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Frank Lindh to Discuss Case Against His Son "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh at Penn
WHO: Attorney Frank J. Lindh, father of John Walker LindhWHAT: Public lecture WHEN: Jan. 13, 2006, 10:30 a.m. to noonWHERE:Room 109 of the Annenberg School for Communication on Penn's campus Lindh, an attorney from San Francisco, will speak about the federal case against his son, John Walker Lindh, 20, captured in northern Afghanistan in December 2001 while fighting for the Taliban. The Annenberg School for Communication along with the Annenberg Scholars Program in Culture and Communication will sponsor the talk.
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Penn Library Marks Benjamin Franklin's 300th Birthday With a History of Philadelphia-Area Schools Exhibit
Penn Library Marks Benjamin Franklin's 300th Birthday With a History of Philadelphia-Area Schools Exhibit WHAT:Opening of Benjamin Franklin exhibit, "Educating the Youth of Pennsylvania: Worlds of Learning in the Age of Franklin"WHEN:Jan. 17, 2006, 5 p.m.WHERE:University of PennsylvaniaVan Pelt LibraryRare Books and ManuscriptsLocust Walk, near 34th Street
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Penn Museum Hosts Free Darwin Day and Evolution Teach-In Feb. 12
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology offers its first annual Darwin Day celebration Feb. 12 from 1 to 5 p.m. The free event and evolution teach-in held in honor of the 197th birthday of Charles Robert Darwin, author of "On the Origin of Species" and the originator of the modern theory of evolution. The Penn Museum is located at 3260 South St., across from Franklin Field, in Philadelphia.
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Expert Comment on Lobbyists, Political Campaign Finance and Jack Abramoff's Guilty Pleas
Expert Comment on Lobbyists, Political Campaign Finance and Jack Abramoff's Guilty Pleas from the University of PennsylvaniaJanuary 9, 2006Nathaniel Persily, a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, teaches courses in constitutional law and contemporary issues in law and politics. His areas of expertise are campaign finance reform, voting rights, election law and congressional redistricting.
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Penn History Professor Michael Zuckerman Featured in WHYY-TV Ben Franklin Documentary
PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania history professor Michael W. Zuckerman will appear in the new WHYY-TV production "About Benjamin," a half-hour documentary celebrating the Benjamin Franklin tercentenary. The program will premiere on Jan. 12 at 9 p.m. on WHYY-TV with additional airdates of Jan. 15, 18 and 29.In the program Zuckerman is seen exploring Franklin's rocky relationship with the Penn family.
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“Selling Democracy: Films of the Marshall Plan, 1948-53” Is Topic of Film Screening and Symposium
PHILADELPHIA -- The Selling Democracy Symposium and Philadelphia premiere of "Selling Democracy: Films of the Marshall Plan, 1948-53" will be held Jan. 27-29 at the University of Pennsylvania and International House.
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Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery Presents Anatolian Carpets from Philadelphia-Area Collections
PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania's Arthur Ross Gallery, 220 S. 34th St., is hosting "Antique Anatolian Carpets: Masterpieces from Philadelphia-Area Collections" from Jan. 21 through April 2. The exhibition is guest-curated by Dennis Dodds, an alumnus of the University and noted Philadelphia collector.
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FDA Approves Jaw Joint Prosthetic Developed by University of Pennsylvania Dental Professor
PHILADELPHIA - After a 10-year clinical trial of a jaw joint replacement developed by Peter Quinn of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, the Food and Drug Administration has given it a thumbs-up. Because of almost ceaseless motion a human jaw moves about 700,000 times a year as a person chews, talks, swallows and yawns the jaw, or temporomandibular joint, can become a problem for as many as 20 million Americans, said Quinn, chairman of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Penn Dental Medicine. Teeth grinding and injuries also take their toll.
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"On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina"
PHILADELPHIA -- Hurricane Katrina raised fundamental questions about how the nation can, and should, deal with the inevitable problems of economic risk and social responsibility that disasters bring. A new book, "On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina," gathers leading experts to identify lessons from Katrina about how to best prevent and manage risks from future disasters. The book is published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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Researchers Know What You Were About to Say; fMRI Used to Detect Memory Storage and Retrieval
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University have provided evidence that the act of recalling a memory is a bit like mental time travel. Their study, presented in the Dec. 23 edition of the journal Science, demonstrates that the same areas of the brain that are active during an event are activated when a person attempts to recall that event seconds before the memory surfaces.