Through
5/1
News Archives
A complete list of stories featured on Penn Today.
Filter Stories
Displaying 16921 - 16930 of 18539
Archive ・ Penn Current
The master performer as a 19-year-old grad student
Mimi Stillman is all of 19 years old—the same age a Penn sophomore would be. But she’s pursuing an M.A. in history. And while she pursues her degree, she is continuing with her impressive career as a concert flutist.
Archive ・ Penn Current
Something old, something new
With the Bush administration trying to take a bite out of the budget of the Smithsonian Institution, University of Pennsylvania Museum Director Jeremy A. Sabloff suddenly found himself in the media in December, trying to protect the Smithsonian’s scientific research programs. The media fuss has quieted down, but Sabloff was circumspect about the final outcome.
Archive ・ Penn Current
News briefs
Laptop loaners Books aren't the only things on loan at the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Penn library patrons can now check out laptop computers for three hours, the length of time of a battery charge. Each of the 20 laptops, available at the Goldstein Undergraduate Study Center on the ground floor, is equipped with software such as PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Internet Explorer. And to make electronic transfers easy, the library has added data transfer stations, allowing borrowers to send their documents to their e-mail accounts or transfer them to Zip or floppy drives.
Archive ・ Penn Current
Plenty new to chew
A tour of some neighborhood eateries inaugurates our first “Out and About,” which is dedicated to reporting on the sights, sounds and tastes around campus and the neighborhood. Forever drinking bubbles Tired of the perpetual coffee buzz, we thought we’d take tea and see at The Bubble House, a soothing, Asian-inspired tea house at 3404 Sansom that opened in late November.
Archive ・ Penn Current
Campus Buzz
Cancer-killer smile: Katie Harmon, Miss America 2002, brought her campaign against breast cancer to the Penn campus Jan. 18. In a morning news conference, Harmon acknowledged that being Miss America helped get her message across—“This is my megaphone,” she said of her tiara as she showed it to the assembled reporters and doctors.
Archive ・ Penn Current
Environmentalist gets military recognition
Christian J. Lambertsen has been awarded the U.S. Special Operations Command Medal, the organization’s most prestigious civilian honor. As professor of environmental medicine and founder of the Institute for Environmental Medicine, Lambertsen invented the first self-contained underwater circuit-breathing apparatus and was the first U.S. self-contained diver. The naval special warfare community calls him “Father of U.S. Combat Swimming.”
Archive ・ Penn Current
CommencementHour with Jim Lehrer
Award-winning journalist Jim Lehrer will deliver Penn’s 246th Commencement address in May. Lehrer, 67, the executive editor and anchor of “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” on PBS, will discuss how current events, such as the Sept. 11 tragedies, have reshaped the world.
Archive ・ Penn Current
Staff Q&A: Philip Lydon Sr. and Philip Lydon Jr.
It must be in the blood. Detective Philip Lydon Sr., and his son, Officer Philip Lydon Jr., are Penn heroes, keeping streets and homes safe and even giving the breath of life. The two recently received merit commendations, which recognize work above and beyond the call of duty, from Penn’s Division of Public Safety.
Archive ・ Penn News
Penn Team Awarded $1.12 Million for Efforts to Bridge the Digital Divide with Computing Infrastructure in Ghana
PHILADELPHIA Engineering students and faculty at the University of Pennsylvania and an African university have received a grant of Hewlett-Packard equipment and services totaling $1.12 million to lay the foundation for a high-speed information and communication infrastructure in Ghana.
Archive ・ Penn News
Slang: It may not be the King's English, but it sure Helps to Know It
PHILADELPHIA Learning and speaking English is one thing, but learning and speaking English slang can be quite another. Ask any foreigner who has come to study at an American university.That was why Bill Kelly organized his informal, non-credit "Slanguage" classes through the Christian Association at the University of Pennsylvania.Kelly, a retired economist, started teaching the class in 1997 after teaching English to Russian immigrants at a church in the Philadelphia suburb of Collingswood, N.J.