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Class of 1949 Generational Bridge

Staff Q&A/Eric Halpern

Photo credit: Mark Stehle A dozen years ago, Eric Halpern took the helm of a Penn Press that published a mere 50 books a year, with minimal attention to design and promotion. It was, as he says today, a press not held in particularly high esteem.

Strange alliances along the border

In what he described as an effort to “help protect the American people,” President Bush signed the Secure Fence Act in 2006, authorizing the federal government to take a series of steps to secure the U.S./Mexican border.

Public Invited to Penn Seminar on the State of Muslim Radicalization in Europe

WHAT:Dr. Peter Neumann of King’s College London will discuss the European Commission-funded study, “Recruitment and Mobilization for the Islamist Militant Movement in Europe.” This study, and others, will form the basis for EU policy making in preventing violent radicalization. Based on secondary research as well as extensive fieldwork in Britain, France and Spain, the report provides the most comprehensive picture of the methods through which Islamist militants in Europe mobilize supporters and find new recruits. WHO:

Penn makes the grade in sustainability

Last month, the Cambridge, Mass.-based Sustainable Endowments Institute issued the latest edition of its College Sustainability Report Card, an annual review of the environmental sustainability efforts being made by colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Of the nearly 300 schools surveyed in the report, only 15 received an A-minus—the highest grade awarded this year. Penn was one of them.

Nano in action

Douglas M. Yates, technical director of the Penn Regional Nanotechnology Center, studies samples using a state-of-the-art field emission transmission electron microscope. Photo credit: Mark Stehle

Penn Law to Hold Visual Legal Advocacy Roundtable

WHO:Regina Austin, University of Pennsylvania Law professor Michael Wong, Penn Law student Gretchen Berland, Yale Medical School professor Carol Jacobsen, University of Michigan professor Margie Smith, Think Tank FilmsWHAT: “Building Video Bridges”WHEN: Oct. 17, 2008 WHERE:

Penn to Host Fiscal Wake-Up Tour

Penn Students Gather to Watch McCain and Obama Debate

WHO: University of Pennsylvania students WHAT: “Debate Watch and Dessert”WHEN: Tues., Oct. 7, 2008 9-11 p.m.WHERE: Mayer Hall 3817 Spruce St.Penn students will gather for dessert and to watch John McCain and Barak Obama debate on television. After the debate, advisors in Penn’s Communications Within the Curriculum program will facilitate a discussion of the debate to allow students to share their reactions and talk about what they’ve learned.

The Penn Science Café Presents: Race and the Presidential Election

WHO:Dr. Rogers Smith, professor of political science and chair of the Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism, will discuss the 2008 presidential election and the role race plays in American politics.WHAT: The Penn Science Café lecture series is free and open to the public. WHERE: