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Learn IT for less
The College of General Studies’ non-credit information-technology program, IT@Penn, is now being offered at a substantial discount for faculty, staff and students enrolled in degree programs. The discounts mean that Penn affiliates wishing to enroll in one of IT@Penn’s tracks or take single courses can do so for 20 to 25 percent off the full listed tuition.
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Through the eyes of the researched
Cooperation between researchers and their subjects isn’t always a given, as Julia Paley learned during her 1990s ethnographic studies of Santiago, Chile. She found town inhabitants, who were just emerging from a period of great social and economic instability, unreceptive to the usual study methods. In a recent discussion, Paley joined members of a Chilean grassroots health group to discuss how these tensions were overcome. The following are excerpts of remarks from Paley, assistant professor of anthropology, and Valeria García, a Santiago, Chile, health promoter:
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“It’s just a knack that you have…a different way of thinking.”
Looking at the devices strewn about Terry Kientz’s office, it soon becomes obvious why he won this year’s School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) staff recognition award.
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“Benjamin Franklin Takes the Case"
Robert Lee Hall 240 pages, $14.95 paper Within a secret compartment of an old secretary once owned by his great aunt, Robert Lee Hall made a startling discovery more than 10 years ago. He found a yellowing manuscript describing a series of mysterious criminal cases. What made these stories so unusual was that they were solved by renowned scientist and statesman Benjamin Franklin while he lived in London, pleading the American colonies’ case before the British crown.
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Terrorism at a distance
Just when he thought he had made up his mind, Brett Bonfield found himself thinking things over again. A Web developer for Development and Alumni Relations, Bonfield was just one of several hundreds who packed into Irvine Auditorium Sept. 13 for the Responding to Terrorism symposium.
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Quotes from a day of tragedy
“Today as a counselor I feel like I have to have a sense of hope and peace within me to reach out to help the students and anyone else who talk to me to work through it.” —Faith Hamilton Goodson, Student Support Services counselor, PENNCAP “I’ve been trying to work with my students with all of this as well, and help them work through it without bitterness.”
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Enough reality already
Survivor,” “Fear Factor,” “Big Brother,” “Lost”—we have all heard about them. With all the attention and hype given to reality shows, you’d think just about everyone would be watching them. However, that just doesn’t seem to be the case here at Penn. Staff and faculty here just are not that interested in all the networks’ newest versions of “Survivor.” Why not? Here are some answers. Ethel Bernard Museum Education, ICA “I haven’t watched any reality television shows. I think most of them are disgusting.” Kim Gallon
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Learning, one on one
It started small, just a few lemonade stands here and there. Then it got a little bigger, with a lawn mowing/fund-raising effort at age 12 for a Boy Scout trip to New Mexico. And now, it’s full-blown—the entrepreneurial bug has bitten J. Christopher Pienkowski (W’03) hard. Good thing the Wharton School junior has his own company, CoolSource Technologies, to focus his energies.
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Penn Names Crowther Director Of Corporate Relations
PHILADELPHIA -- Steffen W. Crowther has been named director of corporate relations in the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at the University of Pennsylvania. In this capacity, she will cultivate corporate support, including multi-national prospects, for the University.
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Penn Professor Tukufu Zuberi Explores The Legitimacy Of Racial Statistics In New Book "Thicker Than Blood"
PHILADELPHIA -- Every day the public is served a steady diet of news stories that have one thing in common: racial statistics. From African-American test scores to Asian-American mobility, to Latino migration trends, the media reports study after study based on race-related numbers. Tukufu Zuberi, a sociology professor and director of the African American Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania argues that when statistics are interpreted in a racist manner, no matter how inadvertent the racism may be, the public is misled.