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Penn's Annenberg I-Neighbors Brings a Community Closer Together
PHILADELPHIA - The Internet can have a positive impact on the strength and growth of a community. Just ask residents of a neighborhood in Savannah, Ga.It was there, on Nov. 20, that residents using the i-neighbors technology were alerted via e-mail to an incident of an armed robbery of one of their neighbors only moments after it happened. The notification took place faster than the police or news media got the word out.
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Two Constitution Videos by Annenberg Foundation Win American Bar Association Award
PHILADELPHIA -- Two videos produced by the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands as part of an ongoing effort to education the nation's youth about the U.S. Constitution have been selected to receive the 2008 American Bar Association Coalition for Justice Burnham "Hod" Greeley Award.The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands is administered by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
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University of Pennsylvania to Begin Construction on New Home for Annenberg Public Policy Center
PHILADELPHIA - By next year, steel beams framing the new Annenberg Public Policy Center building will begin to rise along the 36th Street walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus. Occupancy of the building, designed by Tokyo architect Fumihiko Maki is set for late summer of 2009.The building is a gift of the Annenberg Foundation and the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, which have contributed $41.5 million to the project, including $6 million earmarked for perpetual maintenance.
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Penn's Annenberg Public Policy Center Hosts Online Philadelphia Mayoral Primary Primer
PHILADELPHIA -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center's Student Voices - Philadelphia website, student-voices.org/local.php?SiteID=10, is a virtual one-stop clearinghouse of information designed to help Philadelphia voters make informed choices on primary election day, May 15.