ICA (Cinema Studies, Keith L. and Kathy Sachs Program in Contemporary Art, History of Art, Provost’s Interdisciplinary Arts Fund). 14 The Vioxx Affair, or Academia Versus Big Pharm; Garrett FitzGerald, medicine, pharmacology; noon; Lenape Room, University Club; info: www.med.upenn.edu/asef (ASEF). Understanding Quality of Cancer Care in the VA Health System; Nancy Lynn Keating, Harvard University; noon; Auditorium, Colonial Penn Center; RSVP: maddene@wharton.upenn.edu (Leonard Davis Institute). Geographic Mobility and Problems of Place in US Visual Culture, ca. 1860-1915; Lacey Baradel, PhD candidate; 3:30 p.m.; Rich Seminar Room, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art). Title TBA; Walter Englander, biochemistry and biophysics; 4 p.m.; Johnson Foundation Library, rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. (Biochemistry and Biophysics).15 Recreating the Nile in Pompeii: Egyptianizing Iconography; Caitlin Barrett, Cornell University; 3:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; $5, $3/members (Museum). 17 Power Transition in East Asia and Tapei’s Rapprochement with Beijing: Hedging, Pivot-playing or Bandwagoning?; Wu Yu-shan, Institute of Political Science; noon, rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (East Asian Studies). Title TBA; David Raible, University of Washington; 12:15 p.m.; auditorium, BRB II/III (Cell and Developmental Biology). Megaprojects and Megaplanners: Past and Present; Martin Wachs, UCLA, Rand Corporation; 6 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (Penn Design). 18 Putting Together a Strong Job Talk; noon; rm. 305, Graduate Student Center (Career Services). Global Transformations: Atlantic Origins, 1700-1870; John Brooke, Ohio State University; 4:30 p.m.; History Lounge, rm. 209, College Hall (History).19 CINE Colloquium; Mia Mask, Vassar College; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies). Talking About Your Teaching in Interviews; noon; rm. 305, Graduate Student Center (Career Services). Engagement and Education through Digital and Social Media: A Focus on Text4baby and Hep B Free; JoAnne Fischer, Maternity Care Coalition; noon; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium; RSVP: www.cphi.

College of Liberal & Professional Studies www.sas.upenn.edu/lps5 Walk-in Wednesdays; meet recruitment specialists and program directors; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4:30-6 p.m.; Ste. 100, 3440 Market St. Also October 12, 19 and 26. 15 Master of Medical Physics Open House; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall. Employee Undergraduate Programs Luncheon; noon; Classroom C, 3440 Market Street.19 Pre- Health Program Information Session; 5:30 p.m.; Classroom C, 3440 Market Street.Weigle Info Commons WorkshopsClass of 1968 Seminar Room, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Open to faculty, staff and students. RSVP: http://wic.library.upenn.edu/wicshops7 Mac OS X Lion: What is new?; 2 p.m.8 Excel Basics; 2 p.m.12 Technically Speaking: Social Media 101; 10 a.m. Library Exploration: Online Mapping Tools; 1 p.m. From Assignments to References: Staying on Top of Your Reading; 5 p.m.13 Blackboard Tests, Surveys, and Pools; 1 p.m.14 Excel Charts; 2 p.m.17 Photoshop Layers; 10 a.m.18 Blackboard Collaboration Tools; 10 a.m. Google Productivity Boost; 10 a.m.19 RefWorks; 5 p.m. From Assignments to References: PowerPoint and Prezi; 5 p.m.21 PowerPoint Animations; 10 a.m. iMovie; 1:30 p.m. Mac 101: Intro to Your Mac; 2 p.m. Zotero; 2 p.m.22 Prezi; 2 p.m.24 PowerPoint Video; 10 a.m.26 From Assignments to References: Speak with Confidence: Controlling Nervousness; 5 p.m.28 Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium; 10 a.m.Morris ArboretumRegister: www.morrisarboretum.org2 Great Trees Tour; 1 p.m. Also October 9, 16, 23, 30.11 Leaf Pictures; create a collage or greeting card; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.12 Arctic Autumn: A Journey to Season’s Edge; 2 p.m.; $20, $18/members.ISC Technology Training Services9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted; Register: www.upenn.edu/com-puting/isc/training4 HTML Fundamentals- Part 2; $247.5 Access 2010 Introduction; $357, 2 days.7 PowerPoint 2010 Introduction; $190.12 Cascading Style Sheets; $570; 2 days. Business Objects XI Web Intelli-gence Training; $425.Department of Recreation: PennFit; Pottruck Health & Fitness Center; www.upenn.edu/recreation/pro-grams/pennfit.html; (215) 898-6100.5 Intro. to Yoga; 5:30 p.m.7 Body Composition Analysis; 8 a.m., noon and 5 p.m.12 Muscles of the Month: Lower Body; 5:30 p.m.14 Intro. to Rock Climbing; 12:15 p.m.19 Learn to Flex; 5:30 p.m.26 Intro. to Instructional Dance; 5:30 p.m.28 Intro. to Massage Therapy; 12:15 p.m.

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upenn.edu/UpcomingCPHIEvents.shtml (CPHI). Time Travel Safari; Olivia Judson, evolutionary biologist/science writer; 5 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum; RSVP: www.humanities.sas.upenn.edu (Penn Humanities Forum). Bing Thom and Witold Rybczynski in conversation; Bing Thom, Bing Thom Architects; Witold Rybcyznski, Penn Design; 6:30 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (Penn Design, Bertram F. Brummer). 20 Oil, Climate Change and Renewable Energy; Kenneth Lande, physics and astronomy; noon; Hourglass Room, University Club (PASEF). Talking About Your Research; 1 p.m.; rm 305, Graduate Student Center (Career Services). The Biology and Therapeutics of RAS and BRAF Signaling in Melanoma; Richard Marais, Institute of Cancer Research; 4 p.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). Africa and the World; Tukufu Zuberi, sociology; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; pay-what-you-want (Penn Museum, Center for Africana Studies). Political Economy Italian Style: Renaissance Roots of an Enlightenment Science; Joseph Luzzi, Bard College; 6 p.m.; 543 Williams Hall (Center for Italian Studies).21 James Wilson and the Constitutional Convention; William Ewald, law; 3 p.m.; Stephanie Grauman Wolf Room, McNeil Center (McNeil Center for Early American Studies). TBA; Gideon Dreyfuss, biochemistry and biophysics; 4 p.m.; Johnson Foundation Library, rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. (Biochemistry and Biophysics).24 Actin, Protein Polymers, and the Lability of Quaternary Structure; Edward Egelman, University of Virginia; 2 p.m.; Physiology Conference Room, rm. B404, Richards Bldg. (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute). Faculty Careers in Different Kinds of Teaching-Focused Institutions; 5 p.m.; Benjamin Franklin Room, Houston Hall (Career Services). Work and Words 1: Exhibiting Innovation; Stephan Kieran, James Timberlake, KieranTimberlake Architectural Firm; Joseph Rykwert, Penn Design; Daniel Friedman, University of Washington; 6:30 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall (Penn Design). 25 Preparing for Screening Interviews; noon; rm. 305, Graduate Student Center (Career Services). Penn’s Art Initiatives Beyond the Campus; Gina Renzi, Rotunda Director; 1 p.m.; University Club (Women’s Club). The Delaware Court of Chancery From 1989-2011: An Insider’s View; William B. Chandler III, former chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery; 5 p.m.; Levy Conference Center, Penn Law; info: (215) 898-7719 (Institute for Law & Economics). 26 Conversational Syntax, Turn-Taking, and the Fate of the World During the Cuban Missile Crisis; David Gibson, sociology; 6 p.m.; Pepper Mill Café, Penn Museum (Penn Lightbulb Cafe). 27 Finding the Right Postdoc; noon; rm. 305, Graduate Student Center (Career Services). A Model of Optimal Government Bailouts; Eric Talley, UC-Berkeley School of Law; 3 p.m.; Penn Law (Institute for Law & Economics). 28 Fordings and Frontiers: Architecture and Identity in the Central Himalayas, ca. 600-1100 CE; Nachicket Chanchani, PhD candidate; 3:30 p.m.; Rich Seminar Room, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art). Instructing Cells to Convert to Other Cell Types; John Gearhart, cell and developmental biology; 4 p.m.; Johnson Foundation Library, rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. (Biochemistry and Biophysics).31 TBA; Stuart Kim, Stanford University; 12:15 p.m.; auditorium, BRB II/III (Cell and Developmental Biology). New Functions for an Old Favoriate: The Dynamin GTPase and Actin Filament Networks; Dorothy Schafer, University of Virginia; 2 p.m.; rm. B404, Richards Bldg. (Pennsylvania Muscle Institute). City Planning and Justice: Does Anyone Care?; Susan F. Fainstein, Harvard Graduate School of Design; 6 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (Penn Design).

The Institute of Contemporary Art presents: Charline von Heyl, the first museum survey of the German painter, through February 2012. See Exhibits. Above Left: Igitur, 2008, acrylic on linen, 82 x 74 inches. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Enid A. Haupt Fund, 2010. Above Right: It’s Vot’s Behind Me That I Am (Krazy Kat), 2010, acrylic, oil on linen and canvas, 82 x 72 inches. Private collection, New York; courtesy of Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York.