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Economist looks at fast-track parents
In the last 100 years, most women chose between raising a family and pursuing a career. These days, a greater percentage of women want both.
Students take Philly history to the streets
If you want to see Philadelphia in all of its depth and with historic perspective, the folks at Poor Richard’s Walking Tours believe you should take to the streets. Learn about literary Philadelphia by walking the neighborhoods of important 19th century novels written here.
Scholars critique rebuilding of Iraq
One professor calls the Bush administration’s plan in post-war Iraq arrogant, while another views the report as mixed. One thing is certain: The criticism and praise of the post-war effort is as varied as its sources.
Senior Fellow: Sarah Kagan
When Sarah Kagan came to Philadelphia from San Francisco in 1994, and was greeted by an ice storm that blanketed the city, she wondered fleetingly if she had made the right move.
Cappelli helps pull Bahrain into the future
Peter Cappelli is no stranger to major business management reform projects. He had a hand in the proposal to improve the Philadelphia Convention Center and helped to shift Pennsylvania’s court system from local to state control. For years, he helped run the Department of Education’s National Center on the Quality of the Workforce, based at Penn.
SimTeeth, real training
Dental students know that one of the integral parts of their training is sharpening psychomotor skills. Now, a new computerized teaching method helps future dentists become proficient at two times the rate of students taught with conventional methods. This success rate brings a smile to Judith Buchanan’s face.
Corporate cash has up, down sides
Should universities tack on advertising logos to their sports teams’ shirts, just so they can make millions of dollars in revenue? Should schools accept all unrestricted donations from companies to benefit research? How many classes should universities offer online?
For this professor, baroque music rocks
As Penn’s director of early music, Gwyn Roberts helps students open their ears and minds to the possibilities of baroque music. When Roberts puts on her other hat—as co-artistic director, flutist and recorder player with the baroque music group, Tempesta di Mare—she gets the chance to share her expressive vision with the general public.
The policy wonk as editorialist
Mark Alan Hughes Gr’86 has an opinion about most things that happen in Philadelphia. As a distinguished senior fellow at Penn’s Robert A. Fox Leadership Program and professor of policy development and urban issues at the Fels Center of Government, Hughes is able to back up his opinion with scholarly expertise.
A do-it-yourself music scene
It can be difficult for a band to score a gig on a Saturday night, even for well-established groups. Bands with few fans, then, may totally be left out in the cold.