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Ron Ozio
Director, Media Relations
Director, Media Relations
Ron Ozio directs local, national, and international media-relations activities in the central University Communications Office. He is also the news-media contact for matters related to the administration and admissions and is the contact for permission to film on campus.
U.S. Ranks 27th in World Social Progress; Africa in Dire Straits
FRANKFURT -- Denmark and Sweden lead the world in social progress, Afghanistan is at the bottom of the list and the United States ranks 27th among 163 nations, according to the latest Index of Social Progress.
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Fisher-Hassenfeld Joint Gift Helps Transform Residential Life at Penn
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania's historic Quadrangle has received a joint $11.5 million commitment from Penn alumni Alan Hassenfeld and Jerome Fisher and Fisher's wife Anne. In recognition of the gifts, Woodland College House will be renamed Fisher Hassenfeld College House, and an entrance to the Quad will be named the Fisher Hassenfeld Memorial Tower Gate.
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Public Sculptor Robinson Fredenthal Exhibit at Penn's Architectural Archives
WHO: Robinson FredenthalWHAT: Off the Wall: Current Work by Robinson Fredenthal.A Special ExhibitionWHERE: Kroiz Gallery, Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania, 220 S. 34th St.WHEN: May 11 through Sept. 30Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, weekends by appointment. Open Penn's Alumni Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, May 11-12, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Penn Professor Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences
PHILADELPHIA Robert Boruch, a professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and a statistics professor at Penn Wharton School, has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Class of 2002.
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Penn Humanities Forum Addresses Aging
PHILADELPHIA -- In a public panel discussion, "Time's Potential: The Past, Present, and Future of Aging," the Penn Humanities Forum addresses a lack of humanities research on the topic of aging. The discussion will take place at 4:00 pm on Wed., May 1 in Houston Hall Bodek Lounge, 3417 Spruce Street.
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Moving from Welfare to Earning a Family-Sustaining Wage Takes Longer Than Predicted
PHILADELPHIA Welfare reform laws have made it extremely difficult for low-wage earners to support their families, according to a new study by Roberta Iversen, professor and associate dean in the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work.
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Moving from Welfare to Earning a Family-Sustaining Wage Takes Longer Than Predicted
PHILADELPHIA Welfare reform laws have made it extremely difficult for low-wage earners to support their families, according to a new study by Roberta Iversen, professor and associate dean in the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work.
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Penn Receives Grant to Strengthen Middle-Grades Math, Prepare Students for Engineering Careers
PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and School of Engineering and Applied Science have been awarded $300,000 from the GE Fund to improve studentsmath skills in two West Philadelphia elementary schools and to open up new career opportunities.
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Architect Rem Koolhaas to Lecture at Penn
PHILADELPHIA Rem Koolhaas, world-renowned architect and recipient of the esteemed Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2000, will present an illustrated lecture on his current projects, including the new Prada Store which opened in New York City SoHo in December 2001, at the University of Pennsylvania on Monday, April 8.
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Penn's Ira Harkavy Awarded 2002 Ehrlich Faculty Award
PHILADELPHIA Ira Harkavy, associate vice president and director of the Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded the 2002 Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning.
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