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Hall of Famers
Penn has a Hall of Fame for its outstanding athletes. Why not have one for its outstanding alumni? We asked the people who work in Penn’s alumni relations and development offices, who we figured would know meritorious alums when they saw them, for nominees. As one respondent’s choice shows, you don’t have to be a big shot to be an all-star.
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Star search turns up fewer new ones
With few new stars being formed, will the twinkling lights above our heads soon disappear into the night sky? According to Raul Jimenez, assistant professor of physics, there is now very little gas—the main component of stars—available in the galaxies, so few new ones are forming. But since stars tend to have a lifetime of 10 to 100 billion years, and our universe is a youthful 13 billion years old, we don’t need to worry that the lights above will dim anytime soon.
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Center explores ties that bind people, animals
Like most animal lovers, when James Serpell thinks about the stray dogs of Taiwan or Philadelphia’s own canine abuse problem, he gets upset. As director of Penn’s Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society, a multi-disciplinary research center within the School of Veterinary Medicine, he gets to explore the root causes and work toward solutions. Doing research on how animals fare in their relationships with people is a big part of the center’s mission. It also looks at the other side of the equation—how people are affected by their interaction with animals.
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Research: What’s goin’ on with Marvin Gaye?
Twenty years after his untimely death at the hands of his father, Marvin Gaye has a secure place in the pantheon of pop music. At least four biographies, a memoir and a score of other works have explored his troubled life and groundbreaking music. Now comes Michael Eric Dyson to tell us there’s more to the story.
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Appointments
Loretta Sweet Jemmott has been named Assistant Provost effective May 1. In her new position, which was announced by Provost Robert Barchi April 13, Jemmott will have primary responsibility for gender and minority issues at the University of Pennsylvania.
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A show about nothing
Clear your mind and think of nothing. What do you see? Through the summer, the Institute of Contemporary Art shines the spotlight on a state of total, complete nothingness in its major group exhibition, “The Big Nothing.” Beginning May 1 in both gallery spaces, the ICA will feature more than 60 artists’ works from the 1970s to the present, including pieces from Yayoi Kusama that contemplate the metaphysical nothing, art by Jutta Koether that visualizes “nothing” as refusal or negation and Roe Ethridge’s delicate photographic image, “Moon” (left).
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Education gets the royal treatment
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorm of Thailand is greeted by two members of her 30-person delegation, (left to right) Siam University President Pormchai Mongkhovanit and National Education Council of Thailand Secretary-General Rung Kaedwang, as she arrives at the Inn at Penn for the second U.S.-Thailand Education Policy Roundtable on April 8. The summit, hosted by Penn’s Graduate School of Education and sponsored by the Starr Foundation, brought top American and Thai education officials together to discuss math and science teaching and higher education.
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DeTurck surveys math reforms
How is Johnny doing in calculus? Not as well as he could be, according to Mathematics Professor Dennis DeTurck. In a Provost’s Lecture Series talk April 12, DeTurck explained why calculus matters and gave a history of efforts to improve math teaching in elementary and secondary schools.
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Ask Benny: A potpourri of Franklin Field facts
Dear Benny,Does Franklin Field host any events besides football games and the Penn Relays? What’s the average attendance at Franklin Field events? And why was the Army-Navy game played there? — Curious Researcher Dear Curious, Whew! Your grab bag of questions took Benny to several sources, starting with Dave Johnson, the Penn Relays director, and a good source for Franklin Field history .