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STAFF Q&A/David Micahnik
On a bulletin board in the fencing room deep in the bowels of Hutchinson Gym, there is a recent clipping from a British newspaper declaring that “Fencing is the hippest sport on the planet.” Fencing coach Dave Micahnik (C’59) couldn’t care less that zeitgeist maven Madonna has taken up the sport he has loved since his freshman year at Penn in 1955. Micahnik has devoted his life to passing on to successive generations the lessons he learned as a three-time Olympic fencer.
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Richard Swett to Visit Penn's Graduate School of Fine Arts
WHO: Richard N. SwettWHAT: A lecture on "The Architecture of Trust" as part of the GSFA Public Lecture Series WHEN: March 24 at 6 p.m.WHERE: Room B-1, Meyerson Hall, 210 S. 34th St.
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Pheromones in Male Perspiration Reduce Women's Tension, Alter Hormone Response that Regulates Menstrual Cycle
PHILADELPHIA – Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia have found that exposure to male perspiration has marked psychological and physiological effects on women: It can brighten women's moods, reducing tension and increasing relaxation, and also has a direct effect on the release of luteinizing hormone, which affects the length and timing of the menstrual cycle.The results will be published in June in the journal Biology of Reproduction and currently appear on the journal's Web site.
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Penn Professor Receives Fulbright Grant to Australia
PHILADELPHIA -- Brian Sutton-Smith, professor emeritus in the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education, has received a Fulbright Senior Specialists grant to lecture and consult for two weeks at the Australian Centre of the University of Melbourne and also at the Museum Victoria. Sutton-Smith is a child-development expert and directed a child culture group during his tenure at Penn. His research interests include play history and the cross-cultural study of play, as well as psychology, education and folklore.
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Marjorie K. Jeffcoat, DMD, Named Dean of Penn's School of Dental Medicine
PHILADELPHIA – Marjorie K. Jeffcoat, DMD, award-winning dental researcher, professor and administrator at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry, has been named dean of the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn President Judith Rodin announced. She will assume her new position this summer.
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Architectural Conservation Laboratory: Preserving the Past for the Future
PHILADELPHIA -- What do the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings, medieval Cairo, the Second Bank of the United States and the Creole cemeteries of New Orleans all have in common? The answer is Frank Matero, an associate professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Fine Arts.
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Benjamin Nathans Wins Koret Jewish Book Award
PHILADELPHIA -- A University of Pennsylvania history professor has taken the top prize in the history category of the fifth annual Koret Jewish Book Awards. Benjamin Nathans was honored for "Beyond the Pale: The Jewish Encounter with Late Imperial Russia." The awards highlight the best new English-language Jewish books and their authors.
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Penn Study: Church-State Separation Not Breached When Faith-Based Groups Work with Government
PHILADELPHIA -- Faith-based organizations assisting at-risk children work closely with government agencies without raising First Amendment separation of church and state concerns, according to a new study from the Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society at the University of Pennsylvania. "Churches, Charity and Children: How Religious Organizations Are Reaching America's At-Risk Kids" describes in detail a qualitative study of faith-based organizations that consider faith commitment an essential part of their effectiveness with youth.
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Jack Miles to Speak at Penn Humanties Forum
Jack Miles, the 2002 MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "God: A Biography," will speak March 19 at 5 p.m. in Room 200 of College Hall on "How Many Scriptures Became One Bible (and Why the Change Matters)." The event is free and open to the public.
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"Authentic Happiness" Named Best Psychology Book of 2002
PHILADELPHIA -- "Authentic Happiness," the latest book by University of Pennsylvania psychologist Martin E.P. Seligman, has been named Books for a Better Life's "Best Psychology Book" of 2002. The Books for a Better Life awards, presented by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, pay tribute to the popular category of books labeled "self-help," "motivational," "self-improvement" or "advice."