2/25/03, A Peek at Penn's Past - Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 23

A Peek at Penn's Past

(culled from old issues of Almanac)

This Month in Penn's History

10 Years Ago

2/2/93--University to implement specific steps to ensure minority permanence on campus.

2/9/93--Provost Michael Aiken to serve as chancellor of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

2/16/93--Deanship of the Annenberg School named in honor of Hon. Walter H. Annenberg; Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson named as dean.

20 Years Ago

2/1/83--Computer literacy made a requirement in Religious Studies program.

2/1/83--Arthur Ross Gallery opens in Furness Building.

2/8/83--Celebrating Philadelphia's 300th Birthday

30 Years Ago

2/13/73--Proposal for the Annenberg Center for Communication Arts and Sciences published.

2/13/73--College of Thematic Studies to offer courses in Women's Studies.

40 Years Ago

Feb. 1963--The University received a $3 million grant from the Ford Foundation to expand the graduate engineering program.

Feb. 1963--Visiting Professor and Director of City Planning Commission Edmund Bacon received a Rockefeller Foundation Grant to author a book on the design of cities.

Feb. 1963--HUP planned to sponsor second annual Antiques Show and Sale in April.

Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 23, February, 2003

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
February 25, 2003
Volume 49 Number 23
www.upenn.edu/almanac/

A new faculty member in the English department is named to an endowed chair.

SAS announces two endowed term chair appointments.

The Full Board of Trustees met last week and passed numerous resolutions.

A new degree program, a masters in public health, is now offered at Penn.

Government Affairs Update on Federal Relations: budget, bonds, and homeland security.

HR announces temporary enhancements to the Military Leave Policy.

Some redesigned Penn web sites improve navigation and access.