Behind the minutiae of data, texts, and experiments, we researchers are often propelled by a deeply elegant unifying idea. This “Art of Research” symposium is devoted to unveiling the creative art behind the words, numbers, and figures. We want you to share the beauty of your research.

Ten graduate students from a diverse range of departments and schools at Penn will be presenting their work at the symposium.  Faculty from across the university will be acting as judges.  The top-rated presentation will receive a $500 prize, second place will be $250, and third place will be $100.

If you plan to attend, please register on the Graduate Student Center webpage.  The symposium is open to all.  Coffee, beverages, and snacks will be available at the event.

Date: Friday, March 26, 2010, 12-3 PM

Location: Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium

Schedule:

12 PM - Symposium begins
12:15 - 1:15 - Session 1
1:30 - 2:30 - Session 2
2:45 - Presentation of awards

Session 1 order of presentations
Amitai Bin-Nun (Physics and Astronomy): “Extra dimensions: Fiction, Reality, and Mathematical Reality”
Rosella Cappella (Political Science): “Paying for War”
Vanessa Troiani (Neuroscience): “Through a Prism of Autism”
Karam Kang (Economics): “The Price of Power: Estimating the Effect of Lobbying on Energy Policies”
Kyle Gorman (Linguistics): “Words Fail Me: Some Language Gaps”

Session 2 order of presentations
Lite Nartey (Management): “External Stakeholder Engagement: Transforming Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from Principled Rhetoric to Theoretically Grounded Practice”
Scott Ordway (Music): “New Music for Sacred and Secular Spaces”
Meredith Reitz (Physics): “Self-organization and Evolution of a River Delta”
Kurt Mitman (Economics): “Credit, Housing, and Multidimensional Default”
Mike Baiocchi (Statistics): “Using Statistics to Save Adorable Babies”

-Deirdre Loughridge, President
-Bryan Chen, VP Finance
-Suzanne Bratt, VP Communications
-Arthur Jones, VP Administration and Policy
-Raleigh Martin, VP Public Affairs

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WHEREAS, SASgov, the graduate student government of the School of Arts and Sciences, values such freedom, and

WHEREAS, it is unprecedented for school governments to report to GAPSA, and

WHEREAS, the proposed GAPSA constitutional amendment states in Article VIII, A:

4.  GAPSA shall provide an appropriation to each school’s student government(s) for the purpose of funding school-wide government activity, school-based student groups, and academic and social programming.

a. Each school will be required to submit annual budget information and updates to GAPSA at the request of the Vice Chair for Finance.

Therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that SASgov is opposed to the aforementioned constitutional amendment and urges GAPSA to reject it or any amendment of a similar spirit.

Passed unanimously by the SASgov General Body on March 24, 2009