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Bridge to close
At the time of its construction in the 1920’s, the South Street Bridge operated as a surface route for streetcars carrying passengers back and forth between Center City and West Philadelphia. These days, the bridge enables people to reach Penn and other points in University City from I-76, as well as the Fitler Square and Naval Square neighborhoods on the opposite side of the Schuylkill.
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Child's play
Vicky Kresge, a classroom technology support staff member, holds her 21-month-old son, Griffin, near Locust Walk and 39th Street. In the background, Finn, 6, and Zoe, 9, the children of Penn graduate Natasha Osborne, chalk the sidewalk. Photo credit: Mark Stehle
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Penn robots go viral
By The Current Staff A robot named “CKbot,” built by Penn engineers, has become a YouTube star.
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Ex-cons get little help upon release
On any given day, there are between 200,000 and 400,000 ex-prisoners living in Philadelphia, nearly 20 percent of the city’s population. Close to 40,000 ex-convicts are released into the Philadelphia region each year, and most will not receive the organized traditional services they need to transition back into society, a researcher in the School of Social Policy and Practice has found.
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Distrito
WHAT: Distrito, a new restaurant set to open in University City this month. WHERE: 3945 Chestnut Street, in The Hub, the new apartment building at 40th and Chestnut streets.
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Q&A/Karin Brower
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo When women’s lacrosse coach Karin Brower arrived at Penn in 1999, she inherited a team that had put up only one winning season since 1984. Today, they’re one of the best teams in the country.
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Chair of Penn Chemistry Department Is Named Editor of The Journal of Chemical Physics
PHILADELPHIA –- Marsha I. Lester, chair of the Chemistry Department at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named editor of The Journal of Chemical Physics, effective Jan. 1, 2009.
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University of Pennsylvania Engineers Reveal What Makes Diamonds Slippery at the Nanoscale
PHILADELPHIA –- They call diamonds “ice,” and not just because they sparkle. Engineers and physicists have long studied diamond because even though the material is as hard as an ice ball to the head, diamond slips and slides with remarkably low friction, making it an ideal material or coating for seals, high performance tools and high-tech moving parts.
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Nanotechnology Made Simple: The Penn Science Café Visits Washington, D.C.
WHO:Dr. Robert Carpick, University of Pennsylvania director of the region’s multi-institutional Nanotechnology Institute and associateprofessor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering andApplied Mechanics and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of PennsylvaniaWHAT:
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Robert Ghrist Is Appointed a PIK Professor at Penn
PHILADELPHIA -- Robert Ghrist has been named the seventh Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.