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How to get to the top
Reformed workaholic John Fry, executive vice president of the University, now keeps his work life and his family life strictly separated, and he thinks everyone else should be able to as well. “Those who are the most successful [on the job] are … those with the best balance between work and family,” Fry told a lunchtime audience of about 50 aspiring go-getters May 15.
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Decoration day
Did the rain dampen the enthusiasm of this year’s graduates? No, but according to our photographer, it may have dampened the creative impulse: it seemed that more people this year kept their mortarboard decorations to modest “Thanks, Mom” messages and things like that. But among those who did go for showier fare, there were some outstanding efforts, including a great group project by the graduating class of the School of Veterinary Medicine.
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From bad luck to bright future
Edain Velazquez (EAS’00) is only 21 years old and yet his life has already had more twists and turns, deeper sorrows, greater success, than you can find in a Dickens novel. A mysterious birth, poverty, a catastrophic gunshot wound, a guardian angel with a life-changing gift, a journey cross-country to a private, privileged world. An Ivy League degree.
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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.
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Gadfly slams the conventional wisdom
Perhaps documentary filmmaker/television producer/professional gadfly Michael Moore was unaware that he was not speaking to a group of journalists-to-be. No matter. The latest graduating class of the Annenberg School for Communication nearly split its collective seams laughing at Moore’s graduation address May 22, in which he lit into the news media, the American education system and the conventional wisdom about the current state of the economy.
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Penn finds a better way to do business
The Business Enterprise Network — BEN to its friends — will soon open on a Web site near you. Designed to streamline Penn’s elaborate financial management information systems program (FinMIS), BEN is an adaptation of a ready-made database system that includes specific features for Penn’s needs.
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More time for fun this summer
With the less hectic pace of summer at Penn, there’s more time for you to take advantage of the Penn Recreation Department’s many facilities and classes.
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A summer sampler
“World Cafe” regulars know they can expect everything from big names to undiscovered gems on the show. With that in mind, we’re not even going to try to pigeonhole the coming month’s featured performers — besides, it’s not in the spirit of the Cafe. Have a great summer! Thursday, June 1 Ween visit the studio to perform music from their latest album, “White Pepper”
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Summer in the city
We had hoped to be able to give you the complete rundown on all the fun activities the Summer Sessions staff have lined up for the lazy season in the day-to-day listings above. Unfortunately, Summer Sessions Director Valerie Ross and her colleagues were still hard at work snaring faculty and booking films and trips, so instead of giving you details, you’ll have to settle for the big picture here. For those of you who were around last summer, all of your favorite events are back again this summer.
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Two from Hughes
Two University faculty performing research in genetics were among 48 scientists in the nation named Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators last month, an honor that will give them long-term funding for their research and pay their salaries while allowing them to remain on the faculty.