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Southern blacks weren’t the only ones who sang the blues. From the 1920s to the 1950s, Turkish musicians blended classical and folk forms to produce songs about hardship and perseverance that have been called the “Middle Eastern blues.” No musician did it better than Udi Hrant Kenkulian, a blind Armenian master of the oud, a 12-string fretless lute. His fame further grew through numerous world tours, including stops in the United States, prior to his death in 1978.
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A third of the way through our interview, Lipika Goyal (C’01) got a feeling of déjà vu. “I feel like I’ve said the same quotes in every publication that’s come out,” she said in response to a question about her summer research in India and Ghana. She’s been answering similar questions in one interview after another since her Rhodes Scholarship award was announced.
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A new Annenberg Public Policy Center institute will draw together scholars across campus engaged in research on reducing risky behavior in teens. The new Institute for Adolescent Risk Communication is backed by a $25 million endowment from the Annenberg Foundation, President Judith Rodin announced Dec. 13. The new center’s goal is to help communicators devise strategies for reducing high-risk behavior such as drug use, smoking, suicidal behavior and transmission of sexual diseases.
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White togas…bearded philosophers…marble pillars…and rape? Which one doesn’t seem to mesh with ancient Greece? If you said “rape,” Ed Harris, a classical studies professor at Brooklyn College, would beg to differ with you. Speaking to an intimate crowd of classical studies scholars in Logan Hall in November, Harris opened his lecture “Did Rape Exist in Classical Athens?” with a precise answer to that inquiry.
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Looking to keep that New Year’s resolution about getting into shape? The Recreation Department is the place to keep it. Faculty, staff and students can use the swimming pools, basketball courts, squash courts and tennis facilities at Hutchinson and Gimbel Gyms free of charge. In addition, fitness center memberships, locker and towel service and personal trainers are available at reasonable rates.
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It’s hard to think of Gavin Hoffman as somebody’s son. At 6 feet 6 inches, he’s just too tall for that. But don’t tell his parents, who have flown from their home in Minnesota to every one of his games, including a game in Hawaii. The other thing about Hoffman’s height is it makes it hard to miss him. On top of that, he’s a sports hero, the starting quarterback of Penn’s championship football team and the Ivy League’s Most Valuable Player for 2000.
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Rebecca Harmon has been named chief public affairs officer for the University of Pennsylvania Health System effective Dec. 1. Harmon will be responsible for the overall development and direction of the Health System’s communications efforts, including media relations, community affairs programs, and the Health System’s internal publications, which include Penn Medicine, PennPulse and HUPdate.
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Pennsylvania Current has received a gold award in the Internal and External Publications category of the 2001 Accolades Awards program, run by District II of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). The Current was the sole gold award recipient among the 32 periodicals submitted to the competition by schools in the Middle Atlantic states and Ontario, the region covered by CASE District II. Among other things, the judges cited the paper’s appearance and its fresh treatment of familiar stories.
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Ozzie and Harriet have gotten divorced, had surrogate babies, have become single parents and may soon fight over the true parent of their cloned infant. All these changes in their lifestyle are being taken to court, and family law has to figure out what rights each of them and their children and the grandparents have.
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The Penn Law School has played a groundbreaking role in American legal education over the course of its 150 years. That much was made clear when Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, told the story of another trailblazing woman in her remarks at the Law School’s 150th anniversary celebration Nov. 17.