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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
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Dousing alcohol abuse Among the best: A Penn program addressing alcohol abuse was cited by a publication that goes to college and university presidents around the country. The student-designed program -- a joint effort of the Drug and Alcohol Resource Team (D.A.R.T.), Students Together Against Acquaintance Rape (S.T.A.A.R.) and the Panhellenic and Interfraternity councils -- was recognized as an "exemplary campus-based effort" in the category of Environmental and Targeted Approaches, by the 1997-98 edition of the "Promising Practices Sourcebook."
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What CDs are getting the most play
Music lovers on Locust Walk told us which CDs they were wearing holes through. Classical is definitely out. American and British CDs are in. Mateo Ferguson, Wharton, Class of 1999 Joe, "All That I Am" "For the R&B lover in all of us. A voluptuous mixture of sensual rhythms and soulful ballads."
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Computer training offered
The Office of Information Systems and Computing's Technology Training Group offers hands-on training for many popular applications for personal-computer users of all skill levels. This month, the TTG will offer:
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Hearing research wins NAS award
Virginia Richards became the third Penn psychology professor to win a National Academy of Sciences Troland Research Award on Jan. 13. The 14-year-old award, named for the late Harvard University Professor Leonard Troland, bestows a $35,000 research grant to psychologists under 40 years of age.
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Chemistry prof crosses cultures in his music
Hai-Lung Dai, Ph.D., hesitated a moment, remembering his age. He's 43. "In Chinese calculation, I'm 44," he explained. "The moment you're born, you're one year old." Dai is a product of the chemical reaction between both cultures. Hai-Lung Dai directed a chorus for the Year of the Tiger