Campus & Community

PHILADELPHIA – Marwan M. Kraidy and Kevin M.F.

It is one of the first school songs students at Penn commit to memory, and one they probably will remember for the rest of their lives.

WHAT: About a century ago, a group of writers, editors and literary critics decided to start meeting for lunch at what was to become the famous Algonquin Round Table in New York. Now-famous literary names such as Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and Alexander Woollcott shared their mutual creativity at the meetings and turned their ideas into great works.

This month scientists and science fans alike will take the latest research in fields from astronomy to zoology out of the labs and into the streets to celebrate the first annual Philadelphia Science Festival.

A decade ago, Philadelphia was a different city than it is today. Mayor John Street’s administration was just beginning the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative. Grand plans were still in the works for Penn’s Landing. Philadelphia was focused on development, rather than city planning.

“Penn’s strength is connected to the greatness of the community it shares,” says Glenn Bryan, the assistant vice president of community relations in the Office of Government and Community Affairs.

PHILADELPHIA — The Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest, author and culture editor of America, a national Catholic magazine, will speak at the University of Pennsylvania’s 2011 Baccalaureate ceremonies on Sunday, May 15, in Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce St.

PHILADELPHIA – Janine Remillard, a professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named vice chair of the U.S. National Commission for Mathematics Instruction for a two-year term.  She has served on the commission since 2009.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will open the fifth annual meeting of the Global Colloquium of University Presidents at Penn on Monday, April 4, with a public address on empowering women.

Penn is stepping up its commitment to sustainability by introducing a new and paperless way to get your pay.Beginning this spring, the University will stop issuing paper paychecks. Employees will instead have the choice of receiving their pay through either direct deposit or the new ADP TotalPay Card system.