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Karen Detlefsen named Penn vice provost for education Karen Detlefsen, professor of philosophy in the School of Arts & Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Graduate School of Education. Karen Detlefsen has been named vice provost for education at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1. The announcement was made today by Provost Wendell Pritchett and Deputy Provost Beth Winkelstein. Detlefsen is a professor of philosophy in the School of Arts & Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Graduate School of Education. She is chair of the Committee on U...

Reply Emmet Gowin, Winner of a Guggenheim, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, and others Emmet Gowin, Renowned Photographer, to Speak at Newtown Quaker Meeting Emmet Gowin, Professor Emeritus of Photography of Princeton University and a member of Newtown Meeting, will speak about his latest works via Zoom to the adult class of Newtown Quaker Meeting at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, May 9 http://www.newtownfriendsmeeting.org). Zoom Meeting for Worship in the manner of Friends will follow at 11 a.m. Gowin will give a quick o...

Share Keneth Gillen (right), retired from Sandia National Laboratories, receives the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award, from Russ Vogelsong of Lion Elastomers, which sponsored the award. Gillen was the only honoree able to attend the awards banquet in person. Toggle Fullscreen Share Adel Halasa accepts the Charles Goodyear Medal in memory of Nissim Calderon, who died in February 2020. Halasa, the 1997 medalist, worked with Calderon at Goodyear. The Charles Goodyear Medal is the highest honor given out by the ACS Rubber Division. Toggle Fullscreen Share Chris Robertson of Endurica p...

Annual Educational Recognition Awards May 5 will honor teaching excellence Chancellor’s Medal for Distinguished Teaching recipient Mai-Lan Rogoff will deliver the Last Lecture at virtual event UMass Medical School Communications April 28, 2021 The Educational Recognition Awards ceremony and Last Lecture return with a hybrid format after a one-year hiatus, when 21 faculty and other educators will be recognized for excellence in teaching on Wednesday, May 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. The traditional event includes words of wisdom from an esteemed teacher and recognition of community members...

(Fargo, ND) -- North Dakota State University has selected it's next Professor to give their Faculty Lectureship. William Wilson, University Distinguished Professor of agribusiness and applied economics and CHS Endowed Chair in Risk Management and trading, has been selected for the prestigious Faculty Lectureship at NDSU. Wilson’s lecture will examine the evolution of world trade in commodities during the past three decades, and elaborate on factors that may impact future competition. He will intertwine novel research in trade, technology development and logistics. Wilson, who teaches course...