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GSFA’s artists get their star turn
The first thing most people think of when they think of the Graduate School of Fine Arts is architecture. Then, maybe, city planning. But what about art? Well, what about it? It’s doing quite well in the GSFA, thank you, and the recent Fine Arts faculty show at the Arthur Ross Gallery drove that point home. And to reinforce it, Dean Gary Hack had the school’s overseers on hand to check out the opening of the first faculty exhibition on campus in five years, “New Faces, New Media, New Directions,” Dec. 4.
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New Year's resolutions
When it comes to resolutions, the traditional New Year’s biggies — lose weight, get fit, get finances in order, clean out that attic, get more sleep, watch less TV, eat more home cooking — aren’t that common among Penn students. Instead, it appears that our students had bigger, more metaphysical concerns on their minds at New Year’s. Penn students just want to be perfect.
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“I think there’s a purity that exists in collegiate sport that does not exist at the professional level.”
The West Philadelphia home Denis Elton Cochran-Fikes (C’74,WG’79) shares with his wife, Doris, is known as the “Dor-Den,” a quirky conglomeration of glass-doored display cases showing off the couple’s collections — including teapots, pressed-glass dishes, Penn memorabilia and black Santas.
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Lori N. Doyle Named Director of Communications at Penn
PHILADELPHIA -- Lori N. Doyle, vice president for external affairs of the American Water Works Company, Inc. in Voorhees, N.J., has been named director of communications at the University of Pennsylvania, effective February 1, according to an announcement by Penn President Judith Rodin.
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“The London Monster, A Sanguinary Tale”
A century before Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London, a sociopathic predator held sway, stabbing and slashing at more than 50 women during a two-year crime spree. London was gripped by fear, outrage and Monster Mania. No one was killed, but the details of these encounters—the bloodshed, the women’s ripped clothing, the dark figure calmly observing his victim’s screams of anguish before disappearing down the closest alley seconds before help arrived—became deeply ingrained in the city’s collective psyche.
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Middle Eastern blues
Southern blacks weren’t the only ones who sang the blues. From the 1920s to the 1950s, Turkish musicians blended classical and folk forms to produce songs about hardship and perseverance that have been called the “Middle Eastern blues.” No musician did it better than Udi Hrant Kenkulian, a blind Armenian master of the oud, a 12-string fretless lute. His fame further grew through numerous world tours, including stops in the United States, prior to his death in 1978.
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Safer teens
A new Annenberg Public Policy Center institute will draw together scholars across campus engaged in research on reducing risky behavior in teens. The new Institute for Adolescent Risk Communication is backed by a $25 million endowment from the Annenberg Foundation, President Judith Rodin announced Dec. 13. The new center’s goal is to help communicators devise strategies for reducing high-risk behavior such as drug use, smoking, suicidal behavior and transmission of sexual diseases.
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Penn Law Professor Dissects The Law Behind The Holocaust
PHILADELPHIA -- Harry Reicher, a University of Pennsylvania adjunct law professor, will teach "Law and the Holocaust," a course which has been termed a world first. The class will be offered in the spring semester beginning Jan. 17th at the Penn Law School. "Law and the Holocaust" will be held on Wednesday evenings from 4:50 to 7:50 p.m. Members of the media are invited to attend a class by prior arrangement with Reicher.
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Penn Sociologist Leads African Census Analysis Conference In Senegal
PHILADELPHIIA -- Tukufu Zuberi, a University of Pennsylvania sociology professor, will lead a Jan. 15-17 conference in Dakar, Senegal, addressing the development and use of African census data to understand social changes in the continent. The gathering will bring together African scholars, officials from various African census bureaus and policy makers from different African nations to share census findings and to plan future research activities. Representatives from more than 20 African nations will attend.
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Head Start Partners With Penn's Graduate School of Education to Understand School Readiness
PHILADELPHIA Two professors at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education will study how early learning behaviors contribute to school readiness. In partnership with Head Start, Paul McDermott and John Fantuzzo will research learning behaviors as indicators of school success for K-12 students. Their research, titled "Learning-in-Time and Teaching-to-Learn," is supported by a multi-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.