October 31, 2006
Did you know... that Jonathan D. Moreno and Christopher B. Murray have just been named the two newest Penn Integrates Knowledge professors? The Penn Integrates Knowledge initiative was launched by President Amy Gutmann to recruit exceptional faculty members whose research and teaching exemplify the integration of knowledge across disciplines.
Dr. Moreno will hold appointments in medical ethics in the School of Medicine and in the history and sociology of science in the School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Murray will hold appointments in chemistry in SAS and in materials science in the Engineering School. Dr. Murray's spouse and Penn alumna, Dr. Cherie R. Kagan will also be joining the Penn faculty as an associate professor of electrical and systems engineering.
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In honor of Ben Franklin's 300th Birthday on January 17, 2006, we offer a year of notable Franklin quotes:
"If Passion drives... let Reason hold the reins."
October 20, 2006
Did You Know . . . the Penn Alumni Career Network (PACNet) recently launched an improved version of the career network where Penn alumni can offer guidance to students and alumni with career-related questions? As an advisor, you will have an opportunity to provide information on your career area, employment outlook in your field, requirements for entry, and other issues specific to your job/industry.
Accessible through the Penn Alumni Online Community, PACNet needs you as volunteers to provide your professional expertise.
View this link for more information or to sign up to be a mentor today.
In honor of Ben Franklin's 300th Birthday on January 17, 2006, we offer a year of notable Franklin quotes:
"Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made: What's a Sun-Dial in the Shade."
--Benjamin Franklin
October 10, 2006
Did You Know... that the Philadelphia Inquirer has named Penn's Skirkanich Hall the city's "best new building in years?" Inquirer Architecture critic Inga Saffron raves, "The University of Pennsylvania's new bioengineering lab on 33rd Street thumbs its rather sizable nose at nearly every architectural convention that Philadelphia holds dear. And yet it breaks the rules with such breathtaking skill and winning panache that you're happy to forget there ever were rules."
Read more here and here . View the building here.
In honor of Ben Franklin's 300th Birthday on January 17, 2006, we offer a year of notable Franklin quotes:
Building is an old man's amusement. The advantage is for his posterity."
--Benjamin Franklin
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