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New building keeps horses in form

Cramped quarters and outdated equipment made a quick exit with the summer debut of the New Bolton Center’s Scott Equine Sports Medicine Building—the University’s new hub for equine sports medicine research, teaching and service. With the facility’s opening, Penn’s veterinary cardiology practice finally got a space befitting its roster of patients, which includes horses who have gone on to win medals in international competitions like the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.

People's Choice: Museum treasures

How do you pick a favorite when you have nearly 1 million to chose from? These University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology staff members had no problems telling us which artifact from the museum’s collection they prize the most. Read on to see if your sentiments match. GLORIA COLLINS Receptionist “The Sphinx is my favorite because he holds as a dominant figure; he sustains lower Egypt.”

At Work With...Margaret Mary Thomas and Barbara Woodford

Lessons on leadership from Mayor Giuliani

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani showed the country what leadership is in the wake of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center. On Oct. 29, he shared his thoughts on the subject with a capacity crowd in Irvine Auditorium that greeted his arrival with a standing ovation.

Scholar Explores How Liberal Arts Colleges Reclaim Vision

PHILADELPHIA -- In the 1980s, liberal arts colleges in America found themselves facing both declining enrollments and resources. Many of these institutions responded by offering consumer-oriented programs largely designed to bring students in the door -- but along the way, they lost their sense of who they were.

Faculty Feature: Ben Franklin 101, a new twist on an old guy

No, Benjamin Franklin was not a stuffy advocate of bourgeois values. And no, he did not want to be a model for the superb businessman. If there’s one thing you can say about Franklin, at least according to Michael Zuckerman, it’s that he has been sorely misunderstood.

The moviegoers

A spooky night at the Speakeasy

Some came in plain clothes. Some came in costume. They occupied the dimly lit front room of the Kelly Writers House on Halloween to read and sing in the second annual Halloween Speakeasy Extravaganza. A mellow but alert crowd of about 40 people that mixed young and old, town and gown, attended the event. Although the audience sat relatively silently before the show began, it stirred in response to humorous remarks made by the performers.

Penn English Professor Receives Christian Gauss Award

PHILADELPHIA - Susan Stewart, professor of English in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has won this year's Christian Gauss Award for her book "Poetry and the Fate of the Senses." The honor acknowledges outstanding scholarly books published in the United States in the field of literary scholarship or criticism.

Penn Social Work Professor Given Award for Pioneering Work in Adoption

PHILADELPHIA -- Hailed as one of the foremost leaders in adoption today by the Child Welfare League of America, Carol Wilson Spigner has been given the organization's Pioneer in Adoption award. Spigner is a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania. "Carol is one of our most distinguished professors, and it is a tribute to her work serving children to be recognized with such a prestigious award," said Richard Gelles, interim dean of the School of Social Work.