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Penn women of color honored for work in their communities
Three members of the Penn community were honored for their service to the University and the surrounding community at the eleventh annual Women of Color Awards luncheon, held March 6 at the Penn Tower Hotel. LaShanta Johnson, Loretta Sweet Jemmott and Estela de Llanos, the winners of this year's Women of Color Awards Photo by Saundra Cartwright
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Three new College Houses get faculty masters
Interim Provost Michael L. Wachter has announced the appointments of the Faculty Masters for the three new College Houses to be created in the high rises this fall as part of a revamped residential system.
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It's Bobby in the lobby
Bob Blake (C'72), "also known as "Bobby in the Lobby," plays Wednesday evenings at Penn's Faculty Club. The all-smiles alum calls the lounge his home away from home -- he plays from 5:30 p.m. till "whenever they bounce me out." While an undergrad, Blake says he wrote and produced the first musical ever presented at the then-newly-opened Zellerbach Theater.
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A dentist's working vacation
Each year for her vacation, Karen Miller, a staff dentist at Penn's Dental Care Center, heads down to tropical Brazil for two weeks. Instead of soaking up rays on the beaches of Rio, though, she provides dental care for orphans and the poor in the northeastern coastal city of Fortaleza.
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Can a civil campaign work?
I've been around politics a long time -- both as an up-close observer and as a participant. Nevertheless, we probably share many of the same concerns about the tone political television advertising has taken.
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Alzheimer's challenges family fabric
Years ago, as a young woman living on my own, I expected some day to get a phone call telling me that my father had had a heart attack or a stroke. I dreaded that call. It never came. What came instead was Alzheimer's disease. A far more dreadful visitor, it has imposed on my father a steady erosion of all he has been, and taken away a proud identity. My father, the wise man, the leader, the family caretaker, the mensch, now watches the world with a look of bewilderment that breaks my heart.
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Undergrad fees rise slightly
Next year's 3.9 percent increase in total undergraduate charges is the smallest in three decades, according to Penn President Judith Rodin. Tuition, fees, room and board will run undergrads $30,490. The figure accelerates the downward trend for tuition and fee hikes at Penn. "Our 3.9 percent increase is slightly below last year's average family income growth rate of approximately 4 percent across the nation," Rodin said.
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Snow and other spring surprises
Phoebe Snow can't complain -- and neither can "World Cafe" listeners when the legendary singer-songwriter visits host David Dye to discuss her new album on April 10. Encore performances by Alana Davis and Loudon Wainwright III and a salute to the national pastime are among the other highlights of the next two weeks:
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Penn Offers Cash Incentive to Increase Home ownership in University City
PHILADELPHIA --The University of Pennsylvania has established two new housing initiatives -- including a cash incentive program -- and enhanced its Guaranteed Mortgage Program to increase the number of people buying homes in University City, according to Penn President Judith Rodin.
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Karlawish Awarded Brookdale National Fellowship for Aging Research
PHILADELPHIA -- The Brookdale Foundation has awarded University of Pennsylvania Health System physician Jason H.T. Karlawish a fellowship to study the ethics of Alzheimer's Disease clinical research.