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Write On
Poet, writer, activist and educator Nikki Giovanni has been one of America’s leading and most widely read poets for more than three decades. Her work often addresses racism, civil rights and equality, and she has been a strong voice for the black community. Carlos Andrés Gómez, a poet and actor from New York City, was the 2006 Toronto International Poetry Slam Champion and twice was a National Poetry Slam Finalist. The Christian Association at Penn presents both wordsmiths at its Open Mind for Africa event on May 9.
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A masterly teacher
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Years ago, Deborah Burnham was teaching seventh and eighth grade students, “in a town so small it almost wasn’t a town,” when she received word that she had been accepted to Penn’s English doctoral program.
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Why doesn’t everyone get paid weekly?
Dear Benny: Why is it that some Penn employees get paid monthly and others get paid weekly? Can you please explain this for me?—Puzzled About Payday Dear Puzzled, According to the Payroll Department, employees at Penn are categorized as either “exempt” or “nonexempt,” in accordance with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
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Wharton Centennial
Photo credit: University Archives Founded in 1881 by entrepreneur and industrialist Joseph Wharton as the world’s first collegiate business institution, the Wharton School celebrated its 100th birthday in 1981.
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Expert opinion: Vukan R. Vuchic on high-speed rail service
Last month, President Barack Obama signaled his support for expanding high-speed rail service in the United States by allocating $8 billion to the planning and construction of new lines along several busy corridors.
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'Discover Penn'
WHAT: “Discover Penn” is a free cell phone tour, launched about seven months ago by Penn’s Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services. By calling a number posted on a small sign at various sites around campus, people can listen to a short narration to learn about significant University buildings, sculptures, historical events and other points of interest.
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Rosa, Gardening
October marigolds smell acrid, dusty, thrilling even as I toss them on the compost where they’ll fade bitter as the cabbage fed, core and all, to Rosa Luxemburg in prison. She’d scratched a garden maybe twice the size of her wool petticoat and, it’s said, they let her plant -- what harm from cabbage and a row of daisies? Perhaps she saw the full moon glowing pale green like a ripe cabbage, saw ropy vines laddering the granite walls, saw her slender body climb those vines to the quiet moon
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The dark side of setting goals
As anyone who has tried to lose weight knows, realistic goal-setting generally produces the best results. That’s partially because it appears people who set realistic goals actually work more efficiently, and exert more effort, to achieve those goals. What’s far less understood by scientists, however, are the potentially harmful effects of goal-setting.
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Towards a sustainable city
The city of Philadelphia faces enormous challenges in the days, months and years ahead. Not only are Mayor Michael Nutter and City Council facing off over different ways to increase revenue in this year’s budget, but policymakers are also confronting the pressing long-term problems of housing, development and sustainability.
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Campus Art Walk: Plateau 2005
Throughout the 2008-09 academic year, the Current will be taking a look at the stories behind some of Penn’s most well-known, and most obscure, pieces of public art. The tour continues with “Plateau 2005.” “Plateau 2005,” by sculptor/architectural designer Andrea Blum, was commissioned by Penn and the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the city’s Percent for Art program, which mandates that at least one percent of construction costs for municipal projects be set aside for original, site-specific works of art.