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Progressive farming
Progressive rock, folk rock and country rock all take a star turn on “The World Cafe” over the next two weeks. And in the midst of all this, there’s a tasty serving of Phish as well. Here’s the complete rundown: Thursday, Aug. 31 Steve Earle talks about and plays music from his latest album, “Transcendental Blues”
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Best book
Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D., Raymond Williams Term Chair and associate professor of communication, received the Best Book Award for “Remembering to Forget: Holocaust Memory Through the Camera’s Eye” (Chicago) from the International Communication Association in May. Foreign study fellowships Clarissa Su
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Style guide
After spending last year plumbing the depths of human nature, the Penn Humanities Forum has decided to spend this year doing something a little more, ahem, stylish. The Forum has put together a series of exhibits, talks and performances, all with a common theme — style. What is style, anyway? It’s not just decoration, or musical taste, or fashion or cuisine, though all of those are elements of it. At its heart, style is the expression of the human urge to express individuality, and many of the events in this year’s forum feature people doing just that by various means.
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CEO goes to Glaxo
Peter G. Traber, M.D., is going back to pure research. President Judith Rodin announced July 26 that Traber, CEO of the Health System and interim dean of the School of Medicine since February, has accepted an offer from GlaxoSmithKline to head its clinical pharmacology and experimental medicine division. Health System Chief Operating Officer Robert Martin, Ph.D., will take the title of interim CEO, and School of Medicine Deputy Dean Arthur K. Asbury, M.D., the Van Meter Emeritus Professor of Neurology, will serve as interim dean.
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Everyday science
The little computers that make many everyday devices work will work better in the future, thanks to a Penn research grant.
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Penn Researchers Win $2.2 Million for Efforts to Boost Reliability of Computers Embedded in Devices of All Types
PHILADELPHIA Computer scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have received a $2,184,300 grant to boost the reliability of the specialized miniature computers found in electronic devices all around us. The award, from the federal government Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration (DARPA), will support the researcherswork over the next three years.
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Penn Names New Director of Special Services
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- Patricia Brennan, who has served as acting Director of Special Services for the University of Pennsylvania Police Department since July 1999, has been named the new Director of Special Services, according to an announcement by Vice President for Public Safety Thomas M. Seamon. Her appointment will become effective August 15, 2000. As Director of Special Services, Brennan will be responsible for all support services for victims of crime, and will oversee the day-to-day operations of the special services team.
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University of Pennsylvania Health System CEO Will Move to Glaxosmithkline
PHILADELPHIA --- Peter G. Traber, M.D., interim dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, has accepted an appointment as head of clinical pharmacology and experimental medicine at GlaxoSmithKline, the health care company to be formed upon the merger of SmithKline Beecham and Glaxo Wellcome, according to an announcement today (July 26) by University of Pennsylvania President Judith Rodin.
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Dr. Neville Strumpf Named Interim Dean of The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
PHILADELPHIA --- Neville E. Strumpf, Ph.D., R.N., the Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor in Gerontology and Director of the Center for Gerontologic Nursing Science at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named interim dean of Penn's School of Nursing, effective Sept. 1, according to an announcement today (June 7) by President Judith Rodin and Provost Robert Barchi.
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Seamus Heaney
The rain began shortly after Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney began speaking Monday, May 22, at Commencement. But Heaney, whose best-selling new translation of “Beowulf” has put him atop best-seller lists and on the front pages of newspapers throughout the English-speaking world, spoke words no rain could wash away. Here are excerpts from the text of his speech.