Upcoming Events

Nov. 7: Homecoming 2009 with the School of Arts and Sciences. Click here for event schedule, times and locations.

Nov. 11: Penn Positive Health Lecture Series Event: A Focus on Preventing Cardiovascular Disease, featuring Darwin R. Labarthe, Director of the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Dunlop Auditorium, Stemmler Hall, 3450 Hamilton Walk. Noon.

Nov. 11: Penn Humanities Forum. “Politics and Pandemics,” Helen Epstein, Author of The Invisible Cure: Why We Are Losing the Fight Against AIDS in Africa. Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street. 5 p.m. Registration required.

Nov. 11: The Obama Presidency, Assessing Year One. Panel discussion and Q&A with Penn political science faculty. Hall of Flags, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce Street. Noon.

Nov. 11: Penn Baroque and Recorder Ensembles. Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall, 3340 Walnut Street. 8 p.m.

Nov. 11: The Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Lecture, "Winning While Losing? The Civil Rights Predicament in the Obama Era," by Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought at Penn.Gittis Hall 214, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 3400 Chestnut Street. 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 18: Africana Classics Lecture, featuring Anthea Butler, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Penn. The Center for Africana Studies, Suite 330A, 3401 Walnut Street. Noon.

Nov. 18: Penn Humanities Forum. “Darwin, Hooker, and Empire,” Jim Endersby, Senior Lecturer, History, University of Sussex. A special guided tour of “Dialogues with Darwin” at the American Philosophical Society is part of this presentation. American Philosophical Society, Benjamin Franklin Hall, 427 Chestnut Street. Tour at 3:30 p.m., lecture at 5 p.m. Registration required.

Nov. 19: RealArts@ Penn Presents–The Serious Side of Comedy Writing. Panel discussion led by SAS alum and Philly Improv Theater Executive Director Greg Maughan. Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk. 6 p.m.

Nov. 20: Audio Nexus Concert. Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce Street. 7 p.m.

Nov. 21: University Choir Concert. Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce Street. 8 p.m. Free with PennID; $5 general admission.

Nov. 22: Penn Flutes Concert. Rodin College House Rooftop Lounge, 3901 Locust Walk. 2 p.m.

Dec. 2: Penn Humanities Forum. “ Cassandra Float Can,” Anne Carson, Professor of Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, and English, University of Michigan. Audtiorium, 2nd floor, ARCH Building, 3601 Locust Walk. 7 p.m. Registration required.

Dec. 12: The Elon Musk Public Lecture, "The Big Bang and Beyond," with Paul J. Steinhardt, Albert Einstein Professor in Science, Princeton University. Claudia Cohen Hall, Auditorium G17, 249 South 36th Street. 7 p.m.

Jan. 20: Penn Science Café featuring Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Janice and Julian Bers Professor of the History and Sociology of Science, "DNA Banks and Genetic Tests: Should I make a deposit? Should I take one?" MarBar (2nd Floor, Marathon Grill), 40th and Walnut Streets. 6 p.m.

March 17: Penn Science Café featuring Jonathan Moreno, David and Lyn Silfen University Professor, Professor of Medical Ethics and of History and Sociology of Science, "Bioethics in Washington." MarBar (2nd Floor, Marathon Grill), 40th and Walnut Streets. 6 p.m.

April 14: Penn Science Café featuring Josh Plotkin, Martin Meyerson Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Assistant Professor of Biology and Computer and Information Science, "A Viral Evolution." MarBar (2nd Floor, Marathon Grill), 40th and Walnut Streets. 6 p.m.

May 12: Penn Science Café featuring Robert Kurzban, Associate Professor of Psychology, "The Cognitive Process Behind Hypocrisy." MarBar (2nd Floor, Marathon Grill), 40th and Walnut Streets. 6 p.m.

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