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Joann Mitchell Named Vice President and Chief of Staff at University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA Joann Mitchell has been named vice president and chief of staff at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1. Her appointment was announced today by Amy Gutmann, who becomes president of Penn July 1.Mitchell is currently vice provost for administration at Princeton University. Prior to going to Princeton in 1993, she was director of affirmative action at Penn for seven years.
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Penn History Professor Steven Hahn Wins Bancroft Prize
PHILADELPHIA -- Steven Hahn, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, has won the Bancroft Prize for 2004 for his book "A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South From Slavery to the Great Migration." One of the most coveted honors in the field of history, the Bancroft Prize is awarded annually by the Trustees of Columbia University to authors of exceptional books in the fields of American history, biography and diplomacy. The 2004 awards recognize books published in 2003.
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Penn's Graduate Program in Folklore Marks 40th Anniversary
WHO: University of Pennsylvania Center for Folklore and Ethnography, Graduate students in folklore and folklifeWHAT: "Gathering/Place: Folklore, Aesthetic Ecologies and the Public Domain" Conference and ReunionWHEN: Friday, April 2, noon-8 p.m., Saturday, April 3, 9 a.m.-9p.mWHERE: Logan Hall on the University of Pennsylvania campus
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Kids Are the Judges, Not Competitors, in March 26
WHAT: "Penn Kids Judge! Fair," where kids will actually judge the projects of Penn undergraduate, post-baccalaureate and graduate science students. WHO: Some 140 schoolchildren from the Penn Alexander and Lea schools in West Philadelphia WHERE: Penn School of MedicineWHEN: 9 a.m., Friday, March 26; the best interaction between the school students and the college students will most likely be after 10 a.m.
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Out & About: Rebuilding pride on Baltimore
Baltimore Avenue is a busy place. With trolleys rattling up and down the street every few minutes and a steady stream of car traffic, this is one of the most traveled arteries in the city. The stretch between 45th and 50th streets has also become something of an urban hub, with eclectic restaurants and African boutiques amid the usual lineup of laundromats, barbershops and cell phone vendors.
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Rodin: “Cities are where the action is”
INITIATIVES/Penn launches an urban institute to address problems and potential of city living By 2006, the world’s urban population will reach 6 billion. A new center at Penn plans to devote extensive resources to studying the well-being of these city dwellers and the urban environments in which they live. The Penn Urban Research Institute will serve as a hub for urban research, education and practice, bringing together faculty from Penn’s 12 schools, including medical professionals, social workers, educators and city planners.
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Total Undergraduate Charges at the University of Pennsylvania Will Increase 4.4 Percent for 2004-2005
PHILADELPHIA -- Total undergraduate charges for tuition, fees, room and board at the University of Pennsylvania will increase 4.4 percent for the 2004-2005 academic year from $ 37,960 in 2003-2004 to $39,634 in 2004-2005. The increase was approved today by the Board of Trustees.Tuition and general fees for undergraduate students for the 2004-2005 academic year will increase 4.8 percent, from $29,318 to $30,716; average room and board charges will increase 3.2 percent, from $8,642 to $8,918, yielding an increase in total charges of 4.4 percent.
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Surf the ’Net while soaking up rays
For those who use wireless technology to send e-mails or quickly check a fact on the Internet, the grass just got greener. That’s because over Spring Break, Penn’s wireless service provider, PennNet, expanded its wireless coverage to include College Green. In the coming months, it will continue to expand around campus. Service is now available in the Computing Resource Center, around the Franklin Building and in front of the Penn Bookstore, in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, the Graduate Student Center, Houston Hall and Penn Commons, and Hamilton, Harnwell and Hill College Houses.
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Good sport
Although the Ivy League was established as a sports conference, its reputation today restsmore on academic than athletic prowess. Penn, however, is a slight exception to the rule.
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Staff Q&A: Helen Anderson
Since the Penn Models of Excellence program was introduced in 1999, hundreds of Penn staff members—250 to be exact—have been recognized for service above and beyond the call of duty.