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Truth and consequences
Q&A/With colleagues across Penn, this Penn psychiatry professor has found a way to use a brain scan to tell truth from lie. Daniel Langleben’s research, which indicates that brain scan technology can be used to tell if a person is lying, has been picked up by news outlets worldwide. Some have even hyped Langleben’s findings as a new-age crime-fighting tool—maybe even a way to stop future acts of terrorism.
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Artistic gift Two generous gifts from Katherine Stein Sachs CW’69 (an ICA Board Chair and Penn Trustee) and Keith L. Sachs W’67 will fund a new Professorship in Contemporary Art and establish guest-curated exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
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Homecoming Events
Sure, plenty of Penn alumni work here, but it’s not everyday they get to take gallery tours, attend a sing-a-long or root for the Quakers in a big football game against Princeton. Homecoming weekend gives alumni that chance. Below are just a few of the events scheduled. For a complete list and registration information, go to www.alumni.upenn.edu/homecoming2005. Friday, Nov. 4 1:30 to 6 p.m.
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Gioia at Writer's House
Top Stories Fox, others on non-profit challenges Gioia at Writer's House
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Study in contrasts
At first glance, painters Robert Slutzsky and Neil Welliver would seem to have little in common. Welliver painted large-scale depictions of the wooded Maine landscape while Slutzsky created bold abstract compositions of geometric forms. Welliver’s painterly brush strokes are visible on the canvas, while Slutzsky’s work emits a cool precision. But the two men share some history. They both served as chairs of the Department of Fine Arts and both studied at Yale under Bauhaus artist Josef Albers. They were born in the same year (1929) and both died early in 2005.
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For The Record: Student Sit-in, 1967
While angry students at Berkeley and Kent State made headlines for their impassioned confrontations with administrators during the ’60s, back on the East Coast, Penn was pursuing its own, decidedly less militant quest for justice and equality. Throughout that decade, Penn students protested every issue that had them riled: the Vietnam War, construction of the University City Science Center, chemical weapons research, curfews, dress codes and housing discrimination.
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Staff Q&A: Ilene Rosenstein
Though we hear about Penn’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) most often when there’s a crisis—September 11, Katrina—the center that Ilene Rosenstein runs helps students throughout the year. It’s a well-utilized service, too, with more than 2,000 students seeking counseling each year, and another 6,000 or so attending outreach workshops around campus.
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At Work With...Melissa Barnes
WHO SHE IS: Public Access Clerk, Van Pelt Library YEARS AT PENN: 7
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Catholic church stands its ground
Top Stories Fox, others on non-profit challenges Gioia at Writer's House
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Ask Benny: Alternations change face of Furness original
Dear Benny,Who designed the unusual building façades at 3815 Walnut Street? Now that the grate that had been covering them has been removed, will they be allowed to remain visible? — Looking Beneath the Surface Dear Building Buff,