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Dog tired
Penn Law student Brant Altman introduced his 4-month-old yorkie, Emma, to Penn’s campus recently, taking the puppy for a walk down Locust Walk. Then Emma apparently decided she needed a lift. Photo credit: Mark Stehle
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Staff Q&A: Stephanie Ives
When Stephanie Ives was hired in the summer of 1999 as Penn’s first alcohol coordinator, the campus had just emerged from an intensive review of its alcohol and drug use culture. Former president Judith Rodin had pulled together a special commission to look at the issue the year before, and in the spring of ’99, after a tragic accident involving an alumnus, then-provost Robert Barchi launched the Working Group on Alcohol Abuse.
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Mad 4 Mex
By The Current Staff White Dog Café has the sterling reputation, New Deck Tavern has the old-country feel and Bubble House has the trendy look. But when it comes to the best beer selection in University City, the surprising winner is the unassuming Tex-Mex restaurant hidden away behind all three: Mad 4 Mex.
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Live, in U. City
Experimental dance, a stage set reminiscent of a World Trade Center stairwell and an electronic/classical music fusion are just some of the highlights to hit University City stages during this year’s Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe, which began Sept. 1 and runs through Sept. 16.
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A throwback
By The Current Staff Photo credit: University Archives Even the most fanatical of football fans is unlikely to know much about the “delayed pass” or “flying interference.” But those two plays, introduced by former Penn coach George Washington Woodruff, helped put Penn football at the top of the football world in the late 1890s.
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Taking Over
For somebody like Glen Miller, who has loved basketball since his kindergarten days, having the chance to coach at The Palestra is just about as good as it gets. The storied old arena at 33rd and South streets is, after all, considered a basketball cathedral: It has hosted more games, and more great players and coaches, than any other arena in the world. And now, it’s Miller’s office.
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Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania Announces Fellows for 2007: McPhee, Kincaid and Hall
PHILADELPHIA - John McPhee, Jamaica Kincaid, and Donald Hall have been named Kelly Writers House Fellows at the University of Pennsylvania for 2007.McPhee is a pioneer in literary non-fiction and has written nearly 30 books. Kincaid explores mother-daughter relationships, the effects of colonialism and alienation. Donald Hall is the current U.S. poet laureate and has published 15 poetry books.
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Good Times Ahead for Dinosaur Hunters, According to University of Pennsylvania Scientist's Dinosaur Census
PHILADELPHIA -- The golden age of dinosaur discovery is yet upon us, according to Peter Dodson at the University of Pennsylvania. In a forthcoming issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dodson revises his groundbreaking 1990 census on the diversity of discoverable dinosaurs upward by 50%, offering a brighter outlook about the number of dinosaurs waiting to be found. His findings also add evidence that dinosaur populations were stable, and not on the decline, in the time shortly before their extinction 65 million years ago.
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University of Pennsylvania Launches New D.S.W. Program
PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy and Practice will launch a new doctoral-level education program in social work, which will offer the D.S.W. to students alongside the Ph.D. degree.
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Two University of Pennsylvania Schools Partner in Program for Organizational Learning Leaders
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania will offer a graduate degree program for learning leaders through a partnership between Penn's Wharton School and Graduate School of Education. The Executive Program in Work-Based Learning Leadership will provide a formalized education in business, leadership, technology and strategy within the context of work-related learning. The goal is to enable the learning leader, often called the chief learning officer or head of talent development, to function at the same strategic level as other senior executives.