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Penn Fine Arts Faculty Membres Design Cusano Environmental Education
PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia first "green building," the Cusano Environmental Education Center in the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, has opened. The mission of the project is to demonstrate the importance of the environment to our quality of life. The building features extensive use of recycled materials and wood grown in sustainable, managed forests and an energy-efficient geo-thermal heating and cooling system. The architecture and the design of the site, including landscape, roads and paths, are closely integrated.
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“The London Monster, A Sanguinary Tale”
A century before Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London, a sociopathic predator held sway, stabbing and slashing at more than 50 women during a two-year crime spree. London was gripped by fear, outrage and Monster Mania. No one was killed, but the details of these encounters—the bloodshed, the women’s ripped clothing, the dark figure calmly observing his victim’s screams of anguish before disappearing down the closest alley seconds before help arrived—became deeply ingrained in the city’s collective psyche.
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Middle Eastern blues
Southern blacks weren’t the only ones who sang the blues. From the 1920s to the 1950s, Turkish musicians blended classical and folk forms to produce songs about hardship and perseverance that have been called the “Middle Eastern blues.” No musician did it better than Udi Hrant Kenkulian, a blind Armenian master of the oud, a 12-string fretless lute. His fame further grew through numerous world tours, including stops in the United States, prior to his death in 1978.
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Safer teens
A new Annenberg Public Policy Center institute will draw together scholars across campus engaged in research on reducing risky behavior in teens. The new Institute for Adolescent Risk Communication is backed by a $25 million endowment from the Annenberg Foundation, President Judith Rodin announced Dec. 13. The new center’s goal is to help communicators devise strategies for reducing high-risk behavior such as drug use, smoking, suicidal behavior and transmission of sexual diseases.
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Rape is as Greek as the Parthenon
White togas…bearded philosophers…marble pillars…and rape? Which one doesn’t seem to mesh with ancient Greece? If you said “rape,” Ed Harris, a classical studies professor at Brooklyn College, would beg to differ with you. Speaking to an intimate crowd of classical studies scholars in Logan Hall in November, Harris opened his lecture “Did Rape Exist in Classical Athens?” with a precise answer to that inquiry.
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Spring into shape
Looking to keep that New Year’s resolution about getting into shape? The Recreation Department is the place to keep it. Faculty, staff and students can use the swimming pools, basketball courts, squash courts and tennis facilities at Hutchinson and Gimbel Gyms free of charge. In addition, fitness center memberships, locker and towel service and personal trainers are available at reasonable rates.
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Ivy MVP enjoys his anonymity
It’s hard to think of Gavin Hoffman as somebody’s son. At 6 feet 6 inches, he’s just too tall for that. But don’t tell his parents, who have flown from their home in Minnesota to every one of his games, including a game in Hawaii. The other thing about Hoffman’s height is it makes it hard to miss him. On top of that, he’s a sports hero, the starting quarterback of Penn’s championship football team and the Ivy League’s Most Valuable Player for 2000.
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Lori N. Doyle Named Director of Communications at Penn
PHILADELPHIA -- Lori N. Doyle, vice president for external affairs of the American Water Works Company, Inc. in Voorhees, N.J., has been named director of communications at the University of Pennsylvania, effective February 1, according to an announcement by Penn President Judith Rodin.
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New Health System PR chief
Rebecca Harmon has been named chief public affairs officer for the University of Pennsylvania Health System effective Dec. 1. Harmon will be responsible for the overall development and direction of the Health System’s communications efforts, including media relations, community affairs programs, and the Health System’s internal publications, which include Penn Medicine, PennPulse and HUPdate.
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More Current gold
Pennsylvania Current has received a gold award in the Internal and External Publications category of the 2001 Accolades Awards program, run by District II of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). The Current was the sole gold award recipient among the 32 periodicals submitted to the competition by schools in the Middle Atlantic states and Ontario, the region covered by CASE District II. Among other things, the judges cited the paper’s appearance and its fresh treatment of familiar stories.