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Health System wins National Quality Health Care Award
The University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) recently received the 1998 National Quality Health Care Award, one of the industry's most prestigious honors in the recognition of high-quality health care. The award was created six years ago by the National Committee for Quality Health Care (NCQHC) and is co-sponsored by Modern Healthcare, a healthcare trade journal.
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Penn veterinarian to identify dog star
More than a half century of breeding, exhibiting and judging show dogs has finally brought M. Josephine Deubler to this: She will determine exactly who is top dog this year.
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2002: A cyberspace odyssey
Just picture eager early-decision admits languishing through senior year in high school. "We've got all these kids panting to identify themselves with Penn, lining up to be our kids by December, and then we just bombard them with distracting junk mail for nine months before we let them do anything serious about Penn," e-mailed Jim O'Donnell, professor of classical studies and vice provost for information systems and computing, and, as if that weren't enough, faculty master of Hill College House.
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University City Historical Society to Recognize Individuals and Groups for Neighborhood Preservation Efforts
UNIVERSITY CITY --- The University City Historical Society will recognize two University City developers for their efforts in preserving the exterior facades of some of the area's most historic buildings. It also will honor two neighborhood groups for their efforts to protect the area's architectural heritage at a Victorian tea on Sunday, Feb. 15, from 4-6 p.m., at 802 So. 48th Street.
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Andrea Mitchell to Deliver Baccalaureate Address at the University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA --- Andrea L. Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News, will deliver the Baccalaureate Address at the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday, May 17, according to President Judith Rodin. The Baccalaureate will be held at 3 p.m. Mitchell, a Penn alumna, has been a member of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania since 1992. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Trustees and the Trustee Standing Committees on Academic Policy, External Affairs, and Honorary Degrees and Awards.
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Penn Names New Managing Director for Investments
PHILADELPHIA -- Landis Zimmerman, formerly associate director of investments for the Rockefeller Foundation, has been named managing director for investments at the University of Pennsylvania, according to Kathryn Engebretson, vice president for finance at Penn. Zimmerman began his new duties on January 19.
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Shooter caught
The man police believe shot a Penn student during an abortive carjacking attempt in November has been arrested. Philadelphia Police Detective Robert Stansfield of the Southwest Detective Bureau obtained a warrant Jan. 7 identifying Keith Schofield, 33, of the 4500 block of Walnut Street as the suspect, and police made the arrest two days later. Schofield, who was to be arraigned Jan. 21, is charged with attempted murder, robbery and related offenses for the Nov. 17 shooting of College senior James McCormack.
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New center focuses on service
The University has established a new center to coordinate community service, to be housed in the building formerly occupied by the Department of Public Safety, 3914 Locust Walk. The Community Service Learning Center, modeled after the Kelly Writers House, another program of the 21st Century Project for the Undergraduate Experience, will serve as a hub for students, faculty and staff who are interested in community service.
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Fossil indicates fish had fingers
The fish almost got away. But Biology Professor Neil Shubin and doctoral student Ted Daeschler, a paleontologist at the Academy of Natural Sciences, decided to take a closer look at the fossil they collected from a highway-widening project and found something dramatic: evidence that fingers and other limbs may have developed in fish before the first amphibians migrated onto dry land.
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"I love preaching. I'm a good storyteller, I think, because I read so many books to my kids."
At the blessing of her clerical robe before her ordination, Tess Fuller finally knew she had made the right decision. Photo by Candace diCarlo