added wireless communications, and the rest is history. (Think about all of the industries enabled by smartphones: social media, streaming services, ride sharing, etc). All of this was enabled by a music player, an example of how advances in one area reverberate into other disciplines and in...
considering the academy’s history, it is no wonder that the storied institution has become a hub for diatoms. with the advent of accessible microscopy in the 1850s, many of philadelphia’s gentleman naturalists were captivated by the realm of minute microbes, eventually establishing the ...
Considering the academy’s history, it is no wonder that the storied institution has become a hub for diatoms. With the advent of accessible microscopy in the 1850s, many of Philadelphia’s gentleman naturalists were captivated by the realm of minute microbes, eventually establishing the Microscopi...
From one of our first times working together at James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge movie premiere at New York’s American Museum of Natural History to the recent Philadelphia Magazine’s Whiskey Fest at the Fillmore, I always look forward to the challenge of creating images that tell his event...
political and environmental circumstances in which the agency operates from community to community; (4) safety net policy and practice interventions that address the shortcomings of weather resilience strategies; and (5) public education programs centering on the management and adaptation of transit system...
Joe Torsella’s Philly roots run deep. He was deputy mayor for planning and policy under Ed Rendell in the early 90s. He also led the establishment of the National Constitution Center in Old City. Torsella graduated from Penn with a degree in economics and history. H...
Here’s a crazy theory” [longtime radio announcer] Harry Kalas was such a such a voice of Philadelphia that when he passed [in 2009], he took a lot of that mojo with him. Syracuse basically built the Big East and when they left, the dude who started the Big East died the same day...
In recognition of its commitment to commuter safety, The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, a transit agency serving the Philadelphia metropolitan region, implemented a severe weather policy during the 2009 -- 2010 winter season unlike any other in its storied history. In so doing, ...
Let me give you some context. Since earning my PhD, I have worked at Penn State University’s Abington College, the only public liberal arts college in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area. Among a number of classes in Asian Studies and history, I have taught introductory courses in Budd...