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Just How Much Is a Serving of Dip? Psychologists Believe "Unit Bias" Determines the Acceptable Amount to Eat
PHILADELPHIA -- Hosts can do their holiday guests a big favor by serving smaller portions using smaller utensils. That the word from psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Two from Penn Win Marshall, Rhodes Scholarships
PHILADELPHIA-- Two University of Pennsylvania students have won two of the country's most prestigious scholarships.Brett Shaheen, a senior from St. Louis, Mo., has been named a Rhodes Scholar, and Aziza Zakhidova, a senior from McKinney, Texas, has won a Marshall Scholarship. Only 32 Rhodes Scholarships and 40 Marshall Scholarships are awarded nationally each year.
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The Post-Katrina Debacle: It Won't Be the Last Time
WASHINGTON - The U.S. is in for a repeat of the post-Katrina debacle unless there is a fundamental re-thinking of national policy dealing with all kinds of risky events. Experts in risk, preparedness, rapid recovery, loss reduction and disaster management will gather here Dec. 1 to identify the future risks the country is most likely to face, the policy strategies for dealing with them and a governance system to make the strategies work. (A full list of conference participants is at the bottom of this release.)
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Can I keep my home safe while I'm gone?
Dear Benny, I am headed out of town for the long Thanksgiving weekend, but I’m worried about my home while I’m gone. I’ve heard some police departments around the country offer special home-watch services for out-of-town residents, and I was wondering if the Philadelphia or Penn Police do this as well? — Nervous Traveler Dear Stressed Out, Actually, you’re in luck.
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Music sleuth
Q&A/Recently in the news for authenticating an original Beethoven manuscript, Jeffrey Kallberg has spent his career getting up close and personal with his favorite composers. When Jeffrey Kallberg was 5 years old, his parents sat him down in front of the television to watch a Walt Disney-produced biography of Ludwig Van Beethoven. From that point on, Kallberg knew what he wanted do—live a life in music. It was just a matter of figuring out what that life would be.
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Movable Feast: Bubble Lounge
We at the Current have yet to be convinced about bubble tea. Call us unadventurous but the thought of sucking up gelatinous tapioca balls through an oversized straw somehow fails to appeal. We’re pretty sure we’re in the minority, though, since Sansom Street’s Bubble House has become a true campus success story. The brainchild of Wharton grads, the teahouse and Pan Asian restaurant this month expanded operations, opening Bubble Lounge in the next-door space that used to house Paper Garden. At the bar
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Be grateful
Put the holiday rush on hold for one afternoon to remember the true spirit of the season at “Gratitude and Giving,” the 10th annual Peace Around the World event on Dec. 4 from 1:30 to 4:40 p.m. at Penn Museum. There’s plenty for the little ones to do—from craft workshops and storytelling, to dancing and a performance of children’s choral music. The Curio Theatre Company, University City’s newest professional acting troupe, will also present two performances of “The Frog Prince” (right).
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Staff Q&A: Jerry Rudasill
As Jerry Rudasill sees it, some people take up golf as their hobby, others pick up a pencil to draw. He takes to the stage. Rudasill, 34, has been pursuing his hobby for 20 years in everything from serious drama to musicals, to his most recent gig as an extended ensemble member of Philly’s sketch comedy troupe, The Waitstaff. “I’m not trying to be famous. I do it because it’s something that I enjoy immensely,” says Rudasill, who has also written his own work. “As long as I can do it, I would like to. Always be doing something cool.”
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East campus update
Imagine tossing a Frisbee with friends at a sparkling new Penn-owned park along the Schuylkill River. To the east, the Center City skyline soars. To the north, a row of sidewalk cafés attracts students and city residents alike along a rebuilt Walnut Street. And the Schuylkill Expressway—which has blocked University City residents from the waterfront for decades—is nowhere to be seen.
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Public designThe award-winning international architecture firm Fumihiko Maki + Associates, responsible for The Sam Fox Arts Center at the Washington University in St. Louis and Tokyo University General Learning Center, among other projects, has been tapped to design the new Annenberg Public Policy Center building, which will be located on 36th Street between Locust Walk and Walnut Street. Groundbreaking is scheduled for May of 2006 and an opening is expected in the spring of 2008.