Friday, December 3, 2004

Quote of the Day
"Nothing we learn in this world is ever wasted."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Topics of the Day
1. Black Student Union to Celebrate Kwanzaa Tonight
2. Great Works Symposium: "Ecological Economics for a Sustainable Earth"
3. Quaker Meetinghouse Exhibition in Rincliffe Gallery
4. Drexel News Media Watch

 
Black Student Union to Celebrate Kwanzaa Tonight

The Black Student Union will celebrate its ninth annual Kwanzaa Dinner tonight, December 3, 2004 in the Van Rensselaer Living Room (3320 Powelton Avenue). The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the ceremony begins at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $10. For information, email dsobsu@drexel.edu or visit http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~dsobsu.

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

A Sustainable Earth, the Drexel Great Works Symposium for the fall 2004 term will hold the lecture "An Ecological Economics for a Sustainable Earth" on Thursday, December 9, 2004 from 3:30-4:50 p.m. in Disque Hall room 108 (32nd Street between Market and Chestnut Streets).

Dr. Jon D. Erickson (above), professor of ecological economics at The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont, will be the guest speaker.

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Charles Morscheck at morschcr@drexel.edu or 215-895-1749 or visit http://www.library.drexel.edu/research/univ241/fall2004/sustainableearthindex.html.

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

 
Quaker Meetinghouses Exhibition in Rincliffe Gallery

The Rincliffe Gallery on the third floor of the Main Building (32nd and Chestnut Streets) is hosting the exhibition "Silent Witness: Quaker Meetinghouses in the Delaware Valley, 1695-The Present" through December 31, 2004. The show is free and open to the public.

The exhibition illustrates the evolution of regional Quaker meetinghouse design from the earliest immigration to the region in the 17th century through the 20th century. The large-format photographs, measured architectural drawings and historical text create a comprehensive record that serves as the basis for interpretation and preservation of these structures.

The exhibition is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. A catalogue to the exhibition is on sale at the bookstore for $10. For more information, contact Jacqueline M. DeGroff, curator of The Drexel Collection, at 215-895-0480 or degroff@drexel.edu.

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

 
Drexel News Media Watch

Dr. Charles Haas, L. D. Drew Betz Chair professor of environmental engineering, was interviewed by WHYY radio (90.1 FM) about the safety of Philadelphia's drinking water following the Delaware River oil spill.

The Drexel University College of Medicine was noted in an article published on December 2, 2004 in the Centre Daily Times (PA), Fort Wayne News Sentinel (Ind.), Kansas City Star (Mo.), The State (S.C.), Myrtle Beach Sun News (S.C.), Charlotte Observer (N.C.) Macon Telegraph (Ga.), Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Ga.), Monterey County Herald (Calif.), San Luis Obispo Tribune (Calif.), Biloxi Sun Herald (MS), Bradenton Herald (FL), Pioneer Press (MN), Duluth News Tribune (Minn.), Grand Forks Herald (N.D.), Kentucky.com (Ky.) and Tallahassee.com (Fla.). The article tells how homeopathic medicine was originally popularized by Samuel Hahnemann, for whom the Hahnemann Medical College of Pennsylvania, now a part of the Drexel University College of Medicine, was named.
StoryLink - Centre Daily Times

The University was noted in an article published on December 2, 2004 in Physics News Update about the research conducted by a Drexel team led by Dr. Michel Barsoum, distinguished professor in the department of materials science and engineering, on how an oxygen-barrier coating on some surfaces may prevent soft-metal whiskers that can cause electronic short circuits in heart pacemakers and satellites.
StoryLink - Physics News Update

Dr. James Witek, chief of the division of HIV/AIDS at the Drexel University College of Medicine, was featured in a story broadcast on December 1, 2004 on WPVI (6-ABC) and KYW1060-AM about the HIV-AIDS epidemic.
StoryLink - ABC Local News

Dr. Richardson Dilworth III, assistant professor in the department of history and politics, was noted in an opinion piece published in the December 2, 2004 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
StoryLink - The Philadelphia Inquirer

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

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