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Of Aging: Wistar Researchers Shed New Light on Getting Old
ocus F Summer 2008 The Science of Aging: Wistar researchers shed new light on getting old Wistar Launches High-Tech Research Center The Federal Funding Crunch: What Does It Mean for Wistar? FROM THE PRESIDENT Wistar: Research at the Frontier he Wistar Institute has a pioneering tradition. TCaspar Wistar, for whom the Institute is named, was a forward-thinking 18th-century physician who wrote the first American anatomy textbook and was an early proponent of vaccination. His great-nephew, Insti- tute founder Isaac J. Wistar, was a pioneer in his own right who trekked west by wagon train to spend winters as a trapper in the wilds of California. Isaac Wistar founded The Wistar Institute in 1892 with the stated intention of creating a center for “new and original research” in the biological and medical sci- Peter Olson ences. In the ensuing century, Wistar lived up to that charge, and it continues to do so today. massive amounts of data and pinpoint disease-causing Wistar’s first scientific advisory board, convened in genes and proteins. The center supports work like that of 1905, declared research as the Institute’s principal objec- David W. Speicher, Ph.D., who is developing blood tests tive and specified three areas of focus: comparative for the early detection of the deadliest cancers. anatomy, embryology, and neurology—fields that repre- Likewise, the Institute’s new chemical screening facil- sented the leading edge of science and medicine at the ity, set to launch this fall, will allow investigators to turn of the century. screen vast numbers of compounds and identify those The Institute’s research focus has evolved over the years. -
Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Your STEM Students Can Explore a City Filled with Robotics, Fossils, Butterflies, VR Experiences, Flight Simulators, and So Much More
TOP STEM DESTINATIONS: Philadelphia In Philadelphia, your STEM students can explore a city filled with robotics, fossils, butterflies, VR experiences, flight simulators, and so much more. If your students are ready to become detectives and examining skeletal remains, explore the “heart” of the Franklin Institute, or take lessons have been developed to meet Educational Standards, including Pennsylvania State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards, Educational Destinations can make your Philadelphia history trip rewarding and memorable. EDUCATIONAL STEM OPPORTUNITIES: • Meet Pennsylvania Academic Standards • Discovery Camps • Interactive School Tours • Museum Sleepovers • Be a Forensic Anthropologist • Philadelphia Science Festival (Spring) • Scavenger Hunts • Live Science Shows • Animal Encounters • Tech Studios • Amazing Adaptations • Robotics Workshops • Escape Rooms • Movie-Making Workshops • Virtual Reality Experiences • Drone Workshops • Flight Simulators • Game Design Workshops • Planetarium Exhibits • Lego Robotics • Survivial Experiences • Engineering for Kids STEM ATTRACTIONS: • University of Pennsylvania • Garden State Discovery Museum • Penn Museum • Greener Partners’ Longview Farm • The Franklin Institute • Independence Seaport Museum • Mütter Museum at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia • John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum • Pennsylvania Hospital Physic Garden • John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove • Philadelphia Insectarium and Butterfly Pavilion • Linvilla Orchards • Academy of Natural Sciences -
Some of the Busiest, Most Congested and Stress-Inducing Traffic Is Found on Roads Crossing Southeastern Pennsylvania—The Penns
Protect and Preserve What You Can Do It’s easy to get involved in the Pennypack Greenway. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination. n Encourage your municipal officials to protect the Within one of the most rapidly developing environmentally sensitive lands identified in local parts of Pennsylvania is found a creek open space plans. n Get dirty! Participate in one of the creek cleanups and watershed system that has sustained held throughout the Greenway. remnants of the primal beauty and wildlife n Stand up for the creek at municipal meetings when your commissioners and council members are that have existed within it for thousands discussing stormwater management. of years. It is the Pennypack Creek n Enjoy one of the many annual events that take place along the Greenway such as sheep shearing, Maple watershed, a system that feeds Pennypack Sugar Day, and Applefest at Fox Chase Farm. Creek as it runs from its headwaters in Bucks and Montgomery counties, through If You Have a Yard n Make your yard friendlier for wildlife by planting Philadelphia and into the Delaware River. native trees, shrubs and wildflowers. Audubon Publicly accessible pockets of this graceful Pennsylvania’s “Audubon At Home” program can help. n Minimize or eliminate your use of pesticides, natural environment are used daily by herbicides, and fertilizers. thousands of citizens, young and old, providing a refuge from the pressures n Control (or eliminate) aggressive non-native plants of daily life. Yet this system faces real threats. Undeveloped land alongside infesting your garden. n Reduce the paving on your property to allow Pennypack Creek is sought after for development and there isn’t a protected rainwater to percolate into the soil, and install rain passage through it. -
2016 Calendar of Events
CALENDAR OF EVENTS OF EVENTS CALENDAR FEBRUARY 2 — MARCH 30, 2016 2 — MARCH 30, FEBRUARY EIGHT INSPIRED WEEKS OF DISCUSSIONS, PERFORMANCES, AND FILMS 2016 FEATURED TITLES FEATURED 2016 WELCOME 2016 FEATURED TITLES pg 2 WELCOME FROM THE CHAIR pg 3 YOUTH COMPANION BOOKS pg 4 ADDITIONAL READING SUGGESTIONS pg 5 DISCUSSION GROUPS AND QUESTIONS pg 6-7 FILM SCREENINGS pg 8-9 GENERAL EVENTS pg 10 EVENTS FOR CHILDREN, TEENS, AND FAMILIES pg 21 COMMUNITY PARTNERS pg 27 SPONSORS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pg 30 The centerpiece of 2016 One Book, One Philadelphia is author Charles Frazier’s historical novel Cold Mountain. Set at the end of the Civil War, Cold Mountain tells the heartrending story of Inman, a wounded Confederate soldier who walks away from the horrors of war to return home to his beloved, Ada. Cold Mountain BY CHARLES FRAZIER His perilous journey through the war-ravaged landscape of North Carolina Cold Mountain made publishing history when it topped the interweaves with Ada’s struggles to maintain her father’s farm as she awaits New York Times bestseller list for 61 weeks and sold 3 million Inman’s return. A compelling love story beats at the heart of Cold Mountain, copies. A richly detailed American epic, it is the story of a Civil propelling the action and keeping readers anxiously turning pages. War soldier journeying through a divided country to return Critics have praised Cold Mountain for its lyrical language, its reverential to the woman he loves, while she struggles to maintain her descriptions of the Southern landscape, and its powerful storytelling that dramatizes father’s farm and make sense of a new and troubling world. -
Stanley A. Plotkin, MD
55936.qxp 3/10/09 4:27 PM Page 4 Stanley A. Plotkin, MD Recipient of the 2009 Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement hysician, scientist, scholar—Stanley Plotkin Dr. Plotkin was born in New York City. His father was a has successfully juggled all three roles during commercial telegrapher. His mother, who occasionally his decades of service. filled in as an accountant, mostly stayed home with Stanley PFrom his first job following graduation from and his younger sister, Brenda. At age 15, Stanley, a student medical school as an intern at Cleveland Met- at the Bronx High School of Science, discovered what he ropolitan General Hospital to his present role as consultant wanted to do with his life. After reading the novel Arrow - to the vaccine manufacturer sanofi pasteur, Dr. Plotkin has smith by Sinclair Lewis and the nonfictional work Microbe explored the world of infectious diseases and Hunters by Paul de Kruif—two books about sci- has been actively involved in developing some entists battling diseases—Stanley set his sights of the most potent vaccines against those dis- on becoming a physician and a research scien- eases. tist. “Dr. Plotkin has been a tireless advocate for Dr. Plotkin graduated from New York Uni- the protection of humans, and children in par- versity in 1952 and obtained a medical degree ticular, from preventable infectious diseases. at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. He His lifetime of work on vaccines has led to pro- was a resident in pediatrics at the Children’s found reductions in both morbidity and mortality not only Hospital of Philadelphia and at the Hospital for Sick Chil- in the United States, but throughout the world,” says Vi- dren in London. -
Philadelphia and the Southern Elite: Class, Kinship, and Culture in Antebellum America
PHILADELPHIA AND THE SOUTHERN ELITE: CLASS, KINSHIP, AND CULTURE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA BY DANIEL KILBRIDE A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 1997 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In seeing this dissertation to completion I have accumulated a host of debts and obligation it is now my privilege to acknowledge. In Philadelphia I must thank the staff of the American Philosophical Society library for patiently walking out box after box of Society archives and miscellaneous manuscripts. In particular I must thank Beth Carroll- Horrocks and Rita Dockery in the manuscript room. Roy Goodman in the Library’s reference room provided invaluable assistance in tracking down secondary material and biographical information. Roy is also a matchless authority on college football nicknames. From the Society’s historian, Whitfield Bell, Jr., I received encouragement, suggestions, and great leads. At the Library Company of Philadelphia, Jim Green and Phil Lapansky deserve special thanks for the suggestions and support. Most of the research for this study took place in southern archives where the region’s traditions of hospitality still live on. The staff of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History provided cheerful assistance in my first stages of manuscript research. The staffs of the Filson Club Historical Library in Louisville and the Special Collections room at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond were also accommodating. Special thanks go out to the men and women at the three repositories at which the bulk of my research was conducted: the Special Collections Library at Duke University, the Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the Virginia Historical Society. -
Activities to Try in Philadelphia County
Philadelphia County Activities for Bigs and Littles The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Observe live animals or look at dinosaur bones right on the Ben Franklin Parkway. http://www.acnatsci.org/ Awbury Arboretum Germantown’s largest oasis contains meadows, pond and trees, as well as the Victorian-style Francis Cope House. http://www.gophila.com/C/Things_to_Do/211/Boundless_Philadelphia/523/U/Awbury_Arboretum/1943.html www.awbury.com Bartram’s Garden America’s oldest botanical Garden – John Bartram’s legacy lives on in this beautiful and historical natural historical setting. http://www.bartramsgarden.org/ The Betsy Ross House Learn the history behind the woman, the house and the flag. http://www.betsyrosshouse.org/ Eastern State Penitentiary Tour America’s most historical prison. It once housed notorious gangster Al Capone. There are also yearly events such as the Bastille Day celebration and the Haunted House at Halloween. http://www.easternstate.org/ Fairmount Park This park system features 206 historic properties. There are also trails, sports fields, museums, and more in this Commonwealth Treasure. www.fairmountpark.org The Fairmount Park Recreation Center and Lloyd Hall Right behind the Art Museum, you can rent rollerblades or bikes, or visit Philly’s only public boathouse. http://www.gophila.com/C/Things_to_Do/211/Boundless_Philadelphia/523/And_More_(Miscellaneous)/532/ Segway_Tour/ 577/U/Lloyd_Hall/1819.html The Franklin Institute Walk through the giant human heart or watch an IMAX movie at one of the most creative science museums in the country. http://www.fi.edu/ Independence Visitor Center The Independence Visitor Center is your one-stop-shop for information, history and adventure in the Philadelphia region. -
Art Collections FP.2012.005 Finding Aid Prepared by Caity Tingo
Art Collections FP.2012.005 Finding aid prepared by Caity Tingo This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit October 01, 2012 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Fairmount Archives 10/1/2012 Art Collections FP.2012.005 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3 Scope and Contents note............................................................................................................................... 4 Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 5 Lithographs, Etchings, and Engravings...................................................................................................5 Pennsylvania Art Project - Work Progress Administration (WPA)......................................................14 Watercolor Prints................................................................................................................................... 15 Ink Transparencies.................................................................................................................................17 Calendars................................................................................................................................................24 -
Museums Visual Art Performing Arts Historic Sites Free Events
Museums Visual Art Performing Arts Historic Sites Free Events Museums The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University African American Museum in Philadelphia The Barnes Foundation Chemical Heritage Foundation The Franklin Institute Independence Seaport Museum The Mütter Museum National Constitution Center National Museum of American Jewish History New Hall Military Museum Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) Philadelphia Art Alliance Philadelphia History Museum The Philadelphia Museum of Art The Rodin Museum The Rosenbach Museum The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, $16 admission The Academy of Natural Sciences is America’s oldest natural history museum and a world leader in biodiversity and environmental research. For 200 years, the Academy has explored the remarkable diversity of our natural world, sharing these discoveries with the public through extraordinary collections, inno- vative exhibits, educational programming, and publications. African American Museum in Philadelphia 701 Arch St., $10 student admission The African American Museum in Philadelphia is home to an amazing collection of objects and illustrations that chronicle and dramatically unfold the in- credible story of the black Diaspora. A massive assortment of art, artifacts, period clothing, furniture, military weapons, industrial tools, musical instru- ments, photographs, diaries, documents, records, books, journals, paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, fiber and mixed-media works comprise our capti- vating collection. The Barnes Foundation 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, $10 student admission The Barnes Foundation maintains and displays one of the world's leading collections of French impressionist and post-impressionist paintings. Featuring 181 Renoirs, 69 Cézannes and 59 Matisses --along with works by Manet, Degas, Seurat, Prendergrast, Titian and Picasso—it is a must-see for art lovers while in Philadelphia. -
4. FAIRMOUNT (EAST/WEST) PARK MASTER PLAN Fairmount Park System Natural Lands Restoration Master Plan Skyline of the City of Philadelphia As Seen from George’S Hill
4. FAIRMOUNT (EAST/WEST) PARK MASTER PLAN Fairmount Park System Natural Lands Restoration Master Plan Skyline of the City of Philadelphia as seen from George’s Hill. 4.A. T ASKS A SSOCIATED W ITH R ESTORATION A CTIVITIES 4.A.1. Introduction The project to prepare a natural lands restoration master plan for Fairmount (East/West) Park began in October 1997. Numerous site visits were conducted in Fairmount (East/West) Park with the Fairmount Park Commission (FPC) District #1 Manager and staff, community members, Natural Lands Restoration and Environmental Education Program (NLREEP) staff and Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) staff. Informal meetings at the Park’s district office were held to solicit information and opinions from district staff. Additionally, ANSP participated in the NLREEP Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) meetings in March and October 1998. These meetings were used to solicit ideas and develop contacts with other environmental scientists and land managers. A meeting was also held with ANSP, NLREEP and FPC engineering staff to discuss completed and planned projects in or affecting natural lands in Fairmount (East/West) Park. A variety of informal contacts, such as speaking at meetings of Friends groups and other clubs, and discussions during field visits provided additional input. ANSP, NLREEP and the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) set up a program of quarterly meetings to discuss various issues of joint interest. These meetings are valuable in obtaining information useful in planning restoration and in developing concepts for cooperative programs. As a result of these meetings, PWD staff reviewed the list of priority stream restoration sites proposed for Fairmount (East/West) Park. -
ACCESS Philly by Art-Reach
ACCESS Philly by Art-Reach For $2 per person ACCESS Cardholders can attend 45 cultural sites & theaters HOW IT WORKS « Bring valid ACCESS Card with a photo ID « One (1) ACCESS Card admits the cardholder and up to three (3) people at a rate of $2 per person « EBT funds cannot be used to pay admission « Discount is not valid on special exhibitions, special events, or with any other offers ACCESS Philly is brought to you by www.art-reach.org/ACCESS Sponsored in part by ACCESS Admission Show your card at these museums, gardens and historic sites for $2 admission Academy of Natural Morris Arboretum Sciences Museum of the American African American Museum Revolution in Philadelphia Mutter Museum American Swedish Historical National Constitution Center Museum National Liberty Museum Betsy Ross House National Museum of Brandywine River Museum American Jewish History Chanticleer Garden Pennsylvania Academy of Christ Church & Burial the Fine Arts Ground Penn Museum Eastern State Penitentiary Philadelphia Museum of Art Franklin Institute Science Philadelphia’s Magic Museum Gardens Franklin Square Mini Golf Physick House Franklin Square Carousel Please Touch Museum Grumblethorpe Powel House Independence Seaport Shofuso House and Garden Museum Tyler Arboretum Insectarium & Butterfly Pavilion Waynesborough James A. Michener Art Wharton Esherick Museum Museum Woodmere Art Museum Longwood Gardens ACCESS Live Contact the box office for performance dates, times and to purchase $2 tickets 1812 Productions FringeArts Philadelphia Theatre 11th Hour Theatre -
"Drawings in the Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
"Drawings in the Collections of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Artist Subject Medium Date Allbright Solitude (John Penn's House) Water color c. 1840 Andre, Major John Landscape Water color 1778 Barker, J. J. Hobson House, Mantua Water color 1852 (West Phila.) Barth Washington & Tarleton at Wash c. 1850 Cowpens Becker Central High School Diploma Wash c. 1850 Besson, C. A. Slate Roof House Pen sketch 1841 Birch, T. Port of Philadelphia Wash c. 1830 Birch, T. Port of Philadelphia Wash c. 1820 Birch, W. View on Neshaminy Creek Water color c. 1800 Birch, W. View on Neshaminy Creek Water color c. 1800 Birch, W. Major General Birch Water color c. 1800 Breton, W. L. Wistar's Peach Grove, 7th & Wash c. 1830 Buttonwood Breton, W. L. Shippen Residence, Wain's Water color c. 1830 Row, 2d St. Breton, W. L. House in Germantown where Water color c. 1830 Penn preached Breton, W. L. Old Swedes' Church Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Slate Roof House Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. St. David's, Radnor Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Harriton Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Oxford Church Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Washington's House in High Water color c. 1830 Street Breton, W. L. Merion Meeting Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Pemberton House on Schuyl- Water color 1830 L-ill Kill Breton, W. L. Wilmington Meeting Water color c. 1830 Breton, W. L. Lutheran Church, 5th & Arch Wash c. 1830 Sts. Breton, W. L. Penn Treaty Monument Water color c.