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Penn Museum Archaelogists Uncover 3,700-year-old "Magical" Birth Brick At Mayor's Residence Just Outside Abydos, Egypt
PHILADELPHIA, PAJuly 2002-University of Pennsylvania Museum archaeologists have discovered a 3,700-year-old "magical" birth brick inside the palatial residence of a Middle Kingdom mayor's house just outside Abydos, in southern Egypt. The colorfully decorated mud birth brick-the first ever found-is one of a pair that would have been used to support a woman's feet while squatting during actual childbirth.
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University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Renamed
Philadelphia, PAIn celebration of the extraordinary generosity and support of Leonard and Madlyn Abramson and their family to the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center, the University of Pennsylvania has announced the renaming of its nationally recognized, National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center to the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
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The Summertime Morphing of Penn
PHILADELPHIA -- There may be a misconception that during the summer a university's campus essentially becomes a ghost town with professors and students lounging on the beach. While for a few this may be a reality, for others, such as Valerie Ross, the director of the University of Pennsylvania's Summer Sessions, the summer is less about R&R and more about transforming a large urban Ivy League institution like Penn into something akin to a small liberal arts college.
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MEDIA ADVISORYPenn Hosts Area High School Students for "A Day in the Life of a Nurse"
WHO: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, National Youth Leadership Forum WHEN: July 24, 2002, 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Penn's School of Nursing Education Building420 Guardian Drive, just south of Spruce Street near 37th StreetRooms 102-108, Brunner Lab
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Penn Graduate Students Design New Concepts for East Fremont Street in Las Vegas
PHILADELPHIA -- Las Vegas city officials are putting their faith in the products of a University of Pennsylvania design studio taught by Susan Nigra Snyder and George E. Thomas. Instead of seeing a down-and-out neighborhood suited only for demolition and new construction, Snyder and Thomas's graduate students saw a swan where most see an ugly duckling.
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Second commission unveiled for ICA Ramp Project by Kimowan McLain
Continuing ICA's tradition of presenting significant exhibitions in alternative spaces, artist Kimowan McLain has been commissioned to create the second in a series of site-specific installations for the ICA Ramp Project connecting the museum's first and second floor galleries.
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East Coast premier of Pictures, Patents, Monkeys, and More...An exhibition all about collecting
The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the University of Pennsylvania opens its new season with the first East Coast showing of the popular exhibition Pictures, Patents, Monkeys, and More...On Collecting. Organized and circulated by Independent Curators International (ICI), the exhibition opens to the public on Wednesday, September 4, 2002 and continues through Sunday, December 15, 2002. The Opening Reception, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for Wednesday, September 4, 2002 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.
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ICA presents drawings by Amy Cutler
The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to present the first one-person museum exhibition of drawings by Amy Cutler. Presented in the ICA's Project Space, this exhibition continues the museum's tradition of exhibiting the work of talented emerging artists.
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ICA Fall Exhibitions Events Calendar
The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania opens its 2002-2003 season with two premieres: the first one-person museum shows by Damián Ortega (first in the U.S.) and Amy Cutler. ICA also presents the first East Coast showing of the popular exhibit Pictures, Patents, Monkeys, and More...On Collecting. In the ramp corridor ICA unveils Without Ground by Kimowan McLain, the second in its series of commissioned installations for this space.
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Cosmic Thing, first one-person museum exhibition for Mexican artist Damián Ortega
The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the University of Pennsylvania opens its new season with an exhibition by Mexican artist Damián Ortega.