Friday, June 15, 2007
Friday, June 15, 2007
Quote
of the Day
"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
- Albert Einstein
Hot Topic
01. Commencement Ceremonies
Topics of the Day
02. Dean Homan, Dr. Reynolds Named College Of Physicians Fellows
03.
iSchoolSenior Design Challenge Winning Teams
04. Pennsylvania
Governor's School Opening Ceremony on June 24
05. Baccalaureate Mass to Celebrate Drexel Graduates
06.
IEEE Graduate Forum to Hold Spring Social Today
07. First Weekly Benefits Buzz!
08. Joan DeJean on The Drexel InterView
09. ECE Seminar Presents Dr. Frederick Rothwarf
10. Dawn of the Dragon TV Special to Be Broadcast Saturday
11. Dr. Cory Newman to Give Presentation on Cognitive-Behavioral
Therapy
12. On Stage at World Cafe Live Presents Joshua Redman and Duncan
Sheik
13.
Drexel
Daily Digest Summer Publication Schedule
Drexel's 120th commencement will be held tomorrow, June 16, 2007, at the Daskalakis Athletic Center (DAC) (33rd and Market Streets).
Following is a list of times of ceremonies for each college and school and recipients of honorary degrees. Ceremonies may be viewed via Web cast at www.drexel.edu
8:30 a.m.
Bennett S. LeBow College
of Business
12:30 p.m.
College of Arts and Sciences,
College of Nursing and Health Professions and School of Public Health
4 p.m.
College of Engineering,
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems and School of Education
7:30 p.m.
Antoinette Westphal College
of Media Arts & Design, College of Information Science and Technology and Richard
C. Goodwin College of Professional Studies
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Dean Homan, Dr. Reynolds Named College Of Physicians Fellows
Dr. Richard V. Homan (above left), dean and senior vice president for health affairs, Drexel University College of Medicine, and Dr. James C. Reynolds (above right), professor, chairman of medicine and chief of the Division of Gastoenterology and Hematology in the Drexel University College of Medicine, have been inducted into the College of Physicians of Philadelphia's fellowship.
Dr. Homan, Dr. Reynolds and 36 other physicians, medical professionals and professionals with expertise in legal matters related to health care and the pharmaceutical industry were inducted May 24 at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Founded in 1787, the 1,500-member fellowship is the nation's oldest professional medical organization. It is devoted to fulfilling the College of Physicians of Philadelphia's mission of advancing the cause of health while upholding the ideals and heritage of medicine.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Third Annual iSchoolSenior Design Challenge Winning Teams
The third annual iSchoolSenior Design Challenge, sponsored by the College of Information Science and Technology, was held on June 12, 2007 in Behrakis Grand Hall. The iSchoolSenior Design Challenge is a showcase for the year's best information systems design projects created by teams of iSchool seniors. The following teams received awards as judged by faculty and alumni judges:
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Pennsylvania Governor's School Opening Ceremony on June 24
The opening ceremony for the Pennsylvania Governor's School for Information, Society and Technology (PGSIST) will be held on Sunday, June 24, 2007, at noon at the Bossone Research Enterprise Center (32nd and Market Streets). The iSchool's Thomas J. Smith, director of PGSIST, will conduct the opening ceremony, which feature greetings from Diane Castelbuono, deputy secretary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, and Rachel Schwartz of the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation.
PGSIST classes begin for the 55 Governor's Schools students on Monday, June 25 in the Rush Building (33rd Street, north of Market Street). The iSchool at Drexel, The College of Information Science and Technology is hosting PGSIST, one of Pennsylvania's eight Governor's Schools of Excellence. These full scholarship summer enrichment programs are committed to meeting the educational needs of academically talented high school students through five-week summer residential programs on college campuses.
For more information, contact Thomas J. Smith at Thomas.Smith@ischool.drexel.edu or Miguel Vargas at miguel.vargas@ischool.drexel.edu. Visit the Pennsylvania Governor's School for Information, Society and Technology Web site at http://pgse.ischool.drexel.edu/pgsit/index.html.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Baccalaureate Mass to Celebrate Drexel Graduates
The Newman Center at Drexel University will celebrate the Drexel Class of 2007 with the 42nd annual Baccalaureate Mass today, June 15, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Agatha-St. James Church (38th and Chestnut Streets).
Graduates, wearing caps, gowns and hoods, will assemble for the procession to church at 7:15 p.m. in the lobby of the Penn Newman Center (3720 Chestnut Street).
All members of the Drexel University community are welcome to attend along with family and friends of the graduates.
Approved under the authority of James R. Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
IEEE Graduate Forum to Hold Spring Social Today
Drexel IEEE (Graduate Forum) will hold a spring social today, June 15, 2007, at 5 p.m. to celebrate a great year. Beverages and barbecued food will be offered at the Buckley Green volleyball court (33rd and Arch Streets). All are invited.
For more information, email edgardsouza22@gmail.com.
Approved under the authority of James R. Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
Human Resources has announced the launch of Benefits Buzz, which will focus on a benefits-related topic every Monday afternoon from 3 to 4 p.m. in Room 116, Korman Center (33rd Street between Chestnut and Market Streets).
Benefits Buzz is an informal weekly meeting geared toward answering questions and providing information about Drexel benefits. Human Resources representatives will be available to present information and answer questions from faculty and staff.
Monday, June 18, 2007, will mark the beginning of the weekly buzz with a session on medical-leave options. Possible topics for future Benefits Buzz Mondays include: understanding flexible spending accounts, retirement-plan basics, tuition remission, understanding employee assistance plans, understanding long-term car and more. For more information, contact Ellen Posner at emp28@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Joan DeJean on The Drexel InterView
Joan DeJean, author of The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour!, will be the guest of Dr. Paula Marantz Cohen (above), host of DUTV's The Drexel InterView, on Tuesday, June 19, 2007, at 8 p.m. The show will be rebroadcast at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 23; Sunday, June 24; and Monday, June 25.
DUTV is broadcast 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 North Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill and Germantown.
For more information on The Drexel InterView, visit http://www.drexel.edu/univrel/events/drexel_interview.html. For more information on DeJean, visit http://www.sas.upenn.edu/home/news/dejean.html.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
ECE Seminar Presents Dr. Frederick Rothwarf
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar Series will present Dr. Frederick Rothwarf and "Quantum Vacuum and a Matter-Antimatter Cosmology" today, June 15, 2007, at 11 a.m. in Room 303, Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center (31st and Market Streets).
Dr. Rothwarf, a visiting professor at George Mason University, has held adjunct faculty appointments at Drexel University, University of North Carolina and Carnegie Mellon University. He extends a model of the universe as proposed by Allen Rothwarf, which is based on a degenerate Fermion fluid composed of polarizable particle-antiparticle pairs and leads to a Big Bang model. Here he extends this model to predict a decelerating expansion of the universe and to derive the Tully-Fisher law describing the flat rotation curves of spiral galaxies.
For more information, visit the ECE Department Seminar page at http://www.ece.drexel.edu/calendar/seminars/Rothwarf.html or contact Stacey Caiazzo at Caiazzo@ece.drexel.edu or 215-895-6917.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
Dawn of the Dragon TV Special to Be Broadcast Saturday
Dawn of the Dragon, producer Scott Graham's made-for-TV special about the Drexel men's basketball team, will be broadcast on CN8, the Comcast Network, tomorrow, June 16, 2007, from 4:30 to 5 p.m. It will also be available live on the Internet at http://www.cn8.tv.
Dawn of the Dragon chronicles the team's 2006-07 season. It features President Papadakis, Coach Bruiser Flint and the members of the team.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Dr. Cory Newman to Give Presentation on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
The College of Arts and Sciences will present Dr. Cory Newman (above) and "Managing 'Resistance': A Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective," on Monday, June 18, 2007, at 6:30 p.m. in the William F. Mitchell Auditorium, Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center (32nd and Market Streets).
Dr. Newman is the director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy and associate professor of psychology in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Dr. Newman will review a number of methods therapists can use in an effort to increase participation during therapy. He will focus on managing patient resistance to cognitive-behavioral therapy and ways that cognitive-behavioral therapists can increase their accurate empathy for their patients' "resistance" by trying to conceptualize problems in terms of patients' maladaptive beliefs regarding personal change.
For more information, contact Dr. Evan Forman at evan.m.forman@drexel.edu. For more information on Dr. Newman, visit http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/psycct/staff/cfnpage.htm.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
On Stage at World Cafe Live Presents Joshua Redman and Duncan Sheik
Joshua Redman (above left) and Duncan Sheik (above right) will perform at World Cafe Live (3025 Walnut Street) on Sunday, June 17, 2007.
For more information, visit http://www.worldcafelive.com/.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Drexel Daily Digest Summer Publication Schedule
This is the last daily
issue of the Drexel Daily Digest for the 2006-07 academic year. Following the
spring-summer term break, the Digest will be published on a weekly basis beginning
Monday, June 25, 2007. Submissions to the weekly Digest must be received by mailreq@drexel.edu by noon on the preceding
Wednesday.
The Digest will resume daily publication at the beginning of the 2007-08 academic
year, on Monday, September 24, 2007.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
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