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Music to her ears

Students from the new music program at the Penn Alexander School recently visited campus and performed a short recital for Penn President Amy Gutmann at Irvine Auditorium.   Photo credit: Mark Stehle

Kim Mackley

The Current Staff Photo credit: Mark Stehle WHO SHE IS : Program Manager, Wharton Executive Education TIME AT PENN: 3 ½ years

Penn puts health on front burner

Gingered Chicken Breast and Melon Salad Tia McDonald, Campus Executive Chef, Penn Dining Services Yield: 1 Serving

New study to explore causes of autism

Candace diCarlo According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention one in 150 children in this country is affected by autism. Is the disorder on the rise? “It just seems like that” says Jennifer Pinto-Martin, a professor in Penn’s Nursing School and director of the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities.

The Valley Forge experiment

Heart wise

Photo credit: Candace diCarlo American universities offer courses in just about everything these days: Ancient languages and nanotechnology, environmentalism and economics, cyberculture and the history of rock ’n roll. But Arthur Waldron says there’s one class that, curiously, most college students won’t find in their course catalog: Warfare 101.

Hub on Chestnut

WHERE: 40th and Chestnut WHY: The new nine-story mixed-use building, with three levels of retail and 101 apartment units is a striking addition to the 40th Street corridor. Designed by Brawer Hauptman Architects in collaboration with Platt Associates of Boston, the distinctive tower is clad in wood veneer and corrugated metal panels, with accents of eye-popping green.

Simply the (2nd) best

It’s rare that we’re encouraged to bring our second-best idea to the table. But that was exactly the charge to students at the Weiss Tech House 2nd Best Idea Slam, held at the technology hub on Feb. 16.

Japanese Kabuki Theater Art at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery

PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania's Arthur Ross Gallery welcomes Dramatic Impressions: Japanese Theatre Prints from the Gilbert Luber Collection in its new exhibit that runs from March 17 until May 6.The exhibit explores the dynamic relationship of the Japanese woodblock print to traditional kabuki theater during the 19th and 20th centuries. Dramatic Impressions highlights more than 70 works from the late Gilbert Luber's collection of 19th century prints and images by the late artist Natori Shunsen.

Penn's Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Presents Lecture on "Food, Fellowship and Foreigners"

WHO: David FreidenreichCenter for Advanced Judaic StudiesUniversity of Pennsylvania WHAT: Lecture on "Food Fellowship and Foreigners: Who You Aren't Supposed to Eat With and Why in Judaism, Christianity and Islam" WHEN: 8 p.m., Thursday, March 8, 2007 WHERE: Uhr LibraryTemple Beth Shalom1901 Kresson RoadCherry Hill, N.J.