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Top-tier tech transfer According to the Penn Center for Technology Transfer’s annual report for fiscal year 2002, the University now ranks among the nation’s top-tier institutions when it comes to commercializing the products of faculty research. CTT started 12 companies, filed 349 patent applications, executed 81 option and license agreements, and made 614 material transfer agreements in 2002, a 20% increase over last year.

U-City cops can now talk to one another

Emergency preparedness at Penn—and the rest of University City—is getting a big boost from MERN, the Multi-agency Emergency Radio Network. Launched by the Division of Public Safety, the new system eases communication and coordination among area security agencies in the event of a major criminal event or catastrophe.

Sister Jeannine Gramick to Speak at Penn on Homosexuality and Catholic Church Reforms

WHO: Sister Jeannine GramickWHAT: Talk on "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Ministry and Non-Violent Love"

NSF recognizes new faculty

George Pappas and Talid Sinno of the Engineering School received 2002 National Science Foundation Career Awards. The Career Award is NSF’s most prestigious award for new faculty members who effectively blend research and education and are most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century.

A look at the lively arts on campus

On stage, on the walls and on the grounds, art is all around us at Penn. In the expressive form of Penn’s outdoor sculpture and in its architectural landmarks, it takes solid form. The concerts, plays and dances performed on campus stages show its fluid side. And it changes as constantly as the exhibits in the campus art galleries.

They're our Mummers and we love them

Philadelphia native or not, love of civic tradition runs high on Penn’s campus—or so the Current found out when we asked, “Mummers. Good or bad?” Sequined costumes, painted faces, choreographed struts and of course the string bands—you find it all delightful. Doesn’t everyone like to have something they call their very own?

Mark your calendars for these events

—Eden Lin and Trinh Tran

Your career on track

Keeping your career on track is a breeze with these classes from Human Resources. For course locations and more information, call 215-898-3400 or visit www.hr.upenn.edu/learning. Registration Required. Brown Bag Matinee: “Clown”

Campus Buzz

An innovator moves on: WXPN General Manager Vinnie Curren, whose leadership turned Penn’s station into a public radio powerhouse that helped spawn an entire radio format—“adult album alternative”—is off to Washington. His new job title: Senior vice president for radio at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Your Buzz correspondent wishes him success in his new job and anticipates that Curren’s new bosses will be pleased with the way he applies his creative talent to the larger policy issues affecting public radio stations across the country.

Brod Barnville and Richard Graham