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Enron as an omen
Stephen Cooper is in the business of saving businesses. From Polaroid to Enron, Cooper has made a career of rebuilding bankrupt or near-bankrupt companies done in by poor leadership and shoddy business practices. Looking into the future, he doesn’t think he’ll have any problem finding more work.
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Expert Comment on Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Need for Early Detection in Children
Note to TV producers and assignment editors: The University of Pennsylvania has an on-campus television studio with live-shot capability for interviews with Penn experts.Jennifer Pinto-Martin, a professor in the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, is a leading researcher in the nature and detection of autism spectrum disorder.
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Interviews of Civil Rights Leaders to Be Heard for First Time at Penn's Kelly Writers House
WHO: The voices of Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Medgar and Charles Evers, Martin Luther King Jr. and more. Plus a panel of academics discussing "Who Speaks for the Negro," the 1965 book for which the interviews were conducted. WHAT: "When Civil Rights Was Only a Dream" a roundtable discussion of Robert Penn Warren's taped interviews for his book "Who Speaks for the Negro?"WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 24, at 6 p.m.WHERE: Kelly Writers House3805 Locust WalkUniversity of Pennsylvania
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Penn Astrophysicist Outlines a Multi-Pronged Approach in The Hunt for Dark Energy
WASHINGTON -- For the last few years evidence that we are living on a very "weird" universe has been growing: the expansion of the universe is accelerating, and one theory proposed to account for this acceleration is what has been termed "dark energy."
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Why Is the Helix Such a Popular Shape? Perhaps Because They Are Nature's Space Savers
PHILADELPHIA -- Something about nature loves a helix, the ubiquitous spiral shape taken on by DNA and many other molecules found in the cells of living creatures. The shape is so useful that, while researching the means of creating self-assembling artificial helices, physicists at the University of Pennsylvania believe that they have come across a plausible mathematical reason for why the helical shape is so common. Their findings appear in the Feb. 18 issue of the journal Science.
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University of Pennsylvania Launches Faculty Recruitment Initiative With Anonymous $10 Million Gift
PHILADELPHIA -- Penn Integrates Knowledge, a University-wide initiative to recruit faculty members to the University of Pennsylvania whose research and teaching exemplify the integration of knowledge across disciplines, has received its first significant gift.The $10 million gift from an anonymous donor will create four endowed University professorships, which will be joint appointments between Penn schools.
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Penn Appoints JoAnn McCarthy Assistant Provost for International Affairs
Penn Appoints JoAnn McCarthy Assistant Provost for International AffairsFeb. 17, 2005PHILADELPHIA JoAnn McCarthy has been appointed Assistant Provost for International Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania. She assumes her new position March 1.McCarthy will work closely with Penn President Amy Gutmann, the provost and deans to develop and implement the University's global strategy. She will oversee Penn's initiatives for increasing visibility in the international arena and provide leadership to move Penn's international agenda forward.
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Miniaturized Lab Permits Saliva Screening on the Go; Tests Could Detect Drug Use, Disease or Bioweapons
WASHINGTON -- A team of scientists and engineers led by Daniel Malamud at the University of Pennsylvania has developed a robust means of analyzing oral samples. They believe their work will lead to a kit, not much bigger than a credit card, which could detect exposure to a variety of substances, from narcotics to anthrax to common bacteria and viruses. Their plan would increase ease of detection and accelerate response time whether it was used in the middle of a public health incident or in a busy doctor office.
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Penn to Offer Master's Degree in Urban Spatial Analytics
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania, through its Penn Institute for Urban Research, has launched a master of urban spatial analytics degree to teach the application of spatial technology to business and public-sector decision making.
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Penn Alexander Eighth Graders Take Part in Mock Trial as They Get a Taste of Law School at Penn
WHO:Eighth-grade students from The Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander University of Pennsylvania Partnership School (Penn Alexander) WHAT:"Communiversity Day," a day-long campus visit designed to provide area youth an opportunity to experience college life and see first hand the broad spectrum of activities at the University of PennsylvaniaWHEN:Wednesday, Feb. 16 & Wednesday, Feb. 23Mock trial classes held 11 a.m.-noonCommuniversity Day 9:15 a.m. 2:30 p.m.WHERE:University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolSilverman Hall