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Modeling lab gets new digs
This summer the Cartographic Modeling Laboratory (CML) settled into a new home on the second floor of the School of Social Work’s Caster Building. The move, from cramped quarters in Meyerson Hall, gives CML’s staff more room to breathe as well as vital space for the computing technology that drives its data-gathering, mapping and analyzing work. It also underscores how much this interdisciplinary initiative has grown.
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Museum lion gets nip and tuck
When Penn Museum’s main entrance courtyard reopens late this fall, visitors won’t notice any dramatic changes. A few unruly magnolia trees will be gone, and tidy, low hedges will better define the formal landscaping. But much will be the same, including the majestic marble urns and mischievous bronze satyr that have welcomed Museum-goers for half a century. The reflecting pool will be back, too, though the marble coping around it will be new. The pool’s lion’s head fountain will also be new. Sort of.
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Digging through trash to find history
For Robert Schuyler and his students, one town’s trash is their archaeological treasure. Associate Curator of Penn Museum’s Historical Archaeology section, Schuyler has been working with his students for the last three years to unearth garbage from the not-so-distant past.
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Bookquick/“I’m the Teacher, You’re the Student: A Semester in the University Classroom”
What is it really like to be a college professor in an American classroom today? An award-winning teacher with more than 20 years of experience answers this question with an enlightening and entertaining behind-the-scenes view of a typical semester in his American history course. The result—part diary, part sustained reflection—recreates both the unstudied realities and intensely satisfying challenges that teachers encounter in university lecture halls.
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Four new options for hungry souls
If you’re looking for a substantial late-night bite or need a loaf of fresh rosemary and olive oil bread to go with dinner, life in University City just got a little easier. Four new eateries around 40th Street have opened their doors for business, with tempting offerings from artisan breads to made-to-order burritos, homemade spinach pie to grilled salmon burgers. Included in this special report:
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UCD revamps identity
Branding seems to be the new buzzword at the University City District (www.ucityphila.org), which rolled out a new marketing plan and a shiny new logo over the summer months. Included in this special report:
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Art Antics
Whether they were creating inflatable pillow-like structures or burying the front ends of cars in the ground to form Cadillac Ranch (right), the members of Ant Farm pushed the boundaries of installation art. With a sharp eye, the art and architecture collective—founded in San Francisco during the late 1960s—criticized consumerism while experimenting with video, design and performance art. The ICA pays them homage in the only East Coast showing of “Ant Farm: 1968-1978,” a photographic, videotaped and published record of their work that runs through Dec. 12.
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Protect your data: ISC shows you how
Though there’s nothing new about computer worms and viruses, Penn got an unpleasant wake-up call about a year ago. That’s when the Blaster and Welchia worms showed up on campus. “They spread from Windows to Windows all by themselves,” says Dave Millar, Penn’s information security officer. “The user didn’t even have to open an email or go to a web site.”
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Staff Q&A: Larry Bell
STAFF Q & A/The man in charge of Penn’s garages and lots tells us where to park it. Larry Bell WG’89 has two words for Penn commuters who rely on parking meters when they bring their cars to campus: permit parking. Of course, as director of business services and the person directly responsible for parking and transportation at Penn, Bell has a professional stake in the matter. But since parking is an unavoidable fact of life, and a sizable headache, for many Penn people, we figured it was time to sit down and talk ramps and rates with the resident expert.