FRIDAY,
Oct 31
10AM and 1PM
UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS INFORMATION SESSION AND TOUR
Office of Undergraduate Admissions, 1 College Hall
3450 Woodland
Walk
Do you have a child or grandchild interested in attending Penn? The Office of Undergraduate Admissions will offer a one-hour information session on academic programs, extra-curricular activities, and admissions procedures. A one-hour campus tour will follow. For more information, go to www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca.
Also offered Saturday at 9 and 11AM.
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NOON-1:30PM
"FREE AT NOON" CONCERT
World Café Live, 3025 Walnut Street
Music lovers, don't miss this live "Free at Noon" concert featuring Hercules & Love
Affair and presented by Penn's public radio station, WXPN, at World Café Live.
Past performers have included Sean Lennon, Hall & Oates, and Counting Crows.
For more information, go to www.xpn.org.
Tours of the WXPN facility will follow. No registration is required.
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3-4 PM
PENN READING PROJECT: YOUR INNER FISH
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Class of '68 Seminar Room
Enter at The Button on Locust Walk.
Learn about this year's Reading Project for the Class of 2012.
Neil Shubin's Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5 Billion-Year
History of the Human Body traces the features of the human
body back millions of years, showing us that our hands actually
resemble fish fins, our head is organized like that of a long-extinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genome function
like those of worms and bacteria. See information about the related
exhibit. For information on the Penn Reading Project,
go to www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/prp. Photo ID required.
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5:45 PM
SHABBAT SERVICES AT PENN HILLEL
Steinhardt Hall, 215 South 39th Street
Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox Shabbat services. Dinner
follows at 7:15 PM.
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6-8 PM
MORTAR BOARD ALUMNI EVENT
Smokey Joe's, 208 South 40th Street
Join the Mortar Board Class of 2009 for food and drinks. Contact
Rory Heilakka at heilakka@sas.upenn.edu for more information.
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7:15 PM
SHABBAT DINNER
Steinhardt Hall, 215 South 39th Street
Enjoy a Shabbat meal with alumni, family, and friends. Reservations
required. Cost: $21. Contact Joan Bobroff at joanb@pobox.upenn.eduor call 215-898-7391 for reservations and more information.
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GALLERY HOP I
4-6 PM
Begins at Arthur Ross Gallery
Fisher Fine Arts Library, 220 South 34th Street
A perennial favorite, the Gallery Hop — offered twice this year
with different exhibit highlights in each tour — visits Penn
galleries with a director/curator at each site. Refreshments are
served at the end of the tour. Go
to Gallery Hop II.
ARTHUR ROSS GALLERY
Speaker: Lynn Marsden-Atlass, Director
Process In Print: Master Prints From The David
and Susan Goode Collection
Aquatint, etching, intaglio, lithography, silkscreen, and screen
print-making techniques are reflected in the works of Georges
Braque, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, David Hockney,
Jasper Johns, Alex Katz, Louis Lozowick, Robert Motherwell,
Betty Waldo Parish, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol.
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KROIZ GALLERY, ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES
Speaker: William Whitaker, GAR'96, Collections Manager
Models In The Making: The Design and Craft
of Architectural Models
Historic models from the Louis I. Kahn Collection and modeling techniques by
William Christensen and Linda Brenner —
two of the foremost fabricators in practice today — show how
models influence the process of making architecture.
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INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Speaker: Stamatina Gregory, Whitney Lauder Curatorial Fellow
Odili Donald Odita
Nigerian-born Odili Donald Odita's abstract wall paintings combine Western modernism and African culture. His vast mural,
created for the ICA's Ramp, speaks to a contemporary experience
of dislocation and lack of centeredness.
Kate Gilmore
Combining physical comedy and a whiff of danger, Kate Gilmore's
performance-based video works have her climbing a tower of
furniture, jumping rope in stilettos, and roller skating up a ramp.
In this exhibit, she stars in a new challenge and video.
Douglas Blau
Douglas Blau uses postcards, art illustrations, movie stills, news
photos, and other images to create detailed pictures and epic
panoramas. His latest exhibition was 10 years in the making.
R. Crumb's Underground
Robert Crumb's funny animals and misguided souls vibrate with
libidinal obsessions, feminist empowerment, racial tension, and
counterculture paranoia. This retrospective includes early
comics, greeting cards, collaborations, and sketchbooks, as well
as drawings and sculptures.
74th ALUMNI AWARD OF MERIT GALA
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street
7 PM
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Annenberg Lobby
8 PM
AWARDS PRESENTATION
Zellerbach Theater
9 PM
DINNER RECEPTION
Annenberg Lobby
Class Gift Chairs. Club Presidents. Penn ambassadors. Join Dr.
Gutmann and fellow alumni for a spectacular evening celebrat-
ing these alumni volunteer leaders, classes, and regional clubs,
all of whom embody the true spirit of lifelong engagement with
our University. Be a part of this 74-year-old Penn tradition as
we applaud the commitment and dedication of these leaders and
all alumni volunteers who serve their alma mater. All alumni,
family, and friends are invited to attend.
Cost: $100 per person, General Admission;
$85 per person, Young Alumni (Classes of 1998-2008)
Visit www.alumni.upenn.edu/pennalumni/aamgala or contact
Alumni Relations at alumnigala@upenn.edu or 215-898-8209
for more information.
 Alumni Award of Merit
Carol Ware Gates, NU'73
Margy Ellin Meyerson, G'93
David S. Pottruck, C'70, WG'72
Keith L. Sachs, W'67
Tama L. Smith, WG'90
Young Alumni Award
Allison Weiss Brady, C'93
Class Award of Merit - Class of 1998
Robin N. Barone, C'98, Reunion Co-Chair
Adam J. Plotkin, C'98, ENG'98, W'98, Gift Co-Chair
Melissa Wu, C'98, Reunion Co-Chair
David N. Tyre Award - Class of 1993
Lisa Nass Grabelle, C'93, L'96, President
Christine Bass Hofbeck, C'93, Vice President
Lincoln C. Singleton, W'93, Gift Co-Chair
Alumni Club Award of Merit - Penn Club of Northern California
Warren Wang, ENG'00, W'00, President
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- GENERAL INFORMATION -
TRAFFIC ADVISORY FOR HOMECOMING WEEKEND
A traffic advisory will be in effect beginning October 31. See the Penn Parking website for details.
PHILLY WEATHER
PENN E-CARDS
PENN MERCHANDISE
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Online: No matter your school or class year, we have Penn
alumni merchandise just for you! Personalize with the Penn logo
of your choice at www.pennmerchandise.com or call 800-249-2582
to place your order.
On Campus: Receive a 10 percent discount on most Pennbranded
merchandise at the Bookstore during Homecoming
when you pay with your Penn credit card issued by Bank of
America.* Visit www.upenn.edu/creditcard to sign up for the Penn
credit card and learn about its benefits.
*Discount applies to most Penn-branded merchandise purchased from the Penn
Bookstore during Homecoming, October 31-November 1, 2008, for which you
pay with your Penn credit card from Bank of America. Pride of Penn Collection
is excluded. Certain other restrictions may apply. The Penn Bookstore and
Bank of America reserve the right to change, alter, or cancel this promotion at
any time without prior notice to Customers. This program is void where prohibited
by law. Bank of America is the issuer and administrator of this credit
card program. Bank of America, Platinum Plus, and WorldPoints are service
marks of Bank of America. Visa is a federally registered service mark of Visa
U.S.A., Inc., and is used by Bank of America pursuant to license.
2008 Bank of America.
PARKING
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Garage 7: $13 per day (3220 South Street)*
Garage 30: $9-21 per day (38th & Walnut Streets)
Garage 37: $13 per day (34th & Chestnut Streets)*
Garage 40: $9-21 per day (4001 Walnut Street)
Lot 5: $13 per day (33rd Street just above South Street)*
*$13 rate applies to in by 9 AM, out by 7 PM; after 9 AM, rate
is $9 for first hour plus $2 each additional hour. The maximum
rate for 24 hours (all garages/lots) is $21.
CAMPUS MAP
See the Facilities website for a campus map.
HOTELS
Homecoming is a busy time of year for both Penn and Philadelphia.
Visit www.gophila.com, the official visitor site for Greater
Philadelphia, for hotel information. Please contact the hotels
directly for booking and pricing information. Early reservations
are recommended.
GOING GREEN
With the help of the Green Campus Partnership, Penn is proud
to present a more environmentally friendly Homecoming event.
For more information about what Penn is doing to go green,
visit www.upenn.edu/sustainability.
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