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Job postings change
The University's job listings have moved, and so has the Penn Job Application Center. The new Job Application Center has five computer stations with Internet access, and offers help with completing applications. The center, open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, is at 3550 Market Street, Suite 110, telephone 222-3400. Listings of what's open are also available to anyone with Internet access on the new Human Resources Web site.
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Survey results challenge faculty assumptions
In today's fast-paced, highly interactive, communication-oriented society, traditional lecture and discussion courses no longer stimulate students the way they once did. In fact, students are eager for courses that provide hands-on learning experiences linked to real-world problems. But, as my research on the subject demonstrated, the potential for academically-based community service to enrich the undergraduate curriculum at Penn remains unrealized, and students, faculty and administrators all have a role to play in changing this situation.
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"People don't even give it a chance -it's 'Ewww! Oooh! How can you do that stuff?'"
Photo by Candace diCarlo JEANNETTE TASEY Position: Medical photographer, Biomedical Communications, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Length of service: 3 years Other stuff: She has also studied guitar construction and repairs guitars on the side.
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Program engenders new areas of study
What a difference 25 years makes, and the Women's Studies program is celebrating just that. Between 1964 and 1974, the women's experience at Penn transmogrified like no other: In that time, the University ceased to monitor women's social lives; the College for Women became integrated with the entire University; women started writing for the school newspaper; student governments merged; and women got organized on a grand scale.
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"The Language of the Heart, 1600-1750"
"The Language of the Heart, 1600-1750" by Robert A. Erickson, $36.95 cloth; 296 pages. If the heart is most often associated with love, its meanings in the early modern period were far more complicated and unstable. In "The Language of the Heart, 1600-1700," Robert A. Erickson contends that the making of the modern world coincided with the reconfiguration of gender and that the changes in the representation of the heart both reflected and helped produce this shift.
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Civic House creates hub for outreach
Junior Engineering student Eric Lindberg snatched up pamphlets and flyers that beckoned students to get involved in community activities. He stopped by the opening of Civic House, 3914 Locust Walk, last week to see what his friends had been up to and came away with what organizers had hoped -- a civic streak. "I am impressed by all the work and time they took putting this together," Lindberg said. "It inspired me to get involved."
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The greening of Hillary Aisenstein
Hillary Aisenstein (C'99) arrived at Penn from Las Vegas, full of vague notions about community service and involvement. Then, last year, she saw the light, and learned a lot about University City in the process. This summer, she decided to help turn her new neighborhood green, and has learned even more about University City and Philadelphia. Photo by Tommy Leonardi
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Doctor bias plays role in prescribing hormone replacement therapy
Doctors reluctant to prescribe hormone-replacement therapy for menopausal women may be victims of biased thinking. A recent study on the decision-making of gynecologists and obstetricians in prescribing hormones for menopausal women shows that even some well-informed physicians may choose not to recommend hormones when they probably should. The study by Jonathan Baron, Ph.D., Penn professor of psychology, is scheduled to appear in the October/November issue of the journal Medical Decision Making.
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CAMPUS BUZZ
They finally made book: After months of delicate negotiations, the Pennsylvania Book Center has finally signed a lease that will keep the store on campus. Look for it to move to the eastern part of Sansom Common -- you've known it up to now as "The Shops at Penn" -- later this fall. Other smooth moves: Over the summer, Roses Florist and University Jewelers took up residence in the same complex; look for Auntie Anne's Pretzels to join them soon. University Copy Service is now at St. Leonard's Court at 3819 Chestnut St.
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It's not painless
When my 16-year-old nephew killed himself in 1995, I learned first-hand about the devastation of suicide. The title and lyrics of the "M*A*S*H" theme song are wrong; suicide is definitely not painless. I saw pain everywhere -- in the eyes and on the faces of his classmates and friends he left behind. I saw the torture and pain that his parents and brother had to bear then (and ever since). And I felt it in my own eyes and face and in my heart.