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Penn To Host Concert Featuring Composers George Crumb And George Rochberg
PHILADELPHIA - The music of 20th-Century composers George Crumb and George Rochberg will be featured in a Nov. 10 concert at the University of Pennsylvania.The program will consist of Crumb's "Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV)" for amplified piano (four hands) and "A Little Suite for Christmas, A. D. 1979" for piano and Rochberg's "String Quartet No. 3." The concert, which is the plenary event of the Society for Music Theory's 2001 international conference, will feature performances by pianists Lambert Orkis and James Primosch and the Cassatt String Quartet.
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Digital Technology Aids In Historic Preservation Of Creole Cemeteries In New Orleans
PHILADELPHIA - The latest in digital technology is coming to the aid of New Orleans' Creole cemeteries. Faculty and students from the Graduate School of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania and the School of Architecture/Preservation Studies at Tulane University are developing a conservation plan using digital technology, such as Geographic Information Systems, to map and create a survey of the cemeteries and their neighborhoods. The group also seeks to develop and implement practical solutions for site managers and tomb owners to help prevent tomb and landscape erosion.
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Penn Professor Awarded James Russell Lowell Prize
PHILADELPHIA -- Peter Stallybrass, a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, and Ann Rosalind Jones of Smith College have been named winners of the prestigious James Russell Lowell Prize award for their book "Renaissance Clothing and the Materials of Memory." The prize is awarded annually by the Modern Language Association for an outstanding scholarly book written by a member of the association.
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Dodson talks dinos
Peter Dodson can make scorpion bites, a desert of nothingness and a strict diet of rice and beans sound appealing. The first speaker in this year’s Provost’s Lecture Series, Dodson highlighted aspects of his career in a Sept. 24 talk titled “Pursuing Dinosaurs on Four Continents.” Created last year by Provost Robert L. Barchi, the lecture series showcases the work of Penn’s most senior faculty. Dodson, who announced to his parents at age 11 that he wanted to be a paleontologist, has conducted fieldwork in extreme circumstances.
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Jim Dandy brings science to the rescue
In the eyes of society, the 14- to 17-year-old youth James R. Dandy works with are delinquents. But in the eyes of this science teacher, they are “mostly bright but just a little sidetracked.” But thanks to his experience assisting a Penn professor with research, Dandy is putting his students back on track. Dandy works at the Youth Study Center Detention School, a school that aims at reintroducing into mainstream society minors who have served time for past crimes. Over the years, he has strived to make science more interesting and appealing for his students.
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Length of leave and benefits procedure change
Two changes in the military leave policy of the University, effective Sept. 24, reflect recent changes in the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. Human Resources tells us that some minor changes may be forthcoming as the Office of General Counsel continues its review of the policy. Longer leave The University grants five, not four as previously stated, years of leave without pay for faculty and regular staff members who are called to or volunteer for active military duty.
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Missing gene leads to missing sleep
Having trouble falling asleep? The problem may lie in your genes. At least that’s what recent research on fruit flies indicates. A group of researchers headed by Julie Williams, Howard Hughes Medical Institute research associate in Penn’s Department of Neurobiology, have discovered that a gene known as Nf1 is responsible for maintaining circadian rhythm — sending the signals the body’s master clock uses to govern rest and activity.
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Finance wizards named associate VPs
Jack Shannon is now associate vice president in the Office of the Executive Vice President. Since 1997, he has served as Penn’s managing director for economic development. He came to the University after serving as inaugural director of the Mayor’s Business Action Team for Philadelphia.
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Linda Aiken
Pay attention because it’s about to get worse. That’s the resounding cry of Linda Aiken’s 15 years of research on the nursing workforce. Her work on the nation’s nursing shortage has made a splash in both academic and media outlets.
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If post-Sept. 11 blues persist, here’s help
In the days following the World Trade Center disaster, faculty and staff had jobs to do—helping students handle their emotions and keeping the University safe and running. Meanwhile, their own feelings got put on the back burner. The Division of Human Resources stepped into the void with the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which provides not just counseling for individual faculty and staff but also for groups. “We want to come into the schools, the centers, the departments and divisions when they want a group discussion,” said HR Vice President Jack Heuer.