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Penn's Norman Newberg Chronicles 18 years of the "Say Yes to Education" Program in New Book
PHILADELPHIA -- In "The Gift of Education: How a Tuition Guarantee Program Saved the Lives of Inner City Youth," Norman Newberg describes how the chance-of-a-lifetime gift of free college tuition and the pressure to use it changed the lives of 112 seventh-grade students from one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods.Newberg is a senior fellow in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Penn Institute for Urban Research to Host Panel on What Gaming Could Mean for Philadelphia
WHAT: A panel discussion titled "The Casinos Are Coming: What Gaming Will Mean for Philadelphia" will be held as part of a continuing Public Interest Series, sponsored by the Penn Institute for Urban Research at the University of Pennsylvania.WHO: Panelists will be:
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Penn's Annenberg School for Communication Marks World AIDS Day with Public Lecture and Art Exhibition
WHO: Paula Treichler, research professor of communications, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignWHAT & WHEN: Body Maps Art Exhibition, Nov. 15, 2005-Jan. 15, 2006, Public Lecture, Dec. 6, 6:15 p.m.WHERE: Annenberg School for Communication, 3620 Walnut St. on the University of Pennsylvania campus
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Gioia at Writer's House
Top Stories Fox, others on non-profit challenges Gioia at Writer's House
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Study in contrasts
At first glance, painters Robert Slutzsky and Neil Welliver would seem to have little in common. Welliver painted large-scale depictions of the wooded Maine landscape while Slutzsky created bold abstract compositions of geometric forms. Welliver’s painterly brush strokes are visible on the canvas, while Slutzsky’s work emits a cool precision. But the two men share some history. They both served as chairs of the Department of Fine Arts and both studied at Yale under Bauhaus artist Josef Albers. They were born in the same year (1929) and both died early in 2005.
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For The Record: Student Sit-in, 1967
While angry students at Berkeley and Kent State made headlines for their impassioned confrontations with administrators during the ’60s, back on the East Coast, Penn was pursuing its own, decidedly less militant quest for justice and equality. Throughout that decade, Penn students protested every issue that had them riled: the Vietnam War, construction of the University City Science Center, chemical weapons research, curfews, dress codes and housing discrimination.
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Staff Q&A: Ilene Rosenstein
Though we hear about Penn’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) most often when there’s a crisis—September 11, Katrina—the center that Ilene Rosenstein runs helps students throughout the year. It’s a well-utilized service, too, with more than 2,000 students seeking counseling each year, and another 6,000 or so attending outreach workshops around campus.
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At Work With...Melissa Barnes
WHO SHE IS: Public Access Clerk, Van Pelt Library YEARS AT PENN: 7
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Catholic church stands its ground
Top Stories Fox, others on non-profit challenges Gioia at Writer's House
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Ask Benny: Alternations change face of Furness original
Dear Benny,Who designed the unusual building façades at 3815 Walnut Street? Now that the grate that had been covering them has been removed, will they be allowed to remain visible? — Looking Beneath the Surface Dear Building Buff,