Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Quote
of the Day
"You really can change the world if you care enough."
- Marion Wright Edelman
Topics of the Day
01.
Dr. Dina Siddiqi to Speak on Gender, Justice and Islam
02.
Women's Health Lunch for Commuter Students Today
03.
Dr. Alan Bandy to Discuss Global Climate Change
04.
Tickets Available for Drexel Fashion 2005
05.
Free Pizza for Free Pizza Screening
06.
DUCoM Trustee Donna Gentile O'Donnell Named to Pennsylvania Health Committee
07.
Drexel Trustee Robert Byers Elected to National Penn Boards
08.
Public Safety Offers Advice for Avoiding Identity Theft
09. E-Learning Presents "This Is Not Your Father's or My Mother's Chemistry Course"
10. Drexel News Media Watch
Dr. Dina Siddiqi to Speak on Gender, Justice and Islam
International Area Studies will host Dr. Dina Siddiqi, a visiting
professor at Columbia University, at 2 p.m. today, May 18, 2005 in the Pearlstein Business Learning Center room 403 (33rd and Market Streets). Dr. Siddiqi will speak on "Gender,
Justice and Islam in Bangladesh."
The lecture is free and open to students, faculty and staff. For more information, contact Angela Cetta at 215-895-1863.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Ali Houshmand,
Interim Provost
Women's Health Lunch for Commuter Students Today
Commuter Student Programs and Services invites commuter students to a boxed
lunch dedicated to women and their health today, May 18, 2005. The lunch will
include tea sandwiches. Information will be provided on women's health issues
from a variety of Drexel health professionals.
Lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the Greenawalt Student Development Center, Conference Room C (Creese Student Union Complex, garden level, 32nd and Chestnut Streets). For more information, contact Jessica at commuters@drexel.edu or 215-895-1328.
Approved under the authority of Anthony T. Caneris,
Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
Dr. Alan Bandy to Discuss Global Climate Change
Dr. Alan R. Bandy, R.S. Hansen Professor in Drexel's chemistry department,
will speak on "Climate Change Research: A View from
the Trenches" on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 3:30 p.m. in MacAlister
Hall 2019-2020 (33rd and Chestnut Streets).
The free lecture is part of the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Seminar Series. For more information, visit http://www.drexel.edu/coas/seminars.asp.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Ali Houshmand, Interim Provost
Tickets Available for Drexel Fashion 2005
The College of Media Arts & Design's design and merchandising program will
present Drexel Fashion 2005 on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
at the Crystal Tea Room of the historic Wanamaker Building (100 Penn Square East, ninth
floor).
All graduating fashion students will present their culminating projects - collections they have personally designed and produced. The show features professional models, and, for the first time, will be held off-campus.
Drexel Fashion 2005 tickets are selling fast. Tickets for the 5 p.m. show are $25. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $40 and include a reception following the event. For tickets and more information, call 215-895-2390. Tickets will also be on sale in the lobby of Nesbitt Hall (33rd and Market Streets) Monday-Friday, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
Free Pizza for Free Pizza Screening
The Kal and Lucille Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies will
hold a free screening of the movie Pizza on Tuesday, May 24 2005 at
7 p.m. in the University Crossings' screening room (15 N. 34th Street). Following
the screening, Mark Christopher, the movie's director, will
talk about how movies are made in the independent film world. Free pizza will
be served.
Pizza, which was shot in Milford, Pa., is set on friendless Cara Ethel's 18th birthday when her seeming birthday-from-hell takes an unexpected turn with a pizza delivery man who turns out to be surprisingly compassionate and sensitive.
The film was a hit at this year's Philadelphia Film Festival and will soon be released nationally by Indigent Pictures. Christopher's discussion will address some of the differences of working in the independent film world rather than with the major studios, and shooting digitally rather than on film.
Space is limited. Call 215-895-0352 to reserve your seats. For more information, contact Allen Sabinson, director of the Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies, at 215-895-0274 or allensabinson@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
DUCoM Trustee Donna Gentile O'Donnell
Named to Pennsylvania Health Committee
Dr. Donna Gentile O'Donnell, a Drexel University College of Medicine trustee,
was appointed by the Pennsylvania Senate to the Pennsylvania Department of Health's
Health Research Advisory Committee for a four-year term.
Dr. O'Donnell and the Committee's nine other members will recommend how the Commonwealth should allocate the $11 billion settlement it was awarded in 2001 as part of Act 77. This Act directed the Pennsylvania Department of Health to establish a health research program that awards research grants for clinical, health services and biomedical research.
Dr. O'Donnell is managing director of the Eastern Technology Council, Greater Philadelphia's premier organization for technology leadership and companies. In addition to the DUCoM board, she is past president of the Franklin Health Trust and a special limited partner in PA Early Stage Partners.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
Drexel Trustee Robert Byers Elected to National Penn Boards
Drexel Trustee Robert L. Byers '65, Hon. '02, was elected to
the boards of National Penn Bancshares, Inc. and National Penn Bank for a three-year
term.
Mr. Byers is founder and chairman of Byers' Choice Ltd., creators of the Caroler figurines, a popular line of Christmas collectibles. He formed the company in 1978 with his wife Joyce '64, Hon. '02.
Mr. Byers has served as a director or trustee of many community, business and charitable organizations in Greater Philadelphia including The National Liberty Museum, Salvation Army, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the World Affairs Council and Teach for America. He also was a founder and director of FirstService Bank, which was acquired by National Penn in 2003.
National Penn Bancshares, Inc. is a $4.55 billion financial services company operating 73 community offices in southeastern Pennsylvania through National Penn Bank and the FirstService Bank, HomeTowne Heritage Bank and The Peoples Bank of Oxford Divisions.
For more information, visit http://www.snl.com/Interactive/IR/file.asp?IID=100383&FID=1808787&OSID=9.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
Public Safety Offers Advice for Avoiding Identity Theft
Technologies such as email, Internet enterprise, ATMs, computer banking, cell
phones and credit/banking cards have made our lives more efficient. Technology
has also made keeping our confidential information private a difficult task.
Every time you make an electronic transaction, you leave behind a trail of private (valuable) information that makes you vulnerable to fraud and other crimes. By following a few simple tips, you can reduce the possibility of becoming a victim.
Drexel's department of public safety offers information to protect yourself from identity theft. For more information, visit http://www.drexel.edu/admin/publicsafety/homepage.html and follow the link to Awareness Tips.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
E-Learning Presents "This Is Not Your Father's or My Mother's Chemistry Course"
Physical chemistry is a core course for chem majors and allied disciplines which, in the face of enormous changes in the field, has changed little since the 1950s. Eliminate the lectures and textbooks, and what's left? Come and see!
Michelle M. Francl, professor of chemistry at Bryn Mawr College, will present a modern approach to physical chemistry featuring concise, topically driven interactive electronic texts, context-rich materials drawing on the primary literature, IM office hours, blogs and guided inquiry resources.
Professor Francl will speak at 11 a.m. today, May 18, 2005, in room 4020 MacAlister Hall (33rd and Chestnut Streets).
The talk is part of the Drexel College of Arts and Sciences E-Learning Lecture Series. RSVP to Jean-Claude Bradley at bradlejc@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Ali Houshmand, Interim Provost
Drexel's Dragon Day was featured on a WPVI-TV (ABC 6) newscast May 17, 2005.
The event was also covered in The Metro.
The College of Media Arts
& Design's presentation of the "Crystal Star Award 2005" to couturier
Ralph Rucci was featured in Pauline Bogaert's column in The
Philadelphia Inquirer on May 17, 2005.
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/columnists/11663382.htm
Dr. Ana E. Nunez
of the Drexel University College of Medicine was quoted in a story published
in The Wichita Eagle (Kansas), The Detroit News, The Dallas
Morning News and the Mail Tribune (Ore.) on May 17, 2005 about
women's view of health.
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/living/11662131.htm
Dr. Jeremy Johnson,
professor of computer science, was noted in a May 17, 2005 story in the online
computer-news sites NewsForge and IT Manager's Journal about new software that
could revolutionize how computer code is written.
http://programming.newsforge.com/programming/05/05/06/1813243.shtml?tid=140&tid=89
Dr. Arye Rosen,
a research professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health
Systems, was quoted in a story on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Web site May
16, 2005 about a prototype for a portable system that monitors breathing and
heart rate automatically through a wireless signal. Dr. Rosen and two graduate
students have improved the prototype's range and sensitivity.
http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/home.asp
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
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