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Robert A. Fox Makes $10 Million Gift to the University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA --- Robert A. Fox has made a $10 million gift to the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania to establish the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program, according to an announcement today (April 26) by University President Judith Rodin. Mr. Fox, president and chairman of R.A.F. Industries, a private investment company based in Jenkintown, Pa., is a 1952 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences and a Trustee of the University.
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Spring Fling concerts for grownups
Don't feel like jammin' with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, this year's Spring Fling headliners? The Annenberg Center offers an alternative this year: a weekend of pop and jazz with a legendary vocalist and a rising young star.
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Scholarly trove rescued
A professor of German has rescued from disrepair and scholarly oblivion one of the largest American collections of German-language materials - an important record of German immigration to the United States.
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All-nighters help writers in a crunch
In the wee hours before dawn, only a perfectionist or someone in deep, deep trouble would trudge across Penn's campus to seek an opinion on a term paper. Myra Lotto (C'99) said that, for most of her four years at Penn, she has believed there were enough people of this sort to justify an all-night writing advising service.
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Gotta dance, etc.
There are more than 11,000 undergraduates at Penn, and when last we looked, almost every one of them had formed an a cappella group. So, it's no surprise that our gentle readers mostly chose a cappella groups as their favorite campus performers. Greg Abrams, College, Class of '00 "I'd say Mask and Wig. Besides the fact that I know several people in it, it's usually the raunchiest, but also the most creative. Plus everyone in it is really passionate, generating energy and enthusiasm."
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Staff goes back to school with help from CGS
Over the past year, Richard Connell has been spending more of his time in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, carefully dividing the hours between his full-time maintenance job there and studying for his non-fiction writing course. Connell has almost finished his first two semesters of a program designed for Penn employees accepted by the College of General Studies and the Wharton Evening School.
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Beck in Institute of Medicine
Aaron T. Beck, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, whose work has reshaped the fields of psychiatry, psychology, social work and behavioral health, was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine in the fall. Aaron T. Beck
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Youth want to know
That's mayoral candidate Dwight Evans answering a question as part of a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center to involve Philadelphia public high school students in city politics, and eventually boost voter participation rates for young people.
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"It's a neat high to get out there and get that adrenaline pumping."
While Ray Engler has directed shows before and will again, it's being on stage that gives him the biggest thrill. Photo by Candace diCarlo
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Five honorary degrees
The University will confer four honorary degrees at the 243rd Commencement, in addition to the honorary Doctor of Laws degree that will be awarded to Commencement speaker Robert E. Rubin.