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University of Pennsylvania Announces On-Campus Viewing Locations for Presidential Inauguration
WHEN: Jan. 20, 2009, 10 a.m. WHERE: Penn's Presidential Inauguration Celebration (part of MLK Symposium) Houston Hall, Bodek Lounge 3417 Spruce St. Houston Hall 3417 Spruce St. Hall of Flags Bistro Reading Room Graduate Student Center 3615 Locust Walk Greenfield Intercultural Center 3708 Chestnut St.
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“Obama and the World”: Penn Professors Discuss the Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the Obama Administration
“Obama and the World”: Penn Professors Discuss the Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the Obama Administration
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Penn's Project for Civic Engagement Hosts Community Forums on the City Budget: Tight Times, Tough Choices
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania Project for Civic Engagement is hosting four community forums across the city to gather citizen input that can be incorporated into developing the city’s proposed budget for 2010.
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Danny Glover to Deliver Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice at Penn Jan. 21
WHO: Danny Glover, actor, producer and humanitarianWHAT: 9th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice WHEN: 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21WHERE: Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Zellerbach Theater, 3680 Walnut St.
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Penn Panel to Debate Local, Global Challenges to Sustainability at Jan. 16 Founder's Day Symposium
WHAT: A panel of scholars from across the University of Pennsylvania will discuss “Seeking Sustainability: Penn Confronts the Local and Global Challenge” at the University’s annual Founder’s Day Symposium, sponsored by the Faculty Senate to celebrate the birth of University founder Benjamin Franklin. The co-sponsor this year is Penn’s Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership.
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Penn's Center for the Advanced Study of India Receives MacArthur Foundation Grant to Study Diasporas
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has received a $366,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to support the Center for the Advanced Study of India, CASI, which will conduct empirically based case studies of diaspora/home country interactions.
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Penn Celebrates MLK's Legacy With a Commemorative Symposium on Social Change
PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania will remember Martin Luther King Jr. with a “Commemorative Symposium on Social Change” and nearly two weeks of special events, including lectures, films and discussions on the Penn campus from Jan. 15 to 30.
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Mayor Michael Nutter to Deliver Keynote Address at Black Men at Penn's Fifth-Anniversary Gala Fundraiser
PHILADELPHIA — Mayor Michael Nutter will deliver the keynote address at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice’s Black Men at Penn fifth-anniversary gala on Jan. 15 at 5:30 p.m. in Penn’s Huntsman Hall.
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The Dorrance H. Hamilton Fernery
WHAT: The Dorrance H. Hamilton Fernery at Penn’s Morris Arboretum in Chestnut Hill. WHERE: The Fernery is one of the many hidden charms of the Arboretum, located at 100 E. Northwestern Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Tucked away between the ever-popular Rose Garden and the woodsy areas along Wissahickon Creek, the Fernery can be easy to miss. But it’s worth a visit—especially in winter.
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Penn Law prof: Prop 8 raises serious questions
Californians went to the polls this past Election Day and did something rarely seen in American politics—they removed a right from a constitutionally protected group of citizens. Proposition 8, which passed with less than a 5 percent margin, changes the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in the state. It also provides that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.