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What CDs are getting the most play
Music lovers on Locust Walk told us which CDs they were wearing holes through. Classical is definitely out. American and British CDs are in. Mateo Ferguson, Wharton, Class of 1999 Joe, "All That I Am" "For the R&B lover in all of us. A voluptuous mixture of sensual rhythms and soulful ballads."
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Computer training offered
The Office of Information Systems and Computing's Technology Training Group offers hands-on training for many popular applications for personal-computer users of all skill levels. This month, the TTG will offer:
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Hearing research wins NAS award
Virginia Richards became the third Penn psychology professor to win a National Academy of Sciences Troland Research Award on Jan. 13. The 14-year-old award, named for the late Harvard University Professor Leonard Troland, bestows a $35,000 research grant to psychologists under 40 years of age.
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Chemistry prof crosses cultures in his music
Hai-Lung Dai, Ph.D., hesitated a moment, remembering his age. He's 43. "In Chinese calculation, I'm 44," he explained. "The moment you're born, you're one year old." Dai is a product of the chemical reaction between both cultures. Hai-Lung Dai directed a chorus for the Year of the Tiger
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Forums invite staff to voice ideas, concerns
Penn employees who get a letter requesting their presence in a meeting with the University's executive vice president need not worry. No one's in trouble, you've just been selected at random to participate in the "Forums" -- informal chats designed to let you speak your mind and suggest some improvements. For the past year and a half, Executive Vice President John Fry has been meeting with staffers once or twice a month in the Forums.
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Rethinking juvenile justice
In 1999, the juvenile court will be 100 years old. Instead of being a celebration, the 100th anniversary will be a bittersweet event. The juvenile court is under attack and in danger of going out of business. The public has lost confidence in the ability of the juvenile justice system to respond effectively to the problems of serious, repeat and violent young offenders. As a result, elected public officials are scurrying to enact legislation and implement policies designed to treat young offenders like adults.
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Universities grapple with urban ills
For dozens of us trying to connect American colleges and universities with their communities, the annual late fall meeting at Penn of the National Conference on University-Community School Partnerships has become something of a cousins' club. Now, five years after the first conference supported by the DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, the cousins are growing up.
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Van Pelt's first floor ready for business
Speed. Comfort. Light. That's what has emerged so far from Van Pelt Library's first floor demolition. The brand new reference and study facilities add 44 desktop work stations and 56 laptop-accessible stations that mean high-speed access not only to Penn's holdings but to the catalogs of major research libraries around the world. For comfort, the new area seats 120 in spaces that include well-lit lounges and quiet study areas. The 30-foot cherrywood service desk custom-made by furniture designer Thomas Moser is giving, well, service.
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OBITUARIES
Jay S. Seibert of Dental School Jay S. Seibert, 69, former associate dean for academic affairs and director of the graduate periodontology program, died Dec. 19 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) at his home in Devon. Seibert, whose distinguished teaching had earned him a Lindback Award, had been a professor and chairman of periodontology since 1973. He also received the Dental Alumni Society Award of Merit. He graduated from Penn Dental School in 1953 and studied periodontics at Baylor University, completing his training in 1960.
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South African justice returns to learn from youths
"The wisdom of an adult can come from a child." Seventeen-year-old University City High School senior Victoria Arter furiously scribbled the heartfelt platitude into the notebook carefully poised on her lap, as South African Justice Yvonne Mokgoro addressed the room of wide-eyed, high school students Mokgoro, South Africa's first black female jurist who sits on the nation's Constitutional Court, spent time during a recent three-day stay in Philadelphia speaking with Penn faculty and law students.