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A peek into an emerging science
The game of chess can be described using fewer than a dozen rules. Yet we’ve been playing it for centuries and have yet to exhaust all the possible sequences of moves those few rules permit. That, in a nutshell, describes what psychologist and computer scientist John Holland is now studying — how a few relatively simple building blocks can combine to produce systems of enormous complexity.
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Eduardo Glandt Named Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA --- Eduardo D. Glandt, a distinguished member of the faculty of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania for more than two decades, has been named dean of the school, according to an announcement today (Nov. 8) by University President Judith Rodin. The appointment will become effective upon confirmation by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.
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University of Pennsylvania Acquires Christian Association Property
PHILADELPHIA --- The University of Pennsylvania has acquired the Christian Association property at 3601 Locust Walk, according to a joint announcement today (Nov. 4) by University President Judith Rodin and Christian Association Executive Director, the Rev. Dr. Beverly Dale. Closing on the property occurred on Nov. 1, 1999. The purchase price of the property and the terms and conditions of the sale were not disclosed.
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A headline-grabbing architect comes to Penn
To an overflowing auditorium in Meyerson Hall, controversial architect Daniel Libeskind, the new Paul Philipe Cret Professor of Architecture, delivered a lecture Oct. 12 about two new museum projects he has in the works.
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Shake, rattle and roll
Annenberg Professor of Music Emeritus George Crumb rehearsing for the moment when he shook the stage with his maracas, cymbals, gourd, washtub and other percussive surprises at the premiere of his newest work, ÒMundus Canis.Ó The concert was a celebration of his 70th birthday at the Curtis Institute of Music Oct. 12. ÒMundus CanisÓ featured distinguished guitarist David Starobin and Crumb himself on percussion.
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Child welfare’s dirty secret
On an early June morning, an 8-month-old girl was taken to a Florida emergency room, where she died four hours later. Investigators found the baby’s family had been the focus of nine child abuse reports in the past four years. The mother was charged with beating the baby to death. At no time had the baby or her four siblings been removed from the home, nor had anyone considered terminating the mother’s parental rights.
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Buildings bloom in building boom
Be careful where you walk these days, lest you bump into a backhoe. Yesterday’s empty lot is now sprouting bricks. And it seems that every time you sneeze, there’s a groundbreaking. In case you haven’t noticed it yet, the campus is in the middle of the biggest building boom since the 1960s. And like the previous binge, this one will also produce a dramatically different Penn.
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Researcher “reverse engineers” the mind
Never mind how the mind works. For many of the audience members shoehorned into 17 Logan Hall, the more pressing question was whether the sound system worked on Oct. 20, when Stephen Pinker, director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at MIT, explained to the crowd “How the Mind Works.”
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Little flies suggest big cures
For lonely night owls married to early birds, a new day may be about to dawn. Some new basic research conducted at the Medical Center on fruit flies may one day help scientists to reset the internal clocks of humans.
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A lot of Moxy on the World Cafe
Seems “The World Cafe” can’t get enough of Moxy Fruvous. The cheeky Canadians, an audience favorite at last year’s Singer/Songwriter Weekend, are featured yet again on Nov. 2 when the Cafe re-airs their earlier studio visit. But there’s plenty that’s new these next two weeks, too, including releases by Afro-Celt Sound System and the Indigo Girls. Here’s the complete rundown: Thursday, Oct. 28 Modern day bluesman Joe Louis Walker drops in to perform music from “Silvertone Blues”