Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Quote
of the Day
"The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge
of our own ignorance."
- Benjamin Franklin
Hot Topic
01.
CAB Hosts Late Skate
Topics of the Day
02.
Thursday Night Live at Ross Commons
03.
Academic Bistro for Winter Term
04.
CEO Workshop: Conquering Apathy and Inspiring
Action
05.
Philadelphia Inquirer's John Timpane to
Speak at Drexel
06.
Seminar on Innovation to Reduce Health Care
Disparities
07.
Zeta Phi Beta Hosting First Zeta Week
08.
Healthy Eating and Exercise
09.
MBA Career Services Kicks Off New Workshop
Series
10. World
Cafe Live Presents Louis Logic
11. Drexel
News Media Watch
The Campus Activity Board (CAB) will hold Late Skate at the Class of 1923 Ice
Rink (31st and Walnut Streets) on Thursday, January 19, 2006 from 11 p.m. -
1 a.m. The rink is closed to the public, open only to Drexel undergraduate students
with valid ID. Admission is $3 and includes skate rental. Students may bring
one guest per DragonCard. Guest admission is $5.
Tickets are available at the door. For more information, visit http://www.drexel.edu/cab.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
Thursday Night Live at Ross Commons
Think you can sing? Come out to Ross Commons (34th Street and Powelton Avenue)
on Thursday, January 19, 2006 from 9-11 p.m. for "Thursday Night Live"
Karaoke Night. Ross Commons will host live entertainment every Thursday night.
For more information, call the Ross Commons Hotline at 215-895-1000.
Approved under the authority of Anthony T. Caneris, Senior Vice President for
Student Life and Administrative Services
Academic Bistro for Winter Term
The Department of Hospitality
Studies' Academic Bistro is open for winter term 2005-06. The Bistro is operated
by Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts majors. It is located on the sixth
floor of the Academic Building (33rd and Arch Streets). Make reservations with
Adrienne Hall at 215-895-5872.
Winter term schedule is as follows:
Dinner: Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.
Dinners are scheduled January 24, 2006 until March 14, 2006
The cost is $22 per person; you may bring your own libations.Lunch: Thursdays and Fridays 12 noon to 1 p.m.
Lunches are scheduled from January 26, 2006 until March 17, 2006
The cost is $9 per person.
Students develop the menus, prepare and serve the food. Weekly menus are posted in the Drexel Daily Digest.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
CEO Workshop: Conquering Apathy and Inspiring Action
The Creating Excellent Organizations (CEO) program will hold the workshop "Motivation:
Conquering Apathy and Inspiring Action" today, January 18, 2006 from 6-7:30
p.m. in MacAlister Hall room 2020 (33rd and Chestnut Streets).
Jessica Grace, coordinator of commuter and off-campus programs, will share techniques on how to move groups from apathy to enthusiasm.
The workshop is designed for student organizational leaders and members. For information, visit http://www.drexel.edu/oca/leadership/workshop_schedule.html.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
Philadelphia Inquirer's John
Timpane to Speak at Drexel
Editor of the commentary page and "Currents" at The Philadelphia Inquirer John Timpane (above) will talk about "This Writing Life" on Tuesday, February 16, 2006 at 2 p.m. in MacAlister Hall's University Club, sixth floor (33rd and Chestnut Streets).
Timpane has authored a number of film scripts, articles and books on writing and poetry, including Poetry for Dummies. He will conduct a multi-genre workshop for students following his lecture at 3:15 p.m. The workshop is limited to 15 students, who should submit a short non-fiction/journalism article, short fiction story or poem for the workshop. Submissions can be emailed as an rtf file to Dr. Miriam N. Kotzin, director of the certificate program in writing and publishing, at kotzinm@drexel.edu.
Timpane has received many awards including the 2000 James K. Batten Award for Excellence in Civic Journalism from the Pew Center for Civic Journalism and the Association of Opinion Page Editors 2004 Award for Best Series.
For more information, contact Dr. Kotzin at kotzinm@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
Seminar on Innovation to Reduce Health Care Disparities
The School of Public Health will hold the Grand Rounds Session "Clinical,
Health Plan and Community Innovation and Intervention to Understand and Reduce
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care" on Thursday, January 19,
2006 at 4:30 p.m. in the New College Building's Geary Auditorium B (245 N. 15th
Street). The session is part of the Drexel-Health Partners of Philadelphia Seminar
Series on Innovations to Reduce Disparities in Health Care.
As the urgency of reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care increases in both prominence and importance, health care providers and programs are reexamining traditional approaches, and undertaking new ways to alleviate these longstanding inequities.
The seminar will focus on improving quality of care for diverse residents in Philadelphia; identifying personal and neighborhood influences affecting health and health care; discussing the importance of cultural competence in the care process; and highlighting specific efforts around priority conditions in communities, such as Hepatitis C.
The panel will feature Dr. Dennis Andrulis, director of the Center for Health Equality and associate dean for research in Drexel's School of Public Health; Dr. Merleen Harris-Williams, medical director for Health Partners of Philadelphia; Dr. John Rich, professor chair of the department of health policy and management in the School of Public Health; and Dr. Michael Schaffer, director of health outcomes for Health Partners of Philadelphia.
The seminar is free and open to students, faculty, staff and the professional public health and provider community. For more information, call 215-762-7638.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
Zeta Phi Beta Hosting First Zeta Week
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.-Kappa Sigma Chapter is hosting its first annual
Zeta Week on Drexel's campus this week through Friday, January 20, 2006.
Throughout the week, the "Klassy" sisters of KSig invite all students, faculty and staff to join them for any or all of the events they have planned to promote their founding principles: scholarship, service, sisterly love and finer womanhood.
For a complete list of activities, contact zphibkappasigma@aol.com.
Approved under the authority of Anthony T. Caneris, Senior Vice President for
Student Life and Administrative Services
The Office of University Student Life at the Center City Hahnemann Campus would
like to help you with your New Year's resolutions to eat right and exercise.
On Thursday, January 19, 2006 from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. in the New College Building Klahr Lobby (245 N. 15th Street), Student Life staff will be giving out "Calculating Carbs, Fat and Calories" pocket sliders. There will also be information about healthy eating, fun fitness and exercise activities, information about Philadelphia's "Fun, Fit, & Free" health promotion program, recipes and some healthy snacks.
For more information, call 215-762-1400.
Approved under the authority of Anthony T. Caneris, Senior Vice President for
Student Life and Administrative Services
MBA Career Services Kicks Off New Workshop Series
Beginning today, January 18, 2006, the MBA Career Services office will be conducting
a workshop series for students and alumni.
This month's workshops are listed below as well as on the LeBow College of Business Web site. To register for a workshop, visit http://www.lebow.drexel.edu/CareerServices/MBA/Workshops.php.
MBA Career Services: What it Means to You
January 18, 12-12:50 p.m., Pearlstein Room 302 (33rd and Market Street)
and January 19, 5-5:50 p.m., Pearlstein Room 307Career Management 601
January 23, 5-5:50pm, Pearlstein Room 307Career Leader: The MBA Assessment Tool
January 25th 12-12:50 p.m., Pearlstein Room 303Resume & Cover Letter Writing
January 26, 5-5:50 p.m., Pearlstein 307
MBA Career Services is also available to meet one-on-one to discuss career concerns. To schedule an appointment, call 215-895-6300.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
World Cafe Live Presents Louis Logic
World Cafe Live (31st and Walnut Streets) presents indie hip-hop artist Louis
Logic (above) at the second floor lounge on Friday, January 20, 2006
at 10 p.m.
The show includes performances by G.O.P and The Flight Brothers and a dance
party with DJ Rest and DJIM. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door.
For information, call the World Cafe Live box office at 215-222-1400 or visit http://www.worldcafelive.com.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
The NBC and MSNBC networks
broadcast stories about the participation of Dr. Prawat Nagvajara,
associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, in cross-country
skiing in next month’s Winter Olympics on January 13 and 15, 2006. Dr.
Nagvajara also commented on his participation in the Olympic Games on KYW-AM
(1060) on January 17, 2006.
StoryLink
- KYW1060
A Boston Globe story about
criticizing children in which Dr. Myrna Shure, professor of
psychology, was quoted continues to be syndicated. It was published in The
Detroit News on January 17, 2006.
StoryLink
- The Detroit News
Dr. Barbara A. Schindler,
vice dean for educational and academic affairs in the Drexel University College
of Medicine, was quoted in a Boston Globe story on January 16, 2006
about the reporting of medical errors by nurses.
StoryLink
- Boston Globe
Dr. William Lynch, director of the School of Education; Dr. Kristen Betts, director of the master of science program in higher education; Dr. Mary Jo Grdina, assistant professor of education; and students Paul Sinatra, Emily Cyphers and Aaron Mulvany appeared on a WPVI-TV (ABC-6) newscast on January 15, 2006 about iPod use in the School of Education.
Ben Gollotti, senior
associate vice president of public safety, was quoted in a story in The
Philadelphia Inquirer on January 15, 2006 about crime on college campuses.
StoryLink
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
StoryLink
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
Dr. Kenneth Lacovara,
professor of bioscience and biotechnology, was featured in a front-page Philadelphia
Inquirer story on January 15, 2006 about his and his student’s role
in finding the 65-million-year-old fossil of a Thoracosaurus neocesariensis,
a fish-eating crocodile, in New Jersey. The fossil will be displayed in Stratton
Hall beginning January 23 for about a year.
StoryLink
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
Drexel researchers were noted on a KYW-AM (1060) newscast on January 15, 2006 for their work in developing pictures as alternatives to computer passwords.
Dr. Dennis DePace, associate professor of neurobiology and anatomy, appeared on on WPVI-TV (ABC-6) on January 14, 2006 to comment on plastination, the preserving of specimens that have been dissected.
Dr. Marla Gold,
dean of the School of Public Health, was noted in a story in The Morning
Call (Allentown, Pa.) on January 14, 2006 about the Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture’s pledge to post food safety inspection reports online.
StoryLink
- The Morning Call
Student Tim Karros commented on the trend of having a baby before getting married on a KYW-TV (CBS-3) newscast on January 13, 2006.
Dr. Ronald Bishop, associate professor in the Department of Culture and Communication, commented on the James Frey memoir “A Million Little Pieces” on a CN8 newscast on January 13, 2006.
A Philadelphia Inquirer
story about yawning in which Dr. Steven M. Platek, assistant
professor of psychology, was quoted continues to be syndicated. The story was
published in The Houston Chronicle, the Ventura County Star
(Calif.) and on SunJournal.com (Lewiston, Maine) on January 13, 2006. Dr. Platek
was noted in another story, in The Globe and Mail (Toronto), on January
17.
StoryLink
- The Houston Chronicle
StoryLink
- The Globe and Mail
Dr. Kristene Whitmore,
Drexel University College of Medicine and a co-author of Overcoming Bladder
Disorders, was quoted in a story in the November-December 2005 issue of The
Saturday Evening Post about incontinence.
StoryLink
- The Saturday Evening Post
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