Ron Ozio

PHILADELPHIAespite technological advances, the book has remained a constant source of both comfort and intellectual growth. Nearly everyone has a favorite book or books. Usually these books reflect an individual life or represent a significant moment in someone life.

Ron Ozio ・June 5, 2001

PHILADELPHIA A University of Pennsylvania professor is teaching troubled boys to control their aggression through basketball, martial arts and cultural pride.

Ron Ozio ・May 29, 2001

PHILADELPHIA uge amounts of money are being spent in ways that keep the homeless mentally ill on the streets even though the same amount of money could provide them with housing. A study conducted by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania tracked the cost of nearly 5,000 mentally ill homeless people in New York City for two years and for two years after they were housed.

Ron Ozio ・May 1, 2001

PHILADELPHIA When it comes to social services provided by religious congregations in Philadelphia, black congregations are on top.

Ron Ozio ・April 27, 2001

PHILADELPHIA Ian L. McHarg, 80, an Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, died Monday, March 5 of pulmonary disease at Chester County Hospital.

Ron Ozio ・March 6, 2001

PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania is helping West Philadelphia non-profits keep up-to-date with computer technology through a grant from the Corporation for National Service. The Center for Community Partnerhips at Penn has hired two full-time coordinators to implement computer training and to distribute hardware and software to area churches and high schools.

Ron Ozio ・February 9, 2001

PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia first "green building," the Cusano Environmental Education Center in the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, has opened.

Ron Ozio ・January 31, 2001

PHILADELPHIA Planning for a New Century: the Regional Agenda by Jonathan Barnett is a new book that brings together leading thinkers in the fields of planning, urban design, education, welfare and housing to consider ways to solve the problems facing many communities.

Ron Ozio ・December 1, 2000

PHILADELPHIA - Two University of Pennsylvania professors have written a book that explores the often overlooked centrality of moral education in public schools and the controversies that surround both its premises and pedagogy. "The Moral Stake in Education: Contested Premises and Practices" by Joan Goodman and Howard Lesnick will be released in early December by Allyn and Bacon.

Ron Ozio ・November 15, 2000

PHILADELPHIA Prof. John Dixon Hunt, professor of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named a member of the prestigious Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier Des Artes et Lettres) by the Cultural Ministry of France for his exceptional endeavors in landscape architecture.

Ron Ozio ・September 12, 2000