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Gutmann Named to Chair Obama's Bioethics Commission

PHILADELPHIA –- Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been selected by President Obama to chair the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. As head of the commission, Gutmann, president of Penn since 2004 and a prominent political scientist, will advise the President on a range of bioethical issues.

The commission will work with the goal of identifying and promoting policies and practices to ensure that scientific research, health-care delivery and technological innovation are conducted in an ethically responsible manner.

As Penn's president, Gutmann has been a forceful advocate for access to higher education, for dismantling the boundaries among academic disciplines and for increasing student and faculty engagement with communities both domestically and across the globe.

The official White House announcement of Gutmann’s appointement is at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-establishes-new-presidential-commission-study-bioethical-issues-nam.

Amy Gutmann on the Cultural Legacy of Jane Austen

President Amy Gutmann, Johns Hopkins Presidential Inauguration Speech

September 13, 2009: Amy Gutmann, President, University of Pennsylvania speech during the inauguration of Ronald J. Daniels as the 14th president of The Johns Hopkins University.

Penn puts out green plan

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann won a $500000 grant for her academic initiatives from the Carnegie Corporation of New York

Amy Gutmann, Recent Media Coverage

University of Pennsylvania 2009 Convocation Ceremony

Advocacy group's report calls for federal, state 'green' policies - PennEnvironment

Hope for PA Green Building Code - PennEnvironment

Gov. Rendell is pushing for Pennsylvania's legislature to enact a state building code that would require environmentally friendly, energy-efficient construction. Whether he wants both residential and commercial development included is not yet known.

Assessment : 2006-2007 PSSA and AYP Results

The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, also known as PSSA, measures how well students have achieved in reading and mathematics according to Pennsylvania’s world-class academic standards. By using these standards, educators, parents and administrators can evaluate their students’ strengths and weaknesses to increase students’ achievement scores. According to the federal No Child Left Behind Act, students must be 100 % proficient in reading and math by 2014.

Assessment : PSSA Results

Pennsylvania Dept of Education - Academic Achievement Report

On this site you will find District and School Reports that contain: * Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) targets and results for 2007-08 * Last year's results and next year's targets * Discussion of results for parents and educators

EdNA Home Page

EdNA (Education Names and Addresses) can be used to find name, address, administrator, and related information about the educational entities that PDE serves. These entities include school districts and their schools, intermediate units, area vocational technical schools, charter schools, nonpublic and private schools, higher education institutions, and many more.

Perspective 100: Building Character

A conversation with four Jewish college presidents on the meaning of a university education and the role of religion in campus life.

A Matter of Interpretation - Google books

Book overview (from Google Books)

"We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the desired aim--"distinguishing one prior case on his left, straight-arming another one on his right, high-stepping away from another precedent about to tackle him from the rear, until (bravo!) he reaches the goal--good law." But is this common-law mindset, which is appropriate in its place, suitable also in statutory and constitutional interpretation? In a witty and trenchant essay, Justice Scalia answers this question with a resounding negative.

In exploring the neglected art of statutory interpretation, Scalia urges that judges resist the temptation to use legislative intention and legislative history. In his view, it is incompatible with democratic government to allow the meaning of a statute to be determined by what the judges think the lawgivers meant rather than by what the legislature actually promulgated. Eschewing the judicial lawmaking that is the essence of common law, judges should interpret statutes and regulations by focusing on the text itself. Scalia then extends this principle to constitutional law. He proposes that we abandon the notion of an everchanging Constitution and pay attention to the Constitution's original meaning. Although not subscribing to the "strict constructionism" that would prevent applying the Constitution to modern circumstances, Scalia emphatically rejects the idea that judges can properly "smuggle" in new rights or deny old rights by using the Due Process Clause, for instance. In fact, such judicial discretion might lead to the destruction of the Bill of Rights if a majority of the judges ever wished to reach that most undesirable of goals.

This essay is followed by four commentaries by Professors Gordon Wood, Laurence Tribe, Mary Ann Glendon, and Ronald Dworkin, who engage Justice Scalia's ideas about judicial interpretation from varying standpoints."

Amy Gutmann - Wikimedia Commons

A portrait of Penn President, Amy Gumann, recently added to the the Wikimedia Commons.

Identity in Democrasy - Google Books

Book overview (from Google Books)

"Written by one of America's leading political thinkers, this is a book about the good, the bad, and the ugly of identity politics.Amy Gutmann rises above the raging polemics that often characterize discussions of identity groups and offers a fair-minded assessment of the role they play in democracies. She addresses fundamental questions of timeless urgency while keeping in focus their relevance to contemporary debates: Do some identity groups undermine the greater democratic good and thus their own legitimacy in a democratic society? Even if so, how is a democracy to fairly distinguish between groups such as the KKK on the one hand and the NAACP on the other? Should democracies exempt members of some minorities from certain legitimate or widely accepted rules, such as Canada's allowing Sikh members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to wear turbans instead of Stetsons? Do voluntary groups like the Boy Scouts have a right to discriminate on grounds of sexual preference, gender, or race?

Identity-group politics, Gutmann shows, is not aberrant but inescapable in democracies because identity groups represent who people are, not only what they want--and who people are shapes what they demand from democratic politics. Rather than trying to abolish identity politics, Gutmann calls upon us to distinguish between those demands of identity groups that aid and those that impede justice. Her book does justice to identity groups, while recognizing that they cannot be counted upon to do likewise to others.

Clear, engaging, and forcefully argued, Amy Gutmann's Identity in Democracy provides the fractious world of multicultural and identity-group scholarship with a unifying work that will sustain it for years to come."

Color Conscious - Google Books

Book overview (from Google Books)

"In America today, the problem of achieving racial justice--whether through "color-blind" policies or through affirmative action--provokes more noisy name-calling than fruitful deliberation. In Color Conscious, K. Anthony Appiah and Amy Gutmann, two eminent moral and political philosophers, seek to clear the ground for a discussion of the place of race in politics and in our moral lives. Provocative and insightful, their essays tackle different aspects of the question of racial justice; together they provide a compelling response to our nation's most vexing problem.Appiah begins by establishing the problematic nature of the idea of race. He draws on the scholarly consensus that "race" has no legitimate biological basis, exploring the history of its invention as a social category and showing how the concept has been used to explain differences among groups of people by mistakenly attributing various "essences" to them. Appiah argues that, while people of color may still need to gather together, in the face of racism, under the banner of race, they need also to balance carefully the calls of race against the many other dimensions of individual identity; and he suggests, finally, what this might mean for our political life.Gutmann examines alternative political responses to racial injustice. She argues that American politics cannot be fair to all citizens by being color blind because American society is not color blind. Fairness, not color blindness, is a fundamental principle of justice. Whether policies should be color-conscious, class conscious, or both in particular situations, depends on an open-minded assessment of their fairness. Exploring timely issues of university admissions, corporate hiring, and political representation, Gutmann develops a moral perspective that supports a commitment to constitutional democracy.Appiah and Gutmann write candidly and carefully, presenting many-faceted interpretations of a host of controversial issues. Rather than supplying simple answers to complex questions, they offer to citizens of every color principled starting points for the ongoing national discussions about race."

Need in Deed - Community-based service learning

Penn President Dr. Amy Gutmann with former President Bill Clinton at the Kerner Symposium

College Presidents Pen Admissions Essays

University of Pennsylvania's Amy Gutmann writes a page from her autobiography

Penn Media Seminar on Neuroscience and Society

Faculty from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts and Sciences, School of Law and School of Medicine discuss emerging issues, ethics and options related to recent advances in neuroscience.

2009 University of Pennsylvania Commencement

Commencement addresses by Penn President, Dr. Amy Gutmann and Google CEO, Eric Schmidt

Digital Sanborn Maps - Pennsylvania

PASDA

LexisNexis State Capital

Penn president joins efforts to help Iranian scholar

University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann has joined efforts to secure the release of an Iranian scholar who was to begin this semester as a Penn visiting scholar.

Smart Partners: Three Major Research Universities Contribute to Philadelphia's Vitality

President Amy Gutmann is featured discussing Penn and Philadelphia. Includes one of my photographs :)

Hazleton's anti-illegal immigrant law back in court -- themorningcall.com

Hazleton's anti-illegal immigrant law back in court
Panel of judges to hear case four days before Nov. 4 election in which mayor is running for Congress.

By John J. Moser |Of The Morning Call

September 9, 2008

Hazleton will get to argue before a federal appeals court on Oct. 31 that a judge wrongly struck down the city's ordinance making it illegal to hire or rent housing to illegal immigrants, Mayor Lou Barletta announced Monday.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to have the appeal heard by a three-judge panel, and recent rulings by other federal appeals courts have given the city hope it can prevail, said Kris Kobach and Hank Mahoney, attorneys representing the city in defending its Illegal Immigration Relief Act

2008 French Creek Iron Tour

Write stuff about this.

Death Penalty in Pennsylvania - Statistics

This website is on about.com. It's by Kimberly and Albrecht Powell. It talks about capital punishment in the state of Pennsylvania. It gives historic facts about lynching (hanging), the electric chair, and lethal injection.

Swapping, sharing summer's bounty

Farm To Philly :: Eat Local!

CSA Notebook: Consumers start CSA and search for farmer

Brandywine Conservancy's Environmental Management Center: Laurels Preserve

Local Health Statistics

Farm Options

Agriculture: About Farmland Preservation

PFPA Home Page

Bucks County Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation Programs

Crow's Nest Preserve. The Natural Lands Trust. Land Conservation in the Greater Philadelphia Region.

2030 Greenspace Network

White Clay Creek State of the Watershed Report

Pennsylvania State Parks - White Clay Creek Preserve - PA DCNR

The 1,341-acre White Clay Creek Preserve is in southern Chester County, three miles north of Newark, Delaware. The White Clay Creek Valley, which forms the core of the Preserve, varies from steep to gradually falling terrain with some flat bottomlands. White Clay Creek Preserve shares boundary with White Clay Creek State Park of Delaware.

Because White Clay Creek posses outstanding scenic, wildlife, recreational and cultural value, it has been designated by Congress as a National Wild and Scenic River, and shall be preserved in free-flowing condition for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations.

Wild & Scenic White Clay Creek - Official Site of the White Clay Creek National Wild & Scenic Rivers Program Watershed Management Committee

Stream ReLeaf: A Plan for Restoring and Conserving Buffers Along Pennsylvania's Streams

Stroud Water Research Center: The Stroud Preserve Reforested Riparian Buffer

Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)

Pennsylvania's official geospatial information clearinghouse. Included are Philadelphia municipal, census, and environmental shapefiles, as well as parcel maps.

Amy Gutmann - Recent Media Coverage

Recent media coverage of Penn President Amy Gutmann (http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/amy_gutmann.php). I've also created an RSS feed - available at http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/rss/amy_gutmann_news.xml.

Dr. Gutmann - AAPSS speech

Dr. Amy Gutmann, Penn's president, presented the Inaugural Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize to Alice M Rivlin on May 8th, 2008. Excerpts from her address can be found on the AAPSS blog

French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust

Highlands Coalition

Land Conservation & Management Class

Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust

This place is an amazing place to hike.

Founded in 1970, the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust is a nonprofit land trust headquartered in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. The Trust is staffed by professionals and volunteers dedicated to the stewardship of the lands that are protected by the Trust in its Pennypack Preserve natural area. The Trust offers a variety of programs and services including, but not limited to:

Trails in the Preserve open free to the public to explore
and enjoy the natural world all year long
Professionally managed natural area restoration
Urban deer herd management
Volunteer training
Meeting facilities for community organizations
Professional education and internships

Dr. Amy Gutmann, Penn, meets with Village Academy students

In May 2008, Dr. Amy Gutmann, Penn President, met with students from the Harlem Village Academy to talk about student financial aid and the Penn Compact, Penn's efforts to increase access, integrate knowledge, and engage locally and globally with communit

PA GlassTrail

Four times a year Pennsylvania glass artists along the Route 222 corridor from Lancaster to Lehigh Valley open their studios to visitors. This site will tell you about it.

Pennsylvania Session Laws > Home Page

The Legislative Reference Bureau, an agency of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, has undertaken a long-term preservation and public access project to digitize the laws enacted for the Province and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and published on a periodic basis from 1682 to the most recently completed session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, referred to for purposes of the project as "session laws."

University Communications on Ning

Office of University Communications account on Ning. Press releases, research news, media hits and more.

2008 Financial Aid Video - "There's nothing stopping our students"

2008 University of Pennsylvania Financial Aid Video

"Great Expectations for Higher Education in the 21st century"

Dr. Amy Gutmann gives a talk entitled "Great Expectations for Higher Education in the 21st century" as part of the 30th annual Pullias lecture series.

East Falls Glassworks Philadelphia Glass Blowing Studio and Gallery

Well equipped glass blowing studio. Opened in the East Falls section of Philadelphia in Jan. 2006. Holds an Open House on the 2nd Saturday of some months. Check the website for details.

Offers classes and studio rental along with a small gallery of works by local artists.

Check out Jon Goldberg (the shop's owner) work.

Pennsylvania manual.

. Pennsylvania manual. 0275-8814 series [Harrisburg] Published by the Department of General Services for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [etc.]
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Almanac of state legislatures : changing patterns, 1990-1997 / William Lilley III, Laurence J. DeFranco, Mark F. Bernstein.

Lilley, William. . Almanac of state legislatures : changing patterns, 1990-1997 / William Lilley III, Laurence J. DeFranco, Mark F. Bernstein. 2nd ed. 1568024347 series Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, c1998.
Call#: Van Pelt Library G1201.F7 L5 1998

Voting districts in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania. Dept. of Commerce. Division of Statistics. . Voting districts in Pennsylvania. series [Harrisburg] Dept. of Commerce, 1973.
Call#: Lippincott Library LIPP 337.08S P4A35 no.S-16-73 01/01/01

Guidebook to Pennsylvania legislators.

. Guidebook to Pennsylvania legislators. series Baltimore, Md. : Legislative Guidebooks, Inc., c1993-c2000.
Call#: Van Pelt Library JK3630 .G853

Legislative boundary maps are included in the back of the book

Pennsylvania legislative reapportionment of 1991 / Ken Gormley, executive director, Legislative Reapportionment Commission.

. Pennsylvania legislative reapportionment of 1991 / Ken Gormley, executive director, Legislative Reapportionment Commission. 0818201916 series [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Bureau of Publications, c1994.
Call#: Van Pelt Library KFP420.85.A6 P46 1994
Call#: Van Pelt Library KFP420.85.A6 P46 1994

Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)

Pennsylvania's official geospatial information clearinghouse. Included are Philadelphia municipal, census, and environmental shapefiles, as well as parcel maps.

Sanborn Maps -- Pennsylvania

Fire Insurance Maps for Pennsylvania for the early parts of the twentieth century.

Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains -- New York Magazine

Index of economic material in documents of the states of the United States: Pennsylvania, 1790-1904 / Prepared for the Department of economics and sociology of the Carnegie institution of Washington by Adelaide R. Hasse ...

Hasse, Adelaide Rosalia, 1868-1953. . Index of economic material in documents of the states of the United States: Pennsylvania, 1790-1904 / Prepared for the Department of economics and sociology of the Carnegie institution of Washington by Adelaide R. Hasse ... [Washington], Carnegie institution of Washington, 1919-1922.
Call#: Z1329 .H28

Footnote - The place for original documents online

a source for US government documents. Free content includes; documents in the US Milestone Project, Pennsylvania archives and the UFO reports in Project Bluebook.

Roads not taken in funding SEPTA? | Inquirer | 06/17/2007

Roads not taken in funding SEPTA?
The state leaves it little leeway for a local, dedicated source of revenue.
By Paul Nussbaum
Inquirer Staff Writer
When Pennsylvania legislators complain that SEPTA already gets more state funding and less local funding than most transit agencies in the United States, they're right.

But whose fault is that?

In Pennsylvania, the state prevents regional transit agencies and local governments from raising money in many of the ways used by their counterparts elsewhere.

Colorado and Georgia provide none of the money to operate Denver's and Atlanta's mass transit. Instead, they authorize local sales taxes, approved by local voters. New York, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio are among the states where local property taxes are earmarked for mass transit. Los Angeles County uses a 1 percent sales tax, approved by county voters.

Thirty-three states have authorized local or regional sales taxes specifically for transportation.

Not Pennsylvania.

Glassblower.Info - Glassblowing Information, Photos, Videos

a bit messy, but useful - contains a photographic glossary of common glass blowing terminology.

National Liberty Museum

This museum is actually focused on celebrating and encouraging America's history of freedom and tolerence.

They are included as part of this tagging project because they hold a collection of over 100 pieces of art glass (intended to signify the fragility of liberty). The collection includes Dale Chihuly's 20 foot tall 'Flame of Liberty' and a 6 foot cast sculpture by Libensky and Brychtova.

One of the Liberty Museum's main supporters is the Coalition of Glass Collectors and Artists. The Coalition holds an annual weekend event, called Glass Now that includes an impressive auction of work by contemporary glass artists.

Hot Soup Glass Studio

Glass blowing, fusing and flameworking studio in the Olde City neighborhood. Offers classes in multiple forms of glass work. Studio is available for rental. Takes part in First Fridays - offering demonstrations from 6 to 10 PM. Closed in August.

Investing in Transportation: A Benchmarking Study of Transportation Funding and Policy | Economy League

Investing in Transportation: A Benchmarking Study of Transportation Funding and Policy

A benchmarking study of transportation funding and policy in Pennsylvania and similar states.

Executive Summary (PDF Format)
Full Report (PDF Format)
date: 2006 (October)
partner(s): Allegheny Conference on Community Development and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council
funder(s): 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, Associated Pennsylvania Constructors, CEO Council for Growth, and the William Penn Foundation

Many identities, one nation : the Revolution and its legacy in the Mid-Atlantic

Riordan,L Riordan,L. Many identities, one nation : the Revolution and its legacy in the Mid-Atlantic. [0-8122-4001-4]

Commonwealth Libraries: Genealogy and Local History

The Genealogy and Local History Collection of the State Library of Pennsylvania consists of a wide variety of indexes, genealogies, state and county histories, atlases, land warranty maps, ship lists, and compilations of church and cemetery records, as well as the Pennsylvania Federal Census records on microfilm. Of interest to genealogists and historians alike are such items as the Published Pennsylvania Archives series, the many regimental histories in the collection, research guides for ethnic and minority groups, and guides to genealogical research in foreign countries.

Pennsylvania county planning data kit. Supplement / compiled and coordinated by the Office of Policy, Evaluation and Development, Department of Public Welfare.

Pennsylvania county planning data kit. Supplement / compiled and coordinated by the Office of Policy, Evaluation and Development, Department of Public Welfare. [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Interdepartmental Human Services Planning Committee,
Call#: Van Pelt Library HA601 .P466

Pennsylvania abstract / prepared by the Pennsylvania State Data Center.

Pennsylvania abstract / prepared by the Pennsylvania State Data Center. Middletown, PA : Pennsylvania State Data Center, Institute of State and Regional Affairs, Penn State Harrisburg, 1992-
Call#: Van Pelt Library HA607 .P4

Bureau of Commissions, Elections & Legislation - PA Department of State

Archives of election returns and voter registration data.

Philadelphia tribune [microform].

Philadelphia tribune [microform]. [0746-956X ] Philadelphia [Pa.] : C.J. Perry, 1884-
Call#: Microfilm news 407

Atlas of the city of Philadelphia : complete in one volume : from actual surveys and official plans / by George W. and Walter S. Bromley.

Bromley, George Washington.. Atlas of the city of Philadelphia : complete in one volume : from actual surveys and official plans / by George W. and Walter S. Bromley.Philadelphia : G.W. Bromley & Co., 1895.
Call#: Portfolio G1264.P5 G46 1895 B7

Annual report of the State board of health and vital statistics of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania transmitted to the governor.

Pennsylvania. State Board of Health and Vital Statistics.. Annual report of the State board of health and vital statistics of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania transmitted to the governor.Harrisburg : E.K. Meyers, state printers, 1885-1905.
Call#: RA141 .B1

Report.

Pennsylvania. Dept. of Health.. Report.Harrisburg, Pa.
Call#: RA141 .B2

Philadelphia theaters : a pictorial architectural history / Irvin R. Glazer.

Glazer, Irvin R., 1922-. Philadelphia theaters : a pictorial architectural history / Irvin R. Glazer. [0486278336 :] Philadelphia : Athenaeum of Philadelphia ; New York : Dover Publications, c1994.
Call#: Fine Arts Library Reference NA6830 .G578 1994

Philadelphia : a 300 year history / editor, Russell F. Weigley, associate editors, Nicholas B. Wainwright, Edwin Wolf, 2nd.

Philadelphia : a 300 year history / editor, Russell F. Weigley, associate editors, Nicholas B. Wainwright, Edwin Wolf, 2nd. [0393016102] New York : W.W. Norton, c1982.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Rosengarten Reserve F158.3 .P5664 1982

Invisible Philadelphia : community through voluntary organizations / compiled and edited by Jean Barth Toll and Mildred S. Gillam.

Invisible Philadelphia : community through voluntary organizations / compiled and edited by Jean Barth Toll and Mildred S. Gillam. [0964107406] Philadelphia, PA : Atwater Kent Museum, c1995.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Desk F158.18 .I58 1995

Encyclopedia of Philadelphia / by Joseph Jackson ..

Jackson, Joseph, 1867-. Encyclopedia of Philadelphia / by Joseph Jackson ..Harrisburg, The National historical association, 1931-1933.
Call#: Van Pelt Library F158.3 .J15

Pennsylvania Economy League

"The Pennsylvania Economy League is an independent, nonprofit public policy research and development organization. PEL's mission is to promote better government for a more competitive region by providing information and support to the civic leadership of Southeastern Pennsylvania."

The Pennsylvania Local Government Fact Sheet : Municipal Statistics

The Pennsylvania Local Government Fact Sheet provides a snapshot of municipal statistics.

Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council | PHC4

An independent state agency responsible for addressing the problem of escalating health costs, ensuring the quality of health care, and increasing access for all citizens regardless of ability to pay.

The Pennsylvania State Data Center

Pennsylvania, Dept of Health: Bureau of Health Statistics and Research

Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program

This is a database compiling the flora and fauna of Pennsylvania.

Health: Bureau of Health Statistics and Research

Lancaster County Historical Society | Love Letters

"This online exhibit "enables us to explore the ups and downs of romantic love from the 18th century to the present." Includes poetry, selections from autograph albums ("My love for you will never fail. As long as fido has a tail."), and a sampling of love letters. From the Lancaster County Historical Society, Pennsylvania." (via LII)

Pennsylvania Center for the Book : Literary Map of PA

The literary map of Pennsylvania is a graphic display of the literary history of our Commonwealth. On the map you'll find writers of novels, plays, short stories, technical manuals, legislation, children's literature…just about anything you could imagine connected to writing.

Click on a county to see authors from that county with biographies and lists of works.