Graduate School of Education

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has been selected by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation as one of four sites to host the new Leonore Annenberg/Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship program.

PHILADELPHIA –- A researcher at the University of Pennsylvania has identified nine common themes of racism on large, predominantly white college campuses in the U.S. Shaun Harper, an assistant professor in Penn’s Graduate School of Education, found the themes from focus groups with students and staff:

WHO: Michael Nutter, Philadelphia mayor-electHarris Sokoloff, faculty director of the Penn Project for Civic EngagementWHAT: Great Expectations Citizens ConventionWHERE: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St., Philadelphia WHEN: Sunday, Dec. 2, noon-5 p.m.; check-in at 11:30 a.m.

WHO: Philadelphia City Council candidatesWHAT: Great Expectations, a year-long project to connect Philadelphia's citizens' hopes and ideas for their city to the political process, is a partnership between the Philadelphia Inquirer and the University of Pennsylvania, with funding from the Lenfest and Knight foundations.

PHILADELPHIA - The William Penn Foundation has awarded a $600,000, three-year grant to the University of Pennsylvania, in support of the Kids Integrated Data System project.

PHILADELPHIA -- Andrew C. Porter, the Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Leadership Policy and Organization and Director of the Learning Sciences Institute at Vanderbilt University, has been named Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.  He will begin Aug. 1.

WHAT:  A recital by a select group of string students from Penn Alexander School, who are showcasing this public elementary school's music program.   The students will perform several selections for University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann.  A reception will follow.