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University of Pennsylvania Acquires Christian Association Property
PHILADELPHIA --- The University of Pennsylvania has acquired the Christian Association property at 3601 Locust Walk, according to a joint announcement today (Nov. 4) by University President Judith Rodin and Christian Association Executive Director, the Rev. Dr. Beverly Dale. Closing on the property occurred on Nov. 1, 1999. The purchase price of the property and the terms and conditions of the sale were not disclosed.
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A headline-grabbing architect comes to Penn
To an overflowing auditorium in Meyerson Hall, controversial architect Daniel Libeskind, the new Paul Philipe Cret Professor of Architecture, delivered a lecture Oct. 12 about two new museum projects he has in the works.
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Shake, rattle and roll
Annenberg Professor of Music Emeritus George Crumb rehearsing for the moment when he shook the stage with his maracas, cymbals, gourd, washtub and other percussive surprises at the premiere of his newest work, ÒMundus Canis.Ó The concert was a celebration of his 70th birthday at the Curtis Institute of Music Oct. 12. ÒMundus CanisÓ featured distinguished guitarist David Starobin and Crumb himself on percussion.
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Child welfare’s dirty secret
On an early June morning, an 8-month-old girl was taken to a Florida emergency room, where she died four hours later. Investigators found the baby’s family had been the focus of nine child abuse reports in the past four years. The mother was charged with beating the baby to death. At no time had the baby or her four siblings been removed from the home, nor had anyone considered terminating the mother’s parental rights.
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Researcher “reverse engineers” the mind
Never mind how the mind works. For many of the audience members shoehorned into 17 Logan Hall, the more pressing question was whether the sound system worked on Oct. 20, when Stephen Pinker, director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at MIT, explained to the crowd “How the Mind Works.”
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Little flies suggest big cures
For lonely night owls married to early birds, a new day may be about to dawn. Some new basic research conducted at the Medical Center on fruit flies may one day help scientists to reset the internal clocks of humans.
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A lot of Moxy on the World Cafe
Seems “The World Cafe” can’t get enough of Moxy Fruvous. The cheeky Canadians, an audience favorite at last year’s Singer/Songwriter Weekend, are featured yet again on Nov. 2 when the Cafe re-airs their earlier studio visit. But there’s plenty that’s new these next two weeks, too, including releases by Afro-Celt Sound System and the Indigo Girls. Here’s the complete rundown: Thursday, Oct. 28 Modern day bluesman Joe Louis Walker drops in to perform music from “Silvertone Blues”
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“In Calmer Times: The Supreme Court and Red Monday”
Arthur J. Sabin $35.00 cloth, 272 pages
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The treasures of Samarkand
Current readers should be quite familiar by now with Assistant Professor of Anthropology Frederik Hiebert’s expeditions that have revealed the richness of the ancient Silk Road civilizations of central Asia (Current, Jan. 14 and Sept. 16). Now, the rest of the world will have a chance to see those riches up close.
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The first DuBois Scholar speaks out
Jamarah A. Leverette (C’02), the first recipient of the W.E.B. DuBois College House Endowed Scholarship, knows the strength and value of her voice in the community.