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Penn veterinarian to identify dog star
More than a half century of breeding, exhibiting and judging show dogs has finally brought M. Josephine Deubler to this: She will determine exactly who is top dog this year.
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2002: A cyberspace odyssey
Just picture eager early-decision admits languishing through senior year in high school. "We've got all these kids panting to identify themselves with Penn, lining up to be our kids by December, and then we just bombard them with distracting junk mail for nine months before we let them do anything serious about Penn," e-mailed Jim O'Donnell, professor of classical studies and vice provost for information systems and computing, and, as if that weren't enough, faculty master of Hill College House.
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Changes in health care challenge teaching hospitals
Should teaching hospitals accept government subsidies to shrink the number of residents they train? Probably. Will for-profit management of university hospitals jeopardize the quality of care? Maybe, maybe not. Should academic medical centers speed up their clinical research to satisfy pharmaceutical companies? Probably not.
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Committee examines binge drinking President Judith Rodin has named a special committee on binge drinking and alcohol-related violence. The committee of 14 Penn faculty, staff and students will explore the recent rise in binge drinking at Penn, which mirrors national campus trends, and recommend strategies to reverse the trend and prevent alcohol-related violence on campus.
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Maureen Rush
Maureen Rush spent more than 10 good years on the Philadelphia Police Force before coming to Penn in 1994 to head up Victim Support and Special Services (now just Special Services). In her current role as director of police operations, Rush oversees the daily workings of the Division of Public Safety, recently centralized at the new headquarters at 4040 Chestnut St.
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Wharton course develops inner city
For a dozen years, an enterprising Penn professor and his students have been helping save struggling neighborhoods in Philadelphia, one house at a time. And the effort is spreading to other Philadelphia campuses.
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Future of 40th Street discussed
The buzz of speculation surrounding the fate of 40th Street retail and residential corridor should soon give way to details of development, thanks to a series of recent and upcoming planning discussions between Penn and community and local business representatives. "The University will have a clearer sense of what it wants to do by spring," said Tom Lussenhop, Penn's managing director for institutional real estate.
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University City Historical Society to Recognize Individuals and Groups for Neighborhood Preservation Efforts
UNIVERSITY CITY --- The University City Historical Society will recognize two University City developers for their efforts in preserving the exterior facades of some of the area's most historic buildings. It also will honor two neighborhood groups for their efforts to protect the area's architectural heritage at a Victorian tea on Sunday, Feb. 15, from 4-6 p.m., at 802 So. 48th Street.
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Andrea Mitchell to Deliver Baccalaureate Address at the University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA --- Andrea L. Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News, will deliver the Baccalaureate Address at the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday, May 17, according to President Judith Rodin. The Baccalaureate will be held at 3 p.m. Mitchell, a Penn alumna, has been a member of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania since 1992. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Trustees and the Trustee Standing Committees on Academic Policy, External Affairs, and Honorary Degrees and Awards.
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Penn Names New Managing Director for Investments
PHILADELPHIA -- Landis Zimmerman, formerly associate director of investments for the Rockefeller Foundation, has been named managing director for investments at the University of Pennsylvania, according to Kathryn Engebretson, vice president for finance at Penn. Zimmerman began his new duties on January 19.