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Dancing on Air

Founded in 1937 by choreographer Pavlo Virsky, the Virsky Ukranian National Dance Company has been celebrating the culture of the Ukranian people with its soaring routines for decades—and earning rave reviews in the process.

Costas to headline Integrity Week

Just five years after a players’ strike cancelled the World Series, at a time when baseball fans were as disillusioned as ever and the nation’s ballparks were left half-empty, Bob Costas decided it was time to speak up.

What’s in a name? Plenty

Her hometown Washington Redskins haven’t yet backed down, but Suzan Shown Harjo says Native American activists are, on the whole, winning their war against sports teams that use Native American mascots. Her proof? “In 1970, there were more than 3,000 Native American references used in sports,” says Harjo, a Washington, D.C.-based Native American rights advocate, journalist and poet. Today, there are fewer than 1,100.

Out & About: Making a fair trade

If the thought of overcrowded malls and mass-produced merchandise makes holiday shopping a chore you’re already starting to dread, fear not. There are other options—and some are right here on campus.

Staff Q&A: John Kwon

When “The Today Show” comes calling, seeking insight and sound bites from one of Penn’s professors, there’s no need for the expert in question to travel all the way up the turnpike for a five-minute face to face. That’s because Penn has its very own satellite uplink facility (www.bioethics.upenn.edu/studio/), PennStudio, where academics can connect directly with the media without ever leaving campus.

At Work With...Jeff Barta

Invention Contest Offers Big Opportunities for Penn Students

PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania has announced an invention contest that offers something of which its founder, inveterate inventor Benjamin Franklin, could only dream: cash and free licensing representation. PennVention is a contest for Penn students looking to develop, patent and commercialize their inventions.  The Weiss Tech House, a Penn gathering place that supports students in developing new technologies, is sponsoring the event and will offer mentoring opportunities for the contestants.

Bobby Muller, Founder of Vietnam Veterans of America and Co-Founder of International Campaign to Ban Landmines, to Speak at Penn

WHO:Bobby Muller, founder, Vietnam Veterans of          America, co-founder International Campaign to Ban             LandminesWHAT:"Tour of Duty" public lectureWHEN:  7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004 WHERE:  Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut St., PhiladelphiaIn his "Tour of Duty" lecture, Bobby Muller will discuss American foreign policy, the prospect of a military draft and citizen engagement in foreign affairs.

U.S. Falls to 27th in Latest Report Card on World Social Progress; Chronic Poverty to Blame

PHILADELPHIA -- Cuts in social services and chronic poverty in U.S. cities and rural areas during the '90s have caused the U.S. to lag behind nearly all of Europe and several other countries in terms of overall social progress, according to the 2004 "Report Card on World Social Progress" by Richard Estes, a University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work professor.

Suzan Harjo Will be Inaugural Speaker for "Dialogues Across Indian Country" Seminar Series at Penn Museum

PHILADELPHIA-- Suzan Shown Harjo, a leading Native American rights advocate, journalist, poet and president of The Morning Star Institute, a national Indian rights organization, will be the inaugural speaker in a year-long, four-part seminar series, "Dialogues Across Indian Country," sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania's Provost Seminar Fund.  The "Dialogues" series is a collaborative project of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Penn's departments of Anthropology and History and Graduate School of Education.