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$6m for Alzheimer’s Marian S. Ware, a long-time Penn supporter and advocate for research on Alzheimer’s disease, has given $6 million to Penn Medicine to establish the Marian S. Ware Alzheimer Program, a series of collaborations between the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing to improve the care and treatment of Alzheimer’s patients. Research initiatives funded by the grant will explore new therapies, develop best practice models for patient care and develop better ways to identify those with the disease.
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A day on ice (sort of) for a rusty skater
On a crisp sunny Sunday morning in January, the Franklin Institute forecast said the temperature outside was 18 degrees Fahrenheit. On a day like this even a miserable klutz’s thoughts can turn to ice skating. I’m a Michigan girl who grew up playing children’s games on the frozen ponds of the Great Lakes state. I idolized Carol Heiss and Peggy Fleming when women’s figure skating was definitely a minor sport. The only time I’d taken lessons, for the physical education requirement in college, I’d flunked. Flying through the air executing the perfect triple lutz was out for me.
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The city’s lawyer: Pedro Ramos C’87, President Judith Rodin’s chief of staff, will be joining his brother, first-term City Councilman Juan, at Broad and Market come March 1. That’s when Ramos’ appointment as city solicitor takes effect. In that post, Ramos will be the lead litigator on cases involving the city and the chief legal advisor to Mayor John Street. Congratulations, Pedro.
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High-tech wall that’s a wrap
James Timberlake GAr’77 calls building materials with only one function “dumb.” Materials that contain embedded technology and have multiple functions are therefore “smart.” A “smart” wall, for example, can contain electronic data while screening the light, or it can block wind and simultaneously give an accurate temperature reading.
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From Cairo to Cape Town to honor a fallen friend
At first glance, David Sylvester does not look like the type of man that could cross the continent on a bicycle. More linebacker than Lance Armstrong, Sylvester has just one way of attacking life, head on. And he is taking that strategy much further than transversing North America, which he has already done. Sylvester will attempt to cross nearly 7,000 miles and 10 countries in the Tour d’Afrique 2004, a fundraising goodwill bike tour from Cairo, Egypt, to Cape Town, South Africa—more than 120 days of grueling, soul-searching pain on two wheels.
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Long-Term Effects of Embryo Culture on Behavior Studied
PHILADELPHIA -- According to scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, culturing mouse embryos under suboptimal conditions before implantation can effect how the offspring perform in behavioral assays that assess anxiety and memory. The findings will be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, which is available online now.
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Penn Professor's "Encyclopedia of Food and Culture" Wins Four Major Book Awards
PHILADELPHIA -- The "Encyclopedia of Food and Culture," a historical, cultural and scientific work edited by Solomon Katz, a professor of anthropology in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, has received four major book honors.
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Penn Dental School Observing "Give Kids a Smile Day" Feb. 6
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine will provide free oral health care Feb. 6 to hundreds of children from West Philadelphia as part of "Give Kids a Smile," a children's dental access event sponsored nationally by the American Dental Association and locally by the Pennsylvania Dental Association.
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Evelyn Y. Davis Gives $100,000 to Penn for Scholarship
PHILADELPHIA -- Evelyn Y. Davis, a nationally recognized advocate for shareholder rights, and the Evelyn Y. Davis Foundation have contributed $100,000 to the University of Pennsylvania to endow a scholarship for students pursuing careers in business or political journalism. Her gift will be recognized with a brass plaque in the lobby of Houston Hall, Penn student center.
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Martin Luther King Community Involvement Awards
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Involvement Awards at the University of PennsylvaniaWHO:Judith Rodin, Penn presidentCheryl Townsend Gilkes, professor of African-American Studies, Colby CollegeWHAT:Community Involvement Awards and Interfaith Program,"Achieving Social Justice in Our Time"WHEN:Jan. 21, 2004, 7 p.m.WHERE:University of PennsylvaniaBodek Lounge, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.