September 27, 2001

• Olé, olé for art
  A quiet little gallery makes a splash with its latest show of Mexican art. Dilys Winegrad, director/curator at the Arthur Ross Gallery, has had plenty to show over the last 20 years.

• Terrorism at a distance
• Advance planning for disasters pays off
• Learn IT for less

• "We must stand together to heal."
• Quotes from a day of tragedy
• Research: That streetwalker might be the kid next door
• Student spotlight: Learning, one on one
• Staff Q&A: Inventor Terry Kientz won this year's SEAS staff-recognition award
  

• Event Listings
• Editor's Pick: A man-and a nation-in denial
• Readers' Best: Enough reality already

• News Briefs
• Bookquick from the University Press
• Quoted Recently
• Appointments
• Campus Buzz

Office of University Communications home page

NEWS BRIEFS

Newsmaker

The Comcast 2001 Newsmaker of the Year award in the field of education went to, tah dah, Judith Rodin, Sept. 6. The award noted she was the first Penn alumna to become president of the University and the first woman to assume the same role in any Ivy League institution. Upon receiving the award at a Philadelphia ceremony, President Rodin reiterated the value of education, saying it was an honor to be able to “transform the lives of students whether in primary, secondary or, in our case, higher education.”

Asch Center finds new home

Penn’s Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict moved to a new home over the summer. The center was created to conduct research on global ethnic conflict such as that which resulted in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The center officially dedicated its St. Leonard’s Court offices at 39th and Chestnut streets. Established by Professor of Psychology Martin Seligman and Canadian psychologist Peter Suedfeld, the center hosts scholars from colleges and universities across Pennsylvania. Along with Asch Center directors, academics and city officials, Penn President Judith Rodin also attended the center’s reopening.

Wharton gets a boost

Soon, the Wharton School will boast another addition to its already wide array of resources — the Alfred West Jr. Learning Lab. Funded with the help of a $10 million donation from Alfred West Jr. (WG ‘66), chairman and CEO of SEI Investments, the Learning Lab simulations will aid in innovating learning at Wharton. Wharton Dean Patrick Harker hopes that the lab will “enable Wharton to take a lead role in rethinking the learning paradigm.”