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Enhanced Treatment Capabilities Featured at Penn Dental School's New Schattner Center
WHO: Faculty, staff, students and alumni of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine will join Penn Trustees and invited guests to open the Schattner Center. WHAT: A dedication and tours of the newest building in the Dental School complex, the Schattner Center. The three-story, 70,000-square-foot building houses a new oral-surgery center, a new oral-medicine clinic for treating medically complex patients, a new admissions/emergency clinic and the campus locations of the Penn dental faculty practice.
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Editor's Pick: Omnis gladiatoris
Roman gladiators were the pro wrestlers of their day, as the millions of people who made the movie “Gladiator” a blockbuster now know. The gladiators also embodied the warrior values that turned Rome into the greatest empire the world had yet known.
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Bookquick/“Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors”
The human mind needs monsters. From ancient Egypt to modern Hollywood, imaginary beings have haunted dreams and fantasies, provoking in young and old shivers of delight, thrills of terror and endless fascination. All known folklores brim with visions of looming and ferocious monsters, often in the role of adversaries to great heroes.
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Giving can mean winning
Luck made Penn employee Ilene Rosenstein last year’s grand prize winner for participating in the Penn’s Way 2002 campaign. But to get lucky, she shared her personal luck with people in need, by filling out her Penn’s Way envelope.
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West Philly by the numbers on the Web
A new, free service is helping to build a better community in West Philadelphia. InfoResources West Philadelphia (InfoR)—a database that facilitates information sharing, economic development and neighborhood initiatives within the community—can be accessed anytime via the Internet. Sidney Wong, assistant professor in City and Regional Planning, is heading this push to ease the public’s access to data as the director of InfoR.
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Ask Benny: PennSTAR's helicopters rack up miles
Dear Benny, How many times a day does the PennSTAR helicopter fly out and how many miles a week does it cover on average?—Chopper Chaser
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Hundreds pack Palahniuk reading
Chuck Palahniuk does not like books with long chapters. “Most novels seem to space out any transformation over hundreds of pages,” Palahniuk stated in an interview before a reading held at the Penn Bookstore Oct. 7. “I want a plot point every few pages.” This should not come as a surprise for anyone who has read Palahniuk’s work. His first novel, “Fight Club,” became a cult hit soon after its publication in 1996 and is known for its discussion of controversial societal issues, its fast pace and its distinctive style.
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“I don’t think you can really manufacture remorse. It has to come from within.”
—Robert Sadoff, professor of psychiatry, on how prisoners subjected to shaming tactics, such as wearing a badge that advertises their crime, often react by becoming more violent (The Sacramento Bee, Oct. 11)
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Worlds Apart: Daughters Immigrate to Israel and Leave Their Mothers Behind
PHILADELPHIA -- Roberta Sands rarely sees her daughter and five grandchildren. Almost 10 years ago, her daughter, having growing up with a variety of Jewish influences, became Orthodox and moved to Israel. Sands, an associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania, has recently completed a study based on others who have had similar experiences, "Divided Families: The Impact of Religious Difference and Geographic Distance on Intergenerational Family Continuity."
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People's Choice: Spine tinglers
- The Eighth Annual Writers Conference at the University of Pennsylvania brings writers together from throughout the region to explore topics and techniques in many fields of writing. The keynote speaker for the Nov. 9 conference is Ken Kalfus, author of the short story collections “Thirst” and “Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies.” Fee $150. Info/registration: www.upenn.edu/writconf or Nadia Daniel, 215-898-6479.