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Success has many parents: And all of them—Penn administrators, elected officials, School District of Philadelphia staff and 100 actual parents of school children—turned out for the official dedication of the Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander University of Pennsylvania Partnership School Oct. 7.

Panel mulls guards for Net

Computer security experts have long known that a few ill-placed lines of computer code could bring the country to its knees. Since 9/11, protecting against this threat has gained additional urgency. A panel of government and industry experts met at the Annenberg Center Oct. 3 to discuss the White House’s plans to strengthen computer security. Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunications Systems David Farber moderated the discussion, which drew an audience of about 200 information-technology professionals and was simulcast over the Internet.

Student Spotlight: An award for the amazing Dr. Do-Good

Elvis Presley. John F. Kennedy. Walt Disney. Add Penn student Anthony Mazzarelli to that list. Mazzarelli, 27, who is currently enrolled in Penn’s Master of Bioethics Program and the Law School, now has a spot next to many other prestigious Americans as a recipient of the 2002 Ten Outstanding Young Americans (TOYA) Award. Given annually by the U.S. Junior Chamber, the honor recognizes “the best, brightest and most inspirational leaders America has to offer.”

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Brush up your tech skills

Information Systems and Computing Technology Training Services has partnered with Online Consulting to provide on-campus classes at a discount to members of the Penn community. Classes taken at Penn are up to 25 percent less expensive than comparable classes off campus. Here’s a sample of upcoming courses being held at the ISC Labs at 3650 Chestnut. For details contact the Online Consulting Penn Registration Desk at 1-800-288-8221 or visit www.tts.isc.upenn.edu. Registration required. Eudora 5

“Work and family issues can be allies, even though most of us think of them as enemies.”

—Stewart Friedman, professor at the Wharton School, on how employers can create better working environments by being flexible with their employees’ personal lives (The Detroit News, Sept. 17)

People's Choice: Events galore

Whether it be a speaker, a concert or an open house, there’s always something interesting happening on campus. With this in mind, we asked some Penn staff who organize events which ones they attended and which they’d recommend. Here’s what they said.

A Nobel for Penn physicist

A 2002 Nobel Prize in physics for work that revolutionized our understanding of how the sun generates energy will be awarded to Raymond Davis Jr., 87. Davis, research professor of physics at Penn and research collaborator at Brookhaven National Laboratory, was the first to detect neutrinos, ghostlike particles produced in solar nuclear reactions. His work, which found only one-third the number of predicted neutrinos, sent astrophysicists into a mad search for the missing particles.

Telephones: Speak and you shall find

Cell phones. Pagers. Fax machines. There is no shortage of numbers to remember these days. You will have more room in your memory box now that Information Systems and Computing Networking & Telecommunications has launched its new automatic speech recognition directory. The software, which is linked to Penn’s main phone number (215-898-5000), acts like a voice-activated phonebook. To test the software now, just dial 215-746-4242, speak the complete name of the person or department you wish to reach and the system will route your call to the appropriate number.

Staff Q&A: Karlene Burrell-McCrae

An island girl moves to the big city at age 10 and then discovers she’s a despised minority at age 18 when she goes off to college in small-town America. Karlene Burrell-McCrae (GEd’96, SW’00) has experienced anger and success, something worth sharing with black students who come to Penn and feel lost or in need of help. As director of Makuu—formerly called Umoja—the black student cultural center, Burrell- McCrae is finding a way to bring black students together and to smooth their way to the services and events of the University.