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ONLINE HIGHLIGHTS
MARCH/APRIL 2009
Higher Education and the Economic Downturn: A Panel Discussion
Presented by the Annual Gordon S. Bodek Lecture of Distinguished Educators
Experts from the University of Pennsylvania and beyond discuss the impact of the economic downturn on colleges and universities, and explore the implications for the future of higher education.
Women
Who Rule (wmv format)
Sponsored by the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia as part of the series Freud, Franklin, and Beyond: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Mental Health and Society
A panel discussion among five of Penn's most prominent women leaders: Rebecca
Bushnell, PhD, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania; Mary
Frances Berry, PhD, JD, Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania; Ruth
M. S. Fischer, MD, Training and Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia; Amy
Gutmann, PhD, President, University of Pennsylvania; and Kathleen
Hall Jamieson, PhD, Director, Annenberg Center for Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania.
President Obama's first 100 Days in Office
A Webinar presented by the Annenberg School of Communications
April 30, 2009
1:00-2:30 pm
Join a panel of Penn scholars, moderated by Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor John
L. Jackson, Jr. as they analyze President Obama's first 100 days in office. All registrants will receive an email prior to the event with instructions for accessing the webinar from your desktop. For more information, email Joseph
J. Diorio or call 215-746-1798.
Penn Press Podcast
Steven P. Miller, historian and author of Billy Graham and the Rise of the
Republican South.
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Defining
the 21st Century Campus: The Intersection of Education & Community
A Law & Entrepreneurship Lecture presented by the Institute for Law and Economics
Featuring the Honorable Michael Nutter, W'79, Mayor of Philadelphia.
Are We Post-Racial Yet? Race, Representation, and Economic Reality
Julianne
Malveaux, economist, author, and president of Bennett College for Women discusses how Barack Obama's stunning victory changes the social and political construction of race in the United States.
Kelly Writers House Fellow Joan Didion
Joan Didion's recent visit to the Kelly Writers House was captured on video — watch a reading from her newest book, as well as a discussion and Q&A facilitated by Al Filreis.
Not Even Past: New Perspectives on American History
Historian Thomas Sugrue discusses his new book Sweet Land
of Liberty.
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listing of Not Even Past lectures ›
The Economic Challenges Ahead
The 2009 Goldstone Forum featuring Paul Krugman, Princeton University Professor of Economics and International Affairs and New York Times columnist.
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Living Aboard the International Space Station - One Quaker's Journey
A Technology, Business, and Government Lecture featuring NASA Astronaut Garret
E. Reisman, MT'90.
"Washington Internships: How to Get Them and Use Them to Launch Your Public Policy Career"
Deirdre Martinez,
Director of the Fels Public Policy Internship Program, on her latest book.
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