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University of Pennsylvania Library Collection Reaches Five Million Volumes with Donations from World Leaders
PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania Library's newest volumes include books donated by more than 50 world leaders, including Pope John Paul II, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. The works range from a modern CD to historic literature several hundred years old.
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Penn Chemist Ralph F. Hirschmann Among 12 Scientists Selected to Receive the 2000 National Medal of Science
PHILADELPHIA President Bill Clinton announced today that University of Pennsylvania chemist Ralph F. Hirschmann, Ph.D., is among 12 recipients of the 2000 National Medal of Science. Hirschmann and his fellow honorees will receive their medals at a White House dinner Dec. 1.
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NIH Director Named Vice Provost for Research
PHILADELPHIA --- Dr. Neal Nathanson, a renowned microbiologist and until recently the director of the Office of AIDS Research at the National Institutes of Health, has been named vice provost for research at the University of Pennsylvania, according to an announcement today by Provost Robert L. Barchi. In September, Nathanson stepped down from his position with the NIH, where he had served as director of the Office of AIDS Research since 1998. He will assume his position with Penn Dec. 1.
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Cheating meets its match
Let’s get things straight up front: Rikki Tannenbaum (C’01) is no tool. All she wants to do is make honesty cool. “I was no honor code avenger type,” said the political science major and president of the University Honor Council. “I just came at a time when the Honor Council was latent, and thought it would be a fun activity to revitalize it.” And revitalize it she has, taking it from its low-profile status during her sophomore year to a high level of visibility this year, as evidenced by the recently- concluded Academic Integrity Week.
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Andy Stern
The president of America’s largest and fastest-growing labor union was once a Wharton student, studying to get ahead in business. “After a year I realized it wasn’t the place for me,” laughs Andy Stern (C’72), international president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which represents more than 1.4 million service-industry employees across the United States.
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Kozol tells tales of inequality
In a speech rich in gentle anecdotes — like the one about Fred Rogers (of the TV neighborhood) getting a hug and kiss in the downtrodden South Bronx from a small boy who said, “Welcome to my neighborhood” — educational equality advocate Jonathan Kozol delivered a searing criticism of “American apartheid.” “People are set apart in squalid, isolated places so we can teach them squalidly. …Their only sin is to be born black or brown in a persistently undemocratic nation,” he said.
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When a college house is a home
I almost feel like Hemingway while sitting in the forest-green wicker chairs inside Café Prima. However, there are no bulls, I probably won’t get into a fight and Harrison College House is nowhere near Paris. Maybe I feel more like John Cusack. When I first heard that there was a café in a student residence hall, my first thought was of Pop-Tarts and single servings of scorching hot Ellis coffee. Then again, I went to a state school. Café Prima is something else. It has everything that Starbucks has at a fraction of the cost.
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Workshops for healthier living
You don’t have to be 50 to attend the programs offered by Penn Partners in Healthy Living. Partners provides regular health educational workshops and events, as well as newsletters and other materials, covering the health concerns of people 50 or older. If you have would like to receive the Partners mailings, call 1-800-789-PENN for a free membership.
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Center examines puzzling high death rate in childbirth
Back in the year 1900, pregnancy was risky business. And for some people, it still is. Even though maternal mortality rates have been plummeting in this country for the past century, serious problems remain — especially for African American women and women in developing countries.
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No turkeys here
“The World Cafe” has plenty of great new platters on the menu for November. And as befits the season of abundance, there are also a few choice leftovers: repeat broadcasts of visits by Teddy Thompson, Jess Klein and Erin McKeown. Thursday, Nov. 9 David welcomes Allison Moorer for an interview and music from her latest, “The Hardest Part” Friday, Nov. 10 Joan Osborne plays selections from her new album “Righteous Love” at Philadelphia’s Indre studios Monday, Nov. 13 An encore presentation of Teddy Thompson’s visit