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Penn Hosts National Conference on Domestic Violence

PHILADELPHIA -- In partnership with the Philadelphia Mayor's domestic violence task force, The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work is hosting its second conference on domestic violence, "Finding New Directions for Responding to Intimate Violence," June 25-26, at Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut St.The conference is part of the mayor's initiative to address the issue after a 20 percent increase in domestic violence calls to 911 last year and the murders last summer of eight Philadelphia women, including a police officer, by their partners.

New Website Tracks National Polls to Predict 2004 U.S. Presidential Race Winner and Call Other Elections

PHILADELPHIA-- Politicalforecasting.com is a virtual one-stop-shop for tracking major national public opinion polls and getting an unbiased prediction of who will win the U.S. presidential election and other races.The hallmark of the site, the "Pollyvote," currently forecasts President George W. Bush's re-election by a slim margin.

Homeland Security and Civil Liberties Conference at Penn Law School

Homeland Security and Civil Liberties Conference at University of Pennsylvania Law School WHO: Eyal Benvenisti, Tel Aviv UniversityMarion Spike Bowman, FBIDavid Cole, Georgetown University Law CenterFrank Dunham, federal public defender, attorney for suspected terrorists Yaser Hamdi and Zacarias MoussaouiMarwan Kreidie, director, Philadelphia Arab American Development CorporationSeth Kreimer, Penn LawKenneth Lassus, Fort Sam HoustonTom McShane, U.S. Army War College

Excerpts from a decade of discourse on the issues that mattered.

  Included in this special report:  Judith Rodin: Her decade at Penn Excerpts from a decade of discourse on the issues that mattered.

Piping up for the Curtis Organ

The Curtis Organ is not your church’s organ. . It’s a grand, lush instrument with 161 sets of pipes—10,731 pipes in all—that can mimic the swells of an orchestra, the blare of loud trumpets and yes, even the strains of a church organ.

Staff Q&A: Alison McGhie

STAFF Q & A/Accomodating the honorary degree recipients is a breeze, says Alison McGhie. After talking with Alison McGhie C’91,GEd’92, the woman who shepherds Penn’s honorary degree recipients through Commencement, we couldn’t help but think: Other event coordinators would probably kill for a job like this. Tales of prima donnas with outlandish demands? She had none. Snafus that arose at the last minute? None of those either—at least not yet; she has only been handling logistics for the Commencement honorees for three years now.

Sunday, May 16 University-wide events  

BACCALAUREATE CEREMONY: Speaker: Dr. Jaroslav Pelikan, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. for students whose last names begin with A-K, 3 to 4 p.m. for students whose last names begin with L-Z, in Irvine Auditorium, 34th and Spruce streets. School Ceremonies WHARTON UNDERGRADUATE/EVENING: Speaker: Amal Devani, C’04, W’04, Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business. 9 a.m. in Franklin Field.

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Provost Barchi to step down

Provost and Professor of Neurology Robert L. Barchi Gr’72 M’73 will be leaving Penn to pursue a new opportunity as president of Thomas Jefferson University beginning in September. He will also serve on the board of Thomas Jefferson Hospital and the Jefferson Health System and oversee nearly 2,300 future physicians, scientists and health-care professionals.

Philly and Athens: sister cities?

This summer, as the world watches the Summer Olympics in Athens, Philadelphians can ponder the unique bond between their city and that paragon of the ancient world. Professor of the History of Art, Lothar Haselberger explored this connection May 1 during the annual Hellenic University Club of Philadelphia Symposium at the Penn Museum.