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ACADEMIC CALENDAR8 Spring Term Break. Through March 16.17 Classes Resume.24 Advance Registration for Fall Term and Summer Sessions. Through April 6.

CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES7 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 Cre-ativity? 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 JamsTickets: worldcafelive.comShows 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 MuseumInfo.: www.penn.museumFree 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 Mu-seum’s galleries through stories, crafts and play; 10:30-11:15 a.m.; RSVP on website.

CONFERENCES1 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 Con-temporary China).5 Breeding Management of the Mare; Patricia Sertich, large animal reproduc-tion; 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 Man-agement; 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.sur-veymonkey.com/s/PGFIsinglecell (Smilow Center for Translational Research). 13 Just Stallion Handing (Basic); Sue Mc-Donnell, Havemeyer Equine Behavior Lab; 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; New Bolton Center; $500/one day, $900/both days; register: (610) 925-6203 (Penn Vet). Through March 14.15 Voices of the Past: Maya Research Today; Richard Leventhal, Penn Mu-seum; 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.scatter-goodethics.org/dangerousness-involun-tary-treatment-applied-ethics-workshop (Medical Ethics and Health Policy).

20 Intersections: Cross-Cultural The-ater in Germany and the US; 5 p.m.; Montgomery Theatre, Annenberg Center; register: https://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ger-man/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 Gal-lery, 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 Pro-fessor 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 La-verne Cox; 7-9 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall; $10; register: www.sas.upenn.edu/gsws/content/qpenn-2014-qtopia-featur-ing-laverne-cox (QPenn).29 Women in Archaeology; firsthand ac-counts 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/ar-chitecture/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/mem-bers, 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.Upcoming1 Native American Voices: The Peo-ple-Here and Now; new ongoing interac-tive 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 facul-ty, 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 pat-terns 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 Impres-sions; 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; Lau-ra Henderson; abstract paintings, a fond-ness 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 Librar-ies). 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 ArtInfo.: www.icaphila.org/ Open Video Call; an opportunity to see new works on video by Philadelphia-area 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 contem-porary art. Through August 17. Ruffneck Constructivists; 11 inter-national artists, a contemporary mani-festo of urban architecture and change. Through August 17.Penn Museum Guided ToursTours 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 MuseumGalleries stay open until 8 p.m., with a half-hour gallery tour at 5 p.m. Free w/admission. Info: www.penn.museum5 First Wednesday Quizzo; 6 p.m.

FILMS27 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 HouseTickets $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 Con-spiracy; 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, Po-litical 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/Figure-ground/Village, Silenced; 5 p.m. Flaherty on the Road Program 3, Perpetrators: The Specialist; 8 p.m.Women Film the War on TerrorWomen filmmakers explore the conse-quences 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.26 Return; Ohio National Guard reserv-ist, wife and mother struggles to readjust to civilian life.

MEETINGS10 PPSA Board Meeting; 11 a.m.; Student Financial Services Conference Room, 2nd fl., Franklin Bldg.; RSVP: ppsa@exchange.upenn.edu11 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) 898-7005.

MUSIC1 The 14th Annual Womynsfest; festival showcasing female talent; 7:30-11 p.m.; The Rotunda; free (The Rotunda). 25 Susanna; 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 Audito-rium, Penn Museum; free (Penn Music).World Cafe Live Performances daily. For a complete listing, see: http://philly.worldcafelive.com/

ON STAGE1 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 pre-sentation/performance; 7 p.m.; Interna-tional House; free (ICA). 20 Snowpocalypse Now: Baby, It’s a Cult Inside; Bloomers; 8 p.m.; Class of

’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, Clau-dia Cohen Hall (Classical Studies). Annenberg CenterTickets: www.annenbergcenter.org1 WELL; 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; tick-ets: $20-55.

READINGS & SIGNINGSKelly Writers HouseAll events located in Arts Café. Info.: www.writing.upenn.edu/wh3 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, Poro-chista 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 Hu-gill, 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 BookstoreAll events at 6 p.m. unless specified.Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore6 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 Discrimi-nation Law Through Geography; Fayyaz Vellani. 26 Mother of Invention: How the Gov-ernment Created ‘Free Market’ Health-care; Robert Field.27 Philadelphia Mural Arts at 30; Jane Golden, David Updike.

SPECIAL EVENTS1 Native American Voices: The People- Here 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; Philadel-phia Refugee Mental Health Collabora-tion; Intergeneration Center at Temple University). 28 Relay for Life of University of Penn-sylvania; raise awareness and money for the American Cancer Society; 6 p.m.;

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 Cen-ter (Natives@Penn).International HouseInfo.: http://ihousephilly.org/3 Philadelphia Flamenco Festival: Flamenco Hoy; 7 p.m.4 Gala Kick-Off Party: Brazilian Car-nival featuring PhillyBloco; dinner, con-cert, 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.

SPORTSTickets & venues: www.pennathletics.com1 (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.8 Wrestling; 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. Mercy-hurst; 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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Celebrate Latin Cultures this Month at International House

This March, the Mask and Wig Club will be performing their show Wishful Sinking: Just for Ships and Giggles. See On Stage.

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 Fla-menco Festival’s Artistic Director. See Special Events.

On March 4, celebrate Brazilian Carnival at Interna-tional House’s Global Gala Kick-off Party. PhillyBloco, Brazil-ian music at its finest, will be performing. See Special Events.

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TALKS1 Epilepsy-Collaborative Research at Penn Vet; Charles Vite, neurology & neu-rosurgery; 10 a.m.; Penn Vet Hill Pavilion; RSVP: (215) 746-7460 (Penn Vet).3 Gayborhoods: Economic Develop-ment 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 Lan-guages 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, win-ner 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 Univer-sities 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 In-stitute; 6 p.m.; Berger Auditorium, Skir-kanich Hall (South Asia Center).6 Single-Particle Electron Cyro-Microscopy Reveals High-Resolution Structure and Activation Mechanisms of TRPV1 Ion Channel; Maofu Liao, UC

San Francisco; noon; Austrian Audito-rium, Clinical Research Building (Medi-cine). High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Jour-ney 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; Patri-cia 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 Mor-gan; Suzy Ganz, Lion Brothers; Anita Allen, Vice Provost for Faculty; Marilyn Jordan Taylor, PennDesign; 3 p.m.; Glandt Forum, Singh Center for Nano-technology; 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 Reg-ulation in Development; Douglas Green, St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital; 10 a.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Insti-tute (Wistar).16 Visiting with the Ancients: Hercula-neum, Pompeii and the Grand Tour; Victo-ria Coates, art history; 2 p.m.; Penn Mu-seum; $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 panel-ists; noon; location given upon registra-tion: http://ldi.upenn.edu (Penn LDI). The Democratic Surround: Multime-dia and the Politics of Attention in Cold War America; Fred Turner, Stanford; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Claudia Cohen Hall (His-tory & Sociology of Science). PennDesign Lecture; Geoff Manaugh, Gizmodo; 6 p.m.; Lower Gal-lery, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign).18 PIER Lecture; Debraj Ray, NYU; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 309, McNeil Bldg. (Penn Economics).

TALKS TALKS TALKS Art Museums and Antiquities: Bal-ancing 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.; up-stairs, World Cafe Live (Penn Science Café).19 The Fracturing of the American Corporate Elite; Mark Mizruchi, Univer-sity of Michigan; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology). On the Painting Programs in Sogdi-an 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 Labora-tory (Physics). Climate Wars: Global Warming and the Attack on Science; Michael Mann, Penn State; Ben Horton, Rutgers; 5 p.m.; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum; regis-ter: http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/reg-istration.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 Nine-teenth-Century Banaras; Madhuri Desai, Penn State; noon; rm. 820, Williams Hall (South Asia Studies). Title TBA; Simon Chauchard, Dart-mouth; noon; CASI, ste. 560, 3600 Mar-ket St. (CASI). Classical Studies Senior Colloqui-um; 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-

ence Room, Fisher-Bennett Hall (The Cen-ter for the Study of Contemporary China). Accounting for Survival: Organi-zational Technologies and Firm Perfor-mance, 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.morrisar-boretum.org (Morris Arboretum). 24 Is Xi Jinping Changing China’s Course? Reforms Under the New Leader-ship in Beijing; various panelists; noon; Amando Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium (Knowledge by the Slice). Intergenerational Religious Influ-ences 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, Col-lege 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-penndesign-tickets-10433032481 (PennDesign).25 Bioengineering Analysis of Mi-tochondrial 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, Uni-versity 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

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, Mc-Neil 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 Contempo-rary China). The Arab Conquest of the Near East Reconsidered: Implications for Early “Islamic” History; Parvaneh Pourshari-ati, 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 Ser-vice; 6 p.m.; Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign).27 Putting the Past to Work: Archaeol-ogy, Community and Economic Develop-ment; Peter Gould, University College London; 12:30 p.m.; Penn Museum (Mu-seum). Improving Physician Prescribing Practices and Medication Policy; Jerry Avorn, Harvard; 3 p.m.; Auditorium, Smilow Center for Translational Re-search; register: (215) 898-7801 (Institute on Aging). Johannes Th. Kakridis, Neoanalysis and the Literary Interpretation of Homer-ic 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 Im-periale (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 Re-form; 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; Ra-fael Moneo, Harvard; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign).

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).12 AARC & Staff and Labor Relations: Preparing for Your Evaluation; noon; rm. D27, Castor Bldg. (AARC). 18 Time 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. 15 Philly 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 ProgramOpen 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 7.11 Participating in Performance Ap-praisals for Staff; 1-2 p.m.12 Professional and Respectful Work-places; noon-1 p.m.14 Identity Theft; noon-1 p.m.17 Writing Efficient Email; 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; $75.19 Brown Bag Matinee: Project Man-agement; 9-10 a.m.

27 Brown Bag Matinee: Mastering the Art of Cover Letters; 11 a.m.-noon.HR: Quality of Worklife WorkshopsOpen to Penn faculty and staff. Register: http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu 5 Chair Yoga; noon-1 p.m.13 Optimizing Personal and Profes-sional Relationships; noon-1 p.m.26 There’s No Such Thing as a Perfect Parent and That’s Just Fine; noon-1 p.m.Liberal & Professional StudiesInfo.: 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 Pro-gram Info Session; 5:30-7 p.m.; Houston Hall.Morris ArboretumPrices & Registration: www.morrisarboretum.org2 Needle Felting: From Fleece to Fan-tastic; 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. 11 Successful Strategies for Preserving Tree Canopy in Our Communities; 8:30 a.m.12 Introductory Tree Climbing; 9 a.m. Also March 13 & 14. 15 An Introduction to Beer Making; 1 p.m.17 Mobile Crane Operator Training and Certification; 9 a.m. Also March 18 & 19. 20 The Well-Mannered Perennial Gar-den; 7 p.m.21 Pruning Shrubs for Maximum Health and Beauty; 9 a.m.22 Wedding Flower Design Workshop; 10 a.m. Introduction to Canning; 10 a.m. Greenhouse and Propagation Tour; 1 p.m.28 Dried Flowers: Preserving and Ar-ranging Floral Beauty; 10:30 a.m.29 Well-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.19 Peak Power Pilates; 5:15-6 p.m.21 Tee It Up Golf; 12:15-1 p.m.26 Stress Free; noon-1 p.m.PennFit: Incentive ProgramRegister: www.upenn.edu/recreation/programs/pennfit.html17 Healthy Eating; 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mon-days through April 21.18 Fitness (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.

Rape Aggression Defense (RAD)Register: (215) 898-4481.19 Session IV; 5:30-8:30 p.m. Continues March 26, April 2 & April 9.29 Session V; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Continues April 5.Weigle Info Commons WorkshopsOpen to faculty, staff and students.All events in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library.RSVP: http://wic.library.upenn.edu/wicshops3 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., Edu-cation 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. 11 Photoshop Basics; 2 p.m.; WIC Seminar Room. 18 Canvas Basics; 11 a.m.; Goldstein Electronic Classroom.19 Keeping Track of Research Notes; noon; WIC. Managing Data in ArcGIS; 1 p.m.; Goldstein Electronic Classroom.20 Working with Historic Maps; 10 a.m.; Goldstein Electronic Classroom. Mapping the Census; 1 p.m.; Gold-stein Electronic Classroom.25 Blackboard to Canvas; 1 p.m.; Gold-stein Electronic Classroom. Photoshop: Layers; 2 p.m.; WIC Seminar Room.26 Managing Citations; noon; WIC. Self-Publishing with InDesign; 2 p.m.; WIC Seminar Room. NVivo; 2:30 p.m.; Goldstein Elec-tronic Classroom.

FITNESS & LEARNING

TALKS

Native American Voices: The People-Here and Now Exhibit

Opening: march 111 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.

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(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.