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National Civics Project Coming to Pennsylvania High Schools
Student Voices Aims to Engage State Young People in Political Process PHILADELPHIA -- Pennsylvania high school students will have the chance next fall to participate in a national program to engage young people in politics and government and prepare them to become active citizens.
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Penn Hosts "Effective Philanthropy in Challenging Times," A Week with Non-Profit Legend Richard Marker
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice is hosting a week-long seminar on “Effective Philanthropy in Challenging Times,” featuring Richard Marker, a leader in the non-profit sector, from June 15 to 19.An introduction to the essence of grant-making and philanthropy, this seminar is designed for those in their first few years in the non-profit sector.
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Star Making Peaked Five Billion Years Ago; Expect Darkness
PHILADELPHIA -- The universe reached the climax of its star-building activity five billion years ago -- more recently than previously thought -- according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Edinburgh.
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Accreditation Team Invites Public Comment
PHILADELPHIA-- A team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. will arrive Saturday, April 17, to examine all aspects of the University of Pennsylvania Police Department policy and procedures, management, operations, and support services, Chief of Police Thomas A. Rambo announced today.
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Penn Professor Awarded Pulitzer Prize for History
PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania History Professor Steven Hahn has been awarded the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for history for his book "Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South From Slavery to the Great Migration." Hahn is a specialist on the social and political history of 19th-century America, on the history of the American South and on the comparative history of slavery and emancipation.
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Film Festival picks around Penn
From April 8 through the 21, the 13th annual Philadelphia Film Festival brings numerous screenings to downtown theaters and two screens at The Bridge: Cinema de Lux (230 S. 40th St.) and International House (3701 Chestnut St.). This is just a sampling of the 250 international, American, documentary and animation features and shorts screening in West Philadelphia. For a complete list of films, tickets and information visit the web site: www.phillyfests.com.
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Awards & Honors: Hahn wins Bancroft Prize
Steven Hahn, professor of history, won the 2004 Bancroft Prize for his book “A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South From Slavery to the Great Migration.” Chosen from an unusually large pool of nominees, Hahn’s book was described by the jurors as a “work of breathtaking ambition and scope [in which] Hahn traces the torturous route followed by African-Americans as they emerged from slavery and traveled through Reconstruction to Jim Crow and beyond.”
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People's Choice: Good eats
With new restaurants opening at a dizzying pace of late , we thought it was time to take stock of what Penn people thought were the best places to dine out. Since we didn’t restrict their choices to the campus, it’s perhaps not surprising that most of our respondents mentioned restaurants in Center City. Our readers apparently do have a taste for the new—several of their recommendations are recent additions to the local dining scene.
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Making the Most Out of Reading to Your Pre-Schooler
PHILADELPHIA -- Reading to your pre-schooler should never be a chore for parents or kids. There are small things parents can do to get the most out of time spent cuddling together reading "Where the Wild Things Are" or "Olivia Saves the Circus," said Lawrence Sipe, who teaches courses on and researches children's literacy and how youngsters interact with picture books at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Anderson offers an update
Performance art icon Laurie Anderson showed a standing-room-only crowd at Meyerson Hall March 24 why she is so widely esteemed as an engaging and humorous storyteller. The occasion was part of a lecture series celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Institute of Contemporary Art, and Anderson was paired for the evening with Janet Kardon G’65, director of the ICA during the 1980s and now director emeritus of New York’s American Craft Museum.