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Mary McGrory to Receive John Chancellor Award

NEW YORK -- Washington Post columnist Mary McGrory is the recipient of this year's John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism.  The award, administered by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, will be presented November 12 at a black-tie dinner at The Pierre hotel in New York.

Penn Student Programmers Compete at the World's Ultimate Computer Programming Challenge

PHILADELPHIA - A team of University of Pennsylvania students has set off to compete this weekend in the preliminary legs of the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest, a worldwide competition established almost 30 years ago.  The event is to be held tomorrow at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

University of Pennsylvania Wins Urban Land Institute's 2003 Awards for Excellence

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania West Philadelphia Initiatives project has won top honors from the Urban Land Institute's Awards for Excellence competition, which is widely recognized as the land-use industry's most prestigious award.

Use of Technology in Adult Education to Be Discussed at International Meeting at Penn

PHILADELPHIA - An international meeting on the role of information and communications technologies in youth and adult education will be held Nov. 12-14 at the University of Pennsylvania."ICT in Non-formal and Adult Education: Supporting Out-of-School Youth and Adults" is the sixth in a series organized by Penn's Graduate School of Education and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris.  Attendees will be from the Americas, Australia, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Hill Square Women's Sculpture Project to Be Unveiled

WHAT:The unveiling of the Women's Sculpture Project that has transformed the Hill Field open space bounded by 33rd, 34th, Walnut and Chestnut streets into Hill Square, a gateway to the University of Pennsylvania campus.  Landscaping and lighting accentuate a diagonal walkway integrated with 25 Years,a sculpture by Jenny Holzer comprised of granite elements inscribed with text commemorating 125 years of women at the University.  

Molinoff Named Vice Provost for Research at Penn

PHILADELPHIA - Perry Molinoff, a renowned neuroscientist and the former chairman of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named vice provost for research at Penn, effective immediately, according to an announcement by Provost Robert L. Barchi.  Molinoff was the A.N. Richards Professor and Chairman of Pharmacology at Penn from 1981 to 1995. 

Local Federal Reserve Bank President to Speak at Penn

WHO:  Anthony Santomero, president, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia WHAT: Penn Humanities Forum lecture on "Great Expectations: Beliefs, Economics and Monetary Policy"WHEN:  Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2003, 5- 6:30 p.m.  WHERE: 200 College Hall on the University of Pennsylvania campus, Philadelphia

Mr. and Ms. Penn Body Building Competition

Students Compete for Mr. and Ms. Penn Titles  Oct. 30, 2003PHILADELPHIA - University of Pennsylvania students often compete using their brains, but they'll be using their bodies to challenge each other when they meet Nov. 10 in the Mr. and Ms. Penn bodybuilding competition.

Worried reader is spooked by dead birds

Illustration by Bo Brown

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