1/15/2002, Emergency Closing Reminder - Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 18

Emergency Closing Reminder

Penn's Emergency Closing Policy (Policy 707) has recently been slightly revised as noted in Almanac October 23, 2001.

The Snow Day Child Care program was published in the October 30, 2001 issue of Almanac.

Both are available in full on the web:

Information about University closings and other modifications of work schedules is available from Penn's special information number: (215) 898-MELT, through communications from the Division of Public Safety, and from KYW News Radio 1060 AM, where Penn's emergency radio identification codes are "102" for day classes and "2102" for evening classes.

--Division of Human Resources

Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 18, January 15, 2002

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
January 15, 2002
Volume 48 Number 18
www.upenn.edu/almanac/

Jim Lehrer, an award-winning journalist from PBS, will deliver the commencement address at Penn on May 13.

A newly created endowed chair at CHOP is in memory of one endocrinologist and will be held by another endocrinologist, a long-time Penn faculty member.

The Open Forum on the Strategic Plan, originally scheduled for today, will be held on Monday, January 28 in 200 College Hall.

The Senate Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty issues their annual report which has countless comparisons and conclusions.

A memorial service will be held today for a Wharton junior who died over the winter break.

A memorial service will be held on Thursday for a staff couple who both died over break.

The Penn's Way Campaign concludes its weekly drawings and has named a grand prize winner for the iBook.