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Arthur Ross Gallery to Feature Medieval, Renaissance Manuscripts from Free Library of Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania's Arthur Ross Gallery will present "Treasured Pages: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts from the Free Library of Philadelphia" beginning Oct. 13 and running through Jan. 6. The exhibition features 43 codices and single leaves from one of the most significant collections in the United States. The exhibition is a rare opportunity to view hidden treasures that provide a glimpse into medieval intellectual and artistic culture.
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Journal of Blacks in Higher Education Ranks Adolph Reed as Most Cited Black Political Scientist
PHILADELPHIA -- Adolph Reed, professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, is the most cited black political scientist in the just published Journal of Blacks in Higher Education's Annual Citation Rankings of Black Scholars. With 59 citations, Reed holds the 14th spot overall in the JBHE Citation Rankings of Black Scholars in the Social Sciences and Humanities and is tied for the 16th spot overall with David Levering Lewis of New York University in the JBHE Citation Rankings of Black Scholars in the Arts and Humanities.
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Scholarship-raising Alumni Bike Race Teams to Arrive on University of Pennsylvania Campus at 7 p.m. Thursday
WHAT: The 3,050-mile Bucknell-Penn Alumni Bike Race Across America for Scholarship, the first such effort by a group of University of Pennsylvania and Bucknell University alumni to raise $1 million in scholarship funds for each school to support outstanding students from low-income backgroundsThe race, which also honors the memory of Ed Zolla, a 1968 graduate of Penn's Wharton School who had planned to make this ride, began Sept. 9 in Santa Monica, Calif., and ends for the Penn riders on Thursday, Sept. 27, with a grand entrance onto the Penn campus.
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Daniel Imhoff, Author of "Food Fight: A Citizen's Guide to the Farm Bill" to Speak at Penn
WHO: Daniel Imhoff, author of "Food Fight: A Citizen's Guide to the Farm Bill"; co-founder, director, publisher of Watershed MediaDavid Wallinga, director of food and health programs, Institute for Agriculture and Trade PolicyAllen Hance, senior policy analyst, Northeast-Midwest InstituteWHAT: "What's at Stake in the Farm Bill?" panel discussion, co-sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Fox Leadership Program, FarmEcology, Penn's Civic House and Graduate Program in Public Health Studies.
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Arthur Ross Gallery to Feature Medieval, Renaissance Manuscripts from Free Library of Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania's Arthur Ross Gallery will present "Treasured Pages: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts from the Free Library of Philadelphia" beginning Oct. 13 and running through Jan. 6. The exhibition features 43 codices and single leaves from one of the most significant collections in the United States. The exhibition is a rare opportunity to view hidden treasures that provide a glimpse into medieval intellectual and artistic culture.
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Clay @ Penn
WHAT: Clay@Penn, the 2007 Clay Invitational. WHERE: The Charles Addams Gallery, Addams Fine Arts Hall, 200 South 36th Street (just across the street from the Penn Bookstore).
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$20M gift to SEAS will boost nano
A Penn alumnus recently gave a very large gift to support the study of the very small. In August, it was announced that Krishna Singh gave $20 million to the School of Engineering and Applied Science—the single largest gift in the school’s history—to create the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology. The facility is slated to be 100,000 square feet and will serve as a place for multi-disciplinary research, education and innovation for the campus and the region.
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Penn Endowment Grows to $6.6 billion, a 20.2 % Return on Investments That Is Strongest in 10 Years
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania's endowment returned 20.2 percent for the fiscal year that ended June 30, bringing its total market value to $6.6 billion. The endowment has grown more than 65% during the past three years thanks to strong investment returns, new gifts and the reinvestment of reserves. The endowment registered its best performance in a decade this year. Returns were strong across the board with solid gains in domestic and international equities, emerging markets, absolute return, private equity, real estate and natural resources.
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Debbie Dawson
The Current Staff Photo credit: Mark Stehle WHO SHE IS: Cashier in the Office of the Vice President for Finance and Treasurer YEARS AT PENN: 5
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The Facilitator
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Steven Fluharty, vice provost for research, envisions Penn’s mammoth $780 million research enterprise as a building held up by four strong pillars.