Friday, June 6, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
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-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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01. President Papadakis Announces Staff Awards
Topics of the Day
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Health Law Conference Begins Today
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Digital Media Show Tomorrow: Futureworld
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Keyboard Ensemble Spring Concert Today
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String Ensemble Spring Concert Today
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Gospel Choir Spring Concert Tomorrow
07.
Graphics Senior Show Opening
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Last Day to See-saw for Life Today
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Lecture Today: Repair of Rotator Cuff Injuries
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Last Chance to Donate Calculators Today
11. Negotiation Skills Workshop for Drexel Faculty
12. A Cappella Group to Host Annual Concert This Weekend
13. Sigma Phi Epsilon to Host Coffee Social
14. Professor Named Fulbright Scholar for 2008-09
15. Play Receives Staged Reading
16. Drexel InterView To Rebroadcast Anne d'Harnoncourt Interview
17. Senior Send-off This Weekend
18. Design & Merchandising Show: Style Tribes v6.0
19. University Chorus Spring Concert This Weekend
20. Today on What Are We Thinking
21. Drexel News Media Watch
President Papadakis Announces Staff Awards
Know a University staff member whose exceptional work deserves recognition?
President Papadakis is pleased to announce the 2008 President's Awards Program.
Students, faculty and staff are invited to nominate exceptional Drexel University and Drexel University College of Medicine staff members and teams for this prestigious award.
Nominations must be made by Wednesday, July 11, 2008.
To make a nomination, go to http://www.drexel.edu/papadakis/awardsprogram/.
For more information, call Kathleen Jones at 215-895-1413 or email kmj34@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Health Law Conference Begins Today
The Earle Mack School of Law will host a Health Law Conference, sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, on Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7, 2008 at the School of Law Bulding 3320 Market Street. Today and tomorrow, June 7 and 8, there will be daylong sessions.
The Health Law Conference at the Earle Mack School of Law, sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 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 are grouped 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 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.
For more information, email Professor Barry Furrow at barry.r.furrow@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Digital Media Show Tomorrow: Futureworld
The Digital Media Program in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design will present its senior show on Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Nesbitt Hall (33rd and Market Streets).
Digital Media students will present innovative digital media projects, including Lazybrains, Arttopian, The Legend of Perseus, Project NightLife and The Whitall House Historical Preservation Project.
Lazybrains was recently featured in an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The show is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 215-895-5937.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Keyboard Ensemble Spring Concert Today
The Drexel Keyboard Ensemble will present its spring concert today, June 6, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at Mandell Theater (33rd and Chestnut Streets).
The Drexel Keyboard Ensemble is a performance based ensemble that prepares and plays a concert each term. For its spring term performance, it will feature classical, traditional and contemporary music by artists including J. S. Bach, Jean Sibelius, Jules Massenet, The Beatles, Larry K. Allen and Henry C. Work, among others.
This Keyboard Ensemble concert is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 215-895-ARTS or visit http://www.drexel.edu/westphal.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
String Ensemble Spring Concert Today
The Drexel String Ensemble will present its spring concert today, June 6, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Building Auditorium (32nd and Chestnut Streets).
The ensemble, a chamber group composed of violins, violas, cellos, contrabasses and piano, will present "Concerto Grosso for Strings and Piano," a movement of Dvorak's 8th Symphony, and works by Bloch, featuring pianist Adam Shen.
The String Ensemble concert is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 215-895-ARTS or visit http://www.drexel.edu/westphal.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Gospel Choir Spring Concert Tomorrow
The Drexel University Gospel Choir will presents its spring concert on Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at Mandell Theater (33rd and Chestnut Streets).
The theme of the spring concert is "Night of Ministries," featuring works by artists such as Kevin Davidson, Michael Brooks and Gilbert Hamm. The concert will feature a collaboration of the Gospel Choir, the Gospel Choir Praise Dancers and performances from individual choir members in spoken word, dance and song.
The Gospel Choir concert is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 215-895-ARTS or visit http://www.drexel.edu/westphal.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
The Graphic Design Program in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design will present an opening reception and senior show on June 10, 2008 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Nesbitt Hall (32nd and Market Streets).
Students will exhibit more than ten works each in publication, web and environmental design, packaging, corporate identity, paper sculpture and motion graphics, showcasing their talent and versatility.
The show, with reception, is free and open to the public.
For more information call 215-895-1649.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Last Day to See-saw for Life Today
The Alpha Chi Rho and Delta Zeta sororities are see-sawing to raise funds for the Children's Wish Foundation today, June 6, 2008, at noon at 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
Lecture Today: Repair of Rotator Cuff Injuries
The MEM Spring Seminar Series will present "Mechanisms and Repair of Rotator Cuff Injuries in the Shoulder" today, June 6, 2008, from 2 to 3 p.m. in room 162, Curtis Hall (32nd and Chestnut Streets).
Dr. Lou Soslowsky (above), professor at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss rotator cuff damage due to degeneration and/or injury, which is a common cause of significant pain and disability affecting young and the old alike in workplace, recreational and athletic environments, as well as environments with a large aging population.
For more information, visit http://www.mem.drexel.edu/seminars/ or email Colleen M. Rzucidlo at cmr52@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Stephen W. Director, Provost
Last Chance to Donate Calculators Today
Phi Sigma Pi and Teach for America are collecting used graphing calculators to distribute to underprivileged high school students. These students will take AP calculus next year but cannot afford the calculators.
Individuals who are no longer using their graphing calculators can donate them to students who will use them on a daily basis. Donated calculators will be picked-up at 5 p.m. today, June 6, 2008 at collection boxes located at the front desk of each residence hall and in the Honors Lounge, 5th floor, MacAlister Hall (33rd and Chestnut Streets),
For more information, email the Phi Sigma Pi Service Committee at PSPServiceCommittee@gmail.com.
Approved under the authority of James Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
Negotiation Skills Workshop for Drexel Faculty
The Office of Faculty Development and Equity will host a full-day participatory workshop on negotiation skills on Monday, June 9, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University City Main Campus. The location of the workshop will be provided at registration.
This hands-on, experiential workshop will be taught by Dr. Jonathan Ziegert (above), assistant professor of management at LeBow College of Business and an expert in negotiation and influence. Workshop participants will:
To register, email Antonis Asprakis at aja22@drexel.edu. Space is limited.
For questions or more information, email Janet Fleetwood, associate vice provost for Faculty Development and Equity at Janet.Fleetwood@drexelmed.edu.
Approved under the authority of Stephen W. Director, Provost
A Cappella Group to Host Annual Concert This Weekend
The University's all-male a cappella group, 8 to the Bar, will host its annual concert on Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at Stein Auditorium, Nesbitt Hall (33rd and Market Streets).
8 to the Bar takes popular music and gives it an a cappella twist, including hits from artists such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Incubus, Jason Mraz, Tom Petty and the classic "Good Ol' A Cappella" by the Nylons.
The opening act this year will be another a cappella group, featuring a number of 8 to the Bar alumni and other a cappella enthusiasts from the area.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, email rap58@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of James Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
Sigma Phi Epsilon to Host Coffee Social
The Brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity will host a coffee social on Sunday, June 8, 2008, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house (240 North 34th Street).
This event is open to the entire Drexel community; all are welcome to come take a break from studying for finals and enjoy a varied assortment of coffees.
This is Sigma Phi Epsilon's way of giving back to the Drexel community during a time that can be stressful for many students.
For more information, email nag43@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of James Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
Professor Named Fulbright Scholar for 2008-09
Jennifer J. Quinlan, assistant professor in the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, has been named a Fulbright Scholar for 2008-2009. Her Fulbright project will take place at Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary where she will teach food microbiology and nutrition courses as well as work with Corvinus faculty as they start new MSc programs as part of their structural reorganization.
In addition to teaching, she will be an active member of the Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, serving as a member of student research committees in order to become familiar with ongoing research at Corvinus. Quinlan's current research at Drexel focuses on risks for foodborne illness that populations of different demographics experience based on their retail access to food.
Dr. Quinlan received her Ph.D. in food science from North Carolina State University and her B.S. and M.S. from Rutgers University. She served as chief microbiologist for the N.C. Department of Agriculture prior to coming to Drexel in 2003.
Approved under the authority of Stephen W. Director, Provost
A play by Distinguished Professor of English Paula Marantz Cohen was given a staged reading at the Jewish Ensemble Theater in Bloomfield, Michigan last week. The play, The Triangle, is about Henry James, John Singer Sargent, Edith Wharton, and Ena Wertheimer.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Drexel InterView To Rebroadcast Anne d'Harnoncourt Interview
An interview with the late Anne d'Harnoncourt, which originally aired in 2005, will be rebroadcast on Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 10 a.m.on WYBE.
The Drexel InterView is hosted by Dr. Paula Marantz Cohen, Distinguished Professor of English at Drexel University.
WYBE programming can be seen on channel 35 and on cable channels 34 and 57 in the Greater Philadelphia area.
For more information about The Drexel InterView, visit http://www.drexel.edu/thedrexelinterview.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
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.
For more information, call 215-895-2609.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Design & Merchandising Show: Style Tribes v6.0
The Design & Merchandising Program in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, will present Style Tribes v6.0, beginning with an opening reception on June 11, 2008 from 6 to 9 p.m. at International House (3701 Chestnut Street).
Through their coursework in Visual Merchandising II, six Design & Merchandising students explored the tribal connection between fashion, music and social groups. Their research led them to fashion "tribes," categorized as Preppies, Hipsters and Gamers.
Styles Tribes v6.0 demonstrates how style creates a connection between people regardless of gender, race, religion or geography. Anne Cecil, Design & Merchandising program director, is the curator for the exhibition, which runs through August 22.
The show and reception are free and open to the public.
Viewing hours at International House are from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
For more information, call 215-895-1649.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
University Chorus Spring Concert This Weekend
The Drexel University Chorus will present its spring concert on Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 3 p.m. in the Great Court of the Main Building (32nd and Chestnut Streets).
The Chorus, an auditioned, 60-voice student ensemble, is directed by Dr. Steven Powell. In its third annual Great Court concert, the chorus will perform classical works by artists such as Bernstein, Britten and Hindemith, as well as polychoral works by Gallus and Pachelbel.
The concert is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 215-895-ARTS or visit http://www.drexel.edu/depts/perform/chorus/university_chorus.htm.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
The June 6, 2008, edition of What Are We Thinking on WHYY 91FM (90.9), will feature a discussion in response to the following questions:
What's the number one issue voters say separates Barrack Obama and John McCain?
Will Americans be better off financially next year?
Do Americans, at least in part, approve of polygamy?
What Are We Thinking is produced by WHYY and the Gallup Organization. It airs every Friday on WHYY 91FM in Philadelphia at 1:30 p.m. and again at 6:20 p.m. The program is made possible, in part, by Drexel University.
For more information about the program What Are We Thinking, visit http://whyy.org.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Viren Doshi, an undergraduate majoring in biological sciences, is quoted in a Spring-Ford Reporter (Pa.) story published June 5, 2008, about GlaxoSmithKline's Science in Summer Program. Doshi participated in the program.
Storylink - Spring-Ford Reporter
Drexel continues to be noted as the host of the October 30, 2007, Democratic presidential candidates debate. The University is cited in a Arkansas Times (Little Rock) story published June 5, 2008.
Storylink - Arkansas Times
"University 101," a soap opera written, staged and shot by students in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, is noted in an ABC blog on June 4, 2008. Felicia Behr and Lorraine Broderick, adjunct professors of cinema and television, are noted in the story.
Storylink - ABC Soaps Blog
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
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