Archive for March, 2007

Rock Ethics Institute – Climate Change

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Dr Brady
March 28, 2007 in PSU, SHC News and Service to others. 4 Comments

UPDATE: The Centre Daily Times asked me to write up 600 words for today’s OpEd page and they ran it with a sidebar giving the details of the panel. It is mostly a glorified press release, but I think it gives a sense of the tone that I hope to set.

I hope to see many of you on Monday!
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I will be moderating a panel discussion in two weeks on the biblical creation narratives and climate change. It is part of a series by PSU’s Rock Ethics Institute:

Rock Ethics Institute – Climate Change. It should be a good series. It will be focused primarily upon Christian interpretations, which is unfortunate, but it is Pesach which makes it impossible for our local rabbi to attend. If you are in the area, please come by!

 
A collaborative program that seeks
greater visibility and understanding of the
ethical dimensions of climate change.

Climate Change/Climate Justice: The Role of Religion

Global warming is a universal moral challenge. This series of panels and screening of An Inconvenient Truth are designed to open up a dialogue on the role of religion in responding to the challenge of climate justice.

April 9, 2007
Memorial Lounge, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, 6:00 p.m.
“Creation Narratives”
Christian Brady, Dean of Schreyer Honors College, moderator

April 23, 2007
Memorial Lounge, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, 6:00 p.m.
“Apocalyptic Narratives”
J. Philip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and History, moderator

April 28, 2007
Worship Hall, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, 6:00 p.m.
Screening of An Inconvenient Truth, immediately followed by a discussion with Penn State climate scientists.

April 30, 2007
Memorial Lounge, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, 6:00 p.m.
“From Ethics to Action”
Nancy Tuana, DuPont/Class of 1949 Professor of Ethics and Director of the Rock Ethics Institute, moderator

Penn State is Everywhere

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Dr Brady
March 25, 2007 in PSU. 0 Comments

We just flipped over to the Discovery Channel (”Dirty Jobs” is our current family favorite, followed by MythBusters; anyone else recording Planet-Earth starting tonight?) and “Deadliest Catch” is on. The captain of the ship is wearing a PennState baseball cap! (Captain Andy is his name.)

Go State!

Scholar Creates new Web 2.0 Company: Weebly

Published by
Dr Brady
March 25, 2007 in PSU and Students. 1 Comment

This site/product is being produced by 3 Penn State students, all seniors, I believe, one of whom is a Schreyer Scholar! They will be featured in Newsweek within the next two to three weeks. I will bring you more as I have it.

Weebly – Website Creation Made Easy

  • Easy Drag & Drop Interface
  • Variety of Designs
  • Numerous Content Elements Photos, Videos, Maps, and more
  • Free Hosting
  • No Technical Knowledge Required

    • UPDATE: Turns out, as the comment below noted, Techcruch has been following Weebly! Their archives have a number of posts about Weebly.

    Luchinsky Lecture Podcast

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    Dr Brady
    March 20, 2007     in Alumni and Podcast. 3 Comments

    We received the audio from the 2007 Luchinsky Lecture by Peter Klein last week. I still need to edit our podcast interview from earlier that day, but hopefully I can find the time on the road later this week to do that. In the meantime, enjoy the lecture!

    University Park, Pa. — “60 Minutes” producer and Penn State alumnus Peter Klein will deliver the 12th Annual Luchinsky Memorial Lecture, “War, Media and Ethics: Through a Journalist’s Eyes,” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5, in the Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom, University Park. The free lecture, sponsored by the Schreyer Honors College and Rock Ethics Institute, is open to the public.

    In addition to his role with CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” Klein, a 1991 graduate of the Schreyer Honors College, is the creator and producer of the new History Channel series, “Beyond Top Secret.” Some of Klein’s recent stories include an exclusive interview with Iraqi insurgency leader Muqtada al-Sadr; the first post-9/11 report on the United States’ use of torture; an Emmy Award-winning investigation into the former U.S.S.R.’s smallpox program; an award-winning examination of AIDS in India; and an Emmy-nominated portrait of John Nash’s struggle with schizophrenia. He was appointed to the position of CanWest Global visiting professor at the School of Journalism, University of British Columbia, and is a full-time faculty member there.

    A Q&A session will be facilitated by Katie O’Toole. Each guest will receive a Q&A card that will be collected by student volunteers during the lecture and given to Katie. This will be the last 10-15 minutes of Klein’s lecture.

     
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    So, you have been accepted to Schreyer!

    Published by
    Dr Brady
    March 19, 2007     in Blog, Students and Why choose SHC?. 36 Comments

    Our letters of acceptance went out this past week. You spent the admissions process telling us why we should accept you. NOW we have to tell you why you should accept us! What questions do you have about the SHC? Not sure if this is the place for you? Is State College too cold? Are there enough research opportunities? Travel abroad? Internships? Ask away! Use the comment section here and I will be happy to reply. Better yet, if you would you like to hear directly from our current students pop over to the Student Blog and ask them. Post a comment on a current blog or shoot me an email and I will post something and ask the students to reply.

    So ask away! We want you to know as much as possible about us, SHC, and PSU as you make your decision.

    Scholars Wedding Featured in the NYTimes

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    Dr Brady
    March 2, 2007     in Alumni and PSU. 0 Comments

    A story of love and faith in the Big City!

    Ashley Cargill and Gregory Buechele – New York Times
    LIKE many of their peers just starting out on Wall Street, Ashley Michelle Cargill and Gregory Michael Buechele fell for each other over long talks at wine bars and weekend getaways crammed into exhaustive work weeks.

    Ms. Cargill’s sprightly beauty and Mr. Buechele’s unflagging pursuit helped throughout their courtship, but so did the religious devotion they shared.

    Mr. Buechele, 26, is a timber trader for the commodities unit of Goldman Sachs in New York, where he pores over the newsletter Pulp & Paper Week and prays at his desk every day at lunch. He grew up as an only child in western Pennsylvania near the Rolling Rock brewery in Latrobe. He used to invest his lawn-mowing wages in stocks, and his family did not attend church regularly, he recalled.

    At Pennsylvania State University, he joined a fraternity, went to the parties and chatted with girls, but found it lacking. “I had my Christian conversion awakening halfway through college,” he said. “I was involved in fraternity life but I was never comfortable with it.”

    Ms. Cargill is a 24-year-old investment analyst at Lehman Brothers in New York. She is the oldest of three, who were raised in Southlake, an affluent Dallas suburb. She is also known as an overachieving go-getter whose father, Charles Keith Cargill, a co-founder of Texas Capital Bank, encouraged her to think about running her own bank someday.

    Read it all: Ashley Cargill and Gregory Buechele – New York Times

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    What I'm Doing...

    • It has been a great few days in New Orleans at the SBL conference. Met colleagues at Tulane to plan possible PLA trip in 2011 Home tomorrow 2 days ago
    • Just saw PSU's own Dr. Rubin at the conference. If you need a class take his Intro to Old Testamenr/ Hebrew Bible CAMS 110U 4 days ago
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