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University of Pennsylvania to Award Honorary Degrees to Seamus Heaney, Five Others, at May 22 Commencement
PHILADELPHIA --- The University of Pennsylvania will confer honorary degrees on six men and women at the 244th Commencement on Monday, May 22, according to University President Judith Rodin.Seamus Heaney, who received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature for "...works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past," will deliver the Commencement address and receive the Doctor of Humane Letters degree, honoris causa.Five other honorary degrees will be awarded at the ceremony:
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Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney to Deliver the Commencement Address at The University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA --- Seamus Heaney, who received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature for "...works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past," will deliver the commencement address at the 244th Commencement of the University of Pennsylvania on Monday, May 22, according to University President Judith Rodin. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m.A native of County Derry, Northern Ireland, Mr. Heaney is the Ralph Waldo Emerson Poet in Residence at Harvard University, and former professor of poetry at Oxford University.
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Michael A. Fitts Named Dean of The University of Pennsylvania Law School
PHILADELPHIA --- Michael A. Fitts, Robert G. Fuller, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a member of the Penn faculty for almost 15 years, has been named dean of the school, according to an announcement today (March 6) by University President Judith Rodin. The appointment will become effective upon confirmation by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on March 23, 2000.
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Eight head across the pond as Thouron Scholars
Seven current University of Pennsylvania students and one recent Penn Law graduate will pursue graduate study in the United Kingdom this fall as Thouron Scholars. The program promotes closer friendship between the people of Britain and the United States by supporting academic exchange. The 1999-2000 American contingent of Thourons, selected from a field of more than 50 applicants, are:
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Hollywood goes on a dig
Digging up the past is a real adventure, all right. But is it the kind of adventure Indiana Jones had? Jon Solomon, professor of classical studies at the University of Arizona, has long been fascinated by how Hollywood portrays archaeology and the ancient worlds archaeologists uncover. And as an Oscar Night warm-up, he will present an illustrated lecture, “The Scales of Ramses: When Film Focuses on Ancient Objects,” at the University of Pennsylvania Museum March 26.
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Law gets dean
Following a 15-month search, University President Judith Rodin named Michael A Fitts, Robert G. Fuller Jr. Professor of Law, dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School March 6. Fitts, a member of the Penn faculty for almost 15 years, will succeed Colin S. Diver, who resigned Aug. 15, 1999. “We are absolutely delighted he has accepted this new assignment,” Rodin said in a statement about the appointment.
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Three honored by USA Today
When USA Today created their all-USA College Academic Teams, the judges cited three Penn students, named in the Feb. 17 issue, for their outstanding academics and leadership, in and beyond the classroom. Of 828 students nominated by colleges across the country, Andrew March was selected for the highest honor — named to the First All-USA College Academic Team, along with 19 other students.
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“I tell them: ‘I only have 12 minutes. I can examine you or I can answer your questions. Make up your mind.’”
Albert Kligman, professor emeritus of dermatology, on patients who come to him with hundreds of questions about medical information they got from Web sites (The New York Times, March 6)
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“I used to give our high school librarian a hard time, never knowing that I’d be spending 33 years of my adult life in the library.”
When James Curtiss Ayers was playing basketball at a junior college in the northern Mojave Desert in the mid-’60s, he was voted Most Inspirational Player. He earned that title by encouraging the other players, and “doing a lot of the grunt work that they don’t want to do, like setting picks, going for loose balls,” he said. He admires the Philadelphia 76ers’ George Lynch because “he’s a fundamental player and he does what the coach asks him to do and he makes everybody better as well.”
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“The Ingenious Dr. Franklin: Selected Scientific Letters of Benjamin Franklin”
Edited by Nathan G. Goodman 256 pages, $14.95 paper Seventy-one years ago, the University of Pennsylvania Press published a compact collection of unabridged letters from Benjamin Franklin. Having gone out of print several decades ago, this chestnut was rediscovered in the book archive at the Press. Before proceeding with a reprint, the press asked two persons familiar with science in the 18th century to review the letters.