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Vitamin E today, more memory tomorrow
In the search for an effective Alzheimer’s treatment, vitamin E has been on scientists’ radar screens for a while. A new study by Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Domenico Praticò suggests that it’s all in the timing—and earlier is definitely better. Since a major risk factor for Alzheimer’s is oxidative stress—when the oxygen we take into our bodies produces reactive substances that harm it—a powerful antioxidant like vitamin E would seem a natural choice for treating the degenerative disease. The data has been unclear, though.
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College Hall bell no longer tolls for thee
Dear Benny,I was looking at some old photos of College Hall on the Archives web site and saw a picture that showed two towers on the building. When were they removed? Why? Were any of the details saved or incorporated into other structures? — Curious About College Hall Dear Curious, As it happens, the man in charge of the site, Archives Director Mark Frazier Lloyd, can answer your question.
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Film Festival picks around Penn
From April 8 through the 21, the 13th annual Philadelphia Film Festival brings numerous screenings to downtown theaters and two screens at The Bridge: Cinema de Lux (230 S. 40th St.) and International House (3701 Chestnut St.). This is just a sampling of the 250 international, American, documentary and animation features and shorts screening in West Philadelphia. For a complete list of films, tickets and information visit the web site: www.phillyfests.com.
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Awards & Honors: Hahn wins Bancroft Prize
Steven Hahn, professor of history, won the 2004 Bancroft Prize for his book “A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South From Slavery to the Great Migration.” Chosen from an unusually large pool of nominees, Hahn’s book was described by the jurors as a “work of breathtaking ambition and scope [in which] Hahn traces the torturous route followed by African-Americans as they emerged from slavery and traveled through Reconstruction to Jim Crow and beyond.”
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People's Choice: Good eats
With new restaurants opening at a dizzying pace of late , we thought it was time to take stock of what Penn people thought were the best places to dine out. Since we didn’t restrict their choices to the campus, it’s perhaps not surprising that most of our respondents mentioned restaurants in Center City. Our readers apparently do have a taste for the new—several of their recommendations are recent additions to the local dining scene.
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Anderson offers an update
Performance art icon Laurie Anderson showed a standing-room-only crowd at Meyerson Hall March 24 why she is so widely esteemed as an engaging and humorous storyteller. The occasion was part of a lecture series celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Institute of Contemporary Art, and Anderson was paired for the evening with Janet Kardon G’65, director of the ICA during the 1980s and now director emeritus of New York’s American Craft Museum.
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A Polish hospital has angels on its side
Life in Eastern Europe has gotten better since the fall of Communism. But the countries of the former Soviet Bloc still have a good deal of catching up to do before they can take their place alongside the affluent West. Two Penn faculty members are doing their part to help Poland catch up on the medical front.
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Penn takes top billing at the Philly Film Festival
Even if you’re not a film buff, a stargazer or a hipster, Penn’s neighborhood will definitely be the place to be from April 8 to 21. That’s because this year’s Philadelphia Film Festival is using West Philadelphia as its hub, bringing screenings to neighborhood theaters, visitors to the Inn at Penn and, hopefully, increased foot traffic to the campus.
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Out & About: The West Philadelphia cycle
Let me say this up front—I am not a cyclist. Sure, I’ve ridden bikes before, but never in the city. I’ve never shared the road with a stream of cars. I don’t even own a bike.
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BOOKQUICK/"The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes”
Although not as well known as his earlier novels “Lord Jim” and “Nostromo,” “The Arrow of Gold” was critically acclaimed when it first appeared in 1919 and is still considered to be among the best of Conrad’s later works.