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Penn’s Amy Gutmann, Kathleen Hall Jamieson Named Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell and Judge Marjorie O. Rendell, the first lady, today honored Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a professor in Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication, as Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania. Six other noted women were also recognized.
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Car sharing meets a need for temporary wheels
Dear Benny, I know Penn is trying to decrease the number of people who drive to campus and I would like to take public transportation rather than drive. The trouble is that I often have to go to meetings or events around town as part of my job and therefore need a car. Does Penn offer any options like car sharing that staff can use in these situations?—Stuck in Park
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Trucker Hats
Judah Friedlander the actor stars as “Frank Rossitano” alongside Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan and Alec Baldwin on the hit NBC series “30 Rock,” and has appeared in more than 20 motion pictures, including “Meet the Parents,” “How High,” “Zoolander,” “Chapter 27” “Showtime,” “American Splendor” and “The Wrestler.” For his work in “American Splendor,” he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2004 Independent Spirit Awards.
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Golkin Hall
Photo credit: Mike Swiszcz With spectacular views of the Law School Courtyard, Golkin Hall is the fourth and final piece of Penn Law’s four-building site, and the last phase in a decade-long transformation of the Law School campus. Golkin will physically connect Silverman Hall—Penn Law’s signature, 110-year-old Georgian-style building—with Tanenbaum Hall, while also respecting the historical three-story row homes that make up Restaurant Row across Sansom Street.
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Global registry puts Penn travelers on the map
Where in the world are Penn students, faculty and staff? That is the simple, yet not-so-simple, question that a team from the Office of the Provost, the Office of International Programs, the Risk Management and Insurance Department, the University General Counsel and Information Systems and Computing (ISC) set about to answer last year.
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Free Penn eCards offer sustainable way to spread holiday cheer
Images available on the Penn eCards site. Top: The Palestra packed for a basketball game. Bottom: The Campus Button in winter. The holiday season is ripe with card-sending occasions, including Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa, not to mention any birthdays, weddings or anniversaries that may fall in between.
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Capturing death: the human impact of news photography
Depictions of people facing death have been used in news coverage since before the advent of photography. The earliest were illustrations, engravings and woodcuts, such as drawings of President Lincoln’s assassination in 1865.
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Penn Captures USTA Campus Championship--Middle States Title
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -– The University of Pennsylvania defeated Penn State University “B” at Lehigh University to capture the United States Tennis Association Campus Championship–Middle States, earning an automatic bid to the USTA National Campus Championship in Cary, N.C., April 7-9, 2011. Pennsylvania, Penn State and third place finisher Villanova will join the champions and runners-up from each of the 17 USTA Sections, as well as a number of additional teams who will receive at-large bids.
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What lies beneath
The destruction of the Ancient Roman city of Pompeii, in Western Italy near the Bay of Naples, is one of the most tragic and infamous natural disasters in human history. On August 24, 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius, a nearby volcano, erupted, shooting a scorching cloud of thick and heavy ash, toxic gas and burning cinders 20 miles into the sky, which, a survivor said, buried the city “as if it had snowed.”
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South Street Bridge to reopen Nov. 6
Photo credit: Scott H. Spitzer The South Street Bridge will reopen to vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle traffic on the evening of Saturday, Nov. 6, more than one month ahead of schedule. City officials have planned a reopening ceremony starting at 3 p.m. to mark the occasion.