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MEDIA ADVISORY: Michael Eric Dyson, Cornel West Among Scholars to Discuss Critical Theory in Africana Studies
WHO: Michael Eric Dyson, Cornel West, Molefi Asante, Tricia Rose, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting and Barbara Smith WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 20, 2003, 5 p.m. WHERE: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology,Harrison Auditorium , 33rd and Spruce streets
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Richard J. Gelles Named Dean of School of Social Work at University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA – Richard J. Gelles, an internationally known expert in domestic violence and child welfare and professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work, has been named dean of the School, Penn President Judith Rodin announced today. Gelles has been serving as interim dean since September 2001.
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Notes on a new camp: There’s a new addition to the wide array of summer camps on campus this year. PennKids, a day camp from the Department of Recreation, offers education, games and fun, plus swimming every day, for first through sixth graders. Each of the six one-week sessions, from June 23 to Aug. 1, is organized around a theme, such as animals, world cultures, creativity, water and the Olympics. Hot lunches are included as well, and early and late extended hours are also available. Sound interesting? There’s an information session on the camp Feb.
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Penn Creates Center for Contemporary Writing
PHILADELPHIA – – The University of Pennsylvania's Writing Program, the Creative Writing Program and the Kelly Writers House will merge resources to create an umbrella organization, the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing. The center will officially open July 1.Alan Filreis, professor of English, will head the new center with the directors of the three programs reporting to him. All of the programs will retain their individual functions.
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Young Children "Fall In Love with Goodness" When They Help Guide Their Own Instruction
PHILADELPHIA -- Joan Goodman wants young children to fall in love with goodness. She believes all children have an inherent generosity, and she has written a book to teach others how to develop children's potential morality. Goodman found that children learn lessons of morality best when they are involved and participating in their own instruction rather than having the lessons handed down from an authority figure.
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Penn’s Libeskind and Hack Finalists for World Trade Center Project
PHILADELPHIA -- Daniel Libeskind, professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, has been chosen as a finalist for the design of the World Trade Center Project. Also serving on the Libeskind team, as the urban planner, is Gary Hack, dean of Penn's Graduate School of Fine Arts. PHILADELPHIA -- Daniel Libeskind, professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, has been chosen as a finalist for the design of the World Trade Center Project. Also serving on the Libeskind team, as the urban planner, is Gary Hack, dean of Penn's Graduate School of Fine Arts.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to Speak at University of Pennsylvania Law School
Note to editors: Please call Jeanne Leong if you're interested in covering Justice Scalia's talk. WHO: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin ScaliaWHEN: Feb. 13, 4:30 p.m.WHERE: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyHarrison Auditorium33th and Spruce streetsU.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will speak about constitutional interpretation.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: University of Pennsylvania Law School Students' Auction Helps Fund Public Interest Law Projects
WHO: University of Pennsylvania Law School students' Equal Justice Foundation
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Penn Historian Thomas Childers to Discuss Latest Book
WHO: Thomas Childers, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania WHAT: Discussion and signing of his latest book, "In the Shadows of War: Three Lives United by the French Resistance" WHERE: Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St. WHEN: Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. Penn History Professor Thomas Childers will read from and discuss his latest work, "In the Shadows of War: Three Lives United by the French Resistance," at the Penn Bookstore Feb. 25 at 7 p.m.
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Chinua Achebe to Speak at Penn
WHO: Chinua Achebe, author of "Things Fall Apart" WHAT: Speaking on the "Celebration of Black Literature" WHERE: Irvine Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania WHEN: Feb. 14 at 4 p.m. On Feb. 14, the University of Pennsylvania's Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Center for Africana Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences and Art Sanctuary will present acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe at the Irvine Auditorium at 4 p.m.