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University of Pennsylvania to Expand Academic, Research Collaborations With Tsinghua University
BEIJING -- The University of Pennsylvania and Tsinghua University today announced agreements to build upon research and academic collaborations between the two schools. In particular, the universities signed agreements reaffirming their commitment to environmental sustainability, through the work of the Penn-Tsinghua T.C. Chan Center for Building Simulation and Energy Studies, founded in 2006.
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Penn GSE Professor Earns Outstanding Contribution Award
PHILADELPHIA –- Shaun Harper, an assistant professor in the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, has been honored with the Outstanding Contribution to Research Award by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators at its annual conference.
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U.S. Justice Department Official to Speak at Penn to Raise Awareness of Violence Against Women
U.S. Justice Department Official to Speak at Penn to Raise Awareness of Violence Against WomenWHO: Lanny Breuer, assistant attorney general, Department of Justice Maureen Rush, Penn vice president for public safety Joann Mitchell, Penn vice president for institutional affairs Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum, Penn vice provost for universitylife
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Women at Penn
Penn provides equal opportunities for both men and women—executive, administrative and academic—but this was not always so. The University operated for more than a century before women were allowed to enroll, and then another half century before women became ull-fledged members of the Penn community.
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A virtual Penn flourishes in Second Life
Second Life renditions of a virtual BioPond and Kelly Writers House at Penn. Imagine a world where, instead of walking around Penn’s campus, you could fly like an eagle, or instead of merely observing the ducks and koi at the BioPond, you could dive in and swim with the fishes. What if you found out this world really does exist?
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Penn higher ed historian blogs for The New York Times
Photo credit: Edward Epstein
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Women at work
“Women: An International Women’s Day Exhibition,” presented by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, celebrates international perspectives of femininity and the feminine, and highlights female icons inspired by various Asian, Latin American, European, North American and African cultures. Opening March 8 at International House, the exhibit offers twodimensional and three-dimensional works of art, including paintings, prints, photography, collages, sculptures, fiber arts and assemblages. The artists are women of diverse backgrounds, ages and ethnicities.
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For George A. Weiss, giving is about fulfilling a pledge
Ask George A. Weiss what drives his decades-long commitment to philanthropy and he will tell you about a pledge he made when he was as a sophomore studying at the Wharton School.
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The changing world of women's studies
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Sociologist Demie Kurz recalls a story, when a Penn colleague once claimed that Women’s Studies was a fad, and a discipline that would soon disappear. Today, 22 years after Kurz arrived at Penn, the field is thriving.
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First women students at Penn
Photo credit: University Archives In 1914, the School of Education conferred the University’s first bachelor’s degrees to women. But women had actually been a presence (albeit a small one) at Penn since decades earlier.