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Get a house, sha n’na na, sha n’na n’na na
The Office of Community Housing is offering workshops for homeowners and prospective homeowners who are members of the Penn community. Here’s a list of upcoming classes: Community Housing 101: Get general home buying information and learn about Penn’s Guaranteed Mortgage Program. Wednesday, May 16 and June 20, noon to 1 p.m. and 1 to 2 p.m. in Room 720, Franklin Building, 3451 Walnut St.
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“The theory has to be raked over by our colleagues.”
Burt Ovrut, professor of physics and one of the authors of a breakthrough theory on the origin of the universe that brings the Big Bang theory into question (Arizona Republic, April 17)
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“I have this urge to express all this pent-up emotion.”
Panna Naik, a cataloguer in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, writes books of poetry that hold first prize from a state government, are required reading at her alma mater and have earned her a national reputation as a pioneering feminist poet. Haven’t heard of her? That might be because all these accolades take place in Naik’s native country of India. She moved to the United States with her husband more than 40 years ago but remains relatively unknown here because she writes in her native tongue, the northwest Indian language Gujarati, and has not yet published any volumes in English.
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Housing The Homeless Mentally Ill Pays For Itself, According To University Of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA uge amounts of money are being spent in ways that keep the homeless mentally ill on the streets even though the same amount of money could provide them with housing. A study conducted by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania tracked the cost of nearly 5,000 mentally ill homeless people in New York City for two years and for two years after they were housed. The study results are being published in Housing Policy Debate, a journal of the Fannie Mae Foundation, the largest foundation dedicated to affordable housing.
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Three University Of Pennsylvania Scientists Claim Sloan Fellowships For 2001
PHILADELPHIA Three young scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have been named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows for 2001. The highly competitive awards will support research by Penn biologist Marc Schmidt and Penn physicists Jay Kikkawa and Matthew Strassler during the next two years.
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Many Children Improperly Measured In Doctors' Offices
PHILADELPHIA -- A three-year study evaluating primary-care pediatric practices has found that about two-thirds of children may be improperly measured, possibly leading to the misdiagnosis of growth disorders. "Parents look to the growth of their infants and children as one of the leading indicators of their child's health," said Terri Lipman, a University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing professor and one of the study's co-principal investigators. "Yet, our study found that due to improper technique and inappropriate equipment, many children are improperly measured."
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Penn Faculty Members Named Fellows Of American Academy Of Arts And Sciences
PHILADELPHIA Three University of Pennsylvania faculty members who have distinguished themselves in communications, music and economics have been elected Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, dean of Penn Annenberg School for Communication and director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center ; Robert Summers, professor emeritus of economics; and Gary Tomlinson, professor of humanities, will join the new class of 185 Fellows and 26 Foreign Honorary Members from 15 nations.
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Black Congregrations Have A Higher Rate Of Providing Social Services In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA When it comes to social services provided by religious congregations in Philadelphia, black congregations are on top. In a study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work entitled "Black Church Outreach: Comparing How Black and Other Congregations Serve Their Needy Neighbors," Penn researchers Ram Cnaan and Stephanie Boddie report that black congregations had a higher rate of providing social services, with an average of 2.4 programs per congregation. Other congregations had an average of 2.25 programs.
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Scientists Receive $1.4 Million To Study Materials That Can Interchange Sound Waves And Electrical Signals
PHILADELPHIA The Office of Naval Research has awarded $1.4 million to a consortium of universities and research laboratories, including three materials scientists from the University of Pennsylvania, to study materials that can convert sound waves into electrical signals and vice versa.
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Penn animal docs answer English SOS
Two Penn veterinarians are lending a hand in efforts to halt the foot-and-mouth disease crisis in the British Isles. Research associates Linda Baker and Helen Aceto, who work at the New Bolton Center, the University’s large-animal hospital and teaching facility, left for England two weeks ago for a month of volunteer work to help overwhelmed British veterinarians cope with the fast-spreading disease.