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STEM

New ‘Internet of Things’ Class to Cover Rapidly Expanding Technology

Friday, December 2, 2016, By J.D. Ross

A new spring semester course offering at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will provide students with an overview of the rapid changes happening in business and technology because of the proliferation of new devices connected to the Internet. The…

Health & Society

Journal Devotes Special Issue to CRS Professor’s Book on Anti-Semitism

Friday, December 2, 2016, By Erica Blust

The Journal of Communication and Religion has released a special issue [39. 2 (2016)] devoted in its entirety to the book “Confronting Anti-Semitism: Seeking an End to Hateful Rhetoric” (Troubador, 2011) by Amos Kiewe, professor of communication and rhetorical studies…

Media, Law & Policy

Avidan Strategies CEO Discusses Advertising Insights

Thursday, December 1, 2016, By Aishwarya Nag Choudhury

Avi Dan, CEO of Avidan Strategies, shared insights from his more than 30 years of leadership experience, including key insights on how to succeed at an advertising agency, during a presentation last month. “Experience, openings and intermediaries should be the…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell’s Tanner Lecture Hosts Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter

Thursday, December 1, 2016, By Aishwarya Nag Choudhury

Since 2012, the Tanner lectures have provided the Maxwell School with the opportunity to bring prominent civic actors to the campus and speak on issues of ethics, citizenship and public responsibly. On Oct. 14, the Tanner lecture hosted former Philadelphia…

Health & Society

3D Temples, Confession Apps and Virtual Shrines

Tuesday, November 29, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Nearly every aspect of modern life intersects with digital culture and is being reshaped by rapidly changing technology. A new undergraduate course will investigate the ways religious practice is shaped by technology and how technological practice is shaped by religion….

STEM

Crowston, Sawyer Take Best Paper Award at ASIS&T

Tuesday, November 29, 2016, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members Kevin Crowston and Steven Sawyer, along with colleague and former iSchool professor Rolf Wigand, were presented with a Best Paper Award by the Association for Information Science and Technology’s Social Informatics special interest…

Arts & Culture

Ceramist MacDonald Featured on ‘A Craftsman’s Legacy’

Wednesday, November 23, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

David MacDonald, an internationally renowned artist and professor emeritus of ceramics in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, is profiled on the American Public Television program “A Craftsman’s Legacy.” In the first episode of the season, master ceramist MacDonald…

Arts & Culture

Music Historian’s Work Brings New Life to Restoration Shakespeare Plays

Wednesday, November 23, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

The foreboding words of the Three Witches in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” conjure up the general’s kingly aspirations and bloody demise. Their presence throughout the Bard’s tragedy is mostly known to modern audiences through spoken poetic verse. But what would the theatrical…

Health & Society

‘A Moral Obligation to Stand with the People’

Monday, November 21, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Ahmed Abdel Meguid was out with friends in Istanbul on July 15 when members of the Turkish military initiated a coup attempt. Abdel Meguid, an assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Religion, spent the summer…

Health & Society

Newhouse Student Shares Theme of Living Loud, Being Proud of Differences

Monday, November 21, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Justin Bachman ’19 has never forgotten the day that changed his life and started him on his mission.