PHILADELPHIA -- Joan Gluch, director of community health for the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, was one of 10 finalists nominated for the Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning, presented annually by the Campus Compact, a national coalition of more than 900 colleges and universities.

PHILADELPHIA -- Bono, lead singer and songwriter for the rock group U2 and a social-justice activist, will speak at the University of Pennsylvania's 248th Commencement ceremony Monday, May 17, at Franklin Field, 33rd and South streets.   The procession of graduates begins at 9 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA -- Jaroslav Pelikan, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University, will speak at the University of Pennsylvania Baccalaureate ceremonies May 16, in Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce St., Philadelphia.Ceremonies will be held at 1:30 and 3 p.m. to accommodate all who wish to attend.  No tickets will be required for admission.

WHO: Penn Alexander School students  WHAT: Each class will plant a flowering tree on the school grounds in celebration of Earth Day, as a spring project of the PAS Student Council.    WHERE: Penn Alexander School, 43rd and Locust Sts., PhiladelphiaWHEN: Beginning at 9:30 a.m. with the Kindergarten classes 10:30 a.m. 1st grade classes

WHO: University of Pennsylvania President Judith Rodin will speak to Washington policymakers at the inaugural Penn in Washington Seminar Series luncheon about the role universities can play in urban revitalization.The lunch is being hosted by NBC Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell and U.S. Rep. Harold E. Ford.

WHAT:"Globalization: Cities, Jobs and the National Economy" will explore   job security, urban development and sustainable economic growth in this era of increasing globalization.

WHAT:  "Penn Kids Judge! Fair," where kids will actually judge the projects of Penn undergraduate, post-baccalaureate and graduate science students.  WHO: Some 140 schoolchildren from the Penn Alexander and Lea schools in West Philadelphia WHERE:  Penn School of Medicine

PHILADELPHIA -- Bono, lead singer and songwriter for the rock group U2 and a social-justice activist, will speak at the 248th Commencement of the University of Pennsylvania May 17.

PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania President Judith Rodin announced the creation of the Penn Urban Research Institute, which will specialize in urban issues, during a March 4 address at the Penn School of Design.

PHILADELPHIA -- The "Encyclopedia of Food and Culture," a historical, cultural and scientific work edited by Solomon Katz, a professor of anthropology in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, has received four major book honors.