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Creator of Math Game Played by Millions of Students Attends Tournament at Penn Alexander School
WHO:Philadelphia native Robert Sun, creator of the "24 game," and 50 students from Penn Alexander, Bryant and Lee elementary schools.WHAT:Students from three elementary schools will take part in a "24 tournament," and the game creator will hand out prizes to winners.WHEN:April 15, 2004, 3:30-5 p.m. (Prizes handed out at the end)WHERE:Towne Building220 S. 33rd St. (33rd Street and Locust Walk)Adults without children may have never heard of it, but the "24 game" has become something of a sensation among the elementary-school set.
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Six Penn Professors Win Guggenheim Fellowships
PHILADELPHIA Six University of Pennsylvania professors in the School of Arts and Sciences -- the School's largest number of recipients in one year since 1995 -- have been awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. Each year the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation recognizes distinguished scholarly achievement and exceptional promise for future accomplishment by granting aid to scholars, artists and writers pursuing research in any field and creation in any area of the arts except the performing arts.
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Evolutionary Biologist, Science Critic Richard Lewontin to Speak at Penn Humanities Forum
WHO: Richard Lewontin, evolutionary biologist, authorWHAT: "Should People Believe What Scientists Say? The Problem of Elite Knowledge in a Democratic Society"The event is free, but registration is required: humanities.sas.upenn.edum/03-04/lewontin.html WHEN: 5 p.m., Wednesday, April 14, 2004WHERE: Dunlop Auditorium, Stemmler Hall, 3450 Hamilton Walk (one half-block south of 34th and Spruce streets,) Philadelphia
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Penn Urban Research Institute's April 14 Symposium To Address Globalization, Cities, Jobs and the Economy
WHAT:"Globalization: Cities, Jobs and the National Economy" will explore job security, urban development and sustainable economic growth in this era of increasing globalization.
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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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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.