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Memories Are Harder to Forget Than Currently Thought
PHILADELPHIA -- While it might not seem so the next time you go searching for your car keys, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that memories are not as fluid as current research suggests. Their findings challenge the prevailing notion on how memories are stored and remembered or that a recalled memory could be altered or lost as it is "re-remembered."
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“Before and After” Diet Ads Promote Bias Against Overweight People
PHILADELPHIA -- A particular form of diet advertisement -- the "before and after" ad -- can reinforce negative feelings about the obese and perpetuate damaging stereotypes, according to a study led by a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. The findings, published in the current issue of Eating and Weight Disorders, demonstrate that "before and after" ads promote an unreasonable perception of the controllability of weight, thereby reinforcing a prevailing bias toward the obese.
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Penn Graduate School of Education Names New Vice Dean
PHILADELPHIA -- Doug Lynch has been named vice dean for graduate admissions and executive education at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.In his new position, Lynch will oversee admissions policies for GSE traditional and non-traditional programs and will assist faculty in the development of executive model and continuing education programs.
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Penn Urban Research Institute to Specialize in Urban Issues
PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania President Judith Rodin announced the creation of the Penn Urban Research Institute, which will specialize in urban issues, during a March 4 address at the Penn School of Design. The Penn Urban Research Institute will be an umbrella structure that will integrate and coordinate the research, education and practice of experts in urbanism from the University's 12 schools.
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Penn Professors Paul Hendrickson and Susan Stewart Win National Book Critics Circle Awards
PHILADELPHIA - University of Pennsylvania English professors Paul Hendrickson and Susan Stewart have each won the prestigious National Book Critics Circle award. Hendrickson's "Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and its Legacy" won the prize for best nonfiction book of 2003 and Stewart's "Columbarium" won for best book of poetry of the year. The announcement came at the National Book Critics Circle's 30th anniversary awards ceremony in New York March 4.
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Iraqi Museum Professionals to Visit Penn Museum
WHO:Museum professionals from Iraq, U.S. State Department, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyWHAT:Educational tour and preview of upcoming Museum exhibition for Iraqi museum professionals WHEN: Monday, March 8, 2:30 p.m. WHERE: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South S., PhiladelphiaA group of "next generation" Iraqi museum professionals, in the country for a U.S. State Department, multi-city "Cultural Heritage Institute" tour, will visit the Penn Museum Monday, March 8.
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Richard M. Leventhal Named Director of Penn Museum
PHILADELPHIA- Richard M. Leventhal, an internationally recognized scholar in Mesoamerican studies, has been named the Williams Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Penn President Judith Rodin and Penn Provost Robert Barchi announced today. "I am delighted that Richard will be joining us," said Rodin. "His proven leadership and bold vision for the future will help strengthen the Museum's three-fold mission of education, research and the preservation of cultural artifacts from around the world."
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Penn Researchers Introduce a New Nanotube-Laced Gel, Create New Means of Aligning Nanotubes
PHILADELPHIA -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have devised a new method for aligning isolated single wall carbon nanotubes and, in the process, have created a new kind of material with liquid crystal-like properties, which they call nematic nanotube gels. The gels could potentially serve as sensors in complex fluids, where changes in local chemical environment, such as acidity or solvent quality, can lead to visible changes in the gel shape. The researchers describe their findings in the current issue of Physical Review Letters.
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Bookquick/"Sick Economies: Drama, Mercantilism, and Disease in Shakespeare’s England”
The body has long played a role in Western perceptions of the economic. In 18th-century France, physiocrats talked of the blood-like circulation of wealth, while Scottish economist Adam Smith wrote about the “invisible hand” of the market.
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Robert holds Cort: Producer Robert Cort C’68,G’70,WG’74 returned to his alma mater Feb. 18 to unveil his 52nd film, “Against the Ropes,” to an audience of undergraduates and film aficionados from the faculty, staff and community. He gave the film its East Coast premiere at The Bridge in part as a tribute to one of his academic mentors, History Professor Emeritus Lee Benson, who was in attendance.