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Michael Wachter
Penn gets ready for the Next Big Thing -- distributed learning. In the first collaboration of its kind, the University recently announced it has teamed with Baltimore-based Caliber Learning Network Inc. in a distributed-learning agreement that will propel traditional classroom experiences into the age of the Internet
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APPOINTMENTS
Six Faculty Fellows have been appointed to the new comprehensive College Houses. The new Fellows will begin their two-year terms on July 1 and will live and dine in the College Houses with their families, bringing House residents into daily contact with Penn's scholars and teachers. They are informal advisors, program initiators and bridge builders to the other resources of the University. Faculty Fellows are selected by Faculty Masters in consultation with students and staff within each College House.
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Penn welcomes her far-flung sons and daughters back
The University Commencement is traditionally a time for both looking back and looking ahead. The 242nd Commencement ceremony itself, along with the graduation exercises in Penn's 12 graduate and four undergraduate schools, honors the achievements of Penn's latest graduating class as well as the contributions Penn alums and others have made to society.
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The stuff of life made visible
Pennsylvania artist Stacy Levy's site-specific installations serve an educational as well as an aesthetic purpose: they make natural phenomena and aspects of nature that we either cannot see or often ignore plainly visible through sculpture. Levy's work will be much in evidence around Penn over the next month, with two indoor works opening May 17 at the Institute of Contemporary Art and her latest outdoor installation, "Wissahickon Food Web," being formally unveiled that same morning at the Morris Arboretum.
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A world of theater for children
Now that the big kids are going away for the summer, it's time for the little ones to have fun. And fun -- along with drama, adventure, myth, music, crafts and food -- is the order of the day at the 14th annual Philadelphia International Theatre Festival for Children, which returns to the Annenberg Center May 20-24. Five indoor theaters will feature nine different productions from performers and companies around the world, with a special focus on Montreal artists in keeping with the center's year-long Montreal Festival.
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Three elected to NAS
Three members of the faculty of the School of Arts and Sciences were among the 60 new members of the National Academy of Sciences elected this year. Douglas S. Massey, the Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology, has received numerous awards and honors for his research and writing on residential segregation in America, including three major awards for his 1994 book "American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass."
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Summer goals
We were thinking summer fun, but the crowd on Locust Walk had other plans. Kobie Xavier, College, Class of 2000 I want to work and take classes. My goal this summer is to get my Arts & Letters requirement fulfilled and also my History & Tradition requirement. I also want to gain experience on my own here in Philadelphia.
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Penn doctor's Russian ties
It helps to know the local language. And it was Patrick Storey's familiarity with the local language that helped him gain the trust of Russian officials over more than three decades. As associate dean for International Medical Programs in the Medical School, Storey has built on that trust to help Penn forge strong ties with one of Russia's leading medical institutes.
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Four Guggenheim Fellowships awarded to Penn profs
Four professors have been awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships: Eugene W. Beier, professor of physics, was recognized for his work on neutrinos emitted by the sun; Larry Gross, Sol Worth Professor of Communication at Annenberg, was recognized for work on lesbians, gay men and the media; Mauro F. Guillén, assistant professor of management at the Wharton School, was recognized for work on business, labor and globalization in Argentina, South Korea, and Spain; and
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Panelists discuss service learning
Judge Learned Hand got it wrong when he said, "The academic who becomes engaged in social issues will find that he is selling his birthright for a mess of pottage." But scholars can benefit from research and teaching tied to current community issues. This was the rough consensus that emerged from the Penn faculty and students who participated in the second annual Kellogg Conference on Linking Intellectual Resources and Community Needs, held April 27 at the Faculty Club and University City High School.