Thanks to a gift from a prominent Philadelphia broadcaster, Penn has a new center for criminology.
The Jerry Lee Center for Criminology brings together researchers engaged in work on crime, violence and crime prevention in several schools of the University, including Arts and Sciences, Education, Medicine, Social Work and Wharton.
An official dedication ceremony on Oct. 15 will feature an address by former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, who will receive the first Jerry Lee Award on Research-Based Crime Reduction at the event.
The center, which began operations in January, is endowed through a $1 million gift from Jerry Lee, president of radio station WBEB (B-101, 101.1 FM).
The center is housed in the Fels Center of Government. Fels Center Director Lawrence Sherman serves as its head. Lee has an ongoing interest in crime prevention and was impressed by Sherman’s research on the subject.
“We see ourselves as not only doing basic research but also increasing the impact of research on public policy,” Sherman said.
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In honor of Valentine's Day, and as a way of fostering community in her Shakespeare in Love course, Becky Friedman took her students to the University Club for lunch one class period. They talked about the movie "Shakespeare in Love," as part of a broader conversation on how Shakespeare's works are adapted.
In Becky Friedman’s English course Shakespeare in Love, undergraduate students analyze language, genre, and adaptation in the Bard’s plays through the lens of love.
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Dorit Aviv, director of Weitzman’s Thermal Architecture Lab, studies how humans, technology, and design intersect, paving the way for the development of novel approaches to cooling people efficiently.
