University of Pennsylvania alum Evelyn Boettcher has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue a Ph.D.
Mongolia
Penn Research Team Hosts Interactive Exhibit on Climate Change and Urban Space for “Parking Day”
WHO: University of Pennsylvania faculty, graduate and undergraduate members of Partnerships for International Research and Education Mongolia and School of Arts and Sciences staff
WHAT: Scientists transform a parking space into an interactive exhibit on Mongolian climate change research
WHEN: Sept. 16, 2011
9 a.m to 3 p.m.
Plants, Climate and a Midsummer Festival
July 29, 2011
Postdoctoral researcher Laura Fox of the School of Engineering and Applied Science shares information about studying the effects of climatic warning on steppe vegetation in Mongolia.
Article Source: New York Times
Penn Study Examines Safe Access to Clean Water in Low-Income Countries
PHILADELPHIA — Susan B. Sorenson, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice, has teamed up with Philadelphia Global Water Initiative, along with the Penn School of Nursing, to study water fetching and the need for access to clean water in developing nations.
Photo: Stuart Franklin, "The Dogon: Work, Women and Water,” courtesy of the Arthur Ross Gallery
Susan B. Sorenson
Do You Know a High-Achieving Student Kept From College Because of Money?
July 27, 2009
I try to stay away from the New York Review of Books. It is a trap for aimless readers like me. I may enjoy a piece on the last Khan of Mongolia. But that makes me want to sample a letter about derivatives or a review of what Titian thought of Tintoretto. Pretty soon it's bedtime and I have forgotten to do important stuff like talk to my wife and watch "The Closer" on TNT.
Article Source: Washington Post
