Launching a New Lunchtime Series at the University Club: Food for Thought |
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October 2, 2012,
Volume 59, No. 06 |
The University Club at Penn is launching a new lunchtime series this month. Food for Thought will provide an opportunity to hear an array of experts from all corners of the University throughout the year while enjoying lunch at the Club. The talks will take place at noon on Fridays in the Hourglass Room at the Club.
The first Food for Thought will take place on Friday, October 12, at noon. It will focus on Presidential Campaign Rhetoric: Separating Fact from Fiction, presented by Rob Farley from FactCheck.org, a subsidiary of the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center. Nearly 2 million people have looked up 6.5 million pages on FactCheck.org over the past month to get help sorting through all of the politicians’ claims.
On Friday, October 26, the Food for Thought series will provide a behind-the-scenes perspective on Tampa, Charlotte and the 2012 Campaign, presented by David Eisenhower, who took his students from Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication class to both conventions.
The focus shifts from American campaigns to an ancient civilization as the series continues on Friday, November 16 with a look at the Maya, who are the subject of the Penn Museum’s major exhibit, Maya 2012: Lords of Time. Co-curator Simon Martin, associate curator of the Museum’s American Section, will shed light on the fascinating features of this time-ordered universe.
More Food for Thought events will be announced throughout the year; members of the Penn community who would like to suggest topics/speakers are invited to contact the University Club at universityclub@pobox.upenn.edu |