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ACADEMIC CALENDAR17 Drop Period ends.

CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES11 Family Matinee: The Secret World of Arrietty; 2 p.m.; I-House; $5/adults & chil-dren over 2, free/members; tickets: http://ihousephilly.org/ (I-House). 12 Stevesongs; Peanut Butter and Jams; doors 10:30 a.m. show 11 a.m.; World Cafe Live; $10; tickets: http://worldcafelive.com (World Cafe Live).17 Youth Programming: I Go On Sing-ing: Paul Robeson’s Life in Song; grades 7+; 10:30 a.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; tickets: http://www.annenbergcenter.org/ (Annenberg). 25 Witchhazel is Your Favorite?; ex-plore the collection of captivating winter bloomers that can be found throughout the arboretum and create a Witchhazel-related craft; 1-3 p.m.; Widener Visitor Center, Morris Arboretum; free w/admis-sion (Morris Arboretum). Penn MuseumTickets: www.penn.museum/4 Gallery Romp: Ancient Central America; ages 3-6; help the Lord of the Night make the Earth a happier place with music and colors in this classic Aztec tale; 10:30-11:15 a.m.; registration encouraged. Evening Expedition; children ages 8-16 with intellectual and/or developmental dis-abilities and their families; hands-on look into the lives of the ancients through active, engaging, multisensory activities; 4-8 p.m.; registration required; $30/participant, $25/additional participant, $15/chaperone.12 Destination Nigeria: Masks; take in-spiration from the Africa gallery to design your own mask and discover masks from several cultures of Nigeria on a Look and Learn; 1-4 p.m.; free with admission.

CONFERENCES3 Trump, Philosophy, and American Politics: Implications of the 45th Presi-dency; 12-6 p.m.; rm. G17, Cohen Hall; info. & to register: http://tinyurl.com/hxynfp6 (Philosophy).11 Emancipations, Reconstructions, Revolutions and Civil Wars: African American Politics and U.S. History in the Long 19th Century Conference; info. & to register: http://mceas.org/emancipa-tions2017/about.html (McNeil Center for Early American Studies). 17 Gen/Sex: Queer Internet Studies Symposium; info. & to register: http://tinyurl.com/jvxc7nb (English). 24 Center for Ancient Studies Gradu-ate Student Conference: Alcohol in the Ancient World; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; info.: www.sas.upenn.edu/ancient Through February 25 (Center for Ancient Studies). The Science of Information, 1870-1945: The Universalization of Knowledge in a Utopian Age; off-campus keynote address on February 23; 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Fisher Fine Arts Library; info. & to register: http://tinyurl.com/jumawrr Through Feb-ruary 25 (Penn Libraries).

EXHIBITS Admission Donations and Hours ARG: Fisher Fine Arts Library; free; hours: www.arthurrossgallery.org/ Burrison Gallery: Inn at Penn; free; Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; http://tinyurl.com/kaevlec Esther Klein Gallery: free; Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; http://estherkleingallery.tumblr.com/ ICA; free; hours: www.icaphila.org International House; free; hours: http://ihousephilly.org/ Kroiz Gallery: Fisher Fine Arts Library; free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; http://tinyurl.com/hvrlct4 Morris Arboretum: Mon.-Sun., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; for prices visit: www.morrisarboretum.org Penn Museum: $15/adults; $13/seniors; $10/children; free/members, PennCard holders and children under 5; Tues.-Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; first Wed., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; www.penn.museum Slought; free; Tues.-Fri., noon-5 p.m.; www.slought.org Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; free; hours: http://tinyurl.com/hwd74bp Wistar: free; Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.Upcoming9 Second Life; a series of previously unfinalized works about social and institu-tional boundaries and thresholds; 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Slought. Through February. 11 Paintings by Gay Walling and Alice Oh; Gay Walling is a representational painter and Alice Oh is influenced by forms and colors from nature viewed at the microscopic level; Burrison Gallery. Through March 9.16 Solo Exhibition; Philadelphia-based artist Tyler Kline explores his own inter-pretation of the pathways in the brain; Esther Klein Gallery. Through March 25. Now Departures: Relevance of In-Between; three years ago, David Deifer began taking photos with his iPhone and developed an interest in the shapes and light around his everyday activities. He photographs on his trip from home to Penn and whenever he can find time; Bur-rison Gallery. Through February 10. Back Matter: The Making of Robert Venturi’s Complexity and Contradiction; traces the development and manifold permutations of the provocative ideas put forth in Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, contributing a broader perspective of the catalytic role that teaching played in defining Venturi’s artis-tic voice; Harvey & Irwin Kroiz Gallery, Architectural Archives. Through March 3. Nikon Small World Exhibit; discover-ing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through today’s advanced micro-scopes – the exhibit of winning images gives a glimpse into a world that most have never seen – the intersection of art and science as viewed through the lens of a microscope; The Wistar Institute. Through March 3. Kourion at the Crossroads: Explor-ing Ancient Cyprus; a presentation of artifacts from excavations in one of the ancient cities of Cyprus; Penn Museum. Through March 5. Arbitrary Pleasures–Plaisirs Arbi-traires; Dan Rose’s artist books; Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through March 10.

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Endless Shout; asks how, why and where performance and improvisation can take place inside a museum; ICA. Through March 19. The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now; links to the vibrant legacy of avant-garde jazz and experimental music of the late 1960s; ICA. Through March 19. Landscape/Soundscape; landscape photographs from Penn’s University Art Collection are paired with commissioned soundscape compositions, and the result-ing installations explore the photograph’s capacity to visually convey a sense of sound – musical, natural elements, urban rhythms or otherwise; Arthur Ross Gal-lery. Through March 26. Magic in the Ancient World; objects associated with magical practices; Penn Museum. Through April 30. Let Every Heart Be Filled with Joy; history of the Savoy Company; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Otto E. Albrecht Music Library, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through Spring. Timely Exhibits of Interest to Every-one; a century of public exhibitions at Penn Museum, 1890-1990 that explores how styles of display have changed over time; Penn Museum. Through June.Ongoing Audubon’s Birds of America; 1st fl, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Human Evolution: The First 200 Million Years; Penn Museum. IHP: The First 100 Years; I-House. John Cage: How to Get Started; Slought. Marian Anderson on the World Stage; Marian Anderson Gallery (4th fl), Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Native American Voices: The Peo-ple—Here and Now; Penn Museum. Heaven On Earth: Churches of Constantinople (The Photography of Ahmet Ertug); Penn Museum. Samuel Yellin, Metalworker: Draw-ings from the Architectural Archives; Kroiz Gallery, Architectural Archives. The History of Nursing as Seen Through the Lens of Art; Carol Ware Lobby, Claire Fagin Hall. Unearthed in the Archives; Fridays 1:30-2:30 p.m.; Penn Museum.Penn Museum ToursWeekend tours begin at 1:30 p.m., at the Kamin entrance. Free w/admission. For info.: www.penn.museum

FILMS1 Warming by the Devil’s Fire by Charles Burnett; part of Martin Scors-ese’s The Blues; 7 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre; free; registration requested; seating first-come-first-served; register: http://tinyurl.com/jot5yqf (Annenberg Center; Cinema Studies; Media Studies). 6 Abacus: Small Enough to Jail; pro-vocative and well-received documentary about Abacus, a family-owned communi-ty bank in New York’s Chinatown; doors open with reception 6 p.m.; movie 7 p.m.; Fitts Auditorium, Penn Law; RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/hxbhvl6 (Quattrone Center; Penn Program on Documentaries and the Law). Penn Humanities ForumInfo. & Register: www.phf.upenn.edu/ 1 Film Socialisme; Jean-Luc Godard’s essay on the decline of European civiliza-tion; 7 p.m.; International House; free; registration required. 12 Making Noise in Silence; explores the richness and complexities of Deaf culture as experienced by two Korean teenagers who attend the California School for the Deaf; 2 p.m.; Rainey Audi-torium, Penn Museum; free w/admission (Second Sunday Films). 15 Koko: A Talking Gorilla; documen-tary of Koko and her trainer Dr. Francis Patterson teaching human communication to the gorilla; 7 p.m.; International House; free; registration required.From Doodles to Pixels$10, $8/students, seniors, free/members. Shows at 7 p.m. at I-House.Info.: http://ihousephilly.org/2 Doodles; Under the Yoke.3 Modern Times; Macián, the Maestro.9 The Artist’s Trace; Humor and Car-nage.10 Destino Hollywood (and Beyond); Next Generation.International House (I-House)$10, $8/students, seniors, free/members. Shows at 7 p.m. unless noted.Info.: http://ihousephilly.org/4 Female Student Guerrilla. 7 Scribe Video Center Producer’s Fo-rum: Cameraperson; $10, $7/students & seniors, $5/Scribe and IHP members. 11 Newsreel Documentaries of Masanori Oe.16 Women Make Movies at 45: Women Filmmakers of the Black Diaspora: The Passion of Remembrance & Illusions.17 As Long As You’ve Got Your Health; Yoyo. 25 Exhumed Films presents Ghoulies, Dungeonmaster & Trancers: an Empire Pictures Marathon!; visit website for details and pricing.

MEETINGS1 University Council Meeting; 4-6 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; RSVP: ucouncil@pobox.upenn.edu

10 PPSA Board Meeting; open to any monthly-paid exempt University staff; noon-1 p.m.; ste. 200, Houston Hall; RSVP: ppsa@exchange.upenn.edu 14 WPPSA General Membership Meeting; open to non-exempt, non-union employees; noon- 1 p.m.; rm. 220, Hill Pavilion.21 WXPN Policy Board Meeting; open to the public; noon; WXPN, 3025 Walnut St.; info.: (215) 898-0628. 22 University Council Meeting; 4-6 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; RSVP: ucouncil@pobox.upenn.edu

MUSIC5 Relâche Classic Commissions and a Re-discovered Silent Film Comedy!; featuring Gavin Bryars’ Creamer Etudes and Mark Hagerty’s High Octane, plus the recently discovered complete version of Max Linder’s 1921 silent film com-edy Be My Wife, with a newly expanded live music score by Chris McGlumphy; 3 p.m.; Penn Museum; $10-15; tickets: www.penn.museum/calendar (Museum). 10 Music in the Pavilion; featuring Les Canards Chantants; 6:15 p.m. discus-sion led by faculty & graduate students & 7 p.m. concert; Class of 1978 Pavil-ion, Kislak Center; free; register: http://tinyurl.com/goz9fw5 (Music; Penn Li-braries).11 Miguel Zenón Quartet; a unique mix of Latin American folkloric music and jazz from Tipico, an album to be released this month; 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; $40; tickets: https://www.annenbergcenter.org/ (Annenberg).15 Morton Subotnick & Lillevan; com-poser and electronic music pioneer Mor-ton Subotnick collaborates with video artist Lillevan for a light and sound duet; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; $15; tickets: https://www.an-nenbergcenter.org/ (Music; Annenberg; PennDesign).26 True Blues: Corey Harris & Eric Bibb; chronicles the living culture of the blues; 7 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; $30; tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org/ (Annenberg). World Cafe Live Performances daily. For a complete list-ing, see: http://philly.worldcafelive.com/

ON STAGE1 Dissolution; a multi-media perfor-mance by sound artist Olivia Block; 6:30 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery (ARG). 3 There’s No Place Like Rome; Mask and Wig’s 129th Annual Production imagines Rome as a small college town obsessed with gladiator fighting; 8 p.m.; The Mask & Wig Club House, 310 S. Quince Street; $15-30; tickets: www.maskandwig.com/ Also February 10, 11, 17, 18 and 24 (Mask & Wig).

Annenberg CenterTickets: www.annenbergcenter.org11 Fusion Dance Competition: Legacy on Broad; ten South Asian dance teams from all over the nation share their story and battle it out on the stage; 6 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; $19.18 I Go On Singing: Paul Robeson’s Life in Song; celebrate Robeson’s life with archival video and musical selec-tions ranging from Broadway to spiritu-als, including favorites such as “Wade in the Water” and “Ol’ Man River”; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre; $35.

READINGS AND SIGNINGS2 Powelton Village; M. Earl Smith, author; 6 p.m.; Penn Book Center (Penn Book Center). Kelly Writers House All events located in Arts Café. Info.: www.writing.upenn.edu/wh1 Speakeasy Open Mic Night; student-run event open to all kinds of readings, performances, spectacles and happenings; 7:15 p.m.6 Performance; Maria Bamford, co-median, actress and writer; 6:30 p.m.; RSVP: whfellow@writing.upenn.edu7 Brunch; Maria Bamford, comedian, actress and writer; 10 a.m.; RSVP: whfel-low@writing.upenn.edu Poetry Reading; Tyrone Williams, Xavier University; 6 p.m.15 Whenever We Feel Like It: Craig Dworkin; put on by Committee of Vigi-lance members Michelle Taransky and Emily Pettit; 6 p.m.16 Beltran Family Program: Cecilia Vicuña: Illustrated Conversation; 6 p.m.20 Povich Journalism Program: Mau-reen Dowd, Ashley Parker, Paul Hen-drickson; 6 p.m.21 Applebaum Editors and Publishers Series Program: Anna Holmes; 6 p.m.22 Sensible Nonsense: Lucy F. DeMarco Fund for Youth Literature; honoring the humor, pathos and enduring wisdom of children’s books; 6 p.m.23 Poets Laureate Reading: Otter Jung-Allen and Yolanda Wisher; 6 p.m.27 LIVE at the Writers House; long-standing collaboration between Kelly Writers House and WXPN; 7 p.m. 28 Creative Writing Program Reading; Paul Lisicky, author introduced by Beth Kephart, author; 6 p.m. Penn Bookstore Info.: www.upenn.edu/bookstore1 Rumi’s Secret; Brad Gooch, William Paterson University; 6 p.m.

4 African American Read-in hosted by professor Ebony Elizabeth Thomas; 11 a.m.7 Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes; Michael Sims, author; 7 p.m.15 Lead Like a Guide; Chris Maxwell, author; 5:30 p.m.16 The New Brooklyn; Kay S. Hymow-itz, author; 6 p.m.21 Pond River Ocean Rain; Charles L. Howard, author; 6 p.m. 28 Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Re-lentless Pursuit of their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge; Erica Armstrong Dunbar, University of Delaware; 6 p.m.

SPECIAL EVENTS8 Andrew Moore Photography Lecture & Performance by Michael Roy Barker; in conjunction with the Landscape/Soundscape exhibit; 5:30 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery (ARG). See Exhibits. 11 Valentine’s Skate; buy one admission and get one free; 5-6 p.m.; Penn Ice Rink Class of 1923 Arena (Ice Rink). International House Info.: http://ihousephilly.org19 Rajna Swaminathan/RAJAS & Anu Yadav: Storytellers; performance com-prised of contemporary musicians with roots in the Indian classical perspective and jazz/creative music; 7 p.m.; $8/stu-dents, $10/members; $15/general public; buy tickets online.24 Carnival!; cultural celebration of the Brazilian tradition; 7 p.m.; $5-10; buy tickets online. 28 Second Annual International Entre-preneurs Summit of Philadelphia; panel discussion & networking; 5 p.m.; free admission. Morris ArboretumPrices & info: www.morrisarboretum.org4 Winter Wellness Walks; led by an experienced volunteer guide sticking to paved paths; 10:30-11:30 a.m.; free w/admission. Saturdays through March.18 Winter Witch-hazel Walk; guides lead visitors on tours through the garden, searching for witch-hazels; 2 p.m.; free w/admission. Also February 25.Penn MuseumInfo.: https://www.penn.museum/1 Color Between the Wines; adult col-oring meet-up featuring the artifacts Sphinx and Palace of Merenptah; 6:30-8 p.m.; Penn Museum; $5 admission in-cluding art supplies. 15 Love Potion #9; have a drink, learn about ancient aphrodisiacs, and create your own love potion; 6-9 p.m.; Penn Museum; 18 or older to attend; $20/non-members, $15/members.25 African Cultures Day; modern Afri-can dance, traditional African music, an African marketplace, a mancala game station, craft making and more; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Penn Museum; free w/admission.

SPORTSInfo.: http://www.pennathletics.com/3 (W) Basketball vs. Harvard; 7 p.m.4 Wrestling vs. Harvard; 1 p.m. Wrestling vs. Brown; 6 p.m. (W) Basketball vs. Dartmouth; 7 p.m. (W) Tennis vs. Temple; TBA.5 (M) Tennis vs. Minnesota; 10 a.m. Gymnastics Pink Meet; 1 p.m.7 (M) Basketball vs. Princeton; Pales-tra 90th Celebration; 7 p.m. 10 (M) Basketball vs. Columbia; 7 p.m.11 Fencing Ivy League Championships; all day. (M) Tennis vs. Wisconsin; 11 a.m.12 Fencing Ivy League Championships; all day. (M) Tennis vs. Rice; 11 a.m. (M) Squash vs. Cornell; noon. (W) Squash vs. Cornell; noon. (M) Basketball vs. Cornell; 1 p.m.19 Wrestling vs. Drexel; 1 p.m.24 (W) Basketball vs. Cornell; 7 p.m.25 (W) Basketball vs. Columbia; 7 p.m.26 (M) Tennis vs. Old Dominion; 9 a.m. (M) Tennis vs. Navy; 1 p.m. (W) Tennis vs. Rutgers; TBA.

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The Nikon Small World Exhibit is on display from now through March 3, giving a glimpse into a world that most have never seen.

(at right) 7th place photo by David Maitland; Leaves of Selaginella (lesser club moss) (40x)

The Wistar Institute is the only venue in the region to host the annual Nikon exhibition. (at left) 2nd place photo by Douglas L. Moore; Polished slab of Teepee Canyon agate (90x).

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TALKS TALKS1 12@12 on Landscape/Soundscape; Heather Gibson Moqtaderi, Penn’s Uni-versity Art Collection; noon; Arthur Ross Gallery (ARG). See Exhibits. How to See an Invisible Welfare State; Isaac Martin, UC San Diego; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology). Talking Atoms, Talking Heads: Per-sons in the Early Republic; Julia Dauer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; 12:30-1:45 p.m.; rm. 105, McNeil Center (Mc-Neil Center for Early American Studies). Connections Beyond Our Garden: The Critical Role of Plants in the Ur-ban Landscape; Ari Novy, US Botanic Garden; 2 p.m.; Widener Visitor Center, Morris Arboretum; $15-20; tickets: www.morrisarboretum.org (Arboretum). VTA Glutamate Neurons: Affer-ent Inputs, Co-Release, and a Distinct Role in Positive Reinforcement; Thomas Hnasko, UC San Diego; 4 p.m.; rm. 140, John Morgan Bldg.; RSVP: jfowlkes@mail.med.upenn.edu (Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences Seminar). Special Condensed Matter Semi-nar: A Berry Phase Switch in Circular Graphene Resonators; Fereshte Ghahari Kermani; 4 p.m.; rm. A4, DRL (Physics and Astronomy). Public Services in China’s Minority Regions; Sara Newland, Villanova; 4:30 p.m.; rm. B26, Stiteler Hall (Center for East Asian Studies). Women & Money: How to Grow it, Stretch it, and Have it Last a Lifetime and Beyond; Olivia Mitchell, Wharton; Mar-garet Sager, Heckscher, Teillon, Terrill & Sager, P.C.; 5:30-7 p.m.; seminar rm. 12-146AB; Smilow Center for Translational Research; register: http://tinyurl.com/h9a34bh (FOCUS on Health and Leader-ship for Women). Monsters of the Maya Cosmos; Simon Martin, Penn Museum; 6 p.m.; Penn Mu-seum; $5/public, $2/members, $10/door; tickets: www.penn.museum (Museum).2 Media, Communication, and the City; Michael Delli Carpini, John Jack-son, Frederick Steiner; 12-2 p.m.; Mey-erson Hall; register: http://penniur.upenn.edu/ (Penn IUR) Neurophilosophy and the Origin of Moral Practices; Patricia Churchland, UC San Francisco; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 240A, Silverman Hall; RSVP: info@neuroeth-ics.upenn.edu (Center for Neuroscience and Society). Book-Burning and the Uses of Writ-ing in Ancient Rome; Joe Howley, Co-lumbia University; 4:30-6 p.m.; rm. 402, Claudia Cohen Hall (Classical Studies). 3 Providing Culturally Competent Care to LGBT Patients; Judd Flesch and Rebecca Hirsh, PSOM; noon; seminar rm. 11-146AB; Smilow Center for Trans-lational Research; RSVP: sprimave@mail.med.upenn.edu (FOCUS on Health and Leadership for Women). Special Condensed Matter Seminar: Manipulating Charge Carriers for Quan-tum Transport in Van der Waals Materials Nanostructures; Ke Wang, Harvard; 3 p.m.; rm. A4, DRL (Physics and Astronomy). Seeing Salvation in the Latin King-dom of Jerusalem; Megan Boomer, his-tory of art; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art). How to Understand Motivations and Mindsets in the U.S. Electorate; Robert Kurzban; 5:30-7 p.m.; Spady Room, Fox-Fels Hall (Fels)6 Age of the Parents and Health of the Children; Mikko Myrskyla, University of Helsinki; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Penn PSC).

ArtificialPlatelets; Erin Lavik, University of Maryland; 2 p.m.; semi-nar rm. 11-146AB, Smilow Center for Translational Research; RSVP: min-ieri@upenn.edu (Center for Targeted Therapeutics and Translational Nano-medicine). Exercise Effects on Muscle and Adipose Tissue: Novel Mechanisms Regu-latingtheBeneficialEffectsofPhysicalActivity on Health; Laurie Goodyear, Harvard; 2 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Muscle Institute). Changing Social Norms and Be-havior; Betsy Levy Paluck, Princeton; 3:30 p.m.; Levin Auditorium, Stephen A. Levin Bldg. (Psychology).7 Engineered T Cells for Cancer Therapy: Progress and Challenges; Crys-tal Mackall, Stanford; noon; The Sarah and Matthew Caplan Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar). LALSIS Seminar; Dorothy Kronick, Political Science; noon-1:30 p.m.; Silver-stein Forum, Stiteler Hall (Latin Ameri-can and Latino Studies Program). Forgotten Places: Unlikely Alli-ances and Radical Hope on an Urban River; Bethany Wiggin, Penn Program in Environmental Studies; 6 p.m.; upstairs, World Cafe Live (Penn Lightbulb Café). 8 A Planetary Scale of Memory: Geon-tology, Deep Time and the Documentary in Nostalgia for the Light and The Pearl Button by Patricio Guzman; Julio Sebas-tián Figueroa, Hispanic and Portuguese studies; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies). A Remedy for the Electoral Col-lege; Jack Nagel, political science; noon; Hourglass Room, University Club, Inn at Penn; RSVP: (215) 746-5972 (PASEF). Beyond Einstein: Gravity and the Search for New Physics; Mark Trodden & Bhuvnesh Jain, Penn Center for Particle Cosmology; noon; Cafe ‘58, Irvine Audito-rium (Knowledge by the Slice). Results from the New Horizons Flyby of Pluto; Marc Bluie; 4 p.m.; rm. A8, DRL (Physics and Astronomy) Med/Ren Seminar; Patricia Dailey, Columbia University; 4:30-6 p.m.; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English). 9 Votes for and By Women: Re-Exam-ination of the Traditional Gender Voting Gap; Mona Morgan-Collins, political science; Marc Meredith, political science; noon; GSWS conference room, 3810 Walnut St.; RSVP: (215) 898-8740 (Alice Paul Center). Mari Lowe Comparative Oncology Seminar Series; Xiao-Fan Wang, Duke University; 4 p.m.; Hill Pavilion, Penn Vet; info: (215) 898-6112 (Penn Vet). A Banker’s Perspective on M&A; Greg Weinberger, Co-Head of Global M&A, Credit Suisse Securities; 4:30 p.m.; S245A, Penn Law School (Institute for Law and Economics). Caring and Not Caring about Poli-tics: The Idea of Extrapoliticism in An-cient Context; Jeff Green, classical stud-ies; 4:30-6 p.m.; rm. 402, Claudia Cohen Hall (Classical Studies). Image-Banking: A Life with Art and Artists; Lowery Stokes Sims, Museum of Arts and Design, New York; 5 p.m.; rm. 110, Annenberg School (History of Art). PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture; Geof-frey Farmer; 6:30 p.m.; ICA (Fine Arts).10 Community and Population Health from the Emergency Department’s Per-spective; Brendan G. Carr, Thomas Jef-ferson University; noon; rm. 11-146AB, Smilow Center for Translational Research; RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/h9a34bh

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28 Fels Institute of Government Info Session; 6 p.m.; Fox-Fels Hall, 3814 Wal-nut St.; register: http://www.fels.upenn.edu/ (Fels). HR: Healthy Living Open to Penn faculty and staff; free.Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/myhr/registration3 February Wellness Walk (Indoors); noon-1 p.m.7 Gentle Yoga; noon-1 p.m. Also Feb-ruary 28.15 Body Pump; 1-2 p.m.21 Get to Know What’s Healthy at Houston Market; 11-11:30 a.m. 23 Spinning; 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.26 Relax with Free Yoga; 3-4 p.m.HR: Professional and Personal Development ProgramsOpen to faculty and staff. Register: knowledgelink.upenn.edu7 Step up: Introduction; 9 a.m.-noon; $150.8 Emotional Intelligence; 9 a.m.-noon; $75. Brown Bag: Learning with Lynda – Disrupting Yourself; 12:30-1:30 p.m.; free.14 Words at Work; 9 a.m.-noon; $75. Also February 17 & 28. 15 Brown Bag: Coaching Conversa-tions; 12:30-1:30 p.m.; free.21 TED Talk Tuesday: Brene Brown – Shame; 12:30-1:30 p.m.; free.22 The Art of Presentation, Part 1; 9 a.m.-noon; $75. BrownBag:ManagingConflict; 12:30-1:30 p.m.; free.28 Brown Bag: Learning with Lynda – Communicating Across Culture; 12:30-1:30 p.m.; free.HR: Quality of Worklife WorkshopsOpen to faculty and staff; free.Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/myhr/registration2 Protecting Yourself and Your Depen-dents from Identify Theft; 12:30-1:30 p.m.

TALKS TALKS TALKS(FOCUS on Health and Leadership for Women). Development of Rent-Seeking? How PoliticalInfluenceShapesInfrastructureProvision in India; Anjali Thomas-Bohlken, Georgia Institute of Technol-ogy; noon-1:30 p.m.; Suite 560, Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI). Anthropocene and Animal Studies; Elizabeth Povinelli, Columbia Univer-sity; 3-5 p.m.; 2nd floor conference room, Grad Center (English). Special Condensed Matter Seminar: Nano-Electrodynamics with Graphene Plasmos; Mark Lundeberg; 3 p.m.; DRL A4 (Physics and Astronomy)11 Pharaoh Alexander the Great: The Egyptian Background of the Alexander Romance; Jacco Dieleman, UCLA; 3:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; $10/general public, $7/members and PennCard holders, $5/students with ID (Museum). 13 Experimental Impacts of the ‘Qual-ity Preschool for Ghana’ Intervention on Teacher Professional Well-Being, Classroom Quality and Children’s School Readiness: Evidence for System-level Reform; Sharon Wolf, Penn GSE; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Penn PSC). The Hebbian Normalization Model of Cortical Adaptation; Michael Landy, NYU; 3:30 p.m.; Levin Auditorium, Ste-phen A. Levin Bldg. (Psychology). Material Texts Seminar and English Department Lecture Series; Michael Witmore, English; 5:15-7 p.m.; rm. 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English). Equity in the Age of Trump; Lisa Bates, Portland State University; 6 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (City and Re-gional Planning). 15 Embracing the Trans Community at Work: A Conversation for All; Erin Cross, LGBT Center; noon; Terrace Roo,. Claudia Cohen Hall; register: http://penn-ppsa.org/ (PPSA). Penn Sociology Colloquium; Paul Lichterman, University of Southern California; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology). SP2 Penn Top 10 Talk: A Speaker Series on Social Impact; 12:30-2 p.m.; University Club at Penn (Social Policy and Practice). Thick Forests and Impenetrable Bod-ies in the Chronicles of Imperial Spain; Steve Dolph, Hispanic and Portuguese Studies; 12:30-1:45 p.m.; rm. 105, Mc-Neil Center (McNeil Center for Early American Studies). Developmental Effects of Nicotine: Epigenetic Regulation of Neuronal Mor-phology and Behavior; Marina Picciotto, Yale; 4 p.m.; rm. 140, John Morgan Bldg. (Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences). Decoding Design Competitions; vari-ous panelists; 6:30 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyer-son Hall; register: www.design.upenn.edu/ (City and Regional Planning). 16 International Organization Member-shipandMilitarizedConflict:ADistribu-tive Perspective; Erik Voeten, Georgetown; noon; forum, Stiteler Hall (Browne Center). TheWaronHumans:Anti-traffickingin the Caribbean; Kamala Kempadoo, York University; 4:30 p.m.; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall (DCC). Giovanni Boccaccio’s Teseida: Com-position, Circulation, Reception; Marco Aresu, Wesleyan University; Kislak Cen-ter, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center; 5 p.m.; register: http://tinyurl.com/hj2bu8x (Italian Studies). DrawingDowntheMoon:Defin-ing Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World; Radcliffe Edmonds, Bryn Mawr

College; 4:30-6 p.m.; rm. 402, Claudia Cohen Hall (Classical Studies). Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading; Tarna Klitzner & Nicole Irving; 6 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (Landscape Architecture). Fine Arts Lecture; Ralph Lemon, choreographer; 6:30 p.m.; Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA).17 American Politics Workshop; Gregory Huber, Yale; noon; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall (American Politics Workshop). A Conversation with Martin O’Malley; Martin O’Malley, presidential candidate; 12:30 p.m.; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall; register: http://www.fels.upenn.edu/ (Fels Institute). Levé Sur Les Lieux? The Lives of a Seventeenth-Century Map of Quebec; Nicholas Gliserman, Haverford Col-lege; 3-5 p.m.; Stephanie Grauman Wolf Room, McNeil Center (McNeil Center for Early American Studies). Public Policy in Practice; John Rosenthal, Meredith Management; 5:30-8 p.m.; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall (Fels Institute). 20 LALSES Seminar; Ines Cordeiro Dias, UCLA; noon; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall (Latin American and Latino Studies Program). The Comparative Politics of Health Equity; Julia Lynch, political science; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Penn PSC). Transporting Cargo over Long Dis-tances: Insights from Dynein/Dynactin Structures; Andrew Carter, MRC Labora-tory of Molecular Biology UK; 2 p.m.; Aus-trian Auditorium, CRB (Muscle Institute). The Transformation of the East Asian Maritime World in the 16th-17th Centu-ries; Richard von Glahn, UCLA; 5 p.m.; B26, Stiteler Hall (Center for East Asian Studies). Baroque Topologies; Andrew Sand-ers, Architecture; 6:30 p.m.; rm. B1, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign). 21 Latency, Immune Evasion and Out-break of Metastatic Stem Cells; Joan Massagué, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; noon; Sarah and Matthew Caplan Auditorium, The Wistar Institute (Wistar). LALSIS Seminar; Americo Mendoza-Mori, Quechua Penn; noon-1:30 p.m.; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall (Latin American and Latino Studies Program). City of Refuge: The Alternative Uto-pia, 1600-1850; Michael Lewis, Williams College; 5:30 p.m.; rm. B21, Stiteler Hall (History of Art). The Rise of Tiny Fish; Lauren Sal-lan, earth & environmental science; 6 p.m.; upstairs, World Cafe Live (Penn Science Café).22 Doing Digital Gender: Three Explo-rations of Gender and Inequality Using Social Media Data; Fabio Rojas, Indiana University; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology). Med/Ren Seminar; Richard Rambuss, Brown University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (English). China-Taiwan Relations in the Tsai Ing-wen Era; Chas Freeman, Career US diplomat; Richard Bush, Brooking Insti-tution; Shelly Rigger, Davidson College; Jacques deLisle, Penn; 4:30-6 p.m.; loca-tion TBD (Center for East Asian Studies).

Case Study of a Korean Murder in 1958 Philadelphia; Justine Guichard, Korean Studies; 4:30-6 p.m.; location TBD (James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies). Performing Monteverdi’s Coronation of Poppea Today; Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor and harpsichordist; 5:05 p.m.; rm. 101, Lerner Center (Italian Studies). 23 Radiation Oncology Invited Speaker Seminar; David Yu, Emory University; noon; rm. 8-146AB, Smilow Center for Translational Research (Radiation Oncol-ogy Department). Political Theory Workshop; Susan Brison, Dartmouth; 4 p.m.; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall (Political Science). Translating the Odyssey: AGAIN?; Emily Wilson, classical studies; 4:30-6 p.m.; rm. 402, Claudia Cohen Hall (Clas-sical Studies). Fear Inc.: Confronting Islamophobia in America; Reza Aslan, scholar and au-thor; 4:30 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum (Levin Family Dean’s Forum). 24 American Politics Workshop; Jen Lawless, American University; noon; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall (Political Science). The Mechanics of Likeness: Saint-Mémin and the Physionotrace Machine; Elizabeth Bacon Eager, Harvard; 3-5 p.m.; Stephanie Grauman Wolf Room, McNeil Center (McNeil Center for Early American Studies). Performing the Pedagogy of Protest, 1964-Present; Mashinka Firunts, history of art; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art). 27 Penn Population Studies Center Colloquium; Sara Curran, University of Washington; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Penn PSC). LALSES Seminar; Isabella Alca-ñiz, University of Maryland; 2 p.m.; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall (Latin American and Latino Studies Program). Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Semi-nar; Taeyoon Kim, Perdue University; 2 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Muscle Institute). Social Regulation of Risk and Effort: Searching for Neural Mechanisms; James Coac, University of Virginia; 3:30 p.m.; Levin Auditorium, Stephen A. Levin Bldg. (Psychology). The Next Generation of Sustain-ability Planning; Phil Berke, Texas A&M University; 6 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign). 28 CSCC Colloquium; Kecheng Fang, Annenberg School for Communica-tion; noon; rm. 345, Fisher-Bennett Hall (CSCC). LALSIS Seminar; Grace Louise Sanders Johnson, Africana Studies; noon-1:30 p.m.; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall (Latin American and Latino Studies Program). Towards Improved Health Outcomes for Young Transgender Women Living with or At-Risk For HIV: Supporting Youth Through Clinical Care and Re-search; Nadia Dowshen, PSOM; noon; rm. 11-146AB; Smilow Center for Trans-lational Research (FOCUS on Health and Leadership for Women). Intersectionality at a Crossroads: Race, Feminism, and the Trials of Social Media; Anthea Butler, Religious Studies; 5-6:30 p.m.; rm. G17, Claudia Cohen Hall (Alice Paul Center).

FITNESS & LEARNING10 Guided Meditation: Take a Breath and Relax; 12:30-1:30 p.m.13 Mindfulness Monday; 12:30-1:30 p.m.14NavigatingtheTuitionBenefitandFinancial Aid for Your College-Age Dependents; 12:30-1:30 p.m.16 Choosing High School Classes for Next Year? Navigating the Curricular Waters; 12:30-1:30 p.m.20 Mindfulness Skills Course; 3-4:30 p.m. 21 Guided Meditation: Take a Breath and Relax; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.23 Tips for Managing Stress; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.Liberal and Professional Studies Register: www.sas.upenn.edu/lps1 Walk-In-Wednesday; 11 a.m.-1 pm. & 4:30-6 p.m.; 3440 Market St. Also Febru-ary 8, 15 & 22.7 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Café; online chat with Yvette Bor-deaux, director of Professional Masters Programs in Earth and Environmental Science; noon-1 p.m.; virtual; register. Bachelor of Arts Spring 2017 Virtual Info Session; Bachelor of Arts Program Director Kathy Urban will present an overview of the program; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; virtual; register. 9 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Info Session; with the program team; noon-1 p.m.; virtual; register. 15 Organizational Dynamics Spring 2017 On-Campus Info Sessions; prospec-tive students of the MS and MPhil degree programs and non-degree Dynamics Learning Exchange program; 6-7:30 p.m.; ste. 100, 3440 Market St.; register. 16 Master of Science in Applied Geosci-ences Virtual Info Session; with the pro-gram team; noon-1 p.m.; virtual; register. Master of Liberal Arts Virtual Info Session; with the program team; 12:30-1:30 p.m.; virtual; register.

21 Pre-Health Programs Virtual Info Session; director Jackie McLaughlin and current students will provide an overview of Penn’s Pre-Health Core Studies and Specialized Studies Programs; 5-6 p.m.; virtual; register. Penn Vet Working Dog Center Register: http://pennvetwdc.org/7 Up & Over, Under & Through; learn how trainers teach dogs to climb; 10-11 a.m.23 Get Lost; learn how trainers teach search and bomb-detection dogs; 2-3 p.m. Penn Libraries WorkshopsIncluding: Canvas Help; JMP: Statistical Discovery Software; LinkedIn; Make your own Prezi; Microsoft PowerPoint; Micro-soft Word; Zotero Workshop and more. Register: http://tinyurl.com/objw8zp

February at The Annenberg Center

On February 26, True Blues will be performing. A former New Orleans street performer, MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient and guitarist/vocalist Corey Harris (above) boasts a unique blues style and was featured in PBS’ The Blues film series. Eric Bibb is known for his fiery soul, gospel and folk vocals and his impressive guitar chops. Together, Harris and Bibb vividly bring to life this crucial source of American music. See Music.

On February 11, the Grammy®-nominated Latin jazz trailblazer, Miguel Zenón (at left) will be performing. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Zenón and his quartet per-form a unique mix of Latin American folkloric music and jazz from Tipico, an album to be released in February 2017. See Music.

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