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LGBT Center gift keeps Penn out front
David Goodhand (C’85) and Vincent Griski (W’85) left Penn with more than a good education. They left with each other, and with fond memories of the place where they met — a place where they both say they felt comfortable and supported as gay men. Now, 15 years out, the couple is returning that support in a big way. On Oct. 11, during the National Coming Out Day rally on Penn Commons, Goodhand and Griski announced that they were donating $2 million to the University for a new home for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Center.
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Quickie lunch
Though the best quickie lunch options may not be the best anymore when too many people know about them, we figured we would ask — Where can we get a decent lunch in 15 minutes or less? Pete Coppa, Wharton ’02 “I’ll go with the Greek Lady. She puts on a lot of sweet peppers.” Libby Irwin, College ’02 “Williams [Hall]. It has a line but it’s not like a cafeteria. They have a mean salad and good oatmeal raisin cookies.”
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Lee Nunery
Vice President for Business Services Lee Nunery’s got the white shirt and suit. But the tie is a surprise. It’s inspired by an object in the University of Pennsylvania Museum’s collection. It’s a subtle sort of branding, an object-oriented way to increase Penn’s name recognition in the world at large. Administrators had been considering it for years, but it took Nunery to make it happen. He joined Penn last year after working in banking, and before that as vice president of the NBA, responsible for business development and human resources.
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Pols woo voters
Pennsylvania State Treasurer Barbara Hafer, a Republican, and Democratic State Senator Allyson Schwartz urged women to “reclaim the power of the vote” at a rally at the Annenberg Center Sept. 28. The bipartisan pair were the featured speakers at the “When Women Vote, Women Win!” leadership forum, urging women to participate in politics, especially in this year’s presidential election. “We cannot afford to sit on the sidelines,” Schwartz said, citing issues that influence women’s votes such as health care, environmental issues and gun control.
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The theory and practice of Napster
A professor who teaches a class on ethics and technology sees the issues around Napster a little differently than his students do. But both say Napster deserves to survive. “While it’s primarily used right now for copyright violation, it’s a general-purpose tool for sharing information across a large number of computers,” said RCA Professor of Artificial Intelligence Mitchell Marcus. “Software that allows peer-to-peer sharing of information across large networks will actually be important for uses that are legitimate.”
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A week to honor integrity
Just because some famous person lifted material from a classmate’s paper when in college doesn’t mean it’s OK to plagiarize. And though it may cost in the short run, in the end, ethical behavior is its own reward. These are some of the messages that will be delivered by scholars, researchers, and a noted whistle-blower during Academic Integrity Week, which begins Monday, Oct. 23. And this year, it’s not just a Penn observance. Mayor John Street has proclaimed a citywide observation and will present a copy of the proclamation to President Judith Rodin on Friday, Oct. 27.
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Off to college, 32 years after high school
Steve Garlinger never considered himself the academic type. “When I was in high school, I took a trade-prep course in carpentry,” he said. “I was into the practical part, but not the book part. I did just enough bookwork to pass my courses and get out of there.” Now, after a stint in the Army, two jobs and three decades, he’s found out he was wrong about himself, much to his delight. And it happened purely by chance.
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NSF Renews Support of Penn's Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter with a $17 Million Grant
PHILADELPHIA The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $17 million grant to the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM) at the University of Pennsylvania. The NSF funds, to be matched by approximately $2.1 million in University support, will allow one of the nation pioneering materials research centers to continue its work developing innovative materials ranging from synthetic proteins to carbon fibers with unrivaled strength.
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“Haute Cuisine: How the French Invented the Culinary Profession”
Amy B. Trubek 224 pages,13 b/w illustrations, $24.95 cloth
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Product designer scoots to success
Ulrich takes a Xootr ride. That's his Narbeth home — a former church — at right. Photo by Candace diCarlo