Author: Alyssa D’Alconzo, GSE’03, GRD’11
Join us for one of our
final Alumni Education, Alumni Travel, or Career Networking
events of the academic year!
TODAY, Thursday, April 24, 2014
The Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative featuring Professor Mark Duggan
12:00p.m. ET Register Now!
This talk will provide an overview of the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative (PPI). Launched in September 2012, PPI operates under the broad mandate of marshaling the University’s resources to foster better-informed policy making on issues that affect business and the economy. To this end, the Initiative aims to get policy-relevant, nonpartisan research by Penn faculty more “in the mix” in DC; to encourage public service among students by creating new opportunities for them to explore public policy through course work, lecture events, and internships; and to engage alumni interested in public policy, especially in the DC area.
In addition to detailing the achievements and aspirations of the Penn Wharton PPI, the talk will delve more deeply into some of Professor Duggan’s current research exploring the effect of Medicare Advantage (MA) program. The federal government contracts with private insurers through the MA program to coordinate and finance health care for approximately 15 million of the nation’s 51 million Medicare recipients (the remaining 36 million are in traditional free-for service Medicare). Reimbursement to and regulation of these private MA plans is changing substantially as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Face Transplant Surgery and Identity Transfer: Decoding the Debates featuring Professor Sharonna Pearl
12:00 p.m. ET Register Now!
Why did the plastic surgery makeover show The Swan have a therapist on staff? Does changing our appearance so drastically change who we are that it challenges our notions of self – and is this a reason not to do it? I take this question one step further by exploring what happens when one person is given not just a new face, but the face of someone else entirely. Drawing on film and literary explorations of the question of identity transfer, as well as the history of face transplant surgery, I ask: what makes us who we really are?
Women Returning to Work – Two Part Series
- PART 1. Tuesday, April 20, 2014 (11am ET – Noon ET)
Webinar Co-Sponsored by Alumni Career Networking, Career Services and the Association of Alumnae
Join us for a webinar with three experts who will address finding fit and branding, resume writing, and recruiting. Register Now!
- PART 2. Tuesday, May 6, 2014 (1pm ET – 2pm ET)
Penn Alumnae Network Roulette: Women Returning to Work
Co-Sponsored by Alumni Career Networking, Career Services and Association of Alumnae
Alumnae, Register Now! Would you benefit from expanding your professional network and advice on returning to work? Do you have experience transitioning back to work that you are willing to share with others? Take advantage of this unique opportunity to connect with other Penn alumnae who have or are looking to return to work. Join alumnae from around the world for a career transition focused networking session. Penn Alumni Network Roulette enables you to speed-network online from wherever you may be: home, office, or even on the road. Alumnae will be randomly matched for 9-minute text-based chats that provide an opportunity to ask questions, make new connections, and exchange contact information. Join the webinar prior to the networking session.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Great Journey Through Europe featuring Professor Andre Dombrowski
12:00 p.m. ET Register Now!
Join Andre Dombrowski, Professor of History of Art, as he give a short lecture on the history and culture of the Switzerland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Professor Dombrowski will be hosting Penn Alumni Travel’s June 2014 trip to these countries. We welcome all passengers of this trip and anyone interested in the places visited, to join us for this webinar. A brief question and answer session will follow with Professor Dombrowski and representatives from our tour operator.
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