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Mitchell to address Baccalaureate
Andrea Mitchell (CW'67), chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News, will be the speaker at this year's Baccalaureate ceremony on Sunday, May 17. President Judith Rodin selected Mitchell as Baccalaureate speaker after conferring with numerous University officials and the Trustees' Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee.
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How we're coping with Valentine's Day
A lot of us will spend Valentine's Day -- with or without sweethearts --with food. More than one chocolate lover shared their passion. No surprise there. So, attached or single, read these suggestions from your compadres on how to spend the day of love. Melissa Gluck, College, Class of 2000 I'll probably go to a cafe or something with my good friends who are also bemoaning being single.
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Music for lovers and music lovers
For Valentine's Day, host David Dye has collected love songs and classic duets from days gone by for a special Saturday edition of "The World Cafe." There's plenty more music to love during the regular weekday-afternoon editions as well. Featured artists performing during the next two weeks:
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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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Changes in health care challenge teaching hospitals
Should teaching hospitals accept government subsidies to shrink the number of residents they train? Probably. Will for-profit management of university hospitals jeopardize the quality of care? Maybe, maybe not. Should academic medical centers speed up their clinical research to satisfy pharmaceutical companies? Probably not.
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NEWS BRIEFS
Committee examines binge drinking President Judith Rodin has named a special committee on binge drinking and alcohol-related violence. The committee of 14 Penn faculty, staff and students will explore the recent rise in binge drinking at Penn, which mirrors national campus trends, and recommend strategies to reverse the trend and prevent alcohol-related violence on campus.
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Maureen Rush
Maureen Rush spent more than 10 good years on the Philadelphia Police Force before coming to Penn in 1994 to head up Victim Support and Special Services (now just Special Services). In her current role as director of police operations, Rush oversees the daily workings of the Division of Public Safety, recently centralized at the new headquarters at 4040 Chestnut St.
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Wharton course develops inner city
For a dozen years, an enterprising Penn professor and his students have been helping save struggling neighborhoods in Philadelphia, one house at a time. And the effort is spreading to other Philadelphia campuses.