Friday, October 21, 2005

Quote of the Day
"Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it."
- William Penn

Topics of the Day
01. USGA to Present "An Evening with Taki" - Open Forum with the President
02. Tickets Still Available for Fall Comedy Show Featuring Jamie Kennedy
03. Register Now for the CAA Blood Challenge
04. Novelist Bharati Mukherjee to Speak at Drexel
05. MSE Seminar to Discuss Evaporation and Pattern Formation
06. Advertise Undergraduate Research Opportunities
07. Steinbright Center to Sponsor Microsoft Co-op Presentation
08. Drexel Sponsors WXPN Free at Noon Concerts in October
09. Men's Ice Hockey Team Faces Off Against Navy
10. IWHL Holds Research Advancement Day
11. Drexel News Media Watch

 
USGA to Present "An Evening with Taki" - Open Forum with the President

The Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA) will present "An Evening with Taki" on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 from 6 - 8 p.m. in Matheson Hall, Patten Auditorium (32nd and Market Streets).

This open forum with Dr. Papadakis will give students an opportunity to explore a range of topics directly with the president. If you are unable to attend, you can submit your questions using the Drexel Shift by visiting http://www.drexelshift.com.

This will be a great opportunity for students to see where the University is going. Food and beverages will be provided.

The event is free and open to all students. "An Evening with Taki" is brought to you by the USGA, Division of Student Life, and StudentsFIRST. For more information, visit http://www.drexel.edu/usga.


Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations

 
Tickets Still Available for Fall Comedy Show
Featuring Jamie Kennedy


Tickets are still available for the Campus Activities Board's 6th Annual Comedy Show, featuring Jamie Kennedy (above), on Friday, November 4, 2005 at 8 p.m. in the Main Building Auditorium (32nd and Chestnut Streets).

Best known for his performances in Malibu’s Most Wanted and Son of the Mask, Kennedy made his debut in the movie Romeo + Juliet. He is also known for his show The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, which quickly became the WB’s highest ranking new show. Jamie is currently at work on two more shows for the WB, Living with Fran and The Starlet.

Tickets for this event are $10 and are on sale from 11am-12pm and 6pm-7pm at the CAB office in MacAlister Hall across from the bookstore. . Anyone wishing to purchase tickets must present a valid Drexel Undergraduate Student ID at the time of purchase. There is a limit of two tickets per ID.

For more information, contact the CAB office at 215-895-2575 or cab@drexel.edu.


Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations

 
Register Now for the CAA Blood Challenge


Drexel Athletics announces the fourth annual "Have A Heart" Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Blood Challenge on Thursday, November 3, 2005. Help the Dragons surpass last year's total of 625 pints collected and win the CAA Challenge. All Drexel campuses will participate in the blood drive. The Red Cross will be collecting blood on:

Register now at http://www.drexel.edu/GiveBlood to donate blood and help save lives.

Want to volunteer for the Blood Drive Challenge? Email blooddrivevolunteer@drexel.edu with your name and contact information. We will contact you about how you can help Drexel win the CAA Blood Drive Challenge.

Those who donate blood will get a coupon for a free ice cream cone at Ross Commons (34th Street and Powelton Avenue) on the University City Main Campus, compliments of Sodexho Dining Services.


Approved under the authority of Anthony T. Caneris, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services

 
Novelist Bharati Mukherjee to Speak at Drexel


Award-winning author Bharati Mukherjee (above) will present a free lecture to the Drexel community on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 1 p.m. in the Main Building Auditorium (32nd and Chestnut Streets). Mukherjee will sign copies of her books at a reception following the lecture in the Great Court. The book signing and reception are sponsored by the Magnificent Minds Lecture and Arts Series.

Mukherjee, a Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is the author of the recently published novel The Tree Bride and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Middleman and Other Stories.

Mukherjee was invited to Drexel by the Freshman English Program Advisory Group, which selected The Middleman as the book to be read by incoming freshmen across the University. The goal of the Drexel Freshman Reading Assignment is to allow students to share a common reading experience as a foretaste of the intellectual inquiry and discourse they will find at the University. The visit is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences.

In preparation for Mukherjee's visit, the University community has established a discussion group that addresses responses to The Middleman and considers the many ways its stories apply to colleges and disciplines across the University.

The discussion will be available throughout the year. To join, log on to DrexelOne at http://one.drexel.edu/cp/home/loginf and click on the "groups" icon near the upper right hand corner.


Approved under the authority of Anthony T. Caneris, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services

 
MSE Seminar to Discuss Evaporation and Pattern Formation


The department of materials science and engineering will hold a seminar on "Evaporation and Pattern Formation: Dendrimers on Substrates" on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at 1:45 p.m. in the Hill Seminar Room, 240 LeBow Engineering Building (31st and Market Streets).

Professor John A. Barnard from the department of materials science and engineering of University of Pittsburgh will be the guest speaker. Image (above): Michigan Center for Biologic Nanotechnology.

The seminar is free and open to students, faculty and staff. For additional information, contact Dr. Michel Barsoum 215-895-2338.


Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost

 
Advertise Undergraduate Research Opportunities


Attention Drexel faculty and staff: Do you have an undergraduate research opportunity you would like to advertise?

To reach a wider audience, the Drexel University Undergraduate Research Web site, sponsored by the Pennoni Honors College, is available to post research opportunities. Visit http://www.drexel.edu/ugresearch/submit.html to make submissions.

If you have any questions, email Evan Danziger at evand@drexel.edu.

Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost

 
Steinbright Center to Sponsor Microsoft Co-op Presentation


The Steinbright Career Development Center will sponsor the presentation "IT Co-op Opportunities at Microsoft" on Monday, October 24, 2005 at 5 p.m. in the Bossone Research Enterprise Center Auditorium (Market Street between 31st and 32nd Streets). The event is free and open to all students.

Microsoft Program Manager Dan Belcher will discuss the company's IT co-op opportunities, present a behind-the-scenes view of Microsoft's IT co-op program and the company's culture, and more.

Students should bring their resumes to be considered for interviews and for the chance to win a wireless keyboard and mouse. Food and giveaways will be provided.

For more information, contact Rebecca L. Stoneberger, Steinbright Career Development Center events coordinator, at 215-895-1477 or rls43@drexel.edu.


Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations

 
Drexel Sponsors WXPN Free at Noon Concerts in October


Drexel is a sponsor of WXPN radio's Free at Noon (FAN) Concerts. This week's performance by Pieta Brown (above) will be held today, October 21, 2005 at noon at World Cafe Live (31st and Walnut Streets). Admission to the free concert is limited. For more information, visit http://www.xpn.org.

WXPN announces the following week's FAN Concert to its members via email on Thursdays, allowing them advance sign-up privileges for the concerts. For more information on becoming a member of WXPN, visit their Web site.


Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations

 
Men's Ice Hockey Team Faces Off Against Navy


The Drexel men's ice hockey team will face the U.S. Naval Academy team on Saturday, October 22, 2005 at the University of Pennsylvania's Class of 1923 Rink (3130 Walnut Street). Game time is 6:45 p.m.

For the team's complete schedule and more information, visit http://www.drexeldragons.com/recreation/club/sports/micehockey.asp.


Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations

 
IWHL Holds Research Advancement Day


The Sex and Gender Research Forum, part of the 2005 Helen I. Moorhead, M.D. Research Advancement Day, will be held on Thursday, October 27, 2005 from 3-7 p.m. at the Queen Lane Medical Campus Auditorium A (2900 Queen Lane). The Forum is sponsored by the Drexel University College of Medicine's Institute for Women's Health and Leadership (IWHL).

The Forum will include platform presentations and a poster session on sex and/or gender differences featuring the work of Drexel faculty and undergraduate, graduate and medical students. Dr. Saralyn Mark, senior medical advisor to the Office on Women's Health (DHHS) and NASA, will speak on "Are Women from Mars and Men from Venus?"

For more information, contact the IWHL at 215-842-7041 or iwhl@drexel.edu.


Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations

 
Drexel News Media Watch

President Papadakis was quoted in a story in The Boston Globe on October 20, 2005 about the Drexel University College of Law’s cooperative education offerings.
StoryLink - The Boston Globe

A recent trip to Washington by about 20 Drexel students to discuss problems countries face was noted on a C-SPAN broadcast October 19, 2005.

Dr. Ronald Bishop, associate professor of culture and communication, appeared on Showbiz Tonight on CNN Headline News on October 19, 2005 to comment on surgery statistics.

Drexel was noted in a story in the Chicago Tribune, The Orlando Sentinel and Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and the Web sites of Newsday, United Press International and WebIndia123 on October 20, 2005 about professors who offer podcast lectures.
StoryLink - Chicago Tribune

Dr. William Regli, associate professor of computer science, was noted in a story on the CCNMag.com Web site October 20, 2005 about how the National Science Foundation has awarded projects totaling $2.6 million for its Cyberinfrastructure (CI)-TEAM program, which supports research and education for a cyber-savvy workforce.
StoryLink - CCNMag.com

The University was noted in a story on the Lancaster Online Web site October 20, 2005 about whether a Lancaster County, Pa., health department is needed.
StoryLink - Lancaster Online

The Drexel University College of Medicine was noted in a story in the Pike Press (Pittsfield, Ill.) on October 20, 2005 about the surgery of Peter Vagenas. The Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder will have surgery.
StoryLink - Pike Press

Drexel was noted in a story in The Daily Pennsylvanian on October 20, 2005 about a $400,000 federal grant the University, Penn and the University of Sciences received to help reduce crime against women on their campuses and in West Philadelphia.
StoryLink - The Daily Pennsylvanian

The University was noted in a Gloucester County Times story October 20, 2005 about its agreement to offer Clearfield Regional High School students taking engineering-technology courses college credit.
StoryLink - Gloucester County Times

Dr. Merrill Liechty, assistant professor of decision sciences, appeared on KYW-TV (CBS-3) and WPHL-TV (WB-17) on October 19, 2005 to comment on the odds of winning Powerball.

Drexel’s Chi Upsilon Sigma Latin sorority was noted in a story on the Web site of The Keystone (Kutztown University) on October 19, 2005 for its participation in the 19th annual AIDS Walk in Philadelphia.
StoryLink - The Keystone


Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations

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