Video On November 5, 2008, faculty members from the Department of Political Science participated in a lively, open discussion of the historical results - and significance - of the 2008 Presidential election. Watch an interactive video presentation of the event featuring panelists' introductory remarks and their answers to audience questions. |
NewsGates Foundation Grant Will Support Study to Develop an Indian Healthcare Ratings SystemPenn Physicist Phil Nelson to Receive 2009 Emily M. Gray Award From Biophysical Society Mellon Foundation Awards $6-Million Grant to Support Graduate Education in the Humanities Economics Professor Jere Behrman Awarded Carlos Díaz-Alejandro Prize More News EventsNov. 19: The Penn Humanities presents Changing the Canon: Self-Taught Artists, film Screening and panel discussion. The Penn Humanities Forum celebrates its 10th anniversary with a year of programming on "Change." Ibrahim Theater, International House, 3701 Chestnut Street. 5 p.m.Dec. 1: Paul Cobb, Associate Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern History in Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, leads a discussion of The Book of Contemplation: Islam and the Crusades. Written by Usama ibn Munqidh (1095-1188), and recently translated and edited by Cobb, this volume presents a complete eyewitness account of the Crusades from the perspective of a medieval Muslim writer. 2nd level, Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St. - University Square. 6 p.m. More Events MultimediaA Crisis of Malnutrition. Undergraduate Lavanya Madhusudan explores the connection between malnutrition and women's welfare in India. Election Q&A with Don Kettl. Political scientist Don Kettl answers questions about the candidates' experience and the challenges they face. Picking Up Pieces of the Puzzle. Cosmologist Mark Devlin builds a telescope that floats to the edge of space. More Multimedia |


