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Patrick Harker
Now that Wharton has a French connection and a branch in San Francisco, don’t think that’s the end of it. Patrick Harker, 42, Wharton’s dean for the past year, said in an interview two weeks ago that Wharton’s going to change even more. Behind his affable manner — a warm handshake and eyes that focus on whoever he’s addressing — is a mind working at warp speed to stretch Wharton, its faculty and its students in new directions. Q. What are your favorite projects since you’ve become dean? A. Well, that’s a hard question. There are a lot of good things.
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Penn's Oscars salute amazing staff
Hollywood has the Oscars. Broadway has the Tonys. And Penn has the Models of Excellence. The audience for this year’s second celebration of Penn’s best staff nearly filled the orchestra seats of Zellerbach Theatre. Provost Robert Barchi and Executive Vice President John Fry hosted the 45-minute awards ceremony. (“I get to read the award citations, and he gets to wear the fashion-plate clothes,” Barchi quipped.)
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Hot sun spots
Where is the best spot to get maximum wattage? Incoming freshmen often hear about the sunbathing scene on College Green. But some prefer a private nook, and catching some rays in the Quad certainly gets the job done for those who live right there. And who says that sunshine needs to be weather dependent? Some find it in their own disposition. Matt Dobrin, College ’02 “It seems like there’s only really one place at all — College Green. It’s the place. It’s where I go.”
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New center
Thanks to a gift from a prominent Philadelphia broadcaster, Penn has a new center for criminology. The Jerry Lee Center for Criminology brings together researchers engaged in work on crime, violence and crime prevention in several schools of the University, including Arts and Sciences, Education, Medicine, Social Work and Wharton. An official dedication ceremony on Oct. 15 will feature an address by former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, who will receive the first Jerry Lee Award on Research-Based Crime Reduction at the event.
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Census is off base on race
New racial statistics grabbed the headlines recently; the paper and evening news provided the latest Census counts of the population, broken down by race and ethnicity. We generally accept these facts as the result of scientific methods of data collection and analysis and think of them as politically neutral. However, we must remember that just as the Census results are used to shape our political landscape, racial categories are also political, with history and ideology behind them.
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Former Students Name Ancient Frog Fossil In Honor Of Peter Dodson
PHILADELPHIA Two former students have named a 75-million-year-old frog species in honor of vertebrate paleontologist Peter Dodson of the University of Pennsylvania. Dating to the Cretaceous era, the newfound species, Nezpercius dodsoni, also commemorates the Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans. The fossil frog was unearthed in central Montana, near where the tribe crossed the Missouri River as it was pursued toward Canada in 1877.
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Spurred By The WorldWide Fight Against Malaria, Scientists Release Parasite Genome Database
PHILADELPHIA An international team of scientists today unveiled an Internet-based database allowing genomic analysis of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for the vast majority of malaria deaths worldwide. Developed as a collaboration between two research teams at the University of Pennsylvania, the Plasmodium genome database breaks new ground in bioinformatics by permitting detailed analysis of a genome even before its sequencing is complete.
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"The Trotula: A Medieval Compendium of Women's Medicine"
Edited and translated by Monica H. Green 328 pages, nine black-and-white illustrations, $55.00 cloth
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New initiatives help grad students
When graduate student Kyle Farley came to Penn, he saw a university with an advantage over many of its Ivy peers: All the graduate and professional schools are on the same campus. But Farley, now in his fourth year as a Ph.D. student in U.S. history, also saw a down side. “Most people only knew people in their own graduate school,” he said. So Farley, now the chair of the Graduate and Professional Students Assembly (GAPSA), and Graduate Student Associations Council (GSAC) President Eric Eisenstein came up with a solution and wrote a proposal for a graduate student center.
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McCain to speak
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, whose recent race for the Republican presidential nomination inspired admiration across party lines, but not enough votes, will deliver the Commencement address at the 245th Commencement ceremony May 21. McCain, 64, has brought campaign finance reform to the top of the legislative agenda with the McCain-Feingold bill. He gained a reputation as a war hero after spending more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam’s infamous “Hanoi Hilton.”