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Penn Sociologist Awarded $5.2 Million MacArthur Foundation Grant
PHILADELPHIA- Frank Furstenberg, professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, has received a four-year, $5.2 million grant from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in support of the Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood, which he chairs.The Network, established in 2000 with MacArthur support, examines the changing nature of early adulthood and the new challenges facing people aged 18 to 34 as they make the transition to become self-sufficient adults.
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Experts Predict a Close Win for Kerry
Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry will win a bare majority of the major-party vote in a very close election, according to a new Delphi survey of American political experts conducted by J. Scott Armstrong, professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.In contrast to traditional polls where people are asked how they will vote, Armstrong employed the Delphi process to ask 15 American political experts to predict how others will vote. Delphi requires responses from only five to 20 experts, versus 500 to 1,000 voters in a political poll.
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Penn Museum's Ancient Olympics Expert David Gilman Romano to Offer Daily Web Journal From 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece
Looking for a broader perspective on the 2004 Olympics Games in Athens, Greece? Log on to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology's website: http://www.museum.upenn.edu for a day-by-day perspective on what's new--and what's not.
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University of Pennsylvania Police Department Retains International Accreditation
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania Police Department, after undergoing a voluntary reassessment, has retained international accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc.
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Designer and Structural Engineer Cecil Balmond Appointed Penn Professor of Architecture
Designer and Structural Engineer Cecil Balmond Appointed Penn Professor of Architecture July 30, 2004 PHILADELPHIA Cecil Balmond, a distinguished designer and structural engineer, is joining the University of Pennsylvania School of Design as a professor of architecture.
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Pennster Lets Penn Freshmen Get to Campus – Even Before they Arrive
PHILADELPHIA -- To help soothe freshman jitters for the newly minted high school graduates heading to the University of Pennsylvania, there's nothing like meeting your fellow freshman, even if they are from all over the U.S. and around the world. And Pennster is the way to do it.Pennster is a special Web site that connects incoming Penn freshmen, enabling them to connect virtually to their future classmates.
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Penn Names New Vice Provost and Director of Libraries
H. Carton Rogers III named Vice Provost and Director of Libraries at the University of PennsylvaniaJuly 20, 2004PHILADELPHIA - H. Carton Rogers, III, has been named Vice Provost and Director of Libraries at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Robert Barchi have announced. Rogers has been serving in an interim capacity since April 2003.
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Will Bush win? Ask Polly
If the presidential race has you in its thrall, you can keep tabs on who’s winning by tracking and comparing the national polls by Gallup, Fox, the Associated Press and others. Or, you can go to politicalforecasting.com, whose creators—including Wharton marketing professor J. Scott Armstrong—have done the job for you.
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Ask Benny: Why wait to inaugurate?
Dear Benny,Since Dr. Gutmann arrived at Penn at the beginning of July, why is her inauguration not happening until October? — Impatient for Inauguration
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No violence at home Thanks to a generous donation from Robert C. Ortner W’49 and his wife, Evelyn Ortner, the School of Social Work now has an interdisciplinary program dedicated to domestic violence education, policy, practice and research. The Evelyn Ortner-Unity Program in Family Violence creates a domestic violence resource library, a course in domestic violence open to graduate and undergrads, an annual lecture, a fellowship and a biennial domestic violence symposium.