Friday, November 30, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
Quote
of the Day
"All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind"
- Abraham Lincoln
Topics of the Day
01. Discussion of Sarbanes-Oxley Act Tonight
Topics of the Day
02.
Rudman Institute to Present Sports Media Program Featuring Tom Brookshire
03.
Free Screening of Film about Iraq War: No End in Sight
04.
Vanguard Group Retirement Plan Workshop Today
05.
CAB's Fall Comedy Show Tonight
06.
Deadline Today to Apply for Peer Counselor Positions
07.
Fall Music Festival To Begin Tonight
08.
Procurement to Host "Procurement 101"
09.
Baiada Center To Host Business Plan Workshop
10. Doctor of Physical Therapy Basketball Open House
11. World AIDS Day Today
12. Center City Campus FREE Movie Night: HAIRSPRAY
13. ECE Colloquium
14. DISHA Concert
15. Coming Soon on The Drexel InterView
16. Drexel News media Watch
Discussion of Sarbanes-Oxley Act Today
The Program in Business and Entrepreneurship Law at the Drexel University College of Law will host a Faculty Colloquium today, November 30, 2007, at noon at the College of Law building (33rd and Market Streets). Joan Heminway, associate professor of law at the University of Tennessee Law School, will discuss her paper, "Does Sarbanes-Oxley Foster the Existence of Ethical Executive Role Models in the Corporation?"
For more information and to register, visit http://www.drexel.edu/law/faculty-colloquium-11-30-2007.asp.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Rudman Institute to Present Sports Media Program Featuring Tom Brookshire
The Kal and Lucille Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and the Sport Management program in the Goodwin College of Professional Studies present "Sports Media: A Multi-billion Dollar Game," on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at 7 p.m. in Stein Auditorium, Nesbitt Hall (33rd and Market Streets).
The event, a panel discussion on the value and role of sports media in the United States today and into the future, features Tom Brookshire, former Philadelphia Eagle and CBS sportscaster, Marc Rayfield, general manager, Sportsradio 610 WIP, and Michelle Murray, senior director of news, Comcast Sportsnet. KYW Newsradio 1060's Wally Kennedy will moderate the discussion.
The event is free and open to all members of the Drexel community, as well as the general public.
For more information, contact Zeek Weil at 215, 895-2629, zw36@drexel.edu or visit http://www.drexel.edu/westphal.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Free Screening of Film about Iraq War: No End in Sight
The Drexel Democrats, Dragon Stage & Screen, and the Organization of Women Looking for Sisterhood (OWLS) in Chi Upsilon Sigma, the national Latina sorority will present a screening of No End in Sight, a documentary on the United States’ war in Iraq, Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 6 p.m. in Room 113, Stratton Hall (32nd and Chestnut Streets).
This film, which features first- hand accounts of the early months of the war, won the Special Jury Award at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. For more information about the film, visit http://www.noendinsightmovie.com.
A discussion, with complimentary pizza, will follow the screening. Campus Progress is a co-sponsor of the event. For more information about the event, contact Sean Miller, Drexel Democrats president at seanm396@gmail.com.
http://www.cusomicronchapter.com
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Vanguard Group Retirement Plan Workshop Today
The Vanguard Group will present "Investment Fundamentals" today, November 30, 2007, from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 305 of the Pearlstein Business Learning Center (33rd and Market Streets). Reservations are recommended but not required.
Scheduling information and dates for workshops are available on the Drexel University and DUCOM Web sites in calendar format. Click on one of the links below.
Drexel University: Retirement Plan http://www.drexel.edu/hr/benefits/InvestEducation.html
DUCOM: Retirement Plan http://www.drexel.edu/admin/hr_hs/benefits/InvestEducation.html
For more information, contact Rhianna Pearl at pearlr@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Adele T. Barbato, Senior Vice President for Human Resources
CAB's Fall Comedy Show Tonight
The Campus Activities Board (CAB) will host the Fall Comedy Show 2007 today, November 30, at 8 p.m. in the Main Building Auditorium (32nd and Chestnut Streets). The show features comedian Stephen Lynch (above).
Tickets are $15. Only two tickets per undergraduate ID. Dragoncard must be presented at purchase. Ultima Funds are accepted. Tickets can be purchased at the CAB office, located between the bookstore and Mandell Theater, MacAlister Hall (33rd and Chestnut Streets). Ticket are on sale Monday through Friday, noon to 1 p.m., and Monday through Thursday, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
For more information, visit CAB's Web site at http://www.drexel.edu/CAB, search "Campus Activities Board (CAB)" on Facebook.com, call 215-895-2575 or email CAB@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of James Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
Deadline Today to Apply for Peer Counselor Positions
The Peer Counseling Helpline is recruiting new peer counselors.
Undergraduates who are excellent listeners, empathetic, committed to helping others and willing to volunteer their time, can pick up an application at the Counseling Center in Room 201, Creese Student Center (32nd and Chestnut Streets). All application materials are due to the Counseling Center by 5 p.m. today, November 30, 2007.
For more information, contact Rachel Heiser at counseling@drexel.edu or 215-895-1415. Students can also check out the Helpline's Web site at http://www.drexel.edu/studentlife/ch. The Peer Counseling Helpline is managed and run by the Counseling Center, Division of Student Life.
Approved under the authority of James R. Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
Fall Music Festival to Begin Tonight
The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and the Department of Performing Art's Music Ensembles will present a week-long Fall Music Festival beginning today, November 30, 2007 through Friday, December 7. Performances take place in the Mandell Theater (33rd and Chestnut Streets), unless otherwise noted.
The full lineup of next week’s ensemble performances:
All concerts are free and open to the public.
For more information, visit http://www.drexel.edu/westphal or call 215-895-ARTS.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
University Procurement to Host "Procurement 101"
"Procurement 101" sessions are for faculty and staff with procurement responsibilities for their department or division. Information will be provided about new services and programs that are designed to save departments money.
Strategic partners at the sessions will speak about their new products and services, how to properly process University purchases, how to request estimates from vendors and who to call to get purchasing questions answered.
Sessions are being offered in various locales and timeframes to ease scheduling:
At each session, there will be refreshments, give-a-ways and door prizes. To register, email procurement@drexel.edu with your name, telephone number, department and the session you would like to attend.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Baiada Center To Host Business Plan Workshop
The Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology will host a Business Plan Development Workshop on Saturday, December 1, 2007, on the ground floor of the Baiada Center (3225 Arch Street). This session will be led by the Drexel University business librarian who will inform attendees about the multitude of resources available in the library to assist in the business plan writing process. The workshop will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast. The presentation will begin promptly at 10 a.m.
To register for the workshop, visit http://www.lebow.drexel.edu/Centers/Baiada/BusinessPlan/Workshops.php.
The Baiada Center will host three distinct business plan competitions in 2008. Details for each competition can be found at http://www.lebow.drexel.edu/baiadacenter. Students who are interested in competing are strongly encouraged to attend this workshop.
For more information, contact Terri McIlhenney at terrim@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Doctor of Physical Therapy Basketball Open House
Students interested in a career in physical therapy, one of the fastest growing careers in the United States, are invited to meet current students and faculty of Drexel’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program at an open house held prior to and during the Drexel vs. Creighton men's basketball game on Saturday, December 1, 2007, starting at 3:30 p.m. in the hospitality suite of the Daskalakis Athletic Center (33rd and Market Streets).
RSVP at http://deptapp1.drexel.edu/em/events/detail.aspx?ID=1170 or contact 215-762-8288 or jeb66@drexel.edu
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
The Office of University Student Life presents "Red Ribbon on the Red Carpet" in honor of World AIDS Day today, November 30, 2007. A series of AIDS-related films will be shown throughout the day beginning at 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in Geary B Auditorium on the first floor of the New College Building (245 N. 15th Street). All are welcome to stop by at anytime during the day to watch Philadelphia, Life Support, and Rent.
Philadelphia is the moving story of a man with AIDS who is fired by a conservative law firm because of his condition. Rent is the film version of the award-winning musical about young friends in New York City struggling with life, love and AIDS, and the impacts they have on America. Life Support is the true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to drugs and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.
In addition to the movie screenings, the University Student Life Office will distribute red ribbons and educational information about AIDS and HIV on Friday. For more information about the World AIDS Day program, call 215-762-1410 or email studentlife.cchc@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of James Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
Center City Campus FREE Movie Night: HAIRSPRAY
The Office of University Student Life is holding a free screening of Hairspray today, November 30, 2007, at 7 p.m. in Geary B Auditorium on the first floor of the New College Building (245 N. 15th Street).
Hairspray is the screen version of the famous Broadway musical. Tracy Turnblad is a teenager with huge hair who is obsessed with Link Larken on the Corny Collins Show. She sings and dances her way into his heart and onto the show. However, she decides that the racial segregation of the show is not fair so she and her friends fight to integrate the show. The movie stars John Travolta, Queen Latifah, and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Visit University Student Life’s Web site at http://www.drexel.edu/cchc/studentlife/Campus_Life/Free_Movie_Series.html for more information about the free Friday night movie series on the Center City Campus. If you have any questions about the film screenings, call 215-762-1410 or email studentlife.cchc@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of James Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
The ECE department will host a colloquium titled "From Communications to Radar and Back" given by Dr. Robert Calderbank (above) on Friday, November 30, 2007, at 11 a.m. in Hill Conference Room 240, Lebow Engineering Center (31st and Market Streets).
Today, synergies with cooperative wireless communication are creating an opportunity to develop the Shannon Theory of distributed active sensing. This talk will explore how to use the available degrees of freedom of time, space, frequency and polarization to see faster, to see more finely where necessary, and to see with greater sensitivity, by being more discriminating about how we look.
Dr. Calderbank is a professor of Electrical Engineering and Mathematics at Princeton University, where he directs the Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics. He joined Princeton from AT&T where he was Vice President for Research and responsible for designing the first Research Lab in the world where the primary focus is data at massive scale. Inventions by Dr. Calderbank in his career at Bell Labs and AT&T have transformed communications practice in voiceband modems, advanced read channels for magnetic recording and wireless communications.
This Colloquium is free and open to the Drexel community. For more information, contact Stacey Caizaoo at caiazzo@ece.drexel.edu
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
Drexel Indian Undergraduate Students Association (DISHA) is organizing a concert, Jalsa, December 1, 2007, at 6 p.m. in the Main Building Auditorium (32nd and Chestnut Streets).
Jalsa, features new and upcoming artists and the UK Asian Award winners, RDB (Rhythm Dhol Bass), with Mitch Hyare.
The event will also feature performances by Raja Wilco with DJ ILL-S, Fahad Ahmad with Audible Dreams, and Drexel Bhangra. Tickets are available online at http://www.dudisha.org for $15.
For more information, contact Agastya Arya at 215-519-7876 or jalsa@dudisha.org.
Approved under the authority of James Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
Coming Soon on The Drexel InterView
Paula Marantz Cohen will be joined by the following guests in the month of December 2007 on DUTV's The Drexel InterView:
On WPVI-TV (Channel 245 on Comcast Cable):
On WYBE-TV (Channel 35), Philadelphia Public Television:
On Drexel University Television (DUTV throughout Philadelphia on Comcast Cable and Urban Cableworks on Channel 54 and Channel 48 in Center City and South Philadelphia, Channel 62 in West Philadelphia and Channel 99 in Northeast Philadelphia):
For further details on The Drexel InterView, visit http://www.drexel.edu/univrel/events/drexel_interview.html. Visit The Drexel InterView archives at http://www.drexel.edu/provost/dva/drexel_interview.asp to view free streaming video of previous shows.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
The University was featured in an article published in The Daily Pennsylvanian on November 29, 2007, discussing the reasons why the University of Pennsylvania lost to Drexel the opportunity to host the October Democratic presidential candidates debate.
StoryLink - The Daily Pennsylvanian
Dr. Richard Hamilton of the Drexel University College of Medicine was featured on a KYW-TV (CBS-3) news story on November 28, 2007, about the effects of the neural toxin Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC found in marijuana on the brain.
The November 28, 2007 Bloomberg story quoting Dr. Joseph Mason, associate professor of finance, on how money was pulled from a Florida-run investment pool after the discovery of defaulted debt was published in The Miami Herald on November 29. Dr. Mason also commented on subprime mortgages in the November 29 edition of The Economist magazine.
StoryLink - The Miami Herald
StoryLink - The Economist
The first “No Place for Hate” conference presented jointly by Drexel University’s College of Law and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), featuring Mayor-elect Michael Nutter as keynote speaker, was mentioned in the November 29 edition of the Jewish Exponent.
StoryLink - The Jewish Exponent
Julio Aramberri, professor of hospitality management, was quoted in a story posted to Vietnambridge.net on November 29, 2007, about why Vietnamese brand names are not well known in the world.
StoryLink - Vietnambridge.net
George James, health education specialist in the Office of Government and Community Relations, was featured live on G-Town Radio (Germantown) on November 26, 2007. He talked about Drexel’s Stop Smoking program to Germantown community leaders who chose to quit smoking using the University’s program.
Approved
under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
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