News, Ideas and Conversations from the University of Pennsylvania
March 11, 2010
Dear Penn Staff Member,
Welcome to the Penn Current Express, a weekly newsletter bringing you timely news stories about the Penn community. The Penn Current Express will be delivered to your inbox every Thursday.
Roger Allen awarded Moroccan Medal of Honor The Kingdom of Morocco has awarded a Medal of Honor to Roger Allen, a professor of Arabic and comparative literature and chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations at Penn.
The winners of the 2010 Models of Excellence Awards have been selected, and top honors go to Penny Creedon of the Graduate School of Education and the Out on a Limb
Adventure Team at the Morris Arboretum.
A new initiative from the Division of Public Safety aims to help eliminate some of the traffic frustration around campus by giving commuters a heads-up on potential trouble spots.
Eco-Reps are self-selected Penn employees who are volunteering to
reduce Penn's environmental footprint through improved awareness,
behavior changes and peer advocacy.
Read more interviews, features and latest news at the Penn Current web site.
Catch up with
Demie Kurz, co-director of Women's Studies and The Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality, discusses the changing world of women's studies.
Look for the Penn Current in print on March 25, 2010.
