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How do you spell 'winner?'
How many 12-year-olds know the meaning of the word “glasnost”—let alone how to spell it? Fahmida Sarmin does. And when the 7th grader spelled it right on March 3 she won the 2007 Scripps Regional Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Philadelphia Tribune and Independence Blue Cross.
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Prof: Some vets have tolerance for torture
Candace diCarlo William Holmes’ recent research was inspired by a New Yorker story.
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William Penn Foundation Invests in Penn-Philly Partnership
PHILADELPHIA - The William Penn Foundation has awarded a $600,000, three-year grant to the University of Pennsylvania, in support of the Kids Integrated Data System project.
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Mental health crisis in Gulf
Soon after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in the fall of 2005, faculty at Penn’s School of Social Policy and Practice began asking Richard Gelles what the School could do—should do—to help in the recovery. At the time, Gelles suggested they wait. “There was a lot of pressure within our School to do something [right away],” Gelles remembers. “But I told them, ‘I can assure you, there will be a lot of mental health issues that will arise at least a year out from now.’”
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Penn's provost
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo In the year and a half since Ron Daniels took the helm as Penn’s provost, the native-born Canadian has made his mark on the University. Within a few months of his arrival he had organized a series of major symposia on the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe, bringing together scholars and leaders from around the nation to discuss ways to move forward from the tragedy.
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Philadelphia Film Festival
What: The Philadelphia Film Festival, which is now in its 16th year, features 299 films from around the world, including modern Spanish and Latin American cinema, documentaries, Asian gangster flicks and local work. When: April 5-18
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The mating game
Male Japanese quails seeking the attention of females need to do just one thing: Hang out with other female Japanese quails. The same trick works for sailfin mollies. If females in this fish species see a male drawing the attention of other females, researchers say, they’ll offer their attention too. In essence, these fish seem to be thinking if other females find certain males attractive, there must be a good reason—and so they’ll follow suit.
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Giving the gift of life
Alesia Brewer, a donor collection assistant for the American Red Cross, draws blood from Penn senior Matt Carter during a recent campus blood drive. Photo credit: Mark Stehle
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Actor Kal Penn to Teach at the University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA - Kal Penn, star of the new film "The Namesake" and known for his role as Kumar in the movie "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle," will be a guest instructor at the University of Pennsylvania. He will teach two undergraduate courses in the spring semester of 2008 tentatively titled "Images of Asian Americans in the Media" and "Contemporary American Teen Films."
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Penn's Latino Coalition to Work on Taller Puertorriqueno Community Garden
Penn's Latino Coalition to Work on Taller Puertorriqueno Community GardenWHO:Latino Coalition of the University of Pennsylvania WHAT:Flower planting, figurine painting, garden restorationWHEN:March 24, 200710:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.WHERE:Taller Puertorriqueno Garden2721 N. 5th St.PhiladelphiaPenns Latino Coalition members will join more than 30 other college and high school students to work in the garden project, Encounter the Barrio: Taller Puertorriqueno Connecting Your Campus.