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Man of letters
Dana Gioia has been a business executive, a poet, a translator, a critic and, now, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. This accomplished man of letters of Italian and Mexican descent is a fitting speaker for Kelly Writer’s House’s Sixth Annual Gay Talese Lecture, which each year brings a prominent Italian-American author to campus.
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Staff Q&A: Dan Reed
There aren’t many music directors willing to let their listeners take over the airwaves for days at a time. But that’s just what Dan Reed proposed at WXPN last year. Hired as the station’s music director and operations manager just as WXPN was moving into its new studios at the former Hajoca Building on Walnut Street, Reed proposed celebrating the big move with a daring promotion: The 885 Greatest Songs of All Time Countdown.
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Inflation looms as oil prices soar
Top Stories Inflation looms as oil prices soar I want my DVR
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Ask Benny: What are they building next to Civic House?
Dear Benny, What is going on in the space between the Civic House and Harnwell College House? How long will this excavation last?— Tired of Taking the Long Way Around Dear Weary Walker, Hang in there. Your aching feet should get a break by the end of the year. The construction you’ve noticed is part of a project that’s building new walkways and adding new large tree planters to the open area between Civic House and Harnwell.
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Movable Feast: Tony Luke's
When South Philly sandwich king Tony Luke announced he was opening a satellite restaurant in University City, some were skeptical. Contributors to a local blog predicted it would start out strong but “fade away” once the novelty had worn off. “Having a Lukes in UCity is like having Geno’s on Washington Square,” wrote one blogger, implying, we assume, that Ivy Leaguers have no use for the proletarian charms of Philly style sandwiches. That’s strange, we thought cheese, meat, fries and onion rings were staple fare for students everywhere, ivy or no ivy.
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Keith and Kathy Sachs Make Gift to Penn's Institute of Contemporary Art and Department of the History of Art
PHILADELPHIA Katherine Stein Sachs and Keith L. Sachs, alumni of the University of Pennsylvania, have established a professorship in contemporary art in the Department of the History of Art at Penn and provided for guest-curated exhibitions at Penn's Institute of Contemporary Art. The total gift is $4 million.The new Sachs Professorship in Contemporary Art is intended to strengthen ties between the School of Arts and Sciences' art history department and the ICA, the only contemporary-art museum at an Ivy League institution.
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Was 2004 Presidential Election Stolen? Experts Debate Opposing Views on the Controversy at Penn
WHO: Steven Freeman, affiliated faculty and visiting scholar at the Center for Organizational Dynamics at the University of PennsylvaniaWarren J. Mitofsky, president of Mitofsky International WHAT: Debate on exit polling and the 2004 presidential election WHEN: Oct. 14, 1 p.m. WHERE: Terrace Room, Logan Hall, 249 S. 36th St., Penn campus.
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NSF Renews Support for Penn's Laboratory for Research On the Structure of Matter with $21.6 Million Grant
PHILADELPHIA -- The National Science Foundation has awarded a six-year, $21.6 million grant to the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter at the University of Pennsylvania. The NSF funds, to be matched by approximately $2.1 million in support from the University, will allow one of the nation pioneering materials-research centers to continue its work developing innovative materials.
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Tulane Provost to Hold Town Hall Meeting at Penn to Update Students Displaced by Katrina
WHO: Tulane Provost Lester Lefton and Tulane students displaced by Hurricane Katrina who are attending the University of Pennsylvania this semester.WHAT: A town hall meeting in which Lefton will give students an update on progress Tulane is making toward a spring semester opening.WHEN: Monday, Oct. 10, at 6 p.m.WHERE: Room 200, College Hall, located between 36th and 34th streets and Locust and Spruce streets.Penn has welcomed 71 undergraduates and 43 graduate and professional students from Tulane as guests for the fall semester.