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Dean resigns
Nursing School Dean Norma Lang will step down as dean, effective this summer. Under her leadership, the School of Nursing has consistently ranked in the top two nursing schools in the country in the U.S. News & World Report survey of graduate schools. This year the School of Nursing received more National Institutes of Health research dollars than any other private nursing school in the nation.
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Model employees set tone for University
The first Models of Excellence awards ceremony, at the Annenberg Center’s Zellerbach Theatre May 8, was one of those rare campus events where the ceremony upstaged the food at the reception afterwards. About 400 people — honorees, family and friends, supervisors, nominees, faculty and staff — saw a production worthy of the Oscars, including a video montage of Penn notables (none named Franklin) set to a thunderous musical score and congratulations to all from Vice President for Human Resources Jack Heuer and President Judith Rodin.
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Crane takes fashion seriously
Fashion is no frivolous topic for Professor of Sociology Diana Crane, Ph.D. In fact, she considers the study of human duds to be an excellent way of documenting such large issues as changing gender roles, the emergence of feminism, and the fragmentation of social classes over the past century. Consider, for example, hats and T-shirts. “Between about 1850 and 1960, men weren’t fully dressed without hats,” Crane said recently. A man’s hat defined his occupation and his social position, from the English lord to the Paris rag-picker, she said.
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Women hold up half the schedule
The next two weeks on “The World Cafe” have a distinctly feminine flavor, as singer-songwrtiers Tracy Chapman, Sarah Hamer and Melissa Ferrick all pay a visit, along with Woody Guthrie’s daughter Nora. Here’s the complete rundown: Thursday, May 18 Great Big Sea discuss and play music from their latest effort, “Turn” Friday, May 19 Tracy Chapman performs music from her new album, “Telling Stories”
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Welcome, old grads; good luck, Class of 2000
If everything seems just a bit quiet right now, don’t worry. It’s just that everyone’s resting up for tomorrow when the biggest celebration of the academic year begins. The University’s 244th Commencement, on Monday, May 22, is the high point in a weekend that brings Penn’s worldwide community of alumni back to Philadelphia for a chance to reminisce, catch up with old friends, party and welcome Penn’s newest alumni to the fold.
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A bridge across the digital divide
The first computer lab in a public school in Ecuador went up last spring. Next month, in Pune, India, a place where electricity works only some of the time, another new computer lab will go up. The builders are Puente (bridge in Spanish), a group of volunteer students who are bridging the digital divide between the haves and have-nots, spanning Philadelphia city streets, oceans and continents.
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A plan for moral space
When city planners talk about community, it’s usually in terms of physical spaces. So it comes as a surprise that in his latest book, “Open Moral Communities” (MIT Press, 2000), Professor of City and Regional Planning Seymour Mandelbaum has almost nothing to say about the physical realm. In a brief talk at the Penn Bookstore May 5, Mandelbaum explained that his book examines the types of moral communities humans form and how they work to bind people together.
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Time to decide your financial future
Attention all A-3s: You now have a chance to take charge of your retirement savings — if you act right away. In response to requests from weekly-paid staff, the University will allow participants in Penn’s Retirement Allowance Plan (RAP) to join the Tax-Deferred Retirement Plan (TDR) effective July 1, according to John J. Heuer, vice president for human resources. But to make the switch, employees must notify the Benefits Office no later than June 1. Each plan has advantages and disadvantages. So which one is right for you?
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“More students here have heard of Matthew Shepard... than are aware of the harassment and violence just four blocks away.”
Kurt Conklin is a big believer in prevention. When a rainbow flag outside his Powelton Village home made him the target of anti-gay harassment, he and his neighbors — who showed their support for him by flying rainbow flags from their homes — redoubled their efforts to promote town-gown dialogue with Drexel University students as a means of forestalling future trouble.
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Hope blooms for Taiwan
For those who are anxious about China-Taiwan relations in the wake of Chen Shui-ban’s victory in Taiwan’s recent presidential elections, James Lilley had one piece of advice: Calm down. Lilley, who served as U.S. ambassador to China from 1989 to 1991 and is now a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, gave this advice during an April 17 lecture in which he gave his views about the future of U.S.-China and China-Taiwan relations.