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Inventor Dean Kamen to Receive Berger Award
WHAT: The Harold Berger Award is bestowed bi-annually by Penn School of Engineering and Applied Science to a technological innovator who has made a lasting contribution to the quality of our lives. WHO: Dean Kamen, inventor and physicist, founder of DEKA Research & Development and creator of the Segway Human Transporter. Kamen will receive the award for his creative use of technology to advance health care and his championing of engineering education.WHERE: University of Pennsylvania, Levine Hall, Wu & Chen Auditorium,
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University Square Merchants Kick Off the Holidays with Week of Special Events
PHILADELPHIA -- You can learn to snowshoe, help a local family, and check off your holiday shopping list when you visit University Square during the annual Holiday Fest from Dec. 13-17. This year, in addition to enjoying the specials offered by the merchants of Penn shopping and dining district, adventurous patrons can take advantage of free showshoe lessons from Eastern Mountain Sports. The lessons will be offered at noon Dec. 14 and 15 at EMS on 36th Street in University Square.
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Penn Education Professor Challenges the Belief that More Schooling Is Needed for the Jobs of Tomorrow
PHILADELPHIA -- In a new book "The Education Gospel: The Economic Power of Schooling," University of Pennsylvania education professor Marvin Lazerson and his co-author W. Norton Grubb challenge the widespread view that schools can do everything. They especially target the most commonly held notions about work and school including everything from the ability of schools at every level to prepare workers to the need for a more highly educated workforce and find a system based more on faith than evidence.
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Children from City's 26 PAL Centers to Visit Penn Museum at 5:30 p.m. Today
WHO:Children who attend afternoon and weekend sessions at one of the 26 Police Athletic League Centers throughout Philadelphia will be special guests of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology tonight, which will open its doors to the children and their chaperones for this free evening, co-sponsored by the PAL Center of the Division of Public Safety at Penn.WHAT: Two hours of exploration among the ancient artifacts and displays at the Penn Museum.
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Rebecca Bushnell Named Dean of University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts and Sciences
PHILADELPHIA-- Rebecca Bushnell, dean of University of Pennsylvania's College of Arts and Sciences and a distinguished scholar of English literature, will become the next dean of Penn's School of Arts and Sciences effective Jan. 1. She will also hold the title of Thomas S. Gates Jr. Professor.
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Ceremony Marks the Establishment of The Nano/Bio Interface Center
WHAT: The Nano/Bio Interface Center, a new research program recently established with almost $30 million in funding, is the nucleus of a massive effort to lead the application of physical science and nanotechnology to medicine.WHO: Dennis Yablonsky, secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania.Eduardo Glandt, dean of Penn School of Engineering and Applied Science Dawn Bonnell, director of the NBICWHERE:
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Penn Names new Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
John H. Zeller, associate vice president for development and alumni relations for Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Institutions, has been named vice president for development and alumni relations at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn President Amy Gutmann has announced. Zeller will begin his new post in January 2005. In his new role, Zeller will lead the Universitys programs in development, alumni relations and fund raising.
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Study Examines Nature and Prevalence of Errors in Patient Care; Cites Complex and Distracting Work Environment
PHILADELPHIA -- A University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing study provides the first detailed description of the nature and prevalence of errors by hospital staff nurses. During a 28-day period, 393 registered nurses kept a detailed journal of their errors and prevented errors, referred to as near-errors. Thirty percent of the nurses reported at least one error during the 28-day period, and 33 percent reported a near-error.
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Christoph Eschenbach to Speak at Penn
Christoph Eschenbach to Speak at PennWHO: Christoph Eschenbach, music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Orchestre de Paris WHAT: Public lecture followed by question-and-answer sessionWHEN: 3- 4 p.m., Monday, Dec. 6, 2004WHERE:Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St. The French Institute of the University of Pennsylvania is presenting an opportunity for the public to meet Philadelphia's new maestro.
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“The Internet is not the place for honesty in getting a mate, getting a loan and probably getting a kidney.”
—Arthur Caplan, chair of the Department of Medical Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, on the increasing use of the Internet by organ donors and recipients to find each other (USA Today, October 26)