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Penn Graduate School of Education Names New Vice Dean
PHILADELPHIA -- Doug Lynch has been named vice dean for graduate admissions and executive education at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.In his new position, Lynch will oversee admissions policies for GSE traditional and non-traditional programs and will assist faculty in the development of executive model and continuing education programs.
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Penn Professors Paul Hendrickson and Susan Stewart Win National Book Critics Circle Awards
PHILADELPHIA - University of Pennsylvania English professors Paul Hendrickson and Susan Stewart have each won the prestigious National Book Critics Circle award. Hendrickson's "Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and its Legacy" won the prize for best nonfiction book of 2003 and Stewart's "Columbarium" won for best book of poetry of the year. The announcement came at the National Book Critics Circle's 30th anniversary awards ceremony in New York March 4.
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Iraqi Museum Professionals to Visit Penn Museum
WHO:Museum professionals from Iraq, U.S. State Department, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyWHAT:Educational tour and preview of upcoming Museum exhibition for Iraqi museum professionals WHEN: Monday, March 8, 2:30 p.m. WHERE: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South S., PhiladelphiaA group of "next generation" Iraqi museum professionals, in the country for a U.S. State Department, multi-city "Cultural Heritage Institute" tour, will visit the Penn Museum Monday, March 8.
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Richard M. Leventhal Named Director of Penn Museum
PHILADELPHIA- Richard M. Leventhal, an internationally recognized scholar in Mesoamerican studies, has been named the Williams Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Penn President Judith Rodin and Penn Provost Robert Barchi announced today. "I am delighted that Richard will be joining us," said Rodin. "His proven leadership and bold vision for the future will help strengthen the Museum's three-fold mission of education, research and the preservation of cultural artifacts from around the world."
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Penn Researchers Introduce a New Nanotube-Laced Gel, Create New Means of Aligning Nanotubes
PHILADELPHIA -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have devised a new method for aligning isolated single wall carbon nanotubes and, in the process, have created a new kind of material with liquid crystal-like properties, which they call nematic nanotube gels. The gels could potentially serve as sensors in complex fluids, where changes in local chemical environment, such as acidity or solvent quality, can lead to visible changes in the gel shape. The researchers describe their findings in the current issue of Physical Review Letters.
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Mr. Deep Pockets
“You can afford Penn.” This simple message has been an integral part of the pitch Penn makes to potential applicants for decades. Director of Student Financial Aid William Schilling C’66’s mission is to make sure that statement is true for everyone who attends. Thus, it was music to his ears to hear that incoming University President Amy Gutmann intends to make financial aid a top priority of her administration. Like both Gutmann and President Judith Rodin CW’66, Schilling is a scholarship kid—his attendance at Penn was made possible by a generous financial aid package.
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People's Choice: Oughta-be Oscars
In our lengthy search for Penn people to answer our question this issue—”What picture, actor or actress should have gotten an Oscar nomination but didn’t?”—we may have inadvertently stumbled across the reason why the ratings for the Academy Awards telecast keep dropping each year: It seems people aren’t going to see first-run films like they used to, at least not at Penn. We spoke with several respondents who confessed to not having seen any first-run films of late, and another, who wished to remain anonymous, said, “I just wait until they’re out on cable.”
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Appointments
Laurie O. Robinson, a nationally known leader in criminal justice policy, has been named director of Penn’s new Master of Science Program in Criminology. Prior to her appointment at the University, Robinson worked for nearly three decades in criminal justice reform and innovation and worked as assistant attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice. There, she oversaw the Office of Justice Programs from 1993 to 2000.
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Kumanyika in middle of global food fight
Obesity is now a global health issue. According to the World Health Organization, the top 10 leading risk factors for death in 2000 included four directly connected to obesity—hypertension, cholesterol, high body mass index and physical inactivity. To tackle the problem, the WHO is launching a worldwide campaign against obesity. Its chief tool is a strategy to promote changes in diet and nutrition similar to what the U.S. Department of Agriculture has recommended for many years.
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Instant makeover for Reading Viaduct
Look at an aerial photo of Philadelphia and you will see a dark line that starts just north of Girard Avenue and snakes to the southwest, where it veers away from SEPTA’s Ninth Street viaduct and branches into two. One track curves west and heads out (mostly underground) to the Schuylkill River and Fairmount Park, while the other turns south, terminating abruptly at Vine Street. This is the southern end of the Reading Viaduct, a rotting and abandoned four-track right-of-way that last brought trains into Reading Terminal in 1984.