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External overseers named
A committee of distinguished research scientists from across the country was appointed by President Judith Rodin to review the oversight and monitoring of clinical trials at the Institute for Human Gene Therapy (IHGT) at the Medical Center.
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Awkward gracefully strolls down memory lane
Blame it on Mom. On second thought, give Mom the credit. It may be reductionist to put it this way, but if it were not for his mother, Michael Awkward (Gr’86, Hon’97) might not have become a feminist literary scholar.
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Grownups should know better
The recent wave of shootings at high schools across the nation, it appears, has claimed more innocent victims: freedom of thought, the right to privacy — and an 11th-grader at Friends Central School. The 11th-grader was expelled after Friends Central administrators received a transcript of a private e-mail exchange with a friend in which he argued that we should “kill off the stupid and crazy people.”
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Caveman research serves justice
How did a guy who studies Neanderthals for a living end up helping to exonerate a 15-year-old wrongly accused of rape? Alan Mann, a professor of anthropology and the curator of the physical anthropology collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, starts from the beginning.
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New blues and Brits
A new release from bluesman Joe Louis Walker and a debut from English singer-songwriter Leona Naess are among the highlights on “The World Cafe” in the coming weeks. But first, host David Dye has to return from Park City, Utah. Thursday, Feb. 17 David Dye continues with reports from the Sundance Music and Film Festival
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New Leadership Team Named for The University of Pennsylvania Health System
PHILADELPHIA --- A new leadership team has been named for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, according to an announcement today (Feb. 17) by University President Judith Rodin. She said that Peter G. Traber, M.D., chair of the department of medicine, has agreed to become the interim dean of the School of Medicine and CEO of the Medical Center and the Health System until "...we undertake a thorough, formal search for permanent leadership."
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Institute for Human Gene Therapy Responds to FDA
PHILADELPHIA --- The Institute for Human Gene Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania today (Feb. 14) filed its response to Inspectional Observations made by the Food and Drug Administration on Jan. 18, 2000, as the result of its investigation into the death of Jesse Gelsinger, an 18-year-old with a rare metabolic disease who was participating in an experimental gene therapy trial for the disease known as ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency, an inherited disorder that in its most common form causes death in affected newborn males due to a genetic defect in the liver.
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Patrick T. Harker Named Dean of The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA --- Patrick T. Harker, a distinguished member of the faculty of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania for more than 15 years, has been named dean of the school, according to an announcement today (Feb. 8) by University President Judith Rodin. The appointment will become effective upon confirmation by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on Feb. 18, 2000.
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“What comes to mind is Elsie the cow. One of the great icons of history no longer exists.”
Joseph Turow, professor of communication, on how some food companies have come to de-emphasize where the products they sell come from. Borden officials say Elsie’s still around. (The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 19)
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“I think the experience here at Penn plants a seed of what college life could be.”
If Teresa Maddox and Shamara Davis become novelists or literary critics someday, they’ll have Stephanie Perkins-Lane to thank. Okay, that may be stretching it a bit. But in her role as a Penn VIPS mentor, Perkins-Lane is exposing the two Sulzberger Middle School students to both the worlds of work and academic life while providing them with emotional support and encouragement.