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Research: What’s goin’ on with Marvin Gaye?
Twenty years after his untimely death at the hands of his father, Marvin Gaye has a secure place in the pantheon of pop music. At least four biographies, a memoir and a score of other works have explored his troubled life and groundbreaking music. Now comes Michael Eric Dyson to tell us there’s more to the story.
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Loretta Sweet Jemmott has been named Assistant Provost effective May 1. In her new position, which was announced by Provost Robert Barchi April 13, Jemmott will have primary responsibility for gender and minority issues at the University of Pennsylvania.
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A show about nothing
Clear your mind and think of nothing. What do you see? Through the summer, the Institute of Contemporary Art shines the spotlight on a state of total, complete nothingness in its major group exhibition, “The Big Nothing.” Beginning May 1 in both gallery spaces, the ICA will feature more than 60 artists’ works from the 1970s to the present, including pieces from Yayoi Kusama that contemplate the metaphysical nothing, art by Jutta Koether that visualizes “nothing” as refusal or negation and Roe Ethridge’s delicate photographic image, “Moon” (left).
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Yale Historical Theologian to Address Penn Graduates at May 16 Baccalaureate Ceremonies
PHILADELPHIA -- Jaroslav Pelikan, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University, will speak at the University of Pennsylvania Baccalaureate ceremonies May 16, in Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce St., Philadelphia.Ceremonies will be held at 1:30 and 3 p.m. to accommodate all who wish to attend. No tickets will be required for admission.
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Penn Hosts International Conference on History of Unethical Medical Research in Japan, Germany and U.S.
WHO: Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at Penn; Frederick Dickinson, Penn associate professor of history; Eric Feldman, Penn assistant professor of law; Renee Fox, Penn professor emerita of sociology; G.Cameron Hurst, Penn professor of Japanese and Korean studies; William LaFleur, Penn professor of Japanese studies; M. Susan Lindee, Penn professor of sociology; Professors from Japan, Germany and the United States WHAT: "Going Too Far: Rationalizing Unethical Medical Research in Japan, Germany and the United States, An International Conference"
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Study Shows Tougher Prison Sentences Don't Deter Most Potential Criminals
Study: Tougher Prison Sentences Don't Deter Most Potential Criminals April 22, 2004 PHILADELPHIA Just the threat of "hard time" in prison doesn't discourage most potential criminals from committing crimes, according to a study led by a University of Pennsylvania Law School professor.The findings, published in the forthcoming Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, show that it's unproductive for legislators to re-write laws to increase prison sentences in hopes of improving the deterrence effect.
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Seymour Benzer Recounts His "Adventures in Neurogenetics" on April 27
MEDIA ADVISORYSeymour Benzer Recounts His "Adventures in Neurogenetics" WHO: Seymour Benzer, neurogenetics pioneerWHAT: "Adventures in Neurogenetics," a lecture presented by Penn's Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences, in celebration of its 50th anniversary, and the Franklin Institute.WHEN: 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 27, 2004WHERE: Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building, 415 Curie Blvd.
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Penn Alexander School Students Planting Flowering Trees April 22 in Celebration of Earth Day
WHO: Penn Alexander School students WHAT: Each class will plant a flowering tree on the school grounds in celebration of Earth Day, as a spring project of the PAS Student Council. WHERE: Penn Alexander School, 43rd and Locust Sts., PhiladelphiaWHEN: Beginning at 9:30 a.m. with the Kindergarten classes 10:30 a.m. 1st grade classes11:10 a.m. 2nd grade 11:50 a.m. 5th grade12:30 p.m. 3rd grade1:10 p.m. 6th grade1:45 p.m. 7th grade
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Public-Safety Gains Endangered by Decreased Federal Funding of Crime Research
WASHINGTON- Gains in public safety from dramatic drops in crime over the last decade are at risk because of cuts in federal support for crime-related research, the president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science said today. The 2004 federal budget marks a 35-year low in funding for research into ways police can prevent crimes, according to Lawrence W. Sherman, AAPSS president and director of the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania.