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Q&A/David Luzzi
With all the hoopla around nanotechnology, you’d think it was a brand new science. Not so, says David Luzzi, a professor of materials science and engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. “It’s not a revolution,” says Luzzi, who is also the Penn director of the Nanotechnology Institute (NTI), a partnership among Penn, the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Drexel University. “In many ways it’s just the continued progression of technological change.
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'College girls'
By The Current Staff Photo credit: University Archives When Charles Dana Gibson began drawing his “Gibson Girl” sketches in the early 1900s he intended the drawings—pictures of elite young women looking oh-so-haughty—to be a form of satire.
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University of Pennsylvania Scientists Fundamental to the Discovery of Exotic Matter-Antimatter Particle
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced Sept. 25 that they have met the standard to claim discovery of astonishingly rapid transitions between matter and antimatter: 3 trillion oscillations per second. Their findings confirm the rate of matter-antimatter transitions for the Bs (pronounced "B sub s") meson first described last April.
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Q&A with David Luzzi
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo
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Burrito trucks
By The Current Staff Work at Penn long enough and the lore of the food trucks seeps into your bones as deeply and irrevocably as the words to “The Red and Blue” (okay, bad example). Some trucks—think Magic Carpet—boast followings so legendary patrons are willing to line up for 20 plus minutes in all weathers to snag their lunchtime treat.
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From parking lots to 'paradise'
Amy Gutmann took to the stage at World Cafe Live last month to generate some real, live excitement about her east campus vision. Joining her at the National Constitution Center-sponsored event on Sept. 26 was Philadelphia Magazine Editor Larry Platt and restaurant impresario Stephen Starr.
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Staff Q&A: Tara Betterbid
When Tara Betterbid decided to move to Philadelphia two years ago, she knew little about the city and didn’t know what she was going to do to make ends meet. All she knew was her rent here would be $300 less than it was in New York City—and that the local music scene, with a wealth of soulful R&B singers, seemed the perfect fit for her.
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The painted trucks of Pakistan
Jamal J. Elias says it costs about $5,000—and takes up to five weeks—to decorate just one truck. And yet the artists responsible earn low wages and garner little respect in Pakistani society. Photo credit: Candace diCarlo
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Is the College of General Studies a ‘school?’
Dear Benny,What's the story with the College of General Studies? I thought Penn had 12 schools. I noticed in a booklet titled "Proudly Penn," page 80, that was delivered with the September/October 2006 Gazette, that 13 schools are listed and the College of General Studies is one of the schools. How does CGS fit in at Penn?—Speculating About SchoolsDear Speculator,
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Penn historian and flutist shares her ‘sweet sound’ with community
PERFORMANCE/Mimi Stillman is working on a Ph.D. in history, but her true passion is music. She founded the Dolce Suono Chamber Music Concert Series last year.