The alumni newsline for the University of Pennsylvania School of Design
Published by PennDesign Alumni Association (PDAA)
Volume 8, Number 3
November 2007
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The alumni newsline for the University of Pennsylvania School of Design |
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ALUMNI EVENTS IN LONDON, PHILADELPHIA + LOS ANGELES |
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| Based in the UK or just traveling through? Join Homa Farjadi - practice professor of architecture, PennDesign architecture students in London for the semester, and Penn alumni for a meet-and-greet. Happy Hour at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London Wednesday, Nov 14, 6 - 8pm See the website for details or RSVP online now. |
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Tour of Perelman Building of the Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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Reminder: Tour, Dinner & Discussion with Dean Hack, Los Angeles County Museum of Art/A + D Museum Saturday, Nov 3, 4-7:30pm; Cost: $50 per person/$40 for 02-07 graduates Contact the Penn Western Region Office at 310.966.1510 or RSVP online now. |
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| NEW DEAN SEARCH + MAKING HISTORY | |
| Dean Gary Hack announced that he will step down as Dean of PennDesign at the end of his term in June 2008, after an enormously successful 12 years as leader of the School. PennDesign Overseer Chair Keith Sachs W'67 and PDAA President Nancy Goldenberg MCP'80 are members of the search committee to help identify candidates for Dean Hack's successor. Read the Almanac article for details. Homecoming Weekend featured Penn's kick-off for a $3.5 billion capital campaign, 46% of which has already been raised! Visit the Making History campaign website for more information. As part of this campaign, our annual event for donors of $250 and above, which usually occurs in late November, has been moved to the spring. Stay tuned for details. |
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COMMON PRESS PRINTING WORKSHOP |
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The Common Press, the letterpress studio at Penn, recently hosted an experimental printing workshop with Carolee Campbell of Ninjsa Press in Sherman Oaks, CA. The twelve students who participated in Binding, Bound, Restricted were given a physical space on the press to write and set text fragments; the image was then printed by fine arts lecturer Matt Neff MFA'05. Fine arts lecturer David Comberg also assisted with the workshop. |
| LIVE NUDE ART | |
| The fine arts department's annual fundraiser to benefit the MFA Thesis exhibition in the spring will be on view in the Meyerson Galleries, November 28-29. This year's silent bid auction of student and alumni work, Live Nude Art, will commence November 30, 6-9pm. Details will be posted shortly on the fine arts exhibition calendar. | |
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VISION FOR PHILADELPHIA WATERFRONT |
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PennPraxis, led by city and regional planning faculty member Harris Steinberg C'78 GAR'82, is presenting its civic vision for seven miles of Philadelphia’s central Delaware riverfront at 6pm on Wednesday, November 14, at the Convention Center. It will include a video summarizing the civic engagement process, in which over 4,000 Philadelphians participated, and new animation and graphics of the design concepts. Register to attend online. |
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ALUMNI SPEAKERS AT PENN |
| The Penn Alumni Diversity Alliance Speaker Series continues this fall on Penn's campus, with talks by Teresa Chin Jones CW'63 PhD'66 on her nearly 25 years in foreign service, and Rev. Chaz Howard C'00, Associate Chaplain at Penn. See the website for details. From Chemistry to the Consulate: Science & Technology in the Foreign Service Monday, Nov 5, 5:30-6:30pm Remembering the Community: Building Service into Your Life and Career Wednesday, Dec 5, 5:30-6:30pm |
| PENN'S CARBON FOOTPRINT |
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The Penn-Tsinghua T.C. Chan Center recently completed the first greenhouse gas inventory of Penn's main campus. See the latest issue of the Global Insight online newsletter for this story and more. |
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ON THE LINE |
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Please note: some alumni names are hyperlinked to email addresses |
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2000s |
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Marjorie Van Cura MFA'02 |
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1990s |
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Gregory Colling MArch'97 |
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1980s |
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Vibeke Lichten MArch'80 |
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1970s |
| John Stainback MArch'77 MCP'77 has been contracted by the School of Architecture at the University of Maryland to serve as an adjunct professor. As part of the Master of Real Estate Development program, he will teach a course on public/private finance and development. |
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James Williamson MArch'73 |
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1950s |
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Mitchel Abramowitz BArch'57 |
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HAPPENINGS |
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LECTURES |
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EXHIBITIONS EVENTS |
| Check out Alumni Events to learn about other upcoming programs on campus and in your area. Join "QuakerNet" - Penn's Online Community to find classmates and update your contact information. |
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KEEP IN TOUCH |
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SUBMIT brief news items (3 sentences or less) for this newsline by the 25th of the month prior to publication; include your name and degree/year; we will publish your email address unless told not to. |
