November 23, 2009 Christopher Browning, Associate Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University, "Neighborhood Stressors and Health: Crime Spikes, Social Cohesion, and Short-Term Variability in BMI," PSC Fall 2009 Colloquium Series, 103 McNeil, 12:00pm-1:00pm

November 30, 3009 Sarah A. Tishkoff, David and Lyn Silfen University Associate Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, "Genetic Diversity and Population History of Africans and African Americans," PSC Fall 2009 Colloquium Series, 103 McNeil, 12:00pm-1:00pm

December 2, 2009 Melissa Wilde, Penn Sociology, "Creating the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth: Birth Control, Eugenics and Religion in the early Twentieth Century," Fall 2009 Sociology Colloquium Series, 103 McNeil, 12:00-1:15pm

December 2, 2009 Dennis Culhane, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice, "A prevention-centered approach to homelessness: a paradigm shift? The conceptual framework underlying the Obama Administration's new homelessness prevention initiative," The Pauline Shaw Holsaert Research Colloquium Series, Caster Building, Room D-26, 4:00-5:30pm

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Latest PSC Working Paper: Preston, Samuel H and Jessica Ho. 2009. "Low Life Expectancy in the United States: Is the Health Care System at Fault?." PSC Working Paper Series PSC 09-03.

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Special Announcements:

Notice Number: NOT-OD-09-149: Restructured Application Forms and Instructions for Submissions for FY2011 Funding (11/18/09)

Authors and PI's please read the NIH Public Access Policy Notice and other documentation.

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November 23, 2009 Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell University, "A Sino-Southeast Asian Circuit: Ethno-histories of the Marine Goods Trade between China and Southeast Asia," East Asian Studies Humanities Colloquium, Stiteler Hall Room B26, 4:30pm

November 24, 2009 Eduardo A. Nillni, Brown University, "The Role of the Hypothalamic TRH Neuron in Energy Balance," IDOM / DERC Research Seminar Series, CRB 302, 4:00pm

December 1, 2009 Shawn C. Burgess, UT Southwestern Medical Center, "Mitochondrial Fluxes in the Liver During Insulin Resistance and Diabetes," IDOM / DERC Research Seminar Series, CRB 302, 4:00pm

December 1, 2009 Stephen Shaw, Experimental Immunology Branch Head, Human Immunology Section, Senior Investigator, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, "Regulation of lymphocyte cortex: ERM proteins and beyond," Immunology Colloquium, CRB Austrian Auditorium, 4:00pm

December 2, 2009 Brett Lindenbach, Yale University, "New aspects of hepatitis C virus replication and infectivity," Microbiology Department Seminar Series, Austrian Auditorium, CRB, 12:00pm

December 2, 2009 Alan Sher, Chief, Laboratory of Allergy and Infectious Disease, NIH, "Th1/Th2 Polarizing and Antigen Presentation Functions of DC in Parasitic Infection," The Wistar Institute 2009 Lecture Series, Grossman Auditorium at The Wistar Institute, 4:00pm

December 2, 2009 Laura Miller, Loyola University Chicago, "Behavior Which Offends: Japanese Images of Incivility," Issues in Contemporary East Asia Lecture Series, Stiteler Hall Room B21, 4:30pm

December 3, 2009 Yoshimichi Sato, Professor, Tohoku University, "A Comparative Study of Social Mobility of Middle Classes in Japan and Korea," Korean Studies Colloquium and Issues in Contemporary East Asia Lecture Series, Annenberg School Room 111, 4:30pm

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