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A soldier reflects on his war

As Andrew Exum C’00 told a Penn Bookstore crowd June 14, midway through his Penn career, he faced a hard decision. “I was told, ‘You can just muddle through or you can be a leader.’ ” Then part of Penn’s ROTC program, Exum opted for the latter, joining the infantry after graduation and serving as platoon leader in operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

Public Service/Community Dental Programs Earn PennDental's Joan Gluch National Recognition

PHILADELPHIA -- Joan Gluch, director of community health for the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, was one of 10 finalists nominated for the Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning, presented annually by the Campus Compact, a national coalition of more than 900 colleges and universities.This award honors faculty members for the integration of community or public service into their schools' curriculums and for efforts to institutionalize service learning.  

Penn Graduate School of Education Professor Earns National Head Start Award

PHILADELPHIA -- John W. Fantuzzo, a University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education professor, has received the Head Start Research Mentor Award from the federal Administration for Children and Families.Fantuzzo is the third recipient of the award, which previously has gone to Ed Zigler and Julius Richmond, the two people most responsible for the creation of the program.In addition to Fantuzzo's own groundbreaking research of the Head Start program, he has shepherded Penn graduate students interested in Head Start research.

Penn Professor Appointed to Commission of Fine Arts

Penn Professor Appointed to Commission of Fine ArtsJune 25, 2004

Food for Thought: "Café Nothing" at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery

PHILADELPHIA -- In the tradition of the cafe as a place where ideas are raised and discussed, the Arthur Ross Gallery presents "Cafe Nothing," an open forum for visitors to interact with and respond to intangibles and nonexistent objects. The Arthur Ross Gallery is at 220 S. 34th St. on the Penn campus. Summertime hours of operation are noon-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.  The exhibition is free and open to the public and will be on view July 9-Aug. 9.

Penn Names New Chief Investment Officer

PHILADELPHIA  Kristin A. Gilbertson has been named chief investment officer for the University of Pennsylvania, according to Craig Carnaroli, senior vice president for finance at Penn.  Gilbertson will begin her new duties on August 15.Gilbertson was previously Managing Director, Public Equities at Stanford Management Company in Menlo Park, California.

Aggressive Copyright Laws Hampering Academic Scholarship; Issue to Be Examined at Penn Conference

PHILADELPHIA- Joseph Turow and other academic researchers wonder if Walt Disney ever intended that the world of academia should be hamstrung by his company's desire to guard Mickey Mouse.  "That is just what's happening," said Turow, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication.  "Aggressive copyright laws, often tied to companies desire to protect intellectual property, are making the future of innovative scholarship precarious."

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Museum researcher digs up ancient Olympic facts

When David Gilman Romano Gr’81 attends this summer’s Olympic Games in Athens, he’ll watch the track and field events with particular interest. A track coach and runner who competed at the University of Oregon with legend Steve Prefontane, Romano is also a leading expert on ancient athletics and the Olympic Games.

Bookquick/“Charles Brockden Brown’s Revolution and the Birth of American Gothic”

In 1798, a decade after the Founding Fathers created a nation based on the principles of liberty and equality, Charles Brockden Brown, then an unknown Philadelphia writer, invented the American Gothic novel. His first book, “Wieland,” is the story of a religious fanatic haunted by demonic voices instructing him to murder his wife and children.