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First scientific director for Abramson Institute

Craig B. Thompson

Cheer for the needy

All around the campus, your fellow Penn employees are gearing up to share the spirit of the holiday season with those less fortunate. Here are a few of the events and gift drives taking place this month:

Al Filreis

Muscle pull

Body builders Brad Block (C'01) and Russell Kling (W'01) pump up with a towel before competing in the lightweight division of the sixth annual Mr. and Ms. Penn Body Building contest, Nov. 10 at International House. The women's track team, which produced the sell-out fundraising event, also performed, and the overall winners were, for Mr. Penn 1998, Sheldon Martin (a research assistant at the Medical Labs) and Ms. Penn 1998, Quianna Snooks (C'01). Photo by Mark Garvin

What we want for the holidays

Tell me what you want, what you really, really want." No, it's not the Spice Girls - they're so five minutes ago. But that question was on our minds as we enter another frantic, spendthrift holiday season. Of course, answering it is not always an easy task, but our reporter on Locust Walk did manage to find out what a number of you really, really want for the holidays.

South Africans learn to act locally

It's one thing to fight for your right to run your own country. It's quite another to actually run it, as Moss Ngoasheng and Ketso Gordhan have learned. Which is what led the two government officials to take a little time off from their duties and brush up on municipal finance at the Wharton School this fall.

Comfort and joy - and some kickin' riffs

Christmas Eve may be a "silent night" by "World Cafe" standards, but they'll make up for it the next day with a rockin' Christmas celebration. The Cafe crew will also fill the holidays with live visits from alterna-rockers moe and They Might Be Giants and encore performances from Lyle Lovett and Keb' Mo'. Here are the highlights of the "World Cafe" schedule for the rest of the year: Thursday, Dec. 3 Sony/550 Music cult rockers moe perform music from their new release "Tin Cans and Car Tires" in the studio

Reports lack balance out of Africa

The scholars and journalists who met at Penn Nov. 20 to discuss "African News Coverage in the U.S. Mass Media" all emphasized the need for reporters to dispel misconceptions by getting to know the countries and peoples of Africa on a personal level. But there was some difference of opinion on whether Africa's image would improve as a result.

Fagin termed living legend in nursing

Claire Fagin

Searches underway

The search is on for two new deans - one for the Law School, and another for the Wharton School, University officials announced Nov. 9. Gary Hack, dean of the Graduate School of Fine Arts, has agreed to chair the search committee for a new dean of the Wharton School. Richard Herring, professor of finance and vice dean and director of the Wharton Undergraduate Division, will chair the search committee for the new dean of the Law School.