Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Quote
of the Day
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'"
- Isaac Asimov
Hot Topic
01.
The Drexel Dragons Men's Lacrosse
Topics of the Day
02.
OGCR Seeks Volunteers for 2007 “Celebrate Health” Fair
03.
Gastroenterology Presents "Mentoring Excellence to Our Students"
04.
Rock Cellist Daniel DeJesus on The Drexel InterView
05.
SCDC to Hold Networking Night - Looking for a Job?
06.
Amplify Student Voices: Partner for Change
07.
Penn State Professor to Speak at iSchool on "Public Sector Information"
08.
Poker Tournament Tonight
09.
CEO Workshops on "Reflection in Service" and "Laws of Leadership"
10. Chemistry Lecturer to Discuss Protein Unfolded States
11.
Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Speak on Friday
12. Materials Science and Engineering Seminar on Li-Ion Battery Capacity Fade
13. Drexel News Media Watch
The Drexel Dragons Men's Lacrosse
The Drexel men's lacrosse team will host the University of Delaware in the semifinals of the Colonial Athletic Association Championships. The game will be played at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2007, at Vidas Field (43rd Street and Powelton Avenue).
The winner of the Drexel-Delaware game will face the winner of the Towson-Hofstra game that also takes place on Wednesday. Towson is the top seed in the tournament and will host the CAA championship game if it defeats Hofstra
The Dragons enter the tournament as the number two seed after defeating Hofstra on Saturday, 8-7. Drexel went 11-4 during the regular season and finished 5-1 in the CAA, tying Hofstra for the top spot in the league. Delaware finished the regular season with a 9-5 record and a 4-2 mark in CAA play.
Tickets are $5 general admission and Children 12 years and younger are free. Student admission for both Drexel University and University of Delaware students is free with a valid student ID.
For more information, visit http://www.drexeldragons.com/index.asp?path=mlax&tab=mens.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
OGCR Seeks Volunteers for 2007 “Celebrate Health” Fair
The Office of Government and Community Relations (OGCR), along with the Mantua Community Improvement Committee and Councilwoman Jannie L. Blackwell, will host its annual Celebrate Health Fair on May 12, 2007, from noon to 4 p.m. The event will take place at the West Philadelphia Community Center (3512 Haverford Avenue).
The OGCR is seeking volunteers to help make the fair a success. The fair will include health education and screenings, free food and beverages, free prizes drawings, giveaways and much more.
To volunteer, contact Dimitrios N. Boufidis at (215) 895-0418 or dnb26@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Brian Keech, Vice President for Government and Community Relations.
Gastroenterology Presents "Mentoring Excellence to Our Students"
Drexel University College of Medicine Department of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology presents Dr. Suzanne Rose on the subject "Mentoring Excellence to Our Students" today, May 1, 2007, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Drexel University College of Medicine New College Building, Geary Auditorium Lecture Room B (245 N. 15th Street). Refreshments will be served.
Suzanne Rose, M.D., FACG, FAGA, is professor of medicine and associate dean for education at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
This event is free and open to the general public. Gastroenterologists, general internists, family practitioners, all subspecialties, nephrologists, CRNPs, Pas, fellows, residents and medical students are encouraged to attend.
For more information, contact Walter Albright at 215-762-8695.
This lecture is made possible by a grant from Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Rock Cellist Daniel DeJesus on The Drexel InterView
Daniel DeJesus (above), artist and rock cellist, is the subject of an episode of The Drexel InterView, a news and cultural affairs show produced by the University and hosted by Paula Marantz Cohen, that will air today, May 1, 2007, at 8 p.m. and this Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, at 10 a.m. on DUTV.
DUTV is educational access television operated by Drexel, seen throughout Philadelphia on Comcast Cable and Urban Cableworks on channel 54 and on channel 48 in Center City and South Philadelphia, channel 62 in West Philadelphia and channel 99 in the Northeast.
For more information visit Daniel DeJesus' Web page at http://www.danieldejesus.com/, The Drexel InterView at http://www.drexel.edu/univrel/events/drexel_interview.html, or DUTV at http://www.dutv.org/.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relation
SCDC to Hold Networking Night - Looking for a Job?
The Steinbright Career Development Center will hold a Networking Night on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Behrakis Grand Hall, Creese Student Center (32nd and Chestnut Streets).
Students will meet and interact with employers during this casual networking event to get advice about job opportunities and career paths, establish new connections, learn about employment trends, and more. In addition, students will have the opportunity to submit resumes to participating employers for consideration.
This event is open to all Drexel students, but those who are still seeking employment are encouraged to attend in order to make personal connections with potential future employers.
Registration is required. To register, do one of the following:
For more information, contact the events coordinator at scdc_events@drexel.edu.
For a list of participating employers, visit http://www.drexel.edu/scdc/events.asp.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Amplify Student Voices: Partner for Change
A student panel will discuss significant student issues on Thursday, May 3, 2007, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Living Arts Lounge (MacAlister Hall, 33rd and Chestnut Streets).
Topics to be discussed include the desire for increased community interaction and common space, greater transparency about decision-making, decreased fragmentation within the University and better communication both interdepartmentally and between University staff and students.
Following the panel discussion, students, faculty and staff will gather in small groups to plan the next steps we will take in our ongoing efforts to improve Drexel.
Those who can only make it to half the event are welcome.
The event is sponsored by Student Life. For more information, contact Jeff Bonfield at jkb28@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of James R. Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
Penn State Professor to Speak at iSchool on "Public Sector Information"
Dr. Steven Sawyer (above), associate professor at the Pennsylvania State University's College of Information Sciences and Technology, will speak on "Organic Development: Designing Public Sector Information Systems from the Top-down and the Bottom-up" today, May 1, 2007, at 12:30 p.m. in room 014, Rush Building (33rd Street, north of Market Street).
The lecture is part of The iSchool at Drexel's Research & Teaching Talk Series, sponsored by the College of Information Science and Technology.
Visit the College's website at http://www.ischool.drexel.edu or contact Dr. Il-Yeol Song at song@drexel.edu for more information.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
Texas Hold 'Em Tournament will be held tonight, May 1, 2007, on the third floor of Ross Commons (34th Street and Powelton Avenue). Sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m., games begin at 7 p.m. Free popcorn is available. First prize is $50 in Ultima funds.
Two-for-one pizza special will be available at The 2nd Floor from 5:30 to 11:30 p.m.
Tournament Tuesdays, with alternating poker and pool, are held every Tuesday night at Ross Commons. For more information, call the Ross Commons hotline at 215-895-1000 or visit http://www.drexel.edu/rosscommons.
Approved under the authority of James R. Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
CEO Workshops on "Reflection in Service" and "Laws of Leadership"
Creating Excellent Organizations (CEO) will offer two workshops today, May 1, 2007.
1) Thomas Dahan, AmeriCorps*VISTA Center for Civic Engagement will present "Reflection in Service". Learn strategies for improving community service programs through stories from "Scholars in Service" at Drexel University.This presentation will be held two times: Noon to 1:30 p.m. and 6 to 7:30 p.m., Room 226, Creese Student Center (32nd and Chestnut Streets).
2) Students from the CEO II advanced leadership training and Brad Kenny, coordinator, Office of Campus Activities, will present "21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Based on Dr. John Maxwell's Books and Corporate Leadership Trainings." This Presentation will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m., at Room 2020, MacAlister Hall (33rd and Chestnut Streets).
For additional information regarding CEO workshops, see http://www.drexel.edu/oca/leadership/.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Chemistry Lecturer to Discuss Protein Unfolded States
The Department of Chemistry will present a seminar on "Probing Protein Unfolded States" on Wednesday, May 2, 2007, at 11:30 a.m. in Room 109, Disque Hall (32nd and Chestnut Streets).
The lecture will be given by Dr. Trevor P. Creamer (above), department of molecular and cellular biochemistry at the University of Kentucky.
For more information, call 215-895-2638, or Dr. Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner at 215-895-2268.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Speak on Friday
Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (above), a former Drexel University student who was featured in the May 2007 issue of Jane magazine's "30 Under 30," will be reading her fiction and giving an informal talk on Friday, May 4, 2007, at 2 p.m. in the Living Arts Lounge, Creese Student Union Complex (32nd and Chestnut Streets).
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's first novel, Purple Hibiscus, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book (2005). Her second novel, Half a Yellow Sun, which is set during the civil war in Nigeria, won critical acclaim, including being named one of the top books of 2006 by The New York Times. Her short fiction has appeared in Granta, Prospect, The New Yorker, Per Contra and The Iowa Review among other literary journals. She received an O. Henry Prize in 2003.
To read one of her stories online, visit http://www.percontra.net/2timestory.htm or http://www.ulg.ac.be/facphl/uer/d-german/L3/cnaindex.html
The lecture is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences. For information, contact Christina O'Neill at 215-895-5976 or christina.oneill@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
Materials Science and Engineering Seminar on Li-Ion Battery Capacity Fade
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering will present Dr. Michael J. Wagner (above), associate professor of chemistry at the George Washington University, on "Understanding the Dramatic Improvement of Li-Ion Battery Capacity Fade in Graphite Based Li-Ion Anodes with the Addition of Fullerene Soot" today, May 1, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Hill Conference Room, Room 240, LeBow Engineering Building (31st and Market Streets).
Dr. Wagner will discuss how the addition of a small amount of fullerene soot to SFG-15 synthetic graphite results in an electrode material that retains dramatically more of its initial capacity over the course of extended charge-discharge cycles than SFG-15 alone.
Refreshments will be served immediately after the seminar in the Materials Science and Engineering Lounge, LeBow Engineering Building room 331 (31st and Market Streets). All are invited to come and speak personally with Dr. Wagner.
This event is free and open to all students, faculty and staff.
For more information, contact Sheila Berninger at 215-895-6644 or sheilab@coe.drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Roger L. Dennis, College of Law founding dean, was featured on KYW1060-FM on April 30, 2007. The story focused on his last day as provost at Rutgers University-Camden, N.J.
http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/402153.php?contentType=4&contentId=453523
Dr. James Spotila, LD Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Science, was noted in a story in The Philadelphia Inquirer on April 30, 2007, about the conclusion of The Great Turtle Race he organized to increase awareness of the leatherback sea turtles' endangered species status.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/health_science/weekly/20070430_Turtle_Billie_wins_a_race_to_save_her_kind.html
Jennifer Rosato, College of Law acting dean, was a guest on WFMX-TV's (Channel 69) "The American Law Journal with Christopher Naughton." The show discussed the changing landscape of the law profession.
Drexel was noted in a story published in The Gloucester County Times (N.J.) on April 30, 2007, about the use of iPods and podcasts in the classroom.
http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1177906521304310.xml&coll=8
A story in which Drexel was noted for receiving a $7.5 million research grant from the Army Research Office with Penn, Penn State and Virginia Tech scientists to develop electromechanical devices and high-performance membranes using ionic liquids was syndicated on Nanotechwire.com on April 30, 2007. Dr. Yossef Elabd, professor of chemical and biological engineering, was noted in the story.
http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=4582
The April 27, 2007 edition of The Cincinnati Post noted the appointment of James R. Tucker as senior vice president for student life and administrative services at Drexel.
http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070428/BIZ/704280302/1001
Dr. Stanley Segall, professor emeritus of food science and nutrition, was featured on WCAU-TV (NBC-10) on April 27, 2007, in a segment about how consumers should deal with the possibility of hogs having eaten contaminated food.
http://www.nbc10.com/money/13212408/detail.html
Dr. Howard Eisen, professor of medicine in the Drexel University College of Medicine, is quoted in a story on EarthTimes.org on April 26, 2007, about how a blood test may help reduce the need for biopsies and immunosuppressive therapy. Dr. Eisen served as principal investigator in the study.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,95847.shtml
A story that featured Dr. Raj Mutharsan, Frank A. Fletcher Professor of Chemical Engineering, and a sensor he developed that can be used to test E.coli and prostate cancer was syndicated on ScienceDaily.com on April 26, 2007 and on News-Medical.net on April 30.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070426163813.htm
Dr. Robert McGrath, associate vice provost for entrepreneurship and technology, was quoted in a story published in the Philadelphia Business Journal on April 23, 2007, about technology transfer at Philadelphia universities.
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2007/04/23/focus4.html?page=3
Dr. Mun Choi, associate dean and Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics department head, Dr. Alexander Fridman, John A. Nyheim Chair Professor and director of the Plasma Institute, and Dr. Kimberly Cook-Chenault, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics, were noted in a Philadelphia Business Journal story on April 23, 2007, about their current energy-related research projects.
http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2007/04/23/focus1.html
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
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