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Test drive for a College House makeover
The multi-year project to renovate Hamilton, Harrison and Harnwell College Houses is doing more than patching the concrete, replacing the windows and repairing the mechanical systems. The interiors are getting a makeover, too. And a big part of that makeover is new furniture. And when a large institution like Penn goes furniture shopping, it gets to ask for samples to try out.
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Actor, Professor, Artist to Perform at Arthur Ross Gallery
WHO: Robert Wisdom, actorTukufu Zuberi, director of the Center for Africana Studies at PennTerry Adkins, artist and associate professor of fine arts WHAT: "Postlude," a performance piece that incorporates the elements in the exhibition "Darkwater, Recital in Four Dominions" WHERE: Arthur Ross Gallery, 220 S. 34th St., Philadelphia WHEN: Jan. 23 at 7 p.m.
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Penn Law School Hosts Roe v. Wade 30th Anniversary Symposium
WHO: University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolAmerican Civil Liberties UnionWHAT: Roe v. Wade decision anniversary symposium , "Why Is Abortion Legal? Celebrating 30 Years of Legal Abortion"
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Penn's Kelly Writers House Announces Fellows
PHILADELPHIA – One was blacklisted during the McCarthy era, another electrifies the stage with avant-garde performances and the third is a renowned cultural critic and essayist. Walter Bernstein, Laurie Anderson and Susan Sontag have been named the Kelly Writers House Fellows for the spring semester at the University of Pennsylvania. Bernstein will be on the Penn campus Feb. 17-18, followed by Anderson March 24-25 and Sontag April 21-22. The Fellows program offers undergraduate students the opportunity to interact with noted authors in an informal setting.
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McNeil Center for Early American Studies to Have Permanent Home
PHILADELPHIA-- The Barra Foundation and Robert L. McNeil Jr. have pledged $6 million to the University of Pennsylvania to build a permanent home for the McNeil Center for Early American Studies of the School of Arts and Sciences and to provide a permanent endowment for the building's operational costs. The new building will be located on 34th Street near Walnut Street.
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Penn Presents 2003 Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium
PHILADELPHIA -- Talks by civil rights activists, a candlelight vigil, public service projects and teach-ins will be held Jan. 14-31 at the University of Pennsylvania as part of the 2003 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Symposium on Social Change. "Penn's Commitment to the Legacy: Justice, Peace and Service" is the theme for this year's Symposium. The complete calendar of events is available online at http://www.upenn.edu/aarc/mlk.
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When Self-Image Takes a Blow, Many Turn to Television as a Distraction
PHILADELPHIA – Whether you fancy yourself a jet-setting sophisticate or a down-to-earth outdoorsy type, a fast-track corporate star or an all-around nice guy, new research indicates that you probably tune out information that challenges your self-image by tuning in to television.The findings, by Sophia Moskalenko of the University of Pennsylvania and Steven Heine of the University of British Columbia, are presented in a paper published in the January issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
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"Race, Gender and War: The Martin Luther King Legacy"
WHAT: A conversation with Michael Eric Dyson, Mary Frances Berry and Afaf Meleis on race, gender, class and militarism in Martin Luther King's time and today WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003, 5 p.m. WHERE: Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St., Philadelphia
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Penn Sociologist Receives Fulbright to Uruguay
PHILADELPHIA -- Frank Furstenberg, professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, has received a Fulbright Senior Specialists Grant in Sociology at the Instituto de Economía.The Fulbright Senior Specialists Program offers two- to six-week grants to leading U.S. academics and professionals to support curricular and faculty development and institutional planning at academic institutions in 140 countries around the world.
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Scientists Find New Evidence of Cell 'Promiscuity': Fully Differentiated Blood Cells Remain Able to Switch Identity
PHILADELPHIA – Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have found a new wrinkle in the developmental biology dogma that cell differentiation occurs irreversibly as stem cells give rise to increasingly specialized types of offspring cells. The researchers have shown that certain mouse cells retain an ability to oscillate between very distinct blood cell types – B-cells and macrophages – long after what has been commonly regarded as the point of no return.