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Who we'll miss most when "Seinfeld" ends
After nine years of New York angst with Jerry, George, Kramer, Elaine, even Nnnnewman, they’re leaving us -- except, of course, in reruns, where they’ll live in perpetuity. Who will we mourn the most, we wondered, when they exist only on the great rerun network in the sky?
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Wills makes case for public arts support
Is there a case to be made for continued government support for the arts and humanities? Yes, according to noted author-scholar-critic Garry Wills. But it's not the case most supporters of government arts funding make.
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Rick Beeman
The biggest regret Rick Beeman, Ph.D. , has about his new post as dean for undergraduate education and director of the College, is that he no longer has time to take his Bernese mountain dog, Chief Justice John Marshmallow (Johnny) to doggy play group near Swarthmore College. But Beeman has a solution: In the morning, he asks Johnny if he wants to go to work, and if he jumps in the car, off to work they go. A similar sense of fun invades Beeman's teaching style -- he's been known to dress as Davy Crockett for his crowd-pleasing history lessons.
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After three decades, a quest fulfilled
A famous television ad from the late 1960s showed Abraham Lincoln being rejected for a job because he lacked a college diploma. Gayle Collins (ASC'98) can relate. As she described it, the typical response she got from employers when looking for professional jobs was "Oh, you're perfect for this. Oh, you don't have a degree? Sorry, you're no longer perfect."
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Penn Offers Cash Incentive to Increase Home ownership in University City
PHILADELPHIA --The University of Pennsylvania has established two new housing initiatives -- including a cash incentive program -- and enhanced its Guaranteed Mortgage Program to increase the number of people buying homes in University City, according to Penn President Judith Rodin.
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Karlawish Awarded Brookdale National Fellowship for Aging Research
PHILADELPHIA -- The Brookdale Foundation has awarded University of Pennsylvania Health System physician Jason H.T. Karlawish a fellowship to study the ethics of Alzheimer's Disease clinical research.
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Penn Announces Lowest Increase in Total Undergraduate Charges in 30 Years
PHILADELPHIA -- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania have approved an increase of 3.9 percent in total undergraduate student charges for the 1998-99 academic year, the lowest percentage increase in three decades, according to Penn President Judith Rodin. The Trustees also approved enhancements to the University's financial aid program aimed at keeping it one of the largest and most competitive financial aid programs in the country.
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Help for cancer patients and their loved ones
For cancer patients, their family and friends, and for those hoping to reduce their risk of cancer, the University of Pennsylvania Health System offers support and encouragement through workshops and educational programs.
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Hoppy days are here again
Fans of malt and hops rejoice: world-famous beer and Scotch whisky maven Michael Jackson returns to the University of Pennsylvania Museum for two special Food Network Book and the Cook events on March 27 and 28. Friday evening's "Old Casks, Old Scotch" dinner features a variety of single-malt scotches personally selected by Jackson, along with foods picked to complement them prepared by the Museum Catering Company.
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Penn acquires Zinman collection
Before book superstores-cum-coffee bars and before Web shopping and Oprah's book club, popular books were peddled door-to-door across the country in the form of hardcover sample books - sort of coming attractions for books, designed to hook customers into signing on for purchases. Penn's library recently acquired a collection of more than 2,000 such books from the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection, reportedly the largest of its kind, was purchased from Robert Seymour and Michael Zinman.