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New garden ready to take root at Morris Arboretum
What better way to remember a plant lover than to design a garden in his honor? That was the thinking behind the J.L. Pennock Garden, currently under construction between the Garden Railway and the Rose Garden at Penn’s Morris Arboretum. J. Liddon Pennock, in whose memory the garden is being created and whose endowment gift to the Arboretum will help maintain it, died last spring at the age of 90. For most of his life, he ran the family business, a Center City flower shop that provided floral decorations for countless society weddings as well as the Nixon White House.
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Out & About: Tune in to the issues
The legal issues that captivate our country range from women’s rights to the role of religion in elections, gay marriage to national security, campaign finance reform to medical malpractice. And there’s one forum that ensures a lively, provocative discussion from experts on both sides of an issue—without the yelling and name-calling. That forum is "Justice Talking," the radio show produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center that airs on National Public Radio (Mondays at 10 p.m. on WHYY-91 FM).
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Expert Comment on Potential Balloting Problems in the 2004 Presidential Election
Expert Comment on Potential Balloting Problems in the 2004 Presidential Electionfrom the University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolOct. 19, 2004Nathaniel Persily, a law and political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has researched and written widely about election law and voting rights.
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A is For Atom, Applied Knowledge: $5 Million Grant to Open Penn's Science Teacher Institute for Area Teachers
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has received a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish the Penn Science Teacher Institute, where secondary and middle-level grade science teachers will take part in masters-level programs to improve their ability to teach science. The institute builds on Penn successful Master of Chemistry Education program, the first and only content-intensive science teacher-training degree program by a research university.
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Exhibition at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery Marks 15 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall
PHILADELPHIA -- The German Democratic Republic disappeared more suddenly and more completely than any state in modern times. Beginning the weekend of Nov. 6, the 15th anniversary of those events, the Arthur Ross Gallery offers a visual recollection and a contribution to the understanding of that vanished state.
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Penn and Drexel Host Biomedical Engineering Society's Annual Meeting
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania Department of Bioengineering and Drexel University will host the annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society. The meeting, being held Oct. 13-16 in Philadelphia, focuses on the latest scientific, technical and ethical information from all areas of biomedical engineering.
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College House at Penn Named for Alumni Leaders James and Gail Petty Riepe
PHILADELPHIA -- Spruce College House in the University of Pennsylvania's Quadrangle is being renamed Riepe College House. The naming recognizes a $10 million pledge to support the college house made by James and Gail Petty Riepe of Baltimore and honors their longstanding dedication to strengthening student life at Penn. James Riepe is chairman of Penn's Board of Trustees and Gail Petty Riepe is a member of the Board of Overseers for Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine.
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Inauguration of Amy Gutmann as Penn's Eighth President Begins with Procession at 10 a.m., Ceremony at 10:30
WHO: Amy Gutmann, a world-renowned scholar and expert in democratic societies who is dedicated to improving student access to higher education, will be installed Oct. 15 as the eighth president of the University of Pennsylvania. WHAT: The trustees of the University will officially confer the presidency on Dr. Gutmann in a traditional ceremony following a formal procession of dignitaries along Locust Walk that will include trustees, faculty, senior administration and selected guests.
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How to get America's youth back to the polls
Between 1972 and 2000, the rate at which young Americans voted dropped by 13 percent, and by the ever-so-close 2000 election, only 42 percent of voters aged 18 to 24 went to the polls. For America’s youth, voting advocates say, it was a wasted opportunity to make a difference in one of the closest elections in U.S. history. But as the 2004 election nears, those advocates are putting unprecedented amounts of money and energy into wooing that demographic back to the polls— and some say the effort will pay off.
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Have bike, will travel—and help a worthy cause along the way
For 13 days this summer, Leonard Lodish and his wife, Susan, pedaled their way across China, doing their best to keep pace with the Chinese college students along for the 900-mile ride. Even for the Lodishes, who have been taking long-distance bike trips for years, this trip wasn’t an easy one. "It was the hardest physical 13 days of my life," admits Lodish, a Wharton marketing professor and lifelong biking enthusiast. But he says all the pain and effort was worth it—and he’s got the money to prove it.