Penn Alexander School Week of September 11

Back to School Nights (Sept. 12th & 13th)

All parents/families are asked to join your child’s classroom teacher at Back to School Night on the following date:

Grades 1-5, Wed., Sept. 12th 6PM

Grade 6-Thur., Sept. 13th 6-7PM

Grades 7& 8-Thur., Sept. 13th 7-8PM

Enter building through front entrance.

Box Tops Collection Last year, PAS earned over $1,000

in Box Tops. Start collecting now, and send

them to school.

e-Pony launches September 11th Beginning September 11th, all families who create a PAS MySchool

Anywhere account will automatically receive an email the first day of the week with a link to access our weekly Pony materials.

Your family can choose NOT to receive our paper Pony materials each week, by OPTING-OUT using the the link below. PAS will continue to send home paper copies of forms/slips that need to be returned.

https://tinyurl.com/PonyOptOut

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Upcoming Events:

Back to School Night (Grades 1-5)

Wed., Sept. 12th 6PM

Back to School Night (Middle School)

Thur., Sept. 13th 6PM

Home & School Association (HSA) Meeting

Mon., Sept. 17th 8:45AM & 6PM

Yom Kippur, School Closed Wednesday, September 19th

International Peace Day Friday, September 21st

Pretzel Friday ($1) & Dress Down Day ($1)

Friday, September 21st

Interim Reports (Grades 4-8) Monday, October 1st

Winter Coat Drive Begins Monday, October 1st

High School Info Night (8th Grade Families)

Tuesday, October 2nd, 6-7PM

Noon Dismissal Friday, October 5th

Fall Festival Thursday, October 11th

PAS WEEKLY pennalexander.philasd.org | Mr. Farrell, Principal | 215-400-7760

Penn Alexander School Week of September 11

Interested in volunteering at PAS? Check out the MySchool Anywhere Application and click on “Sign-Ups” to volunteer. Currently sign-ups are available to support with the Lunchroom, upcoming Pretzel Fridays,

and Middle School trips.

‘18-’19 Student Handbook Our PAS ‘18-’19 Student

Handbook is now available on our school’s website under the “For Families” section under “Policies and Procedures”. If you would like a paper copy, please request a copy in

our main office. In addition, the School District of Philadelphia’s Student Code of Conduct can be accessed with the link below. Students in

grades 5-8 will receive a paper copy and are asked to sign and return.

https://tinyurl.com/SDPStudentCode

56% of Students Signed Up! Are you? To date 56% of our families have created an account on the PAS

MySchool Anywhere Application. Access our calendar, family online directory, and volunteer sign-ups.

Register: join.myschoolanywhere.com Invitation Code: sadiesadie

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Please join us!

General Meeting of the HSA

First meeting of the 2018–2019 school year, offered at two times,

morning and evening:

Monday, September 17

Morning meeting: 8:45–9:45AM

Evening meeting: 6:00–7:00PM

PAS Lunchroom (enter via the blacktop on 43rd Street).

Topic: How can I volunteer?

Information will be available on the many ways to help the PAS

community. Find out more about the committees and school

events that need your help to be successful. Meet the HSA Board.

Sign up to be a room parent. Learn more about the My School

Anywhere app.

September 2018

Dear Parents:

Welcome to another great year at Penn Alexander! PAS is a community of engaged families,

teachers, and administrators who all strive to give our children the best education possible —

one that has earned our school a prestigious National Blue Ribbon award and recognition as the

Philadelphia School District’s highest-performing K-8 School.

The Home and School Association of Penn Alexander School is an important partner with the

school. The HSA is made up of you - the hard-working parents and caregivers who support the

school through fundraising and volunteerism. Our goal is to help maintain an exceptional

neighborhood school that provides the best possible learning environment for our children.

What the HSA does:

● Raises money for school programming — including the school’s full-time art teacher,

Mrs. Durant, and after-school clubs

● Promotes school spirit and community involvement through special events, such as the

Ice Cream Social, Bingo Night, and the 5K Run for Art & Science

● Supports teachers and staff by helping meet classroom needs (reimbursing them for

classroom supplies they buy out-of-pocket) and recognizing accomplishments

● Helps keep parents informed of school activities and news

● Secures volunteers for key school activities such as class trips, school events, and more

We can provide this support in part because of donations from you. Our goal for this school

year is to raise $150,000, with 100% of Penn Alexander families contributing . In order to

maintain the current level of programming and to meet our fundraising commitments, we are

asking for $100 per student. We ask all families to give what they can, understanding that not

everyone is able to give at all times. In past years, individual donations have ranged from $10 to

$6,000. Every donation of time and money counts , including the support PAS gets from you —

our dedicated families — along with local businesses and organizations, relatives, alumni, and

neighbors.

Please return the pledge form (on the reverse side of this letter) with a check or donate online

at www.pennalexander.org.

Thank you for your commitment to maintaining a high-quality, sought-after neighborhood

public school that reflects the diversity of the city. We look forward to another terrific year for

the students!

The 2018–19 HSA Board

Leila Graham-Willis, President Roseann Liu, Treasurer

Karla Thut, VP of the Upper School Gina Bittner, Media Manager

Rotonya Carr, Co-VP of the Lower School Angela Curry, Volunteer Coordinator

Hannah Sassaman, Co-VP of the Lower School Jim Dugan, Room Parent Coordinator

Elizabeth Johnson, Secretary

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2018 - 2019 Family Giving Donations to the Home & School Association support academic and extracurricular programs at Penn Alexander.

Where did my dollars go last year?  ➤ Enrichment: Full-time art teacher * After-school programs * Music education ➤ Teacher Support: Books and supplies * Staff appreciation * Professional development ➤ Building Community: Equity Circle * Ice cream social * BINGO night * Fall Festival ➤ Facilities: Gardening * Playground repair * School grounds renovation

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Suggested Donation: $100 per student  

Goal: Participation from 100% of Penn Alexander families. We are grateful for any donation. All amounts are welcome.       We ask for 100% participation from PAS families to show our support and commitment to our school, teachers, administrators, staff, and our children.

My donation: ⬜ $10 ⬜ $50 ⬜ $100 (suggested per student) ⬜ $25 ⬜ $75 ⬜ $500 

⬜ Other $ ____________ 

Ways to Give: ➤ Check: Enclose a check with this form (please make checks payable to “PAS HSA”) and return in your child’s PONY ➤ Cash: Enclose cash with this form and return in your child’s PONY ➤ Online: Donate online at https://www.pennalexanderschool.org/ ➤ Other online options: PayPal (Penn Alexander Home and School Association); Venmo (@PennAlexanderHSA) ➤ Stock transfer: Please contact Roseanne Liu (hsatreasurerpas@gmail.com) for more information

Contact Info: My name: _______________________________________ My email: _______________________________________ My Student(s): Name: ______________________________________________ Room Number: __________ Name: ______________________________________________ Room Number: __________ Name: ______________________________________________ Room Number: __________ 

VOLUNTEER! Calling all volunteers! Please get involved. Penn Alexander relies on the time, effort, and talents of our families.                                   Whether you can serve on a committee, volunteer at an event, serve as a room parent, donate a skill or talent, or                                           help out during lunch or recess, we want you and we need you!  

______ Yes, I would like to be contacted by the HSA Volunteer Coordinator to learn more about how I can help. THANK YOU! 

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ACADEMIC CALENDAR3 Labor Day (no classes).17 Course Selection Period ends.

CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIESI-House Family Matinée$5 (ages 2+), free/IHP members. Tickets: ihousephilly.org9 Tales from Earthsea; animated fantasy epic based on the book series by Ursula K. Le Guin; 2 p.m.Morris ArboretumPrices & registration: morrisarboretum.org1 Nature Play; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Top of the Oak Allée. 7 Storytime at the Arboretum; 10:30 a.m.; Visitor Center.8 Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends; all day. Through September 9.Penn MuseumInfo: www.penn.musuem12 Archaeological Adventures: Myths around the World; workshops, guided tours and interactions with conservators for Homeschool Day; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; ad-mission: $12/children over 3 and adults; advanced registration required.14 Exploring the Past; Homeschool Day: Teen Edition; 1-3:30 p.m.; info: www.penn.museum/homeschool

CONFERENCES 6 Women’s Voices from American Fron-tiers; explore some of the many women’s voices in Ok, I’ll Do It Myself: Narra-tives of Intrepid Women in the American Wilderness exhibit; 4 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Diet-rich Library; info and registration: www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/schim_conf.html Through September 7.11 Penn Global Week; various locations; showcasing the depth and breadth of cultural activity and global programming available across campus; info: www.upenn.edu/globalweek Through September 14. 26 Energy Policy Roundtable in the PJM Footprint #11: Cybersecurity: Threats, Best Practices, and Improving the Regulatory Framework; 1-6:15 p.m.; reception following roundtable; Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, 4th floor, Fisher Fine Arts Library; $50/$100; info: susan@raabassociates.org; register: https://tinyurl.com/ycuxh96y 28 Fourth Annual PLAC Conference: Climate Change, Resilience, and Envi-ronmental Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean; 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m; Singh Center for Nanotechnology; info: https://tinyurl.com/y7gdte7l (Latin American and Latino Studies).

EXHIBITSAdmission Donations and Hours Arthur Ross Gallery(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: hours, prices: 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.; slought.org Van Pelt-Dietrich Library: free; hours: http://tinyurl.com/hwd74bp Wistar: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.Upcoming1 Water and Solitude; photographs by Ed Stemmler; Burrison Gallery; reception: September 7, 5 p.m. Through October 9. 4 Truth & Image; artwork that absorbs, captivates, transfixes and delivers the viewer to newly imagined destinations; reception: September 7, after 7 p.m. screening of The Seventh Seal; East Alcove Gallery, Lightbox Film Center, I-House; info: www.davinciartalliance.org/calls/truthimage Through December 15. 11 The Other 9/11–Memories: Geography of a Decade, Chile, 1973-1983; more than 100 pieces of artwork and photos to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Chilean coup; Upper Ambulatory, Annenberg Center; reception: September 11, 6-8 p.m. Through October 11 (Latin American and Latino Studies). 14 Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It; films, objects and installations; ICA; reception: 6:30 p.m. Through December 23. Ree Morton: The Plant That Heals May Also Poison; the work of artist Ree Morton; ICA; reception: 6:30 p.m.; curator-led tour: September 19, 6 p.m. Through December 23.27 Las Voces de Maria; profiles Puerto Ricans displaced by Hurricane Maria; Brodsky Gallery; opening reception: 6 p.m.; Class of 1942 Garden, Kelly Writ-ers House.Now

Critical Abstractions: Modern Architecture in Japan, 1868-2018; The Architectural Archives, Kroiz Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library. Through Sep-tember 24. Ok, I’ll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepid Women in the American Wilderness; selections from the Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness; Goldstein Family and Kamin Galleries, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through November 11. William Kentridge: Universal Ar-chive; series of 79 linocut images; Arthur Ross Gallery; reception: September 7, 5 p.m. Through November 11. Cultures in the Crossfire: Stories from Syria and Iraq; shedding light on the ongoing destruction of cultural heritage in the Middle East; Penn Museum. Through November 26. Musical Partnerships at Play: The Marlboro Music School and Festival; Eu-gene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through June 21, 2019. Bearing Witness: Four Days in West Kingston; Penn Museum. Through December 2019. Moundbuilders: Ancient Artifacts of North America; Penn Museum. Through December 2019. Ongoing Audubon’s Birds of America; 1st fl, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Marian Anderson on the World Stage; Marian Anderson Gallery, Van Pelt-Diet-rich Library. Middle East Galleries; explores how ancient Mesopotamian societies gave rise to the world’s first cities through artifacts; Penn Museum. Native American Voices: The People–Here and Now; Penn Museum. Out of Time; 12 photos or paintings by artists and dancer Raphael Xavier; Lobby, Annenberg Center. The Artifact Lab: Conservation in Action; Penn Museum; weekdays, 11-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-2 p.m.; weekends, noon-12:30 p.m. and 3-3:30 p.m.; free w/admission.

We Are Not Alone; Annenberg School of Communication. Penn Museum Tours Gallery Tours; Saturdays-Sundays, 1:30 p.m.; Pepper Hall; free with admis-sion; info: www.penn.museum/visit/tours Global Guides public tours; Sat-urdays-Sundays, 2:30 p.m.; free with admission.

FILMS14 In the Name of Peace, screening and discussion with director Maurice Fitzpat-rick; 5 p.m.; rm. 401, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies). 27 10 Drawings For Projection (1989-2011); features work from artist William Kentridge; 6 p.m.; Arthur Ross Gallery.International House (I-House)Lightbox Film CenterTickets: $10, $5 students/seniors; free/members.Info: www.lightboxfilmcenter.orgScreenings at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.4 Deep Dive: Ingmar Bergman (a dis-cussion with Dr. Jan Holmberg); 6 p.m.6 Wild Strawberries.7 The Seventh Seal.8 Through a Glass Darkly; 2 p.m. Winter Light; 5 p.m. The Silence; 8 p.m.12 Tour Without End.13 The Magician.14 Persona.15 Cries and Whispers; 5 p.m. Scenes from a Marriage; 8 p.m.17 Sci-Fi at Sunset: Flash Gordon; 8 p.m.20 Newsreel ’68: Program 3.21 Autumn Sonata.27 Milford Graves Full Mantis.

MEETINGS5 University Council Meeting; 4 p.m., Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; register: ucouncil@pobox.upenn.edu or (215) 898-7005.11 WPPSA Board Meeting; 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Conference Room 201, 3401 Wal-nut Street, B Wing.13 PPSA Open Board Meeting; 1 p.m.; School of Nursing; RSVP: ppsa@lists.upenn.edu25 WXPN Policy Board Meeting; noon; WXPN, 3025 Walnut St.

MUSIC8 2nd Annual Pennovation Summer Concert: Featuring Sun Ra Arkestra; 6-8 p.m.; Pennovation Center (Pennovation Center). 23 Flute and Harp Recital; Penn Flutes-Michele Kelly, music director; 5 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium (Music). 26 Rochberg @ 100: A Centennial Celebration of Composer George Roch-berg; Daedalus Quartet + Fromm Players featuring Ryne Cherry, baritone; 8 p.m.; Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Music). 28 Music in the Pavilion: Musicians from Marlboro-Classical and Romantic Chamber Music; 6:15 p.m. lecture, 7 p.m. performance, reception to follow; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; register: www.alumni.upenn.edu/marlboro_2018 (Music).29 Vijay Iyer; composer/pianist solo performance; 8 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center. World Cafe LivePerformances daily. Complete listing and tickets: philly.worldcafelive.com28 Philly Music Fest; two nights, only Philadelphia bands; 6 p.m.; info: https://phlmusicfest.com Through September 29.

ON STAGEAnnenberg CenterTickets: www.annenbergcenter.org28 Circa; Australian circus troupe; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre. Also September 29, 2 p.m.

READINGS & SIGNINGS6 Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance; Amy Kaplan, English; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore.13 Kids’ TV Grows Up: The Path from Howdy Doody to SpongeBob; Jo Holz, Annenberg; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore (Annenberg).17 Soraya Chemaly Book Signing; discussing her book Rage Becomes Her; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore.18 The Musical Gift: Sonic Generosity in Post-War Sri Lanka; book release event; Jim Sykes, music; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 102, Lerner Center.20 Two Times Platinum; Lloyd Remick, attorney; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore.26 Acts, Facts, and Artifacts: The Stuff of Black Culture; Kevin Young, Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and Herman Beavers, English and Africana Studies; 5 p.m.; Lighthouse Film Center, I-House. Frida: The Woman and the Novel; Barbara Mujica, novelist; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore.

27 Yung Pueblo Reading and Book Sign-ing; reading from his poetry collection INWARD; 6 p.m.; Penn Bookstore.28 State of the Nation; David Jackson Am-brose, author; 6:30 p.m.; Penn Bookstore.Kelly Writers HouseAll events in the Class of 1942 Garden, unless noted otherwise.Info: https://writing.upenn.edu/wh5 Who Will Speak for America?; hosted by Stephanie Feldman and Nathaniel Popkin; 6 p.m.12 Speakeasy Open Mic Night; 7:30 p.m.; Arts Cafe.13 Alumni Panel: Careers in Journalism& New Media; Jill Castellano, Jess Good-man, and Ashley Parker with moderator Stephen Fried; 6 p.m.17 Lunch with Maya Rao; Povich Jour-nalism Program; noon.18 A Lunchtime Reading and Conver-sation with Ondjaki; noon (Portugese Studies Program).24 Dead Parents Society Meets Modern Loss; a conversation with Rebecca Sof-fer; noon. LIVE at the Writers House; 7 p.m.25 David Bromige Memorial Reading; 6 p.m.26 Other Women Don’t Tell You: The Poetics of Motherhood; 6 p.m.

SPECIAL EVENTS6 Student Activities & Resources Fair; 1-4 p.m.; College Green/Locust Walk (GAPSA). 7 Kelly Writers House Activities Fair; 1-4 p.m.; Class of 1942 Garden.12 Pan-Asian American Community House (PAACH) Open House; 4-6 p.m.; rm. 108, ARCH Bldg.21 Life Saving Measures; emergency response preparedness and prevention; noon; Hamilton Field (PennReady). LALS annual Almuerzo de Bienveni-da/Welcome Lunch; location TBD; info: LALS@sas.upenn.edu (LALS). Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics Open House; short talks, refreshments, and tours of the new PCPSE bldg.; 3-5 p.m.; PCPSE; www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS).22 Population Studies Center Fall Cele-bration; info: www.pop.upenn.edu (PSC). 25 Competing Visions of the Global Or-der; join scholars, policymakers and lead-ers from around the globe, including Vice President Joe Biden; Perry World House; registration opens early September; info: global.upenn.edu/perryworldhouse Morris ArboretumPrices & info: morrisarboretum.org1 Early Bird Weekends; 8 a.m. Week-ends through September. Saturday Morning Live Tour: Hidden Gems; 11 a.m.; Visitor Center.8 Dogs and Barks Tour; dogwood tree tour; 11 a.m. Also September 22.16 Grist Mill Demonstration Day; 1-4 p.m.; Bloomfield Farm.23 Autumnal Equinox; 1 p.m.; Baxter Memorial. Also at 2 p.m.29 Korean Harvest Festival; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.Penn MuseumInfo: www.penn.museum4 Conversational Corners; Spanish language groups welcome; 9-11 a.m.; group entrance. Also September 11, English language groups; September 18, Portuguese language groups; September 25, Italian language groups. 5 Crafternoons; knitting groups; 2-4 p.m.; Cultures in the Crossfire: Stories from Syria and Iraq exhibition. Also September 12, scrapbooking groups in the Museum Café; September 19, cross stitching groups in the Cultures in the Crossfire: Stories from Syria and Iraq exhibition; September 26, jewelry making groups in the Museum Café.14 Coffee with a Keeper; enjoy your morning coffee in the company of Penn Museum expert Janet Monge; 9:30-11 a.m.; Museum Café (enter at group entrance); admission: $5; free/members.21 Peace Day Philly and Welcoming Week Event; special Global Guide tour of the new Middle East Galleries; 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.; free w/museum admission.22 Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day; download two free museum tickets on the Smithsonian magazine website; www.

smithsonianmag.com/museumday/muse-um-day-2018; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Archaeology in the A.M.; program for teens and young adults with special needs; 10 a.m.-noon; free w/museum ad-mission; info: www.phillyautismproject.org; RSVP: meganbe@upenn.eduPenn Vet Working Dog Center3401 Grays Ferry Ave., Pennovation Center4 “Get Lost” Working Dog Center Tour; 2 p.m.; RSVP: (215) 989-220020 “Up & Over, Under & Through” Working Dog Center Tour; 10 a.m.; RSVP: (215) 989-2200.23 Basic K9 Patrol Handler Course; 400-hour, 10-week course; 8 p.m.; cost: $375; register: (215) 989-2200 or rodou@vet.upenn.edu

SPORTS2 Field Hockey vs. North Carolina; 1:30 p.m. (Ellen Vagelos Field).3 Men’s Soccer vs. Drexel; 7 p.m. (Rhodes Field).7 Volleyball vs. Radford; 7 p.m. (The Palestra).8 Volleyball vs. Saint Francis; 10 a.m. (The Palestra). Sprint Football Alumni Game; noon (Franklin Field). Volleyball vs. Lehigh; 5 p.m. (The Palestra).9 Field Hockey vs. Saint Joseph’s; 1 p.m. (Ellen Vagelos Field).11 Volleyball vs. Delaware State; 7 p.m. (The Palestra).14 Men’s Tennis hosts Penn Fall Invi-tational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Tennis Centers). Women’s Soccer vs. UMBC; 5 p.m. (Rhodes Field).15 Men’s Tennis hosts Penn Fall Invi-tational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Tennis Centers). Football vs. Bucknell; 3 p.m. (Frank-lin Field).16 Men’s Tennis hosts Penn Fall Invi-tational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Tennis Centers). Field Hockey vs. Drexel; 1 p.m. (Ellen Vagelos Field).21 Women’s Tennis hosts Cissie Leary Invitational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Ten-nis Centers). Volleyball vs. Princeton; 7 p.m. (The Palestra). Sprint Football vs. Cornell; 7 p.m. (Franklin Field).22 Women’s Tennis hosts Cissie Leary Invitational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Ten-nis Centers). Football vs. Lehigh; 3 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Harvard; 4 p.m.23 Women’s Tennis hosts Cissie Leary Invitational; all day (Hecht/Hamlin Ten-nis Centers).25 Men’s Soccer vs. Bucknell; 7 p.m. (Rhodes Field).28 Volleyball vs. Yale; 7 p.m. (The Palestra). Sprint Football vs. Chestnut Hill; 7 p.m. (Franklin Field).29 Field Hockey vs. Harvard; noon (Ellen Vagelos Field). Volleyball vs. Brown; 5 p.m. (The Palestra).30 Field Hockey vs. Temple; 1 p.m. (Ellen Vagelos Field).

FITNESS AND LEARNINGPenn MuseumInfo: www.penn.museum 13 Morning Exercise; museum mile; 8:30 a.m.; Penn Museum.26 Ancient Spices and Modern Kitch-ens; six-week course; 10:30 a.m.; cost: $250, $225/members. Register: www.penn.museumPenn Home Ownership Services13 First Time Homebuyers 101 (Credit, Pre-Approval & Deposits); 12:30 p.m.; HR Learning & Development, 3624 Market St.19 Exploring the PHOS Programs; noon; rm. 08-146 AB, Smilow Center for Translational Research.Penn Ice Rink, Class of 1923 ArenaInfo: www.upenn.edu/icerink8 Freshman Skate; 4:30 p.m.; free admission to all new students with Penn-Card.9 Opening Day; 1 p.m.; $5, includes skates.15 Penn Day; 4:30 p.m.; free admission for students with PennCard.16 Penn Day; 1 p.m.; free admission to faculty, staff and families with PennCard.HR: Professional and Personal Development ProgramsOpen to faculty and staff. Register at http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu5 Effectively Communicating in the Workplace; 12:30-1:30 p.m.11 TED Talk Tuesday: The Puzzle of

Motivation; 12:30-1:30 p.m.20 Leading With Emotional Intelli-gence; 9:00 a.m.-noon; $75.25 Develop Your Presentation Skills; 12:30-1:30 p.m.HR: Healthy You WorkshopsOpen to faculty and staff. Register at www.hr.upenn.edu/registration4 Gentle Yoga; noon-1 p.m.14 Spinning; 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.18 Gentle Yoga; noon-1 p.m.21 Wellness Walk; noon-1 p.m.28 Zumba; 11 a.m.-noonHR: Work-life WorkshopsOpen to faculty and staff; Register at www.hr.upenn.edu/registration5 Introduction to 8-Session Mindful-ness in the Workplace Course (Pre-Req-uisite); 12:30-1:30 p.m.6 Introduction to 8-Session Mindful-ness in the Workplace Course (Pre-Req-uisite); 12:30-1:30 p.m.11 Guided Meditation: Take a Breath and Relax; 12:30-1:30 p.m.18 Grow Where You Are Planted: Mak-ing the Best of Situations; 12:30-1:30 p.m.; free.19 Mindfulness; 12:30-1:30 p.m.20 Thinking About Retirement Sessions; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.26 Mindfulness in the Workplace 8-Session Mindfulness Course Begins; 2:30-4:30 p.m.

27 How to Nominate a Staff Member or Team for a Models of Excellence Award; 12:30-1:30 p.m.28 Guided Meditation; 12:30-1:30 p.m.Liberal & Professional Studies Register: www.upenn.edu/lps-events4 Master of Environmental Studies Virtual Café; programs director Yvette Bordeaux; noon; online.5 Walk-In Wednesdays: Meet the Col-lege of Liberal and Professional Studies; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. & 4:30-6 p.m.; ste. 100, 3440 Market St. Wednesdays through September.12 Organizational Dynamics On-Cam-pus Information Session; 6 p.m.; ste. 100, 3440 Market St.13 Master of Liberal Arts Virtual Infor-mation Session; program director Chris Pastore; noon; online.18 Pre-Health Programs Virtual Infor-mation Session; programs director Jackie McLaughlin; 5 p.m.; online.Morris ArboretumPrices & registration: morrisarboretum.org9 Drawing the Majesty of Trees; 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Also September 16, 23 & 30. 21 Gentle Yoga in Nature; 11:30 a.m. Also September 28.22 Containers for All Seasons; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Katsura tree at the Morris Arboretum, which can be viewed during the Draw-ing the Majesty of Trees event on September 9. See Fitness and Learning.

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4 Between the Sheets: The Molecular Chemistry of Hybrid Perovskites; He-mamala Karunadasa, Stanford Universi-ty; noon; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry). Graduate Research Colloquium; Alicia Meyer, English, and Sara Rendell, anthropology; noon; 3rd floor, GSWS/APC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett Hall (GSWS). Customer Learning and Reve-nue-Maximizing Trial Design; Takeaki Sunada, economics; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 101, PCPSE (Economics).5 60-Second Lecture: Changing Places: Using Science to Design Safer and Healthier Cities; John MacDonald, criminology and sociology, Fels Institute; noon; Ben Franklin Statue, College Hall (rain location: Reading Room); info: www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS). Astronomy Seminar: Cosmology Seed Magnetic Field From Inflation A; Bharat Ratra, Kansas State; 2 p.m.; rm. A6, David Rittenhouse Laboratory (Phys-ics and Astronomy). Electrokinetics, Transport and Stability at Reactive Metal Electrodes in High-energy Batteries; Lynden A. Archer, Cornell; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering). Condensed Matter Seminar: Soft Matter Physics of the Evolution of Multi-cellularity; Peter Yunker, Georgia Tech; 4 p.m.; rm. A6, David Rittenhouse Laboratory (Physics and Astronomy). Money Macro Seminar: Self-Ful-filling Debt Dilution: Maturity and Multiplicity in Debt Models; Mark Agu-iar, Princeton; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics). The EwingCole Lecture: Sir Peter Cook; Peter Cook, founder, Archigram and Cook-Robotham Architecture Bureau; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Mey-erson Hall (Graduate Architecture). 6 Struggles for Visibility: Surveillance Representations and Self-Representations of Terrorists in the News Media; Mette Mortensen, University of Copenhagen; noon; 6th floor, 3901 Walnut St; RSVP: marina.krikorian@asc.upenn.edu (Center for Advanced Research in Global Com-munication). Molecular QED Theory of Reso-nance Energy Transfer; Akbar Salam, Wake Forest University; 1 p.m.; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry). Estimating Models of Entry and Differentiated Products; Isabelle Perri-gne, Rice; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics). What an Ultrathin Cell can do: Structural and Signaling Roles of the Lung Alveolar Type 1 Cell; Jichao Chen, MD Anderson Cancer Center; 4 p.m.; rm. 12-146, Smilow Center for Translational Research (Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology).7 Culture, Ethnography, and Interac-tion: Thank God It’s Monday: Coworking Spaces as Cultural Marketplaces; David Grazian, sociology; noon; rm. 169, Mc-Neil Bldg. (Sociology). Archaeology, Museums and War in the 21st Century; Brian Rose, classical studies; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art). 10 Heterogeneity and Aggregate Fluc-tuations; Frank Schorfheide and Minsu Chang, economics, and Xiaohong Chen, Yale; noon; rm. 203, PCPSE (Econom-ics). Observational Data for Discovery Science; Nicholas P. Tatonetti, Columbia; noon; rm. 10-146, Smilow Center for Translational Research (Systems Pharma-cology and Translational Therapeutics). PSC Colloquium Series: Calidad de Vida de los Adultos Mayores en Chile; David Bravo, Catholic University of

Chile; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology). Econometrics Seminar; Ivana Ko-munjer, Georgetown; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics). 11 Dissecting Tumor Metabolism from Immunometabolism; Jonathan Powell, Johns Hopkins University; noon; Caplan Auditorium, Wistar (Wistar). Industrial Organization Seminar; Alessandro Gavazza, London School of Economics; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 101, PCPSE (Economics). Micro Theory Seminar; Doron Ravid, University of Chicago; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 203, PCPSE (Economics). Regulation of Energy Homeostasis: Basic Biology and New Therapeutic Op-portunities; Bruce Spiegelman, Harvard; 4 p.m.; Smilow Rubenstein Auditorium (Cardiovascular Institute). Annenberg Seminar: Newer Women and Newer Men in Interwar Britain; Reba N. Soffer, California State, Northridge; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History). 12 60-Second Lecture Series: Lost Words: 5 Medieval Words That We Need Right Now; Emily Steiner, English; noon; Ben Franklin Statue, College Hall (rain location: Bistro, Houston Hall); info: www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS). Colloquium; Whitney Trettien, En-glish; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies). Data-driven Design of Self-assem-bling Colloids and Machine Learning of Protein Folding Funnels; Andrew Ferguson, University of Chicago; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineer-ing). Department Colloquium; Robert McKeown, Jefferson Lab; 4 p.m.; rm. A8, David Rittenhouse Laboratory (Physics and Astronomy). Money Macro Seminar; Rishabh Kirpalani, Penn State; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics). Dream The Combine; Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Graduate Architecture).13 Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation Interacts with Cancer and Normal Tissues; Ling Qin, orthopaedic surgery; noon; rm. 10-146, Smilow Center for Translational Research (Radiobiology and Imaging). Inorganic Chemistry Seminar; Smarand Marinescu, Johns Hopkins University; noon; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry). Empirical Micro Seminar; Yusuke Narita, Yale; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics). Diversification and Domestication of Yeast; Justin Fay, Rochester University; 4 p.m.; Tedori Auditorum, Levin Bldg. (Biology). Epigenetics Monthly Seminar Series; Sydney Shaffer, Jennifer Aleman, PSOM; 4 p.m.; rm. 09-146AB, Smilow Center for Translational Research (Cell and Developmental Biology).14 Culture, Ethnography and Interac-tion; Julia Ticona, Annenberg; noon; rm. 169, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology). Galois Seminar; Dong Quan Nguy-en, Notre Dame University; 3:15 p.m.; DRL 4N30 (Mathematics). It’s About Time; Nicholas Herman, Penn Libraries; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).17 60-Second Lecture Series: Interpret-ing the Constitution; Samual Freeman, humanities; noon; Ben Franklin Statue, College Hall (rain location: Bistro, Houston Hall); info: www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS). Epigenetic Drivers of Childhood Brain Cancer: A Histone Tale; Sriram Venneti, University of Michigan; noon;

Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Bldg. (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Department). Jumps, Realized Densities and News Premia; Paul Sangrey, economics PhD candidate; noon; rm. 203, PCPSE (Eco-nomics). PSC Colloquium Series: Conducting Research Using Restricted Census Data; Ethan Hossain, US Census Bureau; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology). Preparation, Passion and Seren-dipity: Reflections on an Unfinished, Non-Traditional Career in Chemistry; Richard Hark, Yale University; noon; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry). Current Biology: Predictable Events Enhance Word Learning in Toddlers; Jenny Saffran, University of Wisconsin; 3:30 p.m.; Levin Auditorium, Levin Bldg. (Psychology). Weak Identification in a Class of Generically Identified Models with an Application to Factor Models; Gregory Fletcher Cox, Columbia; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics). Alphaville, The City Layer, and the New Normal; Benjamin H. Gratton, UC San Diego; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Graduate Architecture). 18 Nitrogenase M-Cluster Assembly; Markus Ribble, University of California, Irvine; noon; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chem-istry Complex (Chemistry). Work in Progress Seminar; Lauren Jade Martin, Penn State; noon; rm. 345, Fisher-Bennett Hall, Conference Room; register: https://tinyurl.com/y7lx9sqg (Alice Paul Center). Industrial Organization Seminar: Job Market Talk; Ambar LaForgia, Health Care Management and Economics PhD Program; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 101, PCPSE (Economics). Reputation Effects Under Interde-pendent Values; Harry Pei, Northwestern; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 203, PCPSE (Economics). 19 60-Second Lecture Series: 60 Sec-onds is Forever (Without a Watch); Jamal Elias, religious studies and South Asia studies; noon; Ben Franklin Statue, Col-lege Hall (rain location: Bistro, Houston Hall); info: www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS). Privacy, Research Ethics and the Dead; Susan Lawrence, University of Tennessee; 4 p.m.; rm. 2019, Claire Fagin Hall (Nursing). The Role of Efferocytosis in Car-diovascular Disease; Nicholas Leeper, Stanford; 4 p.m.; rm. 11-146, Smilow Center for Translational Research (Car-diovascular Institute). Why Do Spatial Wage Gaps Persist? Evidence from the Enduring Divide Be-tween East and West Germany; Tommaso Porzio, UC-San Diego; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics). Humans vs. Robots: (Re)Valuating the Worth of Work in the Age of Automa-tion; Ya-Wen Lei, Harvard University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. B26, Stiteler Hall (Center for the Study of Contemporary China).20 Knowledge by the Slice: How Dis-crimination Haunts Western Democracy; Michael Hanchard, Africana studies; noon; Irvine Auditorium, Café 58; https://tinyurl.com/y7ryxmxz (SAS). TBA; Paul Cremer, Penn State University; 1 p.m.; Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Complex (Chemistry). Physical Chemistry Seminar; Ond-jaki, Angolan writer, poet, and director; 2 p.m.; Iron Gate Theatre (Portuguese Language Program). Generation and Regeneration of the Mammalian Lung; Edward E. Morrisey, medicine and cell and developmental biology, Penn Center for Pulmonary Bi-ology and Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine; 4 p.m.; rm. 11-146 Smilow Center for Translational Research (Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology).

Physiology Seminar Series; Jeanne Nerbonne, Washington University in St. Louis; 4 p.m.; CRB Austrian Auditori-um and Lobby, Clinical Research Bldg. (Physiology). TBA; Carl Bergstrom, University of Washington; 4 p.m.; Tedori Auditorum, Levin Bldg. (Biology). Almost Failing: Mexico’s Violence, Space and Discourse; Hector Amaya, University of Virginia, Institute for Ad-vanced Study at Princeton; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 109, Annenberg School for Communica-tion (Annenberg).21 Grappling with Hercules: The Heroic Male Nude and the Embodied Viewer around 1600; Kendra Grimmett, history of art PhD Candidate; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).23 The Digital Restoration Initiative: Reading the Invisible Library; W. Brent Seales, University of Kentucky; 2 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum).24 Smooth Priors and the Curse of Di-mensionality: Feasible Multivariate Den-sity Estimation; Paul Sangrey and Minsu Chang, economics PhD candidates; noon; rm. 203, PCPSE (Economics). PSC Colloquium Series: Explaining Health Disparities in the Sexual Minority Population: Health Behaviors, Access to Care and Neighborhood Effects; Matthew Ruther, University of Louisville; noon; rm. 103, NcNeil Bldg. (Sociology). Econometrics Seminar; Koen Jochmans, Cambridge; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics). Paleontology and Connoisseur-ship; Carlo Ginzburg, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, sixth floor,Van Pelt-Di-etrich Library; info: https://tinyurl.com/y8ylppah (A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography).25 A Conversation with Donna Graves, public historian; noon; Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hall (PennDesign Graduate Program in Historic Preservation). Graduate Research Colloquium Series: Exploding the Spectacle: The Urgency of (Re)Graphing Blackness in Kindred, and Live From the Under-ground; Kiana Murphy and Dana Cy-press, English; noon; 3rd floor, GSWS/APC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett Hall (GSWS). Musculoskeletal Microbiology; Christopher Hernandez, Cornell; 1:30 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (McKay Orthopaedic Research Lab). An Empirical Model of R&D Pro-curement Contests: An Analysis of the DOD SBIR Program; Vivek Bhattacha-rya, Northwestern; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 101, PCPSE (Economics). Micro Theory Seminar; Paul Milgrom, Stanford; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 203, PCPSE (Economics). Microbiome Time in Metabolic Dis-ease; Christoph A. Thaiss, microbiology; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 12-146A/B, Smilow Cen-ter for Translational Research (IDOM). Did Delaware Get it Right or Mess It Up in Addressing the Takeover Boom of the 1980s?; panel discussion moderat-ed by Lawrence Hamermesh, Institute for Law & Economics; 4:30 p.m.; rm. S245A, Law School (Penn Law). PennMusic Colloquium; Rey Chow, Duke; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 102, Lerner Center (Music). A New Species of Antiquarian; Carlo Ginzburg, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, sixth floor,Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; info: https://tinyurl.com/y8ylp-pah (A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography). Expanding Historic Preservation Practice: Lessons from LGBTQ Histo-ries; Donna Graves, public historian; 6 p.m.; Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hall (GSWS).

From Self-Help to Self-Determina-tion: Radical Politics Off the (Non-Prof-it Industrial Complex) Grid; Erica Kohl-Arenas, UC Davis; 6 p.m.; rm. B3, Meyerson Hall (Graduate City and Regional Planning). 26 60-Second Lecture Series: OK Goo-gle/Siri/Alexa/Cortana, What’s Next?; Mark Liberman, Linguistic Data Consor-tium; noon; Ben Franklin Statue, College Hall (rain location: Bistro, Houston Hall); info: www.sas.upenn.edu (SAS). Colloquium; Kathy DeMarco Van Cleve, cinema and media studies; noon; rm. 330, Fisher-Bennett Hall (Cinema Studies). Ours to Lose: Places in West Philadelphia at Risk of Being Forgot-ten; Vincent Feldman, photographer; noon; The Hourglass Room, The Inn at Penn. RSVP: pasef@pobox.upenn.edu (PASEF). PSC Colloquium Series: Birth of the Culture Wars: How Race and Class Di-vided American Religion; Melissa Wilde, sociology; noon; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg. (Sociology). Astronomy Seminar; Daniel Jacobs, Arizona State; 2 p.m.; rm. A6, David Rittenhouse Laboratory (Physics and Astronomy). Condensed Matter Seminar: Geo-metrically Frustrated Self-Assembly: What Determines the Dimensionality of the Aggregates?; Pierre Ronceray, Princ-eton; 4 p.m.; rm. A6, David Rittenhouse Laboratory (Physics and Astronomy). CVI Seminar Series; Benjamin Prosser, PSOM; 4 p.m.; rm. 11-146, Smi-low Center for Translational Research (Cardiovascular Institute). Lawrence R. Klein Lecture; Richard Rogerson, Princeton; 4 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (International Economic Re-view). Acts, Facts and Artifacts: The Stuff of Black Culture; Kevin Young, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and New Yorker, and Herman Beavers, English and Africana studies; 5 p.m.; Lightbox Film Center, International House (Wolf Humanities Center). Memory/Race/Nation—The Politics of Modern Memorials; Mabel O. Wilson, Columbia; 6:30 p.m.; Lower Gallery, Meyerson Hall (Graduate Architecture). 27 Understanding the Prostate Cancer Genome: From Biomarker Discovery to Clinical Application; Felix Y. Feng, University of California, San Francisco; noon; rm. 8-146, Smilow Center for Translational Research (Radiation Oncol-ogy). Memory at “The Mine of Death”: Cultural Landscapes of Andean Mercury Mining; Douglas K. Smit, anthropology; 12:30 p.m.; Penn Museum (Museum). Portuguese as a Welcoming Lan-guage for Immigrants and Refugees in Brazil; Leandro Rodrigues Alves Diniz, University Federal de Minas Gerais, of Brazil; 2 p.m.; location TBD (Latin American and Latino Studies). Understanding the Labor Market Payoff of Social Networks; Yiran Chen, economics PhD candidate; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 200, PCPSE (Economics). An Even More Humiliating Option; Carlo Ginzburg, Scuola Normale Superi-ore, Pisa; 5:30 p.m.; Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, sixth floor,Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; info: https://tinyurl.com/y8ylp-pah (A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography).28 GCB Chalk Talks; Yi Xing, Hongzhe Li, Mingyao Li, Penn; 2 p.m.; Class of 1962 Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg. (Biomedical Graduate Studies). Testimonios: Voices in Solidarity Against State Repression; sharing of first-hand accounts of state repression in the Americas; 3 p.m.; location TBA; info: https://lals.sas.upenn.edu (LALS and UAB).

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