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CAMPUS EVENTS
Upcoming Events
Events this month
April 19, 2012
6:00-7:00pm
Penn Book Store, 2nd level Café
Penn Professor Peter Decherney: Copy Right Wars
Join us for a discussion led by Cinema Studies professor Peter Decherney. Based on his new book, “Hollywood’s Copyrights Wars: From Edison to the Internet.”
April 18, 2012
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
Office Hours with Anthea Butler
Faith Matters: Religious and Rhetoric in the 2012 Election
Who says religion and politics don’t mix? Recent surveys indicate that the 2012 presidential contest could be the most religiously based presidential race in recent history, making it all the more important for voters to educate themselves about the religious rhetoric and strategies used by the Republicans, Democrats and Independents. Join Anthea Butler, Professor of Religious Studies, for a discussion of the crucial role religion is already playing in the forthcoming election. A sought after media commentator, Professor Butler blogs about religion and politics at the daily online magazine “Religion Dispatches.” She is currently completing her book The Gospel According to Sarah: How Sarah Palin and the Tea Party are Galvanizing the Religious Right (The New Press) to be published in Spring 2012.
Additional information about these and other upcoming Office Hours webinars available at http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/education/officehours.html.
April 18, 2012
4:00-5:00pm
Penn Book Store, 2nd level Café
Faculty Discussion: Law Professor Stephanos Bibas
Please join us for a discussion and book signing featuring Penn Law Professor Stephanos Bibas. Bibas will be discussing themes based on his new book, “The Machinery of Criminal Justice”. Bibas is director of Penn’s Supreme Court Clinic and specializes in criminal procedure.
April 17, 2012
6:00pm
Penn Book Store
“Hemingway’s Boat” with Paul Hendrickson, Professor of English
This even is part of the Penn Science Café. To RSVP, contact Gina Bryan at bryangm@upenn.edu .
April 12, 2012
5:00pm
Annenberg School for Communication, Room 110
“Confederate Reckoning” with Stephanie McCurry, Professor of Art History
This even is part of the Thinking with the Past lecture series. For more information contact Nari Baughman at nlinette@sas.upenn.edu .
April 6, 2012
4:00-5:00pm
Penn Book Store, 2nd level Café
GSE Professor Marybeth Gasman: The Morehouse Mystique
Dr. Gasman and co-author Louis W. Sullivan will present highlights from their book, “The Morehouse Mystique: Becoming a Doctor at the Nation’s Newest African American Medical School.” A complete history of the Morehouse School of Medicine, one of only four predominantly black medical schools in the US.
April 4, 2012
12:00pm
Claudia Cohen Hall, Terrace Room
“Oracles, Omens, and Dreams: A cognitive Approach to Divination in Antiquity,”
With Peter Struck, Associate Professor of Classical Studies. This lecture is part of Knowledge by the Slice lecture series and is free and open to the public. No tickets or RSVP required.
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Upcoming Events
May 26, 2012
6:30pm
Penn Book Store, 2nd level
The Lost and Found Box: A Provocative Exploration about Rediscovering Happiness and THE REAL YOU!
“The Lost and Found Box” is a tool that will help readers to explore self-identity – past, present and future. Wadley offers tools and strategies aimed at empowering the individual to set free their best self.
May 12, 2012
3:30-4:30pm
Penn Book Store, 2nd level Café
Alumni Weekend Author Event: Ed Keller
Please join us as we welcome Penn Alumnus Ked Keller for a special discussion based on this book, “The Face-to-Face Book: Why Real Relationships Rule in a Digital Marketplace.” A look at how consumers make their buying decisions.
May 3, 2012
4:30-7:00 PM
The Penn Club of New York, 30 West 44th Street
The Spirit of Compromise
The University of Pennsylvania invites you to join New York area alumni and friends for an election-season conversation with Amy Gutmann and Dennis F. Thompson to discuss their new book, The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It. Moderated by David Remnick, Editor, The New Yorker. Space is limited. RSVP here. For additional questions, please contact Lauren Graham at 215.746.1772
April 19, 2012
6:00-7:00pm
Penn Book Store, 2nd level Café
Penn Professor Peter Decherney: Copy Right Wars
Join us for a discussion led by Cinema Studies professor Peter Decherney. Based on his new book, “Hollywood’s Copyrights Wars: From Edison to the Internet.”
April 18, 2012
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
Office Hours with Anthea Butler
Faith Matters: Religious and Rhetoric in the 2012 Election
Who says religion and politics don’t mix? Recent surveys indicate that the 2012 presidential contest could be the most religiously based presidential race in recent history, making it all the more important for voters to educate themselves about the religious rhetoric and strategies used by the Republicans, Democrats and Independents. Join Anthea Butler, Professor of Religious Studies, for a discussion of the crucial role religion is already playing in the forthcoming election. A sought after media commentator, Professor Butler blogs about religion and politics at the daily online magazine “Religion Dispatches.” She is currently completing her book The Gospel According to Sarah: How Sarah Palin and the Tea Party are Galvanizing the Religious Right (The New Press) to be published in Spring 2012.
Additional information about these and other upcoming Office Hours webinars available at http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/education/officehours.html.
April 18, 2012
4:00-5:00pm
Penn Book Store, 2nd level Café
Faculty Discussion: Law Professor Stephanos Bibas
Please join us for a discussion and book signing featuring Penn Law Professor Stephanos Bibas. Bibas will be discussing themes based on his new book, “The Machinery of Criminal Justice”. Bibas is director of Penn’s Supreme Court Clinic and specializes in criminal procedure.
April 17, 2012
6:00pm
Penn Book Store
“Hemingway’s Boat” with Paul Hendrickson, Professor of English
This even is part of the Penn Science Café. To RSVP, contact Gina Bryan at bryangm@upenn.edu .
April 12, 2012
5:00pm
Annenberg School for Communication, Room 110
“Confederate Reckoning” with Stephanie McCurry, Professor of Art History
This even is part of the Thinking with the Past lecture series. For more information contact Nari Baughman at nlinette@sas.upenn.edu .
April 6, 2012
4:00-5:00pm
Penn Book Store, 2nd level Café
GSE Professor Marybeth Gasman: The Morehouse Mystique
Dr. Gasman and co-author Louis W. Sullivan will present highlights from their book, “The Morehouse Mystique: Becoming a Doctor at the Nation’s Newest African American Medical School.” A complete history of the Morehouse School of Medicine, one of only four predominantly black medical schools in the US.
April 4, 2012
12:00pm
Claudia Cohen Hall, Terrace Room
“Oracles, Omens, and Dreams: A cognitive Approach to Divination in Antiquity,”
With Peter Struck, Associate Professor of Classical Studies. This lecture is part of Knowledge by the Slice lecture series and is free and open to the public. No tickets or RSVP required.
March 30, 2012
School of Nursing, Claire Fagin Hall
Room 218
Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses
Designed for Advanced Practice Nurses including clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioners and nurse midwives who currently work in primary care setting and are eligible for prescriptive authority. Click here for more information and to register.
March 19, 2012
4:30-6:00 PM
Irvine Auditorium (3401 Spruce Street)
David and Lyn Silfen University Forum: “Is America Broken? A Conversation on the 2012 Elections and Beyond.
Dr. Gutmann will moderate the discussion with a distinguished group of experts including New York Times columnist Charles Blow, Penn Associate Professor of Political Science and NBC News Election Analyst John Lapinski, former White House speechwriter and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, former Philadelphia Mayor and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, and former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson. After what is sure to be a stimulating conversation, our panelists will field questions from the audience. Please visit http://www.upenn.edu/silfenforum for more detailed event information and to get ticket.
For those who cannot attend the event in person, a live webcast of the event will be available on the Silfen Forum website at http://www.upenn.edu/silfenforum/webcast.html
March 14, 2012
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
Office Hours with John Gearhart
Regenerative Medicine: Stem Cell Tourism and Athletic Enhancements.
John Gearhart was one of the first scientists to identify and isolate human embryonic stem cells and is a leading expert in regenerative medicine. He is often quoted in the popular press and has testified in front of Congress numerous times regarding stem cell research and treatments. As the Director of the Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine, John overseas and coordinates stem cell research across campus. Join John for a lively discussion where he will discuss the complex topic of stem cell tourism: when patients travel to other countries to undergo stem cell therapies that are not approved in the United States. John will also discuss the contentious issue of stem cell enhancements for athletes giving them a competitive edge!
Additional resources:
About John Gearhart
Penn Institute for Regnerative Medicine > Research areas
Chasing the Miracle Cure > ESPN article touching on the use of stem cell treatments for professional athletes (October 5, 2011)
March 7-8, 2012
8am-6pm
Ryan Hospital, 39th Street and Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA
112th Penn Annual Vet Conference
Conference information and registration details located here.
February 23
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
Challenges for Retirement in the 21st Century
Led by: Olivia Mitchell, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor; Professor of Business and Public Policy; Professor of Insurance and Risk Management; Executive Director, Pension Research Council
Wharton Alumni Relations is pleased to announce our 2011–2012 Webinar Series, featuring renowned Wharton faculty. Nearly 3000 alumni took part in this exciting new lifelong learning opportunity last year. Click here to see their feedback. Registration will open for each session two weeks in advance of the event date. Capacity is limited, so be sure to stay tuned for your email invitation!For further information, please contact alumni.relations@wharton.upenn.edu
Feb. 21, 2012
6:00pm
Fisher-Bennett Hall, Room 401
“Full Circle: From Penn Student to Penn Faculty”
A conversation with Salamishah Tillet, Ph.D., C'96, G'04 Penn alumna Dr. Salamishah Tillet is now Assistant Professor of English and Africana Studies. Hear about Dr. Tillet’s path to teaching in the very departments in which she majored as a student at Penn. Learn how she found her interdisciplinary academic focus, which issues are drawing her much sought-after commentary so far in 2012, and what response she has received since interviewing Gloria Steinem as part of the December 2011 TEDx Women conference. Learn more and register now!
February 15, 2012
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
Office Hours with Peter Decherney
Hollywood’s Copyright Wars: From Edison to the Internet
Copyright law guides filmmakers’ artistic decisions; it underlies Hollywood’s corporate structure; and it determines how audiences consume media. Since the widespread adoption of the internet in the 1990s, copyright law has begun to affect an ever-expanding range of media producers and consumers, including amateur video makers, file sharers, and internet entrepreneurs. As a result, even high school students now hold strong opinions about copy protection, the public domain, and other complex areas of cultural policy that had previously been the obscure domain of legal experts. Join Peter Decherney, Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and English, for a discussion about copyright's influence over the art and business of film. Learn how copyright disputes involving Edison, Chaplin, Spielberg, and others shaped the studio system. And discuss how digital intellectual property is changing the industry today.
Additional resources:
Copyright Wars > Decherney reacts to recent Supreme Court case
Will Copyright Stifle Hollywood? > New York Times op-ed (October 4, 2011)
January 31
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
Strategic Persuasion: Winning Others Over to Your Ideas One Person at a Time
Led By: G. Richard Shell, Thomas Gerrity Professor; Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics; Professor of Management
Wharton Alumni Relations is pleased to announce our 2011–2012 Webinar Series, featuring renowned Wharton faculty. Nearly 3000 alumni took part in this exciting new lifelong learning opportunity last year. Click here to see their feedback. Registration will open for each session two weeks in advance of the event date. Capacity is limited, so be sure to stay tuned for your email invitation!For further information, please contact alumni.relations@wharton.upenn.edu
January 24, 2012
5:30-7:00pm
Irvine Auditorium
Year of Games: The World of Enigmatology
Featuring Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993. He is also the puzzlemaster on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday and is founder and director of the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. For more Year of Games events and information, click here.
January 24, 2012
5:30-7PM
Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall
Penn IUR Public Interest Event, Urban Book Talk: "Women's Health and the World's Cities" Co-sponsored with Penn Press and the School of Nursing, the volume editors and contributors of Women's Health and the World's Cities (Penn Press, 2011) will discuss the key issues presented in the book. Women's Health and the World's Cities illuminates the intersection of gender, health, and urban environments. From the interdisciplinary perspective of urban planners, scholars, health practitioners, and activists, this collection of essays examines the impact of urban living on the physical and psychological states of women and girls in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States. The event will be followed by a book signing and reception. Speakers included Afaf I. Meleis, Dean of the School of Nursing; Jeane Ann Grisso, Professor of Public Health, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine; Kat Rosqueta, Founding Executive Director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at University of Pennsylvania; Lynn Sommers, Director, Penn's School of Nursing Center for Global Women's Health, and Eugenie Birch, Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research. Click here for more information.
January 17, 2012
5:30pm
Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
The 11th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture in Social Justice
This lecture features Donna Brazile, Political Commentator & Strategist/Author in conversation with Camille Z. Charles, Professor of Sociology & Education and Director of the Center for Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania. Click here for more information.
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Past Events
November 30, 2011
5:00pm
Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum
3260 South Street
The Penn Humanities Forum
presents the Dr. S.T. Lee Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities, The End of Capitalism? featuring David Harvey, Professor of Geography and Anthropology, Graduate Center, City University of New York. Pre-registration required.
November, 11, 2011
12:00-1:00pm
Claudia Cohen Hall, Terrace Room
249 South 36th Street
Knowledge by the Slice
“Confederate Reckoning,” featuring Stephanie McCurry, Professor of History.
November 5, 2011
3:00-4:00pm
Bookstore, 2nd level
Homecoming Special Event featuring Stefan Fatsis
Penn Alumnus Stefan Fatsis joins us for a special discussion and book signing-in conjunction with the 10th anniversary release of “Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players.”
November 2, 2011
6:00pm
The Peppermill Café, Penn Museum
3260 South Street
“Is Sea-Level Rising? How to Find Out, and What Does It Mean for the Coasts?”
with Benjamin Horton, director of Penn’s Sea-Level Research Lab and Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Science. This event is part of the Penn Science Café. It is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are encouraged. For more information or directions, contact Gina Bryan or call 215-898-8721.
November 2, 2011
5:00pm
Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum
3260 South Street
The Penn Humanities Forum
presents The Social Knowledge of Monkeys and Apes, featuring Dorothy Cheney, Professor of Biology, Penn and Robert Seyfarth, Professor of Psychology, Penn. Pre-registration required.
November 1
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
Variety: too Much of a Good Thing?
Led By: Barbara Kahn, Patty and Jay H. Baker Professor, Professor of Marketing; Director, Jay H. Baker Retailing Center
Wharton Alumni Relations is pleased to announce our 2011–2012 Webinar Series, featuring renowned Wharton faculty. Nearly 3000 alumni took part in this exciting new lifelong learning opportunity last year. Click here to see their feedback. Registration will open for each session two weeks in advance of the event date. Capacity is limited, so be sure to stay tuned for your email invitation!For further information, please contact alumni.relations@wharton.upenn.edu
October 20, 2011
5:00-600pm
Penn Bookstore, 2nd level
Penn Professor Emeritus Elijah Anderson
Anderson leads a discussion on race relations and cross cultural communication. Based on his newest book, “The Cosmopolitan canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life.”
October 29, 2011
2:00-3:00pm
Penn Bookstore, 2nd level
Family Weekend Feature: Alumnus Matt Blackstone
Blackstone returns to Penn for a special reading and discussion of his debut novel, “A Scary Scene in a Scary Movie.” Geared toward young readers, Blackstone portrays a high school student who struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
October 26, 2011
6:00pm
The Peppermill Café, Penn Museum
3260 South Street
“Conversational Syntax, Turn-Taking, and the Fate of the World During the Cuban Missile Crisis," with David Gibson, Assistant Professor of Sociology. This event is part of the Penn Lightbulb Café. It is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are encouraged. For more information or directions, contact Gina Bryan or call 215-898-8721.
October, 19, 2011
5:00pm
Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum
3260 South Street
The Penn Humanities Forum
Presents Time Travel Safari: Adventures in the History of Life, featuring Olivia Judson, Evolutionary Biologist and Science Writer. Harrison Auditorium Pre-registration required.
October 14, 2011
12:00-1:00pm
Irvine Auditorium, Care’58
3401 Spruce Street
Knowledge by the Slice
“Is Sea Level Rising?,” featuring Ben Horton, Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Science.
September 27
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT
The Leader’s Checklist
Led By: Mike Useem; Editor, Wharton Leadership Digest, William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management; Director, Center for Leadership and Change Management
Wharton Alumni Relations is pleased to announce our 2011–2012 Webinar Series, featuring renowned Wharton faculty. Nearly 3000 alumni took part in this exciting new lifelong learning opportunity last year. Click here to see their feedback. Registration will open for each session two weeks in advance of the event date. Capacity is limited, so be sure to stay tuned for your email invitation!For further information, please contact alumni.relations@wharton.upenn.edu.
September 26, 2011
4:30-5:30pm
Penn Bookstore, 2nd level
A Discussion with PIK Professor Jon Moreno
Join us for a special discussion led by PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno. Moreno will be discussing themes and ideas based on his most recent book, “The Body Politic: The Battle Over Science in America.”
September 26, 2011
6:00-7:00pm
Penn Bookstore, 2nd level
Alumnae Deb Herting-Successful Project Management Workshop
Herting leads a discussion based on her new book, ‘The Power of Interpersonal Skills in Project Management.” Learn how a greater focus on the human side of discipline can lead to success in the workplace. Herting earned a masters in Organizational Dynamics and is founder of a consulting boutique.
August 24
5pm - 8pm
Penn Museum, 3620 South Street
P.M. @ Penn Museum Summer Nights
Timi Tanzania Reggae Band
Reggae artist Timi Tanzania and his band bring Jamaican dub and reggae music to the Warden Garden for a last jammin' night of summer fun. www.myspace.com/timitanzania
August 17
5pm - 8pm
Penn Museum, 3620 South Street
P.M. @ Penn Museum Summer Nights
Bell Blake Duo
Minstrels Bill Bell (guitarist/pianist/vocalist) and Dennis Blake (fiddler/mandolinist) play traditional Celtic folk music, from lively jigs and reels to favorite Irish songs. www.myspace.com/bellblakeduo
August 10
5pm - 8pm
Penn Museum, 3620 South Street
P.M. @ Penn Museum Summer Nights
Bohemian Sunrise
Bohemian Sunrise embraces Latin, Caribbean, reggae, jazz, and funky world beats to create rich, dance-inducing, jam band-worthy music. www.bohemiansunrise.com/
August 3
5pm - 8pm
Penn Museum, 3620 South Street
P.M. @ Penn Museum Summer Nights
Leana Song
A drum and music ensemble specializing in Afro-Cuban and West African drumming combines traditional call-and-response patterned Yoruba songs with modern folk and jazz instruments and harmony. www.myspace.com/leanasong
July 27
5pm - 8pm
Penn Museum, 3620 South Street
P.M. @ Penn Museum Summer Nights
Bomplé
This drumming, singing, dance group, led by Alberto Pagan-Ramirez, presents rich and elegant Puerto Rican bomba music, dating back to Puerto Rico's colonial period, in the 1680s, and the energetic and contagious Puerto Rican urban music of plena. www.facebook.com/pages/Bompl
July 20
5pm - 8pm
Penn Museum, 3620 South Street
P.M. @ Penn Museum Summer Nights
West Philadelphia Orchestra
Upwards of 14 musicians playing trumpets, baritone horns, saxophone, sousaphone, clarinets, violins, drums, and other instruments manifest an uplifting Eastern European folk sound tinged with jazz, punk, and soul. www.westphiladelphiaorchestra.com
July 13
5pm - 8pm
Penn Museum , 3620 South Street
P.M. @ Penn Museum Summer Nights
Zydeco-A-Go-Go
"Let the good times roll!" with this Philadelphia all-star group whose music blends Creole Zydeco and Cajun 2-Step into danceable, funky New Orleans-style music. www.zydecoagogo.com/
July 11
4pm
Penn Bookstore, 2nd Floor
Penn Lecturer Lorene Cary
A special discussion and book reading for young adult readers "Free! Great Escapes from Slavery on the Underground Railroad" A collection of non-fiction stories of America's Underground Railroad and those who risked their lives to gain freedom. Cary teaches creative writing at Penn and is founder and director of Art Sanctuary, a nonprofit lecture and performance series in Philadelphia.
July 6
5pm - 8pm
Penn Museum, 3620 South Street
P.M. @ Penn Museum Summer Nights
Tres Compadres
This modern flamenco ensemble explores the boundaries of flamenco with fusion jazz and Latin rhythms. www.myspace.com/trescompadresband
June 29
5pm - 8pm
Penn Museum, 3620 South Street
P.M. @ Penn Museum Summer Nights
Animus
Bill Koutsouros and his team of musicians create an exciting fusion of ancient and modern music using traditional elements of Greek, Turkish, Arabic, and Latin styles styles melded into percussive rock, funk, jazz, and blues music. www.animusmusic.com
June 28
2:00pm & 3:00pm
Penn Bookstore, 2nd floor
Young Readers' Summer Book Club
Open to young readers rising to grades 3 through 6, the club will meet in June, July and August.
Sign your young reader up! Email rkredo@exchange.upenn.edu (subject: "young readers club") for additional detail or to register. The first meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 28
Grades 3-4 meet at 2pm
Book titles: "Thea Stilton and the Cherry Blosom Adventure" and/or "A Fabumouse Vacation for Geronimo"
Grades 5-6 meet at 3pm
Book Titles: "Lynn Visible" and/or "The Graveyard Book"
June 22
5pm - 8pm
Penn Museum, 3620 South Street
P.M. @ Penn Museum Summer Nights
Barakka
Baris Kaya and his band, Barakka, fuse Middle Eastern, Turkish folk, and Western rock music together to create a large rock sound with traditional instruments and accents.
www.myspace.com/bariskaya
June 17, 2011
5pm
Penn Bookstore, 2nd Floor
Penn graduate student Utpal Sandesara
"No One Had a Tongue to Speak: The Untold Story of One of History's Deadliest Floods"
A unique look at the multifaceted story of the Machhu dam disaster that occurred in India in the summer of 1979. Sandesara, the son of a Machhu flood survivor, is currently enrolled in the School of Medicine and pursuing a doctorate in social anthropology at Penn.
May 19, 2011
7:00pm
The MarBar
Penn Science Café: Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain
Joe Kalbe, Associate Professor Psychology
Recent discoveries are shedding light on the neural mechanisms that underlie decisions. Kable, a social neuroscientist who studies decision-making, will discuss the new field of neuroeconomics and how neuroscience informs work in economics and marketing, and at a practical level how neuroscience is being used in business. Kable’s research seeks to understand how people make decisions, and in tracing out the underlying psychological and neural mechanisms of choice. His laboratory draws on methods and ideas from social and cognitive neuroscience, experimental economics, and personality psychology.
May 13-16, 2011
Campus
Alumni Weekend 2011
Besides the traditional Alumni Weekend fare of reunions and celebrations, this year’s programs include perspectives from Penn faculty and alumni that cover themes from Wall Street to Hollywood, global healthcare to national parks.
View the Alumni Weekend Schedule.
Register Now!
April 29, 2011
7:00pm
The MarBar
Penn Science Café: From Barbershops to Basketball Courts: Culturally Relevant Interventions in the African American Community
Howard Stevenson, Associate Professor of Applied Psychology, Graduate School of Education
Dr. Stevenson’s research and consultation work identify cultural strengths that exist within families and seek to integrate those strengths into interventions to improve the psychological adjustment of children and adolescents and families.
April 27
7:00pm
Germantown Jewish Center, 400 W. Ellet Street
Inevitability of Rationing in our Health Care Future
Dr. Arthur Caplan, Director of the Penn Center for Bioethics will provide insights into how we ration our healthcare resources and what principles guide our collective thinking. Contact Matthew Isenberg, misen@mail.med.upenn.edu , 215-573-9941.
April 26, 2011
5:30pm-8:30pm
UPenn Translational Research Center, 3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Custom Made Medicine: Is There a Future for Personal Therapies
Dr. Garret Fitzgerald, Associate Dean for Translational Research for the Perelman School of Medicine, will moderate a talk with Penn and CHOP researchers to discuss the origins and future for personalized medicine at a time of dramatic change for the healthcare landscape. Registration is required by contacting Karen Kreeger, Karen.kreeger@uphs.upenn.edu ,215-349-5658
April 25, 2011
6:30PM
Location TBD
International Exposure: World News and U.S. Audiences
A conversation with Amna Nawaz, C’01, NBC News Producer and video journalist, Washington, D.C. Bureau. Learn about Nawaz’ experience reporting and producing major news outlets, her recent work in Haiti and Pakistan, and her time as one of 2009’s ten grant recipients from the International Reporting Project. More details & registration.
April 21, 2011
8:30pm
David Rittenhouse Lab Observatory, 209 South 33rd Street
Picturing the Universe
In conjunction with the Philadelphia Science Festival’s Astronomy Night, Penn’s Department of Physics and Astronomy will open its observatory for a night of star gazing with some of their cutting edge instruments and have the chance to take a picture of what you see. Astronomers will also provide an overview of their research activities and answer your questions about the science of the stars.
Contact: Juliana Walk, julianaw@sas.upenn.edu, 215-746-8250.
April 20, 2011
5:00-8:00pm
Penn Museum, 3260 South Street
Infusing Global Education into Math and Science Curriculum
This special Philadelphia Science Festival Educators’ Workshop is a collaborative effort between Penn’s National Resource Centers, the Penn Museum, and the School District of Philadelphia. An understanding of the world and other cultures can be communicated through all subject matter. Workshop will promote the idea that “global education” isn’t only taught in the world history class. Seasoned educators will give tips and lesson plans for infusing global education into math and science curriculums. Giveaways include: Professional development credits, Packet of Resources, and dinner.
The event is free, but registration is required through emailing jreif@upenn.edu .
April 17, 2011
2:00PM
Penn Museum, 3260 South Street
Where East Meets West: Genetic Perspectives on the Tarim Basin Mummies.
Dr. Spencer Well, Explorer-in-Residence, and Director of the Genographic Project at the National Geographic Society in Washington DC, offers a lecture considering the first DNA evidence taking from exceptionally well-preserved mummies of the Tarim Basin, two such mummies were featured in Secrets of the Silk Road (exhibition continues through June 5). Admissions: $5; free for full time college students with ID. Tickets: www.penn.museum/calendar, 215-898-4890.
April 18-22, 9:00 AM-3:00PM
April 25-29, 9:00 AM-3:00PM
Penn Museum, 3260 South Street
Silk Road, Spring Break Adventure Camp
School is out, but adventure is on at the Penn Museum! Children, ages 7-13, can sign up for one day, several days, or the whole week. Campers visit Secrets of the Silk Road and explore the Silk Road through interactive lectures and activities such as science experiments, cooking, art-making, storytelling, and more. Fee: One-Day, $50, Household-Level members $45. There is a $5 discount for multiple-day registration. Contact Jennifer Reifsteck to register, jreif@upenn.edu, 215-898-4016.
April 5, 2011
4:30PM
Huntsman Hall G06, 3730 Walnut Street
The Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program presents
The 11th Annual Goldstone Forum
Antifragility: How to Live in a World We Don't Understand and Enjoy It
A literary essayist, distinguished professor, veteran derivatives trader and hedge fund manager, Nassim N. Taleb explores ways to live in a world we don't quite understand
March 28, 2011
6:00PM
Location TBD
No More Waiting: Remaking Urban Education Today
A conversation with Charles B. Adams, W’91 , Head of the SEED School of Washington, D.C., featured in the award-winning documentary, “Waiting for Superman”. Hear what directed him along this path, how “Waiting for Superman” has affected his life, what he would like to see from all of us, and where he sees his efforts making the greatest impact upon the future.
March 25-26, 2011
5:30pm-9:00am
Penn Museum of Anthropology & Archaeology
40 Winks with the Sphinx
Penn Alumni and the Penn Museum invite you and your family to experience your very own night at the museum! 40 Winks with the Sphinx is a Penn Museum program that invites guests on an overnight "expedition" of the Museum. The night's activities are geared to take intrepid explorers on a journey through time and across continents, with hands-on opportunities, through games and crafts, to explore ancient Egypt, the mummies and hieroglyphics, the ancient Greeks and Romans, the world of the ancient Maya, and more!
For more information and to register
March 16, 2011
7:00pm
The MarBar
Penn Science Café: Stealing the Past: Collectors and Museums of the 21st Century
Richard Leventhal, Curator, Penn Museum
What would people in the United States say if one day we woke up and found that the Liberty Bell had been stolen and was in a museum in another country? When asked to return the symbol of our country, the museum replied that it would be better cared for in their museum and therefore they would not return it.
Does this story sound outrageous? Stories similar to this can be found throughout the world as the global heritage is slowly being looted from archaeological sites and off the walls of churches and museums to feed the ever-growing appetite of collectors and museums from wealthy countries around the world.
Dr. Richard M. Leventhal, professor of Anthropology, curator of the American Section at Penn Museum, and former Williams Director of the Penn Museum, is founder and director of the new Penn Cultural Heritage Center. The PCHC draws upon the expertise of the Museum's curators, researchers and students to educate diverse audiences, including law enforcement, customs officers, lawyers, policymakers, and academics involved in cultural property protection and issues-as well as community stakeholders and the general public.
February 24, 2011
4:30pm
Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce Street
The 2011 Levin Family Dean's Forum
A Celebration of Intellectual Excellence
"Intuition: Marvels and Flaws" Featuring Daniel Kahneman
Upon awarding him the 2002 Nobel in Economics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honored Daniel Kahneman "for having integrated insights from psychological research into economic science, especially concerning human judgment and decision-making under uncertainty." Dr. Kahneman, Senior Scholar and Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs Emeritus at the Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs at Princeton University, is a world-renowned commentator on the economics of human behavior. He is lauded for his groundbreaking theory on the psychology of decision-making and pioneering efforts in the field of prospect theory. An innovator, a mentor and an educator, Kahneman's work has challenged age-old concepts of human behavior, paving the way for further academic discovery. More info
February 23, 2011
5:00-6:30pm
Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street
Really Virtual or Virtually Real?
Norman Badler
Professor, Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering
Director, SIG Center for Computer Graphics
Director, Center for Human Modeling and Simulation
In just fifty years, Computer Graphics has established itself as an indispensable part of both computers and visual entertainment media. Norman Badler, known for his work on the modeling and animation of virtual humans, looks at the current state of the art in animated virtual realities. How close are these animations to the realities they model, and in what ways do they strike us as still insufficiently “real”?
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February 16, 2011
7:00pm
The MarBar
Penn Science Café: Dog My Cats: Why Cats Are Not Small Dogs In Shelters . The Obvious, the Occult, and the Counterintuitive World of Animal Sheltering Michael Moyer, VMD, Rosenthal Director of Shelter Animal Medicne
Cats, sheltering, homeless animals, and prospective adopter markets are not always in perfect alignment. The situation for dogs is better, but for certain breed types, still not very good. Dr. Moyer is a former animal shelter executive, a practicing veterinarian, and more recently, an educator in a field of high stakes, scarce resources, and often absent data. Moyer has also held various elected and appointed positions within these organizations, notably having served as the PVMA's President for the year 2004 and was awarded the PVMA Veterinarian of the Year award for 2005. He is currently the President-Elect and Board Member of the American Animal Hospital Association.
February 16, 2011
Noon – 1:00 pm
Houston Hall, Ben Franklin Room, 3417 Spruce Street
"And the Oscar Goes to... "
Featuring:
- Timothy Corrigan, Professor of English and Cinema Studies
- Peter Decherney, Associate Professor of English and Cinema Studies
- Meta Mazaj, Lecturer in Cinema Studies
January 26, 2011
Noon – 1:00 pm
Irvine Auditorium, Café 58 (3401 Spruce Street)
"Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind" Featuring Robert Kurzban, Associate Professor of Psychology. Join Robert Kurzban to discuss themes from his new book, including the mind's tendency to simultaneously store opposing ideas, a phenomenon that often results in a less-than-popular label: hypocrite. Knowledge by the Slice
January 25, 2011
7:00pm
The MarBar
Penn Science Café: The World Water Crisis
Stanley Laskowski, a teacher, lecturer, and advisor at Penn, is also the director of the Philadelphia Global Water Initiative, a regional organization dedicated to help provide basic water and sanitation services to everyone in the world. In this, the Year of Water at Penn, Laskowski will discuss the World Water Crisis. At Penn, Laskowski develops and teaches environmental management and policy courses and advises students and professors in environmental science, business, law, and medicine. For more than 30 years, Laskowski was involved in essentially all major environmental programs administrated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Mid-Atlantic office, co-managing a staff of 900 engineers, scientists and support personnel. His areas of special interest include US and global environmental management, environmental policy, and issues related to the attainment of the UN Millennium Development Goals for water and sanitation. He is a tireless supporter of various non-for-profit organizations.
January 20, 2011
3:00-5:00pm
Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (3330 Walnut Street)
Founder’s Day Symposium, Human Rights: Contested Principles and Practices
A Conversation with Scholars from Across the University
MODERATOR: Michael A. Fitts, Dean, School of Law
PANELISTS: Samuel Freeman- Philosophy and Law, Stephen Gluckman- Medicine, Sarah Paoletti -Law, Mehdi Zakerian-Law, Tukufu Zuberi-Sociology. More Info
January 19, 2011
5:30pm
Penn Bookstore, 2nd floor
“Lucid Food”
The Penn Bookstore will welcome University of Pennsylvania Alumna and chef Louisa Shafia at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 19, to discuss her book, “Lucid Food: Cooking for an Eco-Conscious Life.” The tasting, discussion and signing will be held on the second floor in the Bookstore's multi-media event space. “Lucid Food” is organized by season and guides home cooks toward making earth-friendly choices in meal preparation. Shafia explores eco-conscious topics like composting, growing food and low-waste shopping. Shafia graduated from Penn in 1992. She is also a graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute and founder of Lucid Food, an eco-friendly catering company. Shafia has worked at Millennium Restaurant and Roxanne’s in the San Francisco Bay Area and at Aquavit and Pure Food and Wine in New York. http://www.upenn.edu/bookstore
December 14, 2010
7:00pm
The MarBar
Penn Science Café: Mathematics: Created or Discovered?
Robert Ghrist, Andrea Mitchell University Professor of Math& Electrical Systems and Engineering
"Creation or Evolution" is hardly an issue of burning debate among biologists; however, the analogous question for Mathematics generates more heat, if less light. Are the patterns that comprise Mathematics simply a product of human intellect? Does Mathematics reflect the physical universe in a manner that is independent of its observation? Is Mathematics perhaps separable from both the psychological and physical universes? Tackling this question, with or without a resulting catechism, gets at the heart of what it means to know the world. Prof. Ghrist will lead a discussion from the perspective of a mathematician whose job it is both to discover new patterns and to create structures by which they may be tamed and used in applications.
December 8, 2010
5:00pm
Rainey Aud., Penn Museum, 3620 South Street
Penn Humanities Forum: Music, Mastery, and Memory
Tod Machover
Join "America's most wired composer" Tod Machover as he explains how exciting new tools and technologies are revolutionizing musical expression.
December 2, 2010
4:00 Reception
4:30 Lecture
3401 Market Street, Suite 331
Center for Bioethics Colloquium Series: “Last Acts: Discovering Possibility and Opportunity at the End of Life” David Casarett, M.D.Associate Professor, GeriatricsUniversity of Pennsylvania
Visit http://www.bioethics.upenn.edu/colloquiu To assure seating, please RSVP to jpringle@mail.med.upenn.edu or call Center for Bioethics at 215-898-7136
December 1, 2010
6:00pm-8:00pm
Penn Museum
"From Macedon to Ai Khanum: Alexander and Early Greek Contact with the Silk Route"
with Jeremy McInerney, Davidson Kennedy Professor, Department of Classics.
December 1, 2010
12:00pm
McNeil Building, Room 103
"Talk on the Brink: A Sociological Analysis of Kennedy's Executive Committee During the Cuban Missile Crisis" with David Gibson, Assistant Professor of Sociology.
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