Thursday, June 5, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Quote
of the Day
"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread."
- Mother Teresa
Hot Topic
01. First Annual CoE Film Festival Today
Topics of the Day
02. Digital Music Composition Class to Present Recital
03. Late Night Series Tonight: "Favorites of the Year"
04. Workshop Today: "What Your Banker is Not Telling You"
05. Bon Voyage Senior Send-off This Weekend
06. Early Registration Today: Health Law Conference
07. Tour of Historic Pennsylvania Hospital Tonight
08. Re-scheduled Observatory Open House Tonight
09. Retirement Plan Individual Conferences
10. CoIST to Host IS/IT Networking Tonight
11. CoIST Senior Design Challenge
12. Charity Event: See-Saw for Life
13. Drexel News Media Watch
First Annual CoE Film Festival Today
The College of Engineering will present its first annual film festival today, June 5, 2008, at 5 p.m. at Mitchell Auditorium, Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center (Market Street between 31st and 32nd Streets).
The event will feature screenings of the best five films, with an expert panel of judges determining who will win the top prizes. Prizes include Best Buy gift cards: First Place - $1,500; Second Place - $1,000; Third Place - $750.
Complimentary popcorn, cotton candy, candy and other refreshments will be served.
Tickets are free, available at room 155, University Crossings (32nd and Market Streets), and are first-come, first-served.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Digital Music Composition Class to Present Recital
Students from the Digital Music Composition class will present a recital on Friday, June 6, 2008, at 2 p.m. in the Living Arts Lounge adjacent to Mandell Theater (33rd and Chestnut Streets).
Digital Music Composition is a new course taught by Luke Abruzzo, instructor in the Department of Performing Arts.Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Late Night Series Tonight: "Favorites of the Year"
Late Night Series (LNS) Philadelphia, a weekly open-mic, sponsored by the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, will present its "Favorites of the Year" show, the final LNS of the academic year today, June 5, 2008, at 8:30 p.m. in the Lobby of the Creese Student Center (32nd and Chestnut Streets).
LNS is celebrating the end of the year with a lineup of favorite performers. Among the performers tonight will be acoustic folk/rock artist Sonni Shine, stand-up comic Luke Giordano, acoustic folk/indie artist Jonah Delso and many more.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Workshop Today: "What Your Banker is Not Telling You"
The Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology will host an Entrepreneurial Skills Workshop, “What Your Banker is Not Telling You,” today, June 5, 2008, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Baiada Center, located on the ground floor of the Academic Building (3225 Arch Street).
Curtis J. Gregory (above), president of CJG Management Concepts, LLC will lead this workshop.
Frustrated with the process of borrowing money for a business? Turned down for a loan, but not sure why? Entrepreneurs are invited to come and learn about the commercial banking industry from an insider’s perspective and how it will impact their company or industry. Learn how the average banker would perceive a business model and industry, and gain an extraordinary view into the mindset of the commercial banker.
To register for this free workshop, visit http://www.lebow.drexel.edu/Centers/Baiada/Calendar.php.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Bon Voyage Senior Send-off This Weekend
The Traditions Program, a student-led organization, along with the Annual Fund Office will host the inaugural "Bon Voyage Senior Send-off" this Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Moshulu restaurant (401 S. Columbus Boulevard).
In 1895, Drexel's first President, James MacAlister, would often cancel classes and allow Drexel students to go to Cramps Shipyard along the Delaware River to watch the war ships set sail. In honor of this long lost tradition, the Drexel Traditions Program is starting a new one. The Traditions Program invites all undergraduate seniors to celebrate their accomplishment at the first annual "Bon Voyage" event. Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate with friends, and to say goodbye to Drexel as we say "Bon Voyage."
The event is free for undergraduate seniors, and one guest is allowed to attend for $5, payable at the door.
Seniors and their guests must register to attend this event. Register at http://www.drexel.edu/bonvoyage.
View the video invitation at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGMSakWFZis.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Early Registration Today: Health Law Conference
The Earle Mack School of Law will host a Health Law Conference, sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics. Early registration begins today, June 5, 2008, at 4 p.m. at the School of Law Building (3320 Market Street). There will be daylong sessions on Friday and Saturday, June 7 and 8, 2008.
The conference will bring together nearly 200 national and international leaders from the field of health law. These leaders will discuss new developments in health law, including policy and regulatory issues, bioethics and new technologies. The program will focus on how to better teach the diverse topics that group under health law in schools of law, public health, medicine and other graduate programs.
The speakers include Gregg Bloche, a Georgetown University professor and health policy advisor to Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama; Bill Sage, a University of Texas faculty member who advised Senator Hillary Clinton on her health-reform proposals as First Lady in the 1990s; and Paul Gelsinger, whose 18-year-old son Jesse died after participating in a gene-therapy clinical trial at the University of Pennsylvania in 1999.
Participants will discuss cases that highlight new or emerging issues such as medical practice in a crisis, as exemplified by Dr. Anna Pou, the surgeon accused of killing patients in the midst of Hurricane Katrina before a grand jury declined to indict her.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Tour of Historic Pennsylvania Hospital Tonight
The Spring 2008 Great Works Symposium (UNIV 241) on "Modern Medicine" will present a special event at Pennsylvania Hospital today, June 5, 2008, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Preston Lobby, Pennsylvania Hospital (8th Street between Spruce and Pine Streets).
The event begins with a historical walking tour of the nation's first hospital. Stacey Peeples (above), archivist for the institution, will lead the tour of the historic Pine Building and Medical Library from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m.
Following the tour, Dr. Steven J. Peitzman, historian and professor of medicine at the Drexel University College of Medicine, will lecture about the history of the hospital from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m.
Attendees are invited to a reception after the lecture from 8:15 to 9 p.m.
RSVP to Professor Scott Knowles at works@drexel.edu.
This event is free and open to the public.
Approved under the authority of Stephen W. Director, Provost
Re-scheduled Observatory Open House Tonight
The Department of Physics will host an open house today, June 5, 2008 at 9 p.m. at the Joseph R. Lynch Observatory, atop the Main Building (32nd and Chestnut Streets). Please note that the Wednesday viewing was canceled due to rain.
All members of the Drexel community (and friends), whether amateur astronomers or just interested in star-gazing, are invited to come and see Saturn, Mars, the Pleiades, the Beehive and the Great Nebula in Orion, and check out two new hand-powered telescopes the University has acquired.
For directions, details and cancellation status, visit http://www.physics.drexel.edu/observatory.
Approved under the authority of Stephen W. Director, Provost
Retirement Plan Individual Conferences
Human Resources will host individual investment education conferences with TIAA-CREF at the Center City Hahnemann Campus on Tuesday, June 10, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Human Resources Department office, 1st floor, Bellet Building (1505 Race Street).
Individual conferences with TIAA-CREF will also be held at the Queen Lane Medical Campus on Wednesday, June 11, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in seminar room A02.
Reservations are required for individual conferences.
Scheduling information and dates are available on the Drexel University and DUCoM Web sites in calendar format. Click on one of the links below:
Drexel University: Retirement Plan at http://www.drexel.edu/hr/benefits/IE-IndividualConf.html
DUCoM: Retirement Plan at http://www.drexel.edu/admin/hr_hs/benefits/InvestEducation.html
Approved under the authority of Adele T. Barbato, Senior Vice President for Human Resources
CoIST to Host IS/IT Networking Today
The College of Information Science and Technology, the iSchool at Drexel, will host an IS/IT Networking Night today, June 5, 2008, from 4 to 6 p.m. in room 233, Rush Building (30 N.33rd Street).
Participating employers include IMS Health, Ace-Ina and Thomson Reuters.
All Drexel undergraduate and graduate students are invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served.
RSVP to Jennifer Lally at JL352@drexel.edu.Approved under the authority of Stephen W. Director, Provost
The College of Information Science and Technology, The iSchool at Drexel, will hold the fourth annual iSchool Senior Design Challenge on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 5 p.m. in Behrakis Grand Hall (32nd and Chestnut Streets).
The iSchool Senior Design Challenge is a showcase of the year's best information systems design projects created by teams of iSchool seniors. Each project is an information systems design that offers a solution to a real-world problem or proposes a new service.
This event is open to the Drexel community, but reservations are required.
RSVP at http://www.ischool.drexel.edu/challenge.
For more information, call 215-895-2474.Approved under the authority of Stephen W. Director, Provost
Charity Event: See-Saw for Life
The Alpha Chi Rho and Delta Zeta sororities are see-sawing to raise funds for the Children’s Wish Foundation today, June 5, and Friday, June 6, 2008, at noon in the Quad (between Chestnut and Market Streets and 32nd and 33rd Streets).
Participants are invited to support the Children's Wish Foundation. Signed jerseys will be raffled, and an iPod shuffle will be auctioned as part of the event.
For more information, email Lina Tirro at lina.tirro@gmail.com.Approved under the authority of James Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
The Philadelphia Inquirer featured in Jonathan Storm’s column June 4, 2008, “University 101,” a soap opera written, staged and shot by students in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. Dean Allen Sabinson, Felicia Behr, adjunct professor of cinema and television and several students are noted in the story. The story was syndicated on RedOrbit.com.
StoryLink - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Academic Medicine's May 2008 issue features the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women in the Drexel University College of Medicine's Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership. The paper documents the efficacy of the ELAM Program in promoting leadership skills and attainment.
StoryLink - Academic Medicine
A story featuring research on magnetic bone implants by Dr. Gary Friedman, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Dr. Zachary Forbes, a former surgeon in the Drexel University College of Medicine, continues to be syndicated. The story was published June 4, 2008, on MedIndia.net, StarOfMysore.com and TheLondonNews.net.
StoryLink - MedIndia.net
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and local TV stations reported June 4, 2008, that a warrant has been issued for a suspect accused of an assault of a Drexel faculty member last Thursday.
StoryLink - The Philadelphia Daily News
Drexel’s announcement to open a Center for Graduate Studies in Sacramento, Calif., continues to receive coverage. NextStudent.com published a story June 3, 2008.
StoryLink - NextStudent.com
Dr. William C. Meyers, chairman of the Department of Surgery in the Drexel University College of Medicine, is noted in a story published on the Web site of WWAY-TV (ABC-Wilmington, N.C.) for performing surgery on a University of North Carolina basketball player.
StoryLink - WWAY-TV
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
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