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Penn Science Cafe Presents: The Dark Side of the Moon Mission, With Dr. Ravi Sheth
WHO: Dr. Ravi Sheth, associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Arts and Sciences, University of PennsylvaniaWHAT: The Penn Science Cafe lecture series, free and open to the public, takes science out of the laboratory and treats it to a night on the town. The Cafe is your chance to ask a leading expert your questions about science.WHERE: Bubble House, 3404 Sansom Streeet, PhiladelphiaWHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 23, 6 p.m.
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Brian Caputo
The Current Staff Photo credit: Mark Stehle WHO HE IS: e-Commerce Project Coordinator, Purchasing Services TIME AT PENN: 3 years
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Campaign kicks off with College Green event
By The Current Staff Penn officials are about to announce the largest fundraising campaign in the history of the university. And they’re inviting the entire Penn community to kick of the campaign in style. “The Time is Now, The Place is Penn,” the event celebrating the campaign’s launch, will take place this Saturday on College Green. Faculty, staff and students are all invited. The celebration will begin at 6 p.m. and run until about 9:30.
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Gene therapy breakthrough at Penn
Ina Dobrinski, left, has discovered a new approach to transgenesis in large animals, including goats like this one, tended by Research Technician Mark Modelski.
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Penn Band Attempts to Set Guinness World Record for Oversized Conductor's Baton
Penn Band Attempts to Set Guinness World Record for Oversized Conductor's Baton WHO: University of Pennsylvania marching bandWHAT: Unveiling of 15 foot, 8 inch conductors batonWHEN: Oct. 20, 2007, around 1 p.m.WHERE: Franklin Field33rd and Spruce streets
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Franklin Field Press Box
Photo credit: University Archives Early last century, sportswriters at Franklin Field had it tough: They had to dictate stories, by phone, from an open-air press box atop the old stadium’s single-deck wooden stands.
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Q&A: Thomas Childers
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Thomas Childers’ career as a historian started out pretty much how he expected. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1976, took a job at Penn that same year and, by 1983, had already published his first book, “The Nazi Voter.” A follow-up tome, “The Formation of the Nazi Constituency,” came four years later.
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University City Arts League
WHAT: For more than 40 years, the University City Arts League (UCAL) has offered classes and workshops designed to spark creativity and inspire a new hobby. Today’s classes and workshops range from pottery and photography to kickboxing-aerobics and magic. There’s also a gallery space tucked inside the group’s beautiful Victorian twin house.
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Penn Scientists Receive Five-Year, $2.5 Million Grant to Study Climate Change in Mongolia
PHILADELPHIA - A team of ecologists and evolutionary biologists from the University of Pennsylvania has received a five-year, approximately $2.5 million grant to examine the ecological and societal consequences of increased grazing and rising temperatures in the Lake Hvsgl region of northern Mongolia.
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A Penn Business-Opportunity Panel Discussion: "Nanotechnology: Small Science, Big Business"
WHAT: Penn's Executive Master's in Technology ManagementProgram has gathered experts in nanotechnology commercialization and technology transfer to discuss nanotechnology ventures and funding. Topics include the role of IP, market pull, funding, university research and collaboration and elements for success of a start-up. Penn's EMTM program is a two-year executive program based in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and co-sponsored by Penn's Wharton School.