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Lee Stetson
When it comes to college admissions, the one thing everybody knows for sure is that fat envelopes bring good news and skinny envelopes are bad news. Even that no longer pertains. On April 2, beginning at 5 p.m., applicants to Penn who couldn’t wait for the mailman could get the news online. This year, throughout the Ivy League, decision letters were mailed at midnight on April 2. For the Undergraduate Admissions Office, it meant that they have completed a critical step in what Dean Lee Stetson describes as “sculpting” the Class of 2007.
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A cosmic Krispy Kreme? Good question
Imagine a particle of light, zipping along at 186,000 miles a second on its trip from Earth past the constellation Virgo into the great infinity of the universe. It has been on this trip for a few billion years when wham! All of a sudden it’s headed back towards Earth without pulling a U-turn. A footnote in a paper written by Penn astrophysicists Max Tegmark and Angélica de Oliveira-Costa raises this possibility.
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A guide to changes for Open Enrollment
It’s Open Enrollment time again, and as in years past, there are changes you need to consider as you make your choices from Penn’s menu of benefits. Some menu items, like Penn’s group life insurance policy, have been supersized. Others, particularly the health insurance plans, will cost more. And a change in how Penn’s insurance plans are offered means more economical portion sizes for many employees.
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$10m gift to turn research into drugs
The School of Medicine has received a $10 million unrestricted gift from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) that will support the transformation of academic knowledge into concrete therapies and treatments. GSK and the School of Medicine announced the gift March 6. “It’s rare for a drug company to give funds as an unrestricted gift,” said Glen Gaulton, vice dean for research and research training in the School of Medicine. “They are not entitled…to guide the use of the funds, [but] we have a general appreciation internally of what we would like to do with those funds.”
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Our spin on the Web
For every one treasure you find on the Internet, there are a million discards. The Current set out on a virtual stroll through the Penn community to help you avoid junkyard blues. Here are some of the little gems that shone out.
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Penn Hosts "Iraq: The End of the Beginning?" Symposium
WHO: Brendan O'Leary, professor of political science and director of the Solomon Asch Center at the University of Pennsylvania Ian Lustick, professor of political science and associate director of the Solomon Asch Center Arthur Waldron, professor of history and professor of international relations at Penn Bruce Kuklick, professor of American history at Penn Nubar Hovsepian, associate director of the Penn Middle East Center
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Scholars Convene to Bridge Academics and Community Service
WHO: Center for Community Partnerships at the University of PennsylvaniaWHAT: "Universities, Schools, and Communities: Partners for Effective Education, Community Building and Democracy: An International Conference" WHEN: April 7-8, 2003WHERE: Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St., Philadelphia
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Penn Study: One in Four Philadelphia Households Faces Extreme Difficulty Finding Affordable Housing
PHILADELPHIA -- Fully one-quarter of households in Philadelphia are fighting a losing battle in their quest to find affordable housing. "Everyone thinks Philadelphia is an affordable city," said University of Pennsylvania researcher Amy Hillier, "but for households making less than $20,000 annually it is actually less affordable than many other cities. The housing crisis is a national problem, but it seems to be even more serious in Philadelphia."
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Multicultural Food, Entertainment, Artwork To Highlight Festival on 40th Street Saturday
PHILADELPHIA – The International Cultural Festival will celebrate the diversity that is University City from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 5, on 40th Street between Walnut and Locust. Visitors can take a gastronomical world tour at the food booths, shop the unique wares artists and crafters will display, and enjoy free musical and dance performances on an outdoor stage. The festival is open to the public and there will be free face painting for the children. Rain date is April 6.
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Penn to Host Chemistry Teachers as Part of National Science Teachers Association Meeting
WHO: Chemistry teachers from across the U.S. WHAT: Laboratory experiments that can be used in high school chemistry classes WHEN: Saturday, April 5, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additional festivities will continue at other venues until 9 p.m. WHERE: Chemistry Building, 34th and Spruce streets on the Penn campus