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Presbyterian Foundation for Philadelphia Addresses Nursing Shortage with Endowed Scholarship to Penn
PHILADELPHIA -- The Presbyterian Foundation for Philadelphia has announced a $1 million grant to create the Kass Endowed Scholarship program for the gerontology nurse practitioner master program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. The Foundation and its subsidiary, NewCourtland Elder Services, a network of Philadelphia nursing homes, housing and programs for frail elders throughout Philadelphia, will work with Penn Nursing to oversee the scholarship program.
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Penn Launching Bicycle-borne, Medically Equipped Student Emergency Response Team Thursday
WHAT: MERT is a student-developed, student-operated emergency medical response team at the University of Pennsylvania that has been trained to respond to medical emergencies on campus.The team members will be dispatched by the Division of Public Safety's PennComm Center and will respond via bicycles equipped with oxygen, defibrillators and other emergency medical supplies.
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Penn Vet's Brinster Receives Gairdner Foundation International Award for His Scientific Achievements
PHILADELPHIA -- Ralph Brinster, a professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, will be awarded the Gairdner Foundation International Award on Oct. 26 in Toronto. Brinster is receiving the award for his "pioneering discoveries in germ line modification in mammals."
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University of Pennsylvania, Largest University Buyer Of Wind Energy in the Nation, Triples Its Purchase
PHILADELPHIA -- Under a new agreement, the University of Pennsylvania will now purchase nearly 30 percent of its energy needs from wind-generated power, nearly tripling its wind-energy purchase. Following a previous wind-energy purchase of 40,000 megawatt-hours annually from Pennsylvania wind farms, Penn's new agreement to purchase 112,000 MWh each year for the next five years from wind farms across the country represents the largest retail purchase of green power in the nation by an institution of higher education.
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Penn Nurse Practitioner Students Partner with Sayre Students to Evaluate Elementary Students
PHILADELPHIA -- Students at West Philadelphia's Sayre High School who are taking a class on medical intake procedures have been working alongside University of Pennsylvania nurse practitioner students and nursing faculty to learn accurate growth assessment.Together, they have been assessing the height and weight of elementary school-aged children in the Beacon after-school program at Sayre.Nursing Professor Terri Lipman has been supervising this partnership project, funded through the Penn Center for Community Partnerships.
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Penn Professor Testifies at U.S. Copyright Office, Seeks Legal Right to Use DVD Clips in the Classroom
WHO: Peter Decherney, assistant professor of cinema studies at the University of PennsylvaniaWHAT: Decherney's testimony at U.S. Copyright Office proceedingWHEN: Monday, April 3, 9 a.m.2:30 p.m.WHERE: Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave., SE, LM-649, Mumford Room, in Washington, D.C.
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Cover story: Designing for the Delta
The debate over the future of New Orleans can’t begin and end with the levees. If Hurricane Katrina taught us anything, says Anuradha Mathur, it’s that we need to change the way we look at our landscapes—especially those prone to flooding. “What if you started to rethink the rebuilding of New Orleans as if there were no levees?” For about six months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, Anuradha Mathur avoided the debates about the future of New Orleans. Instead, she listened.
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B.S. at Dean's lecture
Though The New York Times never printed its whole name, “On Bullshit” leapt to the top of its bestseller list last year, surprising nobody more than its author, Harry Frankfurt. A distinguished moral philosopher who taught at Princeton before retiring in 2000, Frankfurt was at Penn March 23 to deliver the 2006 Dean’s Forum Lecture. Frankfurt became intrigued by the concept of bullshit, he told a capacity crowd, because he realized he “wasn’t really sure what it meant.” Writing “On Bullshit” helped him clarify its meaning as well as its role in modern society.
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The Fest's Best
The 25th annual Philadelphia Film Festival rolls into town again from March 30 through April 11 and takes up residence in three venues in University City: The Bridge (4012 Walnut St.), The Cinema at Penn (3925 Walnut St.) and International House (3701 Chestnut St.). Here’s just a sampling of the films in the neighborhood. For an entire list of citywide events and screenings, go to www.phillyfests.com.
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Movable Feast: Lo mein
By THE CURRENT STAFF Lo mein is the meat-and-potatoes of Chinese food. It is simple, tasty and filling. And most every Chinese food place on the planet serves it. They just don’t all serve it the same way.That’s what we found during a recent survey of the shrimp lo meins served by some of University City’s most popular Chinese food trucks. We had expected to have trouble telling one dish from the other—how many ways are there to prepare a basic shrimp-and-veggie stir fry?—but were surprised to find variation in just about every facet of the dish.