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University Museum: $5, $2.50/se-niors & students w/ID, free/members w/PENNCard, children under 6; Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed July 4and Sundays through September 1.
Wistar Institute; free, Mon.-Fri:9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Upcoming6/2 Comfort & Joy: CelebratingIntergenerational Artistic Achievement;award-winning artwork by elders fromNewCourtland Elder Services Facilitiesand students from Philadelphia areaschools; reception: 6 p.m.; Esther KleinGallery. Through July 2.6/3 History Through Deaf Eyes;travelling exhibition organized byGallaudet College, documents the Ameri-can experience of the deaf over a century;Arthur Ross Gallery (Arthur Ross Gallery;Philadelphia School for the Deaf).Through July 28.6/9 2nd Annual Penn Med Art Show;art by Penn and HUP students, faculty,and staff; Fox Gallery (Penn Med).Through June 17.
Koichi Kawabe; visiting artistfrom Japan; Charles Addams Gallery.Through June 27.6/15 Garden Railway Display: Ameri-cana: Covered Bridges, Mills & Barns;Morris Arboretum. Through October 13.7/1 Penn Summer Arts Studio (PSAS)Faculty Exhibition; Charles Addams Gal-lery. Through July 15.7/15 PSAS Student Exhibition; CharlesAddams Gallery. Through July 30.7/18 UCSC Annual In-House Exhibi-tion; works of art by employees of theUniversity City Science Center and itsresident organizations; reception: 5:30p.m.; Esther Klein Gallery. ThroughSeptember 3.
8/23 Nine Viewpoints: New Photogra-phy from Penn; documents develop-ments in the art of photography; ArthurRoss Gallery. Through October 26.
NowFolio 2003: Group Exhibition of
Artists from GSFA; Burrison Gallery.Through June 6.
Korean Visiting Artist/Scholar:Won-Jang Jin; Charles Addams Gallery.Through June 6.
Art Outreach Program: AnnualStudent Art Exhibition; works by stu-dents from area schools; Esther KleinGallery. Through July 3.
Without Ground; KimowanMcLain; ICA. Through July 27.
Polly Apfelbaum; Fallen Paint-ings, hybrid works of beauty that existin the contentious, ambivalent space be-tween painting, sculpture and installa-tion; ICA. Through July 27.
s(how); exhibition weaves twothemes, visual ephemerality and bodilyconsumption; ICA. Through July 27.
Das Hochzeitshaus (The WeddingHouse); Nadine Robinson fuses popularmyth, religion and street-party culture;ICA. Through July 27.
Deciphering the Past: A Retro-spective View of Cryptology; RosenwaldGallery. Through July 31.
Whenever there is more than meets the eye,see our web site, www.upenn.edu/almanac.
SummerA T P E N N
ACADEMIC CALENDAR6/27 First Session Classes End.6/30 Second Session Classes Begin.7/4 Independence Day—No Classes.8/8 Second Session Classes End.
Evening Session Classes End.8/27 Move In and Registration forTransfer Students.8/28 Move In for First Year Students.
New Student Orientation;Through September 2.
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIESMorris Arboretum1 p.m. with second showings at 2 p.m.;$8, $6/seniors & students w/ID; $3/chil-dren; free/members & under 3.6/21 Music with Pete Moses; folk andpop rock.7/19 Peter Rabbit Tales; Tucker’sTales Puppet Theatre.8/16 Anansi, Spider Man of Africa;Crabgrass Puppet Theatre.
CONFERENCE6/4 Herpesvirus Symposium; 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III; reg-istration: www.uphs.upenn.edu/medicine/ID.htm (Infectious Disease Di-vision; Abramson Cancer Center; Medi-cine; Dental Medicine; Veterinary Medi-cine).
EXHIBITSAdmission Donations and Hours
Arthur Ross Gallery, Fisher FineArts Library: free; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5p.m.; Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m..
Burrison Gallery, Faculty Club, Innat Penn: free; Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery:free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Esther Klein Gallery, 3600 MarketSt.: free; Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Institute of Contemporary Art: $3,$2/students, artists, seniors, free/mem-bers, children under 12, w/ PENNCardand on from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Wed.-Fri.,noon-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.;closed July 28-September 3.
Fox Gallery, Logan Hall: free;Mon.-Fri, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Morris Arboretum: $8, $6/seniors &students, $3/children 3-12, free w/PENNCard, children under 3; Mon.-Wed. &Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Thur., 10 a.m.-8p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Rosenwald Gallery, 6th fl., VanPelt-Dietrich Library. For hours seewww.library.upenn.edu/services/hours/hours.html.
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Suite 211 Nichols House, 3600 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106
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URL: www.upenn.edu/almanac
Unless otherwise noted all events areopen to the general public as well as tomembers of the University. For buildinglocations, call (215) 898-5000 between 9a.m. and 5 p.m. Listing of a phone numbernormally means tickets, reservations orregistration required.
This Summer calendar is a pull-out forposting. Almanac carries an Update withadditions, changes and cancellations ifreceived by Monday noon prior to theweek of publication. Members of the Uni-versity may send notices for the Update orSeptember At Penn calendar.
Trees in Exhibition: Watercolors ofthe Living Collection; paintings of treeswithin the Arboretum’s collection, featur-ing work by Marcy Abhau; Morris Arbore-tum. Through August 18, except July 7-25.
Touching the Mekong: A SoutheastAsia Sojourn; black and white photo-graphs of architecture, landscapes and theregion’s people by Andrea Baldeck;Merle-Smith Changing Exhibitions Gal-lery, 1st fl., UPM. Through September 28.
A Plantsman in Asia: 1979-2000;Paul Meyer, Arboretum; Morris Arbore-tum. Through September.
Mammoth Scale: The AnatomicalSculptures of William Rush; early 19thcentury sculptures; Wistar Institute.Through October.Ongoing at UPM
Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans,Greeks and Romans; suite of four per-manent classical world galleries at theMuseum.
Canaan & Ancient Israel; Livingin Balance: Universe of the Hopi, Zuni,Navajo & Apache; Ancient Mesopotamia:Royal Tombs of Ur; Mesoamerica; TheEgyptian Mummy: Secrets & Science;Raven’s Journey: World of Alaska’sNative People; Buddhism: History &Diversity of a Great Tradition; Africa: TheCradle of Humankind; Polynesia:‘ahu’ula + lei niho palaoa.
FILMS6/1 A Night at the Opera; 6:30 p.m.;Graduate Student Center (GSC).
International HouseShowings at 8 p.m. unless otherwisenoted. All movies w/English subtitles.Admission: $6, $5/members, students,senior citizens. Tickets available 1 hourbefore show time.6/6 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari; si-lent with live musical accompanimentby Guglielmo Foffani.6/20 The Gospel According to Mat-thew; Italian.6/21 Hawks and Sparrow; Italian.6/22 Oedipus Rex; Italian.
MEETINGS6/4 WPSA Board Meeting; noon-1p.m.; rm. G-7, Irvine Auditorium.6/11 WPSA General Assembly Meeting;noon-1 p.m.; rm. G-16, Irvine Auditorium.6/20 Trustee Stated Meeting; 11:45-12:45 p.m.; Inn at Penn.
MUSIC6/7 Rededication of the Curtis OrganConcert; Ken Cowan, organist; 8 p.m.;Irvine Auditorium (VPUL).
Morris ArboretumConcerts in the Garden; 6:30 p.m.; ad-mission: $8/adults; $6/seniors, students w/ID; $3/children; free/members, under 3.6/5 The Steel Kings; drum ensemble,Caribbean music with calypso andreggae rhythms.6/26 Ken Ulansey Ensemble; jazz,swing, Latin and Cajun sounds.7/10 Nubian Dreamscape; quartet in-corporates jazz classics with originalmusic to create a blend of old, new andsmooth sounds.7/24 Simple Gifts; international folkmusic from lively Irish jigs and downhome American reels to Balkan dancemusic and Scandinavian twin fiddling.8/7 Chinese Opera Society; groupuses costumes, elaborate makeup, dance,traditional music and more to retell fa-mous stories from Chinese history, leg-end and literature.8/21 A Touch of Brass; local musi-cians with a wide range of music includ-ing jazz, folk, Dixieland and classical.
University Square36th St. between Sansom and Walnut.6/5 Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble; 5 p.m.Also July 10 & August 21.6/12 John Breslin Jazz Band; 5 p.m.6/19 Amor Tropical; Brazilianrhythms; 5 p.m. Also July 24.6/26 Swing Shift Jazz Band; 5 p.m.Also August 7.7/17 Jasafar; blues and rock; 5 p.m.Also August 14.7/31 Synthesis; Latin music; 5 p.m.Also August 28.
ON STAGE6/22 L & L Dance Productions Con-cert; 20th annual spring concert; 4 p.m.;Irvine Auditorium (VPUL).
READING/SIGNING6/4 Leslie Esdaile-Banks; Minion: AVampire Huntress Legend; noon; 2nd fl.events area, Penn Bookstore.
SPECIAL EVENT6/13 Moonlight & Roses; gala heldamidst the Rose Garden followed bydinner and dancing under the stars; 6p.m.; Arboretum; reservations: VictoriaSicks, (215) 247-5777, ext. 152 (MorrisArboretum).
TALKS6/2 Feeding Habits of Macrophages;Steven Greenberg, Columbia Univer-sity; 2 p.m.; rm. 253, BRB II/III (PMI).
6/3 Pulmonary Drug Delivery:Mechanisms of Macrocolecule Trans-port Across Lung Alveolar Epithelium;Kwang-Jin Kim, University of SouthernCalifornia; noon; 2nd fl. ConferenceRm., Vagelos Research Labs (Institutefor Medicine and Engineering [IME]).6/5 Ophthalmic Heritage Lecture;moderators: William Frayer and Nicho-las Volpe, ophthalmology; 7:45 a.m.;lower level auditorium, Scheie Eye In-stitute (SEI).
Bernard C. Hohenberg MemorialLecture: Mesenchymal Stem Cells;Catherine Verfaillie, University of Min-nesota; 11 a.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III(Dermatology).
Drosophila Spermatogenesis: AModel System for the Study of Stem CellBiology; Stephen DiNardo, Cell and De-velopmental Biology; noon; rm. 702,CRB (Center for Molecular Studies inDigestive and Liver Disease).6/10 Targeted Bioconjugates for En-hanced Anti-HIV Bioefficacy; PatrickSinko, Rutgers; noon; 2nd fl. Confer-ence Rm., Vagelos Research Labs (IME).6/11 Bittersweet: Insulin, Diabetes,and the Transformation of Illness; ChrisFeudtner, CHOP; noon; ste. 320, 3401Market St. (Center for Bioethics).6/12 Hair Follicle Development;Bruce Morgan, Massachusetts GeneralHospital; 11 a.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III (Dermatology).
Angiogenesis in Developmentand Disease; M. Celeste Simon, cell anddevelopmental biology; noon; rm. 702,CRB (Center for Molecular Studies inDigestive and Liver Disease).
Translating Science to Practice:HIV Prevention in Zambian Children;Sten Vermund, University of Alabama;12:30 p.m.; Auditorium, BRB II/III(CFAR).6/19 HOS Ubiquitin Ligase Receptorin the Regulation of Signal TransductionPathways; Serge Fuchs, VeterinaryMedicine; noon; rm. 702, CRB (Centerfor Molecular Studies in Digestive andLiver Disease).
7/16 All’s Well That Ends Well? Stud-ies Examining Patients Who Are Dis-charged From Hospice; Jennifer Kapo,HUP; noon; ste. 320, 3401 Market St.(Center for Bioethics).
New Exhibit at Esther Klein Gallery
A sculpture of the mythological “Green Man” made from the stump of a felled beechtree was dedicated recently at Morris Arboretum to the institution’s horticulturestaff. Mrs. Nancy Ryan (at right) provided funding for sculptor Marty Long to carvethe giant statue, which stands on the Arboretum’s Holly Slope.
Comfort and Joy: CelebratingIntergenerational Artistic Achievement–anexhibition opening June 2 at the Esther KleinGallery–showcases artwork by elders fromNew Courtland Elder Services Facilities andstudents from Philadelphia area schools.
Clockwise from right:"Metamorphosis", 2002 is a mosaic mural
created by elders of Cheltenham York Roadand students from Elwood School.
"Untitled", 2001 is also a mosaic muralcreated by elders from Care Pavilion andstudents from the Andrew Hamilton School.
"Untitled", 2000 is from the Sacred Vil-lage Project at Germantown Home, created byelders from Germantown Home and studentsfrom Project Learn. See Exhibits.
In conjunction with the Visiting ArtistSeries, Charles Addams Gallery pre-sents work by Koichi Kawabe from Ja-pan. Featured above is Floating, anacrylic on canvas. See Exhibits.
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SummerA T P E N N
FITNESS/LEARNINGJazzercise; 5:30-6:30 p.m., Tues-
days & Thursdays, Newman Center;first class free; $5/class, $4/students;Carolyn Hamilton (215) 662-3293(days) or (610) 446-1983 (evenings).
7/2 Pen Red Cross Blood Drive forFreedom; 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Hall ofFlags, Houston Hall (VPUL).Christian AssociationInfo.: http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~upennca.6/3 SLANGuage; practice U.S. En-glish and learn U.S. culture; 3 p.m. Alsoevery Tuesday throughout the summer.6/5 Sister Circle; feminist ministryfor women of all faiths; noon. Also everyThursday throughout the summer.English Language ProgramsRegister at (215) 898-8681. All classesin Bennett Hall from 6-8:30 p.m. Allcourses $280 unless noted otherwise.For a listing of online courses seewww.upenn.edu/elponline.7/7 TOEFL/TWE Preparation; inter-mediate/advanced level; Mondays andWednesdays; $560. Through August 20.
Written Communication Prac-tice; intermediate/advanced level; Mon-days. Through August 18.7/8 Conversational Interactions; in-termediate/advanced level; Tuesdays.Through August 19.
Conversation Practice; begin-ning level; Tuesdays. Through August 19.
Pronunciation Improvement; in-termediate/advanced level; Tuesdays.Through August 19.7/9 Oral Presentation; intermediate/advanced level; Wednesdays. ThroughAugust 20.7/10 Listening and Speaking withConfidence; intermediate/advancedlevel; Thursdays. Through August 21.
Pronunciation Basics; beginninglevel; Thursdays. Through August 21.
Vocabulary Expansion; interme-diate/advanced level; Thursdays.Through August 21.Learning and Education ProgramsFor Penn staff: learn skills throughAmerican Management Association(AMA) sponsored programs. Registra-tion required. Call (215) 898-3400 orwww.hr.upenn.edu/learning.6/4 The Penn Perspective; academicand administrative leaders talk about ini-tiatives and challenges facing Penn,lunch provided; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; BodekLounge, Houston Hall. Also June 5.6/10 Cross-Functional Communica-tion; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Through June 11.6/11 Satellite Broadcast: Leader asTeacher By Joel Tichy; 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.6/17 Brown Bag Matinee: Who MovedMy Cheese; noon-1 p.m.6/18 Franklin Covey’s What MattersMost; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.6/23 Brown Bag Matinee: Job Sur-vival Kit; noon-1 p.m.7/25 Proactive Conflict Resolution; 9a.m.-noon.7/31 Franklin Covey’s Project Man-agement; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.Morris ArboretumInfo.: www.morrisarboretum.org. Regis-tration: (214) 247-5777, ext. 125.6/7 Introduction to HorticulturalTherapy; learn various techniques thehorticultural therapists use, and how tak-ing care of plants helps people of allages; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; $42, $38/members.6/14 Create Your Own Garden Rail-way; learn about G-scale trains, how tobuild and install accessories and lightingand how to incorporate landscaping toscale; 10 a.m.-noon; $24, $22/members.Technology Training ServicesAll courses at ISC labs; 9 a.m.-4:30p.m., unless otherwise noted. Registrationand PennCard required: (800) 288-8221.6/3 Excel XP Intermediate; $190.6/4 Advanced Dreamweaver MX; $600.6/5 MS Project 2000 Intro.; $448.6/9 Word 2000 Intro.; $190.6/10 Access 2000 Intro.; $357.6/12 Excel 2000 Intro.; $190.6/16 Word XP Intermediate; $190.6/17 Excel XP Intro.; $190.6/18 Flash Intro.; $ 600.
HTML Intro.; $520.6/20 Excel XP Advanced; $448.6/22 Excel 2000 Intermediate; $190.6/24 Access 2002 Advanced; $448.6/26 Word 2000 Intermediate; $190.
Access 2000 Advanced; $448.6/27 Word XP Advanced; $190.6/30 PowerPoint XP Intermediate; $190.
Word 2000 Advanced; $190.
SUMMER HOURS 2003� � � � � Accounts Payable: Open: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.Closed: July 4.� � � � � Annenberg Center Box Office: Open: Monday-Friday,10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Closed: July 4.� � � � � Cashier’s Office: Open: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday& Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Closed:July 4.� � � � � Christian Association: Open: Monday-Friday, 10a.m.-4 p.m.; Closed: June 23-27, July 4, July 7, and Au-gust 4-8. Info.: (215) 746-6350.� � � � � Community Housing: Open: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4p.m. Walk-In hours: 10 a.m.-noon. Info.: (215) 898-7422or www.business-services.upenn.edu/communityhousing/.� � � � � Computer Connection: Open May 27-August 1: Mon-day-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday,noon-5 p.m.; Closed: June 28-29 for inventory, and July 4.Regular hours resume August 2. Info: www.upenn.edu/computerstore.� � � � � Class of 1923 Ice Rink: Closed for the summer.� � � � � Faculty Club Open: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.;Buffet only: 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.� � � � � Hillel: Open: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.Closed: July 4. Info.: (215) 898-7391 or www.upenn.edu/~hillel. Scheduled to move to Steinhardt Hall, 215 S. 39thSt. this summer.� � � � � Housing & Conferences Services: Open all summer:Harnwell House (HRE), Sansom Place East and SansomPlace West. The Quadrangle will open June 21. All otherresidences closed. Info.: (215) 898-3547.� � � � � Houston Hall: Open: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-8 p.m.On occasion, building will be open to accommodateevents running past 8 p.m. and on the weekends.Info.: (215) 898-4636.� � � � � Hutchinson Gym & Ringe Squash Courts: Open:Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday,noon-6 p.m. Info.: www.upenn.edu/recreation/.� � � � � Hutchinson Pool: Open: Monday-Friday, 7-9 a.m., 11a.m.-1 p.m., 4-6 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon-4 p.m.Info.: www.upenn.edu/recreation/.� � � � � Institute of Contemporary Art: Open: Wednesday-Friday, noon-8 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.;Closed: July 28-September 3.� � � � � Kelly Writers House: No summer classes. Open Mon-day-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Info.: call (215) 573-9748 or e-mail [email protected].� � � � � Levy Tennis Pavilion: Open: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-9p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed: Saturdays and Sun-days, July-August. Times subject to change. Info.: (215)898-4741.
� � � � � L.U.C.Y. (Loop through University City): Runs:Monday-Friday, 6:10 a.m.-7 p.m. No service: week-ends and July 4. Info.: (215) 580-7800.� � � � � Morris Arboretum: Open: Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Thursday, 10a.m.-8:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.� � � � � Newman Center: Open: Monday-Thursday, 9a.m.-4 p.m. Closed: Fridays, July 4 & September 1.Center open for noontime mass Mondays-Fridays.Info.: www.newman.upenn.edu.� � � � � Penn Bookstore: Open: May 27-August 3, Mon-day-Friday, 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-9:30p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; July 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Resumes regular hours on August 4.� � � � � PennCard Center: Open: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.� � � � � Pottruck Center: Open: Monday-Friday, 6 a.m.-10p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Info.www.upenn.edu/recreation/.� � � � � Sheerr Pool: Open: Monday-Friday, 6-9 a.m., 11a.m.-1 p.m., 4-7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon-6p.m. Info.: www.upenn.edu/recreation/.� � � � � Student Financial Services: Open: Monday,Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m.;Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Info.: www.upenn.edu/sfs/.� � � � � Student Health Service: Open: July 1-August 25:Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturdays 9 a.m.-11:30a.m.; Closed: Sundays & July 4. Normal hours resume Au-gust 26. Info.: www.upenn.edu/sfs/.� � � � � Transportation: Runs: Escort Van, Monday-Sun-day, 6 p.m.-3 a.m.;PennBus West, Monday-Friday,4:50 p.m.-midnight (express 4:50 p.m., regular runs5:15 p.m.-midnight, every half hours after 6 p.m.);PennBus East, Monday-Friday, 5 p.m.-midnight, every20 minutes after 5:40 p.m.; shopping shuttle discontinued.� � � � � University Museum: Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Closed: July 4 and Sundays through September 1.� � � � � Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center: Open: May 20-September 3, Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri-day, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Closed:Sundays, July 4, September 1. Info.: http://events.library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi.� � � � � Rosengarten Reserve: Open: May 20-August 9,Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 8:30a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, noon-6 p.m.; August 10-September 3, Monday-Thursday,8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday,10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday-closed. Closed: July 4 & Sep-tember 1. Info.: http://events.library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi.
Summer Programs @ PennOnce again, Penn’s campus will welcome hundreds of summer program participantsas annual Summer Programs get underway. Visitors of all ages will participate inacademic as well as athletic programs, which are listed below.
SportsAl Bagnoli All-Star Football Camp*:200 boys entering grades 7-12 improvebasic skills and learn both offensive anddefensive techniques; Al Bagnoli, (215)573-9229; July 27-31.All Star Lacrosse Camp*: 100 boys10 yrs. old-high school seniors; BryanVoelker, (215) 898-6140; July 19-23.Levy Tennis Pavilion Junior Camp*:450 students ages 6-16 participate intennis instruction and tournaments; HalMackin, (215) 898-4741; June 9-August 4.Nike Rowing Camp*: sessions for14-18 year-old high school students in-cludes water instruction, videotapingand ergometer training sessions; BruceKonopka, (215) 898-8445; June 28-July1 and July 12-July 15.Nike Volleyball Camps at Penn*:Orlin Jespersen, (215) 898-4843.
General Skills Camp: improve thefundamental skills as well as overalltechnical and strategic knowledge of thegame, for ages 10-18; August 2-5.
High Potential Camp: designed topush experienced players to the nextlevel, for ages 15-18; August 7-10.Penn Field Hockey Elite Camp*: 809-12 year-olds will improve field hockeygame skills and strategy; Val Cloud,(215) 898-6038; June 15-19 & 22-26.Pennsylvania Wrestling Camps*:Roger Reina, (215) 898-5217.
Pennsylvania Elite Camp: techniquesessions and leadership development for40 high school students; June 18-22.
Technique Mini-Camp: 50 childrenfor all levels and ages; June 21-22.Penn Elite Lacrosse Camp*: for 16-18 year-old girls, intense sessions withmuch coaching; Karin Brower, (215)898-8278; July 7-10.Penn Junior Fencing Camp: for 14-17 year-old fencers with at least oneyear of competitive fencing experience;David Micahnik, (215) 898-6116; July13-19, July 20-26 and July 27-August 2.Penn Summer Gymnastics Camp*:weekly sessions for 30 children ages 5-12 include gymnastics instruction andother activities; Tom Kovic, (215) 898-5316; June 16-August 1.Penn Tennis Camps*:Courtney Smalley, (215) 898-6958.
Junior Tennis Camp: ages 6-16 learnabout different aspects of the gamewhile having fun; August 11-15, 18-22& 25-29.
High School Training Camp: pre-pares junior high and high school kidsfor school tennis; August 16-17.
Adult Clinics: sessions catered to thelevel of the group and will review thebasics of the stroke through shot selec-tion; Beginners: August 12, 19 & 26; In-termediate: August 13, 20 & 27; Ad-vanced: August 14, 21 & 28.
PennKids*: a recreational camp forchildren in grades 1-6 that emodies theprinciples of play, sport, culture and di-versity; Dept. of Recreation, (215) 898-6100; June 23-August 1.Quaker Basketball Camp*: instruc-tion and competition for boys and girlsages 7-18; Harris Adler, (215) 898-0423; June 16-20, June 23-27 and June29-July 1.Quaker Soccer Camps*:Darren Ambrose, (215) 898-2923.
Mini: instruction and competition for5-6 year olds; June 16-20 and August 4-8.
Junior: instruction and competitionfor 7-13 year olds; June 17-20 and July29-August 2.
Youth AcademicsAFNA National Education andResearch Fund: 350 Philadelphia stu-dents of grades 10-12 receive academictutoring and college prep assistance;Earl Vinson, (215) 854-1470; July 14-15, 21-22, 28-29; August 4-5.Al-Bustan Camp*: opportunity for 23-25 children ages 6-11 to develop Arabiclanguage skills and appreciate Arabicculture at Morris Arboretum; HazamiSayed, (267) 303-0070; July 7-25.Anthropologists in the Making*: 40children aged 8-12 will be immersed in adifferent world culture each week at theMuseum; Meera Patankar, (215) 898-4015; June 30-August 22.Leadership Education andDevelopment (LEAD) Program:introduction to business principles for12th grade minority students; Christo-pher Maxwell, (215) 898-7608; July 5-August 2.Leadership in the Business World:classes, trips and activities for 30 highschool seniors to learn about leadershipin a business organization; AnneGreenhalgh, (215) 898-6058; July 6-August 12.Optical Mapping of CognitiveBrain Activity: 10 high school stu-dents participate in hands-on research onbrain’s responses to problem-solvingtasks; Britton Chance, (215) 898-4342;June 23-August 1.Pathways to Engineering forLatinos: 40 middle school students areintroduced to engineering; JorgeSantiago-Avilés, (215) 898-5167; July14-August 15.Penn Summer Arts Studio: inten-sive non-credit program for 80 11-12thgraders consisting of studios and relatedactivities; Valerie Ross, (215) 898-5407;June 28-July 26.Penn Summer Science Academy:80 11-12th graders are taught by Pennscientists consisting of lab and fieldprojects, math workshops, computerlabs, seminars and site visits; ValerieRoss, (215) 898-5407; June 28-July 26.
Penn Summer Writing Academy:essential skills of college-level writingfor high-school students; Valerie Ross,(215) 898-5407; June 28-August 9.Precollege Program: 300 students in11-12th grades from nine Philadelphiahigh schools take beginning-level coursesand live in the dorms; Valerie Ross, (215)898-5407; June 28-August 9.U of P Summer Academic Institute:80 7th-graders from the Overbrook Clusterparticipate in academic and enrichmentactivities; Kenneth Perry, (215) 573-8031;June 23-July 19.Upward Bound Program: 50 stu-dents participate in a pre-college pro-gram with strong academic focus; JudithGreen, (215) 898-3185; June 23-August 1.
UndergradsCenter for Africana Studies Sum-mer Institute: 30-35 pre-freshmen areintroduced to major intellectual and cul-tural themes and currents in 19th and20th Century African-American experi-ence; Tukufu Zuberi; July 19-26.Freshman Orientation Program forthe NROTC: 40 freshmen; Col. JohnHulick; August 25-September 1.Kyoritsu Summer Enrichment Pro-gram: 25 young women from theKyoritsu University study American cul-ture and learn English; Danielle Klein;July 31-August 21.NSF/AMP (Greater Phila. RegionLouis Stokes Alliance for MinorityParticipation) UndergraduateResearch: 10 undergrads work on‘cutting-edge’ research in various disci-plines; Cora Ingrum; May 23-August 1.Penn McNair ScholarsSummer Research Institute: 7 Pennundergrads will conduct graduate-levelresearch projects with Penn faculty men-tors; Malcolm Bonner; May 19-June 27.Penn Program for Public Service(PPPS) Summer Internship: im-merses 20 undergraduates in real-worldproblem solving in the the West Philly-Penn community; Deirdra Stockmann;May 28-August 15.PENNCap Pre-Freshman Program:110 freshman preview intellectual & so-cial life at the University; PamelaEdwards; July 26-August 23.Sixth Annual Summer Workshopin Cognitive Science & CognitiveNeuroscience: brings together 20undergrads from around the world. Thisyear the focus is on vision and language;John Trueswell & Sharon Thompson-Schill; June 7-21.Summer Institute for DemographicResearch: introduction to populationstudies for 10 undergrads to improve thehuman resource base in demography andto reinforce the ethnic diversity of thatresource base; Tukufu Zuberi; June 30-August 9.Summer Undergraduate InternshipProgram: 30 undergraduates work un-der the supervision of a faculty mentor,attend research seminars; Susan Ross;June 1-August 10.
Summer Pre-Med Enrichment Pro-gram: prepares 10 under-representedminority students for careers in aca-demic medicine or other positions ofleadership in medicine; John Craig; May19-July 25.SUNFEST (Summer UndergraduateFellowship in Sensor Technologies):research opportunities in general area ofsensor technologies for 12 sophomoresand juniors students in science and engi-neering; Jan Van der Spiegel; May 27-August 1.
Grad StudentsCity Planning Summer Institute:non-credit courses for 55 grad studentsof Urban Design, Economics, Statisticsand City & Regional Planning; EugenieBirch; August 1-29.English for Architects: ESL trainingfor 10 grad students in architecture atGSFA; Lisa Minetti; July 28-August 21.English for Legal Studies: ESLtraining for 30 LLM students at PennLaw; Thomas Adams; July 11-24.Fulbright Program in English forGraduate Studies: prepares 30Fulbright Fellows for academic life atthe graduate level in U.S. universities;Susan Caesar; August 2-23.Landscape Architecture SummerInstitute: introduces 20-35 incomingGSFA students to the fundamental ele-ments of landscape architecture; JamesCorner, (215) 898-6591; August 4-29.Summer Institute for InternationalBusiness Students (SIIBS): pre-pares 25 speakers of English as a secondlanguage for the demands of graduatebusiness school; Bill Martin; June 30-July 25.Summer Preparatory Program: 40non-credit courses for incoming Masterof Architecture students; RichardWesley; June 30-August 15.
SSRC-Mellon Minority SummerConference: 200 grad students defineacademic “self” in open, communal dis-cussion; Beverlee Bruce; June 10-15.
Adults/ProfessionalsConversation and Culture: languagestudy and sociocultural experiences fornonnative speakers of English; SheilaMayne; June 30-July 25 and July 29-Au-gust 22.English & Culture Program forIncheon City Officials: English lan-guage study and cultural respectives formunicipal officials of Incheon City, Ko-rea—a sister city of Philadelphia; AnneBudd; July 21-August 1.ESL Study for Japanese Teachersof English: enhances participants’knowledge of English and U.S. culture;Thomas Adams; June 16-August 8.International Business Communi-cation Program (IBCP): businessEnglish and U.S. culture for workingprofessionals; William Dantona, (215)746-0279; July 7-August 1.Nova Academy Program in En-glish and U.S. Culture: adults fromNova Language Academy in Japan learnEnglish and acquire sociocultural expe-riences; Jack Sullivan; July 21-August 4and August 4-18.SAS Training Program for Interna-tional Teaching Assistants (ITA):prepares prospective TAs for teachingassignments by increasing their abilityto become more intelligible speakers ofEnglish; Barbara Willenborg; June 24-August 21.Veteran’s Upward Bound: assistsmilitary veterans of Philadelphia regionto obtain a post-secondary education;Diane Sandefur; May 12-September 8.
* These programs may still accept applications. Call phone numbers listed for information.
Just west of the Franklin Building, in the area where a small parking lot once stood, thenorth side of Walnut Street now has a green oasis known as the John A. Fry Park, “inhonor of his many contributions to the University’s campus and community as ExecutiveVice President, 1996-2002”. It recognizes his efforts toward spearheading the develop-ment of the University Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, the 2001 DevelopmentPlan and the development of the bookstore and Inn at Penn complex.
