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Skeleton may be Maya king
Two clues from an ancient skeleton led a research team headed by Professor of Anthropology Robert J. Sharer to think they had an extraordinary find. The researchers were burrowing under the mound of a major Mayan ruin deep in a tropical forest, participating in the Early Copán Acropolis Program, a cooperative effort between the University of Pennsylvania and the Honduran government to explore the mound's interior.
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PERFORMANCES / LECTURES / EVENTS January 14-28 EDITOR'S PICKS Professor of Chinese Literature Victor Mair's discovery of 3,000-year-old, blonde-haired, blue-eyed mummies in northern China is the subject of a documentary feature on PBS' "Nova" series Tuesday, Jan. 20. "China's Mysterious Mummies" airs at 8 p.m. and again at 11 p.m. on WHYY (Channel 12).
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Penn sells Gutman Farm
Through an agreement with the Heritage Conservancy, a non-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving natural and historic resources, and local neighbors, the University has sold the 211-acre Gutman Farm in Bucks County for $3.75 million. The resources will be used by the Graduate School of Fine Arts.
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"It's sort of like going to see a tightrope walker. The audience appreciates that you're taking a risk."
TOM MCMANUS Position: Senior Regional Director for the Office of Admissions Length of service: 3 years. Other stuff: If it's got an audience, he'll be on stage. At 25, Penn alum Tom McManus (C'94) so liked his work study job in the Office of Admissions that he found a way to stay at Penn after graduation, first working in Alumni Relations for a year, and then working in Admissions.
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Pa. Book Center finds new home
The University and the Pennsylvania Book Center have signed a letter of intent to relocate a beloved independent bookseller to the 3900 block of Walnut Street. The agreement will spell a happy ending for patrons who in forums across campus vociferously bemoaned the possible loss of the store to upcoming University development. The new store would be next to Eat at Joe's, the late-night diner scheduled to open on that block in February.
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Quoted recently
"There's no question that workers would be better off if they're allowed to sleep for 25 minutes." David F. Dinges, M.D., director of the Experimental Psychiatry Unit at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, in an article about corporate acceptance and encouragement of afternoon naps in the workplace. (Washington Post, Dec. 7)
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Getting published takes drive
College junior Michael Schein headed out on the highway for a cross-country road trip with his father a few years back and a novel idea was born -- well, not a novel, but an instruction manual, with a twist. "Teenage Roadhogs," published this year, is Schein's take on the dry read that is the Department of Motor Vehicles' how-to manual for new drivers. Plugged as "written by a teen for teens," the alpha books release offers Schein's common-sense tips, humorous anecdotes and sample driving test questions.
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Performers from down the street and Down Under
Who's dropping in at "The World Cafe" over the next two weeks? Among the musical notables host David Dye will welcome are singer-songwriters Trish Murphey (Wednesday, Jan. 14), Alanah Davis (Friday, Jan. 23) and John Hiatt (Monday, Jan. 26), jazz legend Grover Washington Jr. (Monday, Jan. 19), former Smithereens lead singer Pat Denizio (Tuesday, Jan. 20), Australian band Eva Trout (Thursday, Jan. 22) and Portuguese world/classical group Madradeus (Tuesday, Jan.
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Administrative Appointments
Richard R. Beeman, Ph.D., professor of history, has been named associate dean for Undergraduate Education and director of the College, effective Jan. 1.
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Racism and athletes' misdeeds
On average, we read about two athletes a week getting in trouble with the law -- drugs, alcohol, violence in games, and especially violence against women. In many of those stories, we read about how the institution of pro sports is breeding lawless men who care nothing about social norms or their society and community, but only about themselves.