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One world, one orchestra
What does it sound like when Syrians and Israelis, Serbs and Croats sit down together and play? It sounds marvelous. And it just might sound like hope.
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Big bucks from NCI
The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center (UPCC) was awarded $26 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) — the largest National Institutes of Health grant ever received by Penn. The five-year Core Grant is 62 percent larger than last year’s award to the UPCC, which is dedicated to cancer research, control and prevention.
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Pols have a poverty of ideas
Promises, promises. The candidates hand them out with increasing frequency as Election Day approaches. But some members of the electorate have received no promises this year. In a booming economy, poverty in America remains overlooked by many.
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Smells like schizophrenia
To get a better understanding of the origins and causes of schizophrenia, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Bruce Turetsky and colleagues in the School of Medicine followed their noses and sniffed out some intriguing information. Building on research that is producing clues about how schizophrenia affects the brain, Turetsky used a smell test developed at Penn to study how well schizophrenics could identify scents and objects based on their smell.
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New stuff from old faves
Veteran blues-rocker Joe Cocker pays a call on “The World Cafe” Oct. 27 to promote his new release “No Ordinary World,” and Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks also strut new stuff during these next two weeks. Here’s the full schedule. Thursday, Oct. 26 Whiskeytown front man Ryan Adams drops by the Cafe studios for an interview and performance featuring music from his debut solo album, “Heartbreaker”
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"An Unsettled Conquest: The British Campaign Against the Peoples of Acadia"
Geoffrey Plank 256 pages, 17 black-and-white illustrations, $29.95 cloth Through much of the 18th century, the former French colony of Acadia — permanently renamed Nova Scotia by the British when they began an ambitious occupation of the territory in 1710 — experienced bitter struggles for sovereignty.
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New research chief builds a community
Think a Kelly Writers House for research. A central place where undergrads from every school can find advice on how to get involved in the creation of new knowledge — research. It’s the new Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF), under the directorship of A rt Casciato. “We picked him because he’s wonderful,” said Deputy Provost Peter Conn. Shortly after the appointment last month, Casciato, 50, could barely contain himself about his newest job.
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Promise for rent
A new partnership to preserve and develop moderate-cost rental housing in the University City area was announced earlier this month. At an Oct. 12 gathering to announce the partnership, representatives from local universities and the worlds of finance, real estate and politics filled a grassy corner of Clark Park at 43rd and Baltimore as area farmers set up their wares nearby.
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Balkan Dawn
The popular uprising and takeover of the Parliament building in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on Oct. 5 is one of the most dramatic victories for law and democracy in recent European history. To understand why, it is useful to review some of the developments in the Balkans that led to this event.
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“You’re nervous at first and then you start singing. And the music just takes you away.”
Audrey Smith-Bey’s father didn’t want her to grow up to be a professional singer. Fortunately, she ignored her father’s advice. While it’s not her main line of work, Smith-Bey has made a name for herself locally as a jazz vocalist. And she’s become a part of the campus musical scene, performing at several Penn and Penn-sponsored events, often accompanied by Assistant Professor of Music Guthrie Ramsey.