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Outlook for skin cancer: Sunny

Things are looking up for patients who suffer from one of the most talked about threats of the season—skin cancer.

AWARDS & HONORS/Top Cops Honored

Credit safer streets and happier communities to these Penn heroes, who were recognized for their “quick response” and “diligent actions” in a May 13 Public Safety commendations ceremony: Michael J. Fink, Christopher Denshuick, Domenic DiLorenzo, Michael Sylvester, Denis Daly, Rudi Palmer, Craig Everage, Gary Williams, John Newton, Joanne Ketler, John Alexander, Hayward Cureton, Andrew Malloy, Eric Rohrback, Henry Vega, Perdetha Watson, Nicole Wilson, Darren Young, Chuck Schull, James Orman, Christina Boston and Dennis Hill.

New department an Ivy first

The study of crime now has a department all its own at Penn. At their June 20 meeting, the Trustees approved the creation of the first criminology department in the Ivy League. The new department in the School of Arts and Sciences will have Albert M. Greenfield Professor of Human Relations Lawrence W. Sherman as its first chair. Sherman is currently director of the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology and the Fels Institute of Government.

Anthony Antonucci and Donald Kelley

Rodin to call it a decade in 2004

Judith Rodin (CW’66) will step down as president of the University next June 30. Rodin announced her decision at the Stated Meeting of the University Trustees on June 20. The first woman to run an Ivy League university returned to her alma mater in 1994 from Yale, where she had served as provost for two years. She set the tone for her presidency in her first year, laying out an ambitious “Agenda for Excellence” that aimed to strengthen Penn’s status as one of the nation’s top research universities and its ties to the community and the city.

STAFF Q&A/Tracy Byford

STAFF Q&A/Tracy Byford has worked for more than two decades to keep Penn’s botanical garden a place all can enjoy “It is just such a surprise to see this on an urban campus.”

Campus Buzz

See movies like a student: Now’s your chance to see first-run films in a first-class setting for chump change. The Bridge: Cinema de Lux at 40th and Walnut streets is running a special promotion for Penn and Drexel faculty and staff through Aug. 31—show your faculty/staff ID at the box office and pick up tickets for you and a guest at the student discount rate. Visit www.thebridgecinema.com or the theater for more information.

Turf battle

Museum digs deep into Constitution

The National Constitution Center (NCC), which opened on Independence Mall July 4, is designed to offer visitors a serious look at America’s central governing document in an engaging fashion. It also represents an opportunity for Penn, the center’s educational partner, to take its scholarly mission to an entirely new audience.

BOOKQUICK/New from the University Press

“Modern Spain: A Documentary History”   Edited by Jon Cowans320 pages, $19.95 paper