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Stokowski celebrated, collection acquired
Photo by Candace diCarlo They came out to celebrate Leopold Stokowski -- you know, the guy that did "Fantasia."
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Plan may fix traffic tangle
If, some years from now, you no longer feel you are taking your life in your hands when you cross a busy intersection or ride your bike in Philadelphia, you may well have three Penn undergraduates to thank. That's because Herb Chan (EAS'99), Michael Loester (EAS'99) and Chris Wallgren (EAS'99) will spend the next year doing their part to make Philadelphia a little more bike- and pedestrian-friendly, with a little help from their adviser and a friend in City Hall.
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AWARDS AND HONORS
NEH funds two Penn projects The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded two large grants and a summer research stipend to Penn scholars. The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary project, directed by Ake W. Sjoberg, Ph.D., professor emeritus of Assyrian and curator of the Museium's tablet collection, received $270,600. The project, which began in 1976 with its first NEH grant, has so far published volumes on letters A and B; Sumerian has 18 letters. The Shakespeare Web site received $180,000 (see related story).
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Bill Ferris
William R. Ferris, Ph.D., describes himself as an independent. His appointment last fall to chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, succeeding former Penn President Sheldon Hackney, was viewed by many as a continuation of a move away from ideological, partisan players in the office. In an era of budget slashing in arts and humanities programs, Ferris is taking on his new role with enthusiasm and nothing short of sheer optimism for the future of the humanities.
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Gimbel Gym gets in shape
The University community will be able to sweat in style by the start of next semester, thanks to a $1.2 million makeover that will transform the first two floors of Gimbel Gym into a high-tech fitness center, replete with new weight training and aerobic equipment, video monitors, air conditioning and lots of natural light. Preliminary construction is underway on the gymnasium renovations, which received a $500,000 donation from Penn parents Ellen and Howard Katz, who will remain active in raising the balance needed for the redo.
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More learning, less teaching
The traditional University lecture is not dead, but it 's not the best model for learning. This message, delivered -- in a lecture format -- to about 70 people, was part of the keynote address for a recent student-organized symposium on the need for universities to shift from a teaching paradigm to a learning paradigm in educating their students. Lectures fall in the teaching paradigm category.
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Classiest class yet
More students than ever before applied here this year; and, more students than ever before were turned away by Admissions this year. Out of the 16,651 students who applied, Admissions offered only 4,837 (29 percent) the chance to be part of the Class of 2002, according to Admissions Dean Lee Stetson, who said the record-breaking numbers are exciting but challenging, in that those accepted will have many options.
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Penn bicyclists team up to fight MS
Two recently-appointed University of Pennsylvania Health System administrators are looking for others to join their fight against multiple sclerosis through bike riding. Pat Donahue, director of employee health services and international marketing, and Garry L. Scheib, executive director for network development in New Jersey, will co-captain the newly formed University of Pennsylvania Health System Team for this year's MS 150 City to Shore and Bike to the Bay fundraising rides in September.
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They're off and running
Washington has the cherry blossoms, San Juan Capistrano the swallows, and we have the Penn Relays. The nation's oldest and largest amateur track meet will bring top athletes from 35 countries and fans from all over together again for the 104th time on the last weekend in April. Officially, it's the Penn Relay Carnival, and all the activities that surround the event justify the use of the word, but the track and field events remain the heart and soul of Penn Relays weekend.
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Take good care of yourself
Photos by Dwight Luckey They came, they played, they got Twisted (above). And while they did, the students who turned out for last Friday's "Wellness Event" sponsored by the Undergraduate Assembly, Student Health Advisory Board, Jewish Activities Council, Student Nursing at Penn and the Recreation Department also improved their health in the process.