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Quakers on ice
Photo credit: University Archives With four games left to play in the 1978 season, Penn ice hockey coach Bob Finke learned the news from a Daily Pennsylvanian reporter: Because of budget restraints, the University was dropping hockey as a varsity sport.
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Fox Fellow goes back to the drafting board
Photo credit: Mark Stehle Twenty years ago, Mark Alan Hughes received his Ph.D. in regional science from Penn. Since then, he’s racked up awards for his academic work, helped to design and create programs to help working families and was called one of the nation’s five best local columnists for his Daily News writings.
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The Last Word Bookshop
What: The Last Word Bookshop, 220 S. 40th St.
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New Vet School building opens
Walk through the main entrance of the sparkling new Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion, Penn Vet’s new academic center, and you’ll likely be drawn to a series of brightly colored discs mounted on the walls.
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Mind games
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Neuroethics is to Prozac what bioethics is to stem cell research. The emerging field, explains Penn Psychology Professor Martha Farah, examines the social and ethical issues of any technology that alters the brain, whether it’s a mood-enhancing drug or an electrode implanted in the frontal lobe.
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Panel to Examine Obstacles, Opportunities in Physical and Economic Rebuilding of New Orleans
WHAT: Breaking Ground in New Orleans, a panel discussion hosted by the Penn Institute for Urban Research at the University of Pennsylvania. The panelists will discuss current conditions for economic and physical transformation in New Orleans, as well as the obstacles and opportunities. WHO: Panelists include:Darren Walker, vice president for foundation initiatives, Rockefeller FoundationJane Brooks, professor of urban and regional planning, University of New Orleans
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Adrian Raine Is Named Fourth PIK Professor at Penn
PHILADELPHIA - Adrian Raine has been named the newest Penn Integrates Knowledge professor at the University of Pennsylvania.He is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Southern California and at Penn will hold the Richard Perry University Professorship, named in recognition of a gift from Richard Perry, a Penn trustee and founder of the investment management firm Perry Capital.
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Modern Indian Works at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery
PHILADELPHIA- "Modern Indian Works on Paper," which opens at the University of Pennsylvania's Arthur Ross Gallery on Jan. 13, presents 61 works on paper in watercolor, pen and ink, pencil and gouache, as well as prints, made by Indian artists since Indian independence in 1947. Since then, India has seen an explosion of contemporary art, which has only recently come to the attention of the general international art community.
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SPARK! Seeks to Spark Interest in Science Learning, Careers
PHILADELPHIA - A three-year, $800,000 grant to the University of Pennsylvania will enhance science learning in grades 4-8 in six Philadelphia schools.Science Projects Are Right for Kids, or SPARK!, from the National Science Foundation is designed to enrich science education for 100 elementary school students in four public and two charter schools in the city.
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Penn Museum Offers Free Darwin Day and Evolution Teach-In
PHILADELPHIA- The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology offers its annual Darwin Day and Evolution Teach-In on Feb. 11 from 1 to 5 p.m. The free event is being held in honor of the 198th birthday of Charles Darwin, originator of the modern theory of evolution.