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Welcome Dr. Gutmann
The entire Penn community is invited to celebrate the inauguration of our eighth President, Amy Gutmann. During the multi-day Inaugural celebration an array of events across campus—including the formal Inauguration Ceremony in Irvine Auditorium and a special symposium—will provide opportunities for everyone to welcome our president as she officially assumes her new role at Penn.
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Writer urges people to keep journals in times of joy and pain
For 41 years, Janet Ruth Falon has kept a journal, writing about her spirituality, Jewish faith, and both painful and joyful experiences. Now, 19-plus volumes later, Falon has written a book about journaling itself, which she says is the “way to shake everything up inside.” In “The Jewish Journaling Book” (Jewish Lights, 2004), Falon debunks some journaling myths (you don’t have to write everyday) and encourages people to create their own journals, unique to their individual tastes.
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Ask Benny: When will the construction ever end?
Dear Benny,What is the goal of the construction in front of the Penn Museum and why is it taking so long? — Missing The Garden Dear Anxious Onlooker,There’s a good reason you haven’t noticed much progress at the site — most of the work is happening below ground. But rest assured, work is moving along and should be completed soon.
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Web site cuts through political spin
President George W. Bush accuses Democratic Senator John Kerry of casting 98 Senate votes to increase taxes. John Kerry says new jobs being created on the Bush administration’s watch are paying workers $9,000 less than old ones. Are these statements true, or are they simply political spin designed to win votes? According to the people at the nonpartisan organization Annenberg Political Fact Check and its web site, www.factcheck.org, it’s the latter.
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Bookquick/“Debt for Sale: A Social History of the Credit Trap”
After September 11, 2001, ordinary Americans were urged to shop. Patriotic shopping would thwart terrorists, celebrate public life and pull us back from the abyss of recession, we were told. But we knew that we could not really save America by shopping: Too many of us carried too much debt.
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The fine art of sleep
Hans Van Dongen spends his waking hours thinking about sleep. Or, to be more accurate, lack of sleep. An expert on sleep deprivation and how it affects the way we make it through the day, Van Dongen, a research associate professor of sleep and chronobiology in Penn’s School of Medicine, also knows more than most people about the biological clock. His current research involves studying the effects of both sleep loss and jet lag on astronauts.
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Oct. 15 Is Inauguration Day for Amy Gutmann, New University of Pennsylvania President
PHILADELPHIA -- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania will officially confer the presidency on Amy Gutmann Oct. 15. Gutmann, who will serve as Penn's eighth president, is a world-renowned scholar committed to the core values of democratic societies life, liberty, opportunity and mutual respect -- and has a passion for improving access to higher education.Gutmann, 54, assumed the office July 1, succeeding Judith Rodin.
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Kenneth Goldsmith Appointed Fellow at Penn's Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing
PHILADELPHIA -- Kenneth Goldsmith, a visual artist of vast range, has been appointed Fellow in Poetics and Poetic Practice at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing. The fellowship project seeks to deepen connections between young writers at Penn and writers of heterodox poetic practice whose work doesn't neatly fit into academic categories.
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Penn to Announce $2 Million Donation to Fund Institute for Urban Research Chair, Host Panel on Transforming Cities
WHO: Amy Gutmann, president of the University of PennsylvaniaJudith Rodin, chair of the Penn Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board and president emeritus of the UniversityPenn Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board membersWHAT: A $2 million donation from the Baltimore-based construction group Clark Enterprises Inc. will fund a professorship named in honor of 1968 Penn alumnus Lawrence C. Nussdorf.
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Penn Receives $11.6 Million to Open Center to Explore the Boundaries Between Nanotechnology and Biology
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania is one of six institutions to receive funding today from the National Science Foundation for a new Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. As part of the NSEC program, Penn's new Nano/Bio Interface Center will bring together researchers from across campus to study the intersection of technology and biology at the nanoscale -- or molecular -- level.