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MAGPI Hub at University of Pennsylvania Connects to New Internet2 Network
PHILADELPHIA -- The MAGPI advanced networking hub at the University of Pennsylvania has connected to the new Internet2 Network, providing the research and education community in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware with more than 10 times the capacity of its current network and with new on-demand bandwidth capabilities. MAGPI is the acronym for Mid-Atlantic Gigapop in Philadelphia for Internet2.
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Penn President Endorses Environmental Sustainability Strategy, Reduction of Greenhouse Gases
PHILADELPHIA -- Pledging to significantly reduce emissions that contribute to global warming, Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, announced today her signing of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. Penn will develop a comprehensive plan to achieve climate neutrality by reducing campus greenhouse gas emissions and offsetting unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions elsewhere.
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Dan Ben-Amos Wins 2006 National Jewish Book Award
PHILADELPHIA - Dan Ben-Amos, professor of folklore and Asian and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Pennsylvania, has taken the top prize in the National Jewish Book Award's Sephardic Culture category for the book he edited entitled "Folktales of the Jews: Volume 1: Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion." The first in a five-volume series, it was also a finalist in the Scholarship category.
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Penn Team Bridges the Digital Divide in Cameroon
Penn Team Bridges the Digital Divide in CameroonJan. 30, 2007PHILADELPHIA -- Some students in Cameroon now have computers thanks to a University of Pennsylvania engineering service organization. A six member team of students, faculty and alumni of CommuniTech spent two and a half weeks during the winter break in Cameroon to establish computer labs.
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Penn Museum's C. Brian Rose Elected President of the Archaeological Institute of America
PHILADELPHIA - C. Brian Rose, curator-in-charge of the Mediterranean Section at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and professor of archaeology in the Department of Classical Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences at Penn, has been elected president of the Archaeological Institute of America.
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Student profile: Katie Liberman
NAME: Katie Liberman CLASS: Senior MAJOR: Theatre Arts and English
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Great gardens
WHAT: “Great Gardens of the Philadelphia Region,” a new exhibit at Penn’s Morris Arboretum featuring the work of Ambler-based garden photographer Rob Cardillo. WHERE: The Morris Arboretum is located at 100 Northwestern Avenue in Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill section. The exhibit is on display in the Upper Gallery of the Widener Visitor Center.
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Wharton at Sundance
The Sundance Film Festival each year attracts scores of filmmakers and actors, musicians and tastemakers, entertainment journalists and studio execs to Park City, Utah for one of the world’s most famous weeklong parties. This year Sundance also attracted a less typical festival guest: The Wharton School.
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Targeting crime
Researchers who work in at-risk communities too often focus on the deficits in those neighborhoods, and spend too little time identifying important community resources and strengths. So says Duane E. Thomas, assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education, and an expert in youth violence prevention, who works to identify early risk factors for aggressive or violent behavior in kids.
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Lerence Melton
WHO HE IS: Supervisor of Bulk Mail and Special Services TIME AT PENN: 4 1/2 years WHAT HE DOES: Melton oversees a variety of mail services, including everything from folding to mailing, ink-jetting and fulfillment work. He also handles permit jobs, which includes large-scale delivery of nonprofit standard mail. “I enjoy interacting with the Penn community, and dealing with the Penn community,” Melton says. HOW MUCH MAIL?: Each week, Melton’s department processes anywhere from 10,000 to 15,000 pieces of mail.