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Government to the rescue. Not.
Two former mayors staged a bipartisan lovefest at Irvine Auditorium July 31, but a prominent critic of one of them managed to get in a few zingers. At a panel discussion on “The Future of the City,” Philadelphia’s Ed Rendell, now general chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Indianapolis’ Stephen Goldsmith, now George W. Bush’s chief domestic policy advisor, both noted that cities have come to rely more on their own resources in staging their revivals.
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They got connections — and T-shirts
I spent a sweltering June Monday in search of techno-geeks, and discovered that the taped-glasses-and-pocket-protector stereotype is passé. Instead, by their Palm Pilots shall ye know them. Actually, I didn’t have to search too hard. More than 300 of them, from some 60-odd colleges and universities throughout North America, had descended upon Penn from June 23 to 27 for the ResNet 2000 conference.
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Philly cops did their homework
Barely two weeks after live footage of Philadelphia police officers beating a fleeing suspect made national headlines, the Philadelphia Police Department received praise for its handling of street protests during the Republican National Convention. We asked Lawrence Sherman, director of the Fels Center of Government and an advisor to Philadelphia Police Commissioner John Timoney, to comment:
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“It was just like, Oh my God, I never knew there were so many things you could do with computers and whatnot.”
To get a plum job, it helps to make the right connections. Unfortunately, most Philadelphia high school students have little or no opportunity to make them.
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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.