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John Glick
For more than a decade, John Glick, M.D., has served as director of the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center. Last month he was named director of the newly established $100 million Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute within Penn's Cancer Center. "As a cancer survivor for 12 years, I understand the importance of patient-centered approaches in research and clinical activities," said Madlyn Abramson. "To that end, personalized and compassionate care will be the goal of all Abramson Institute efforts."
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Provost committee reports secondaryviolations in Marrow eligibility
The University, on Jan 2, self-reported violations of the NCAA Bylaws to the Ivy League, the result of a student-athlete practicing and playing in Penn football games this fall while not enrolled full-time. "A cardinal principle of [our] athletic programs is that participation in sports and games be strictly, in all respects, by the rules," said Provost Stanley Chodorow in his report to the Ivy League. "Penn strives to teach its athletes, from their first day on campus, that playing fairly is as important as playing well.
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Foreign exchange Nearly 3,000 of Penn's students come from other countries. That makes Penn 11th in foreign enrollments among U.S. research institutions, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported Dec. 12. The research institution with the highest number of foreign enrollments is Boston University, a school that actively recruits, followed by NYU and USC. In terms of percentages, Penn ranks fifth highest: 2,949 foreign students translates to 13.3 percent of students here. Tops in percentages is Columbia, followed by Harvard. Penn is second among U.S.
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SAS appoints new dean
After conducting a national search, the University named one of its own, Samuel H. Preston, Ph.D., as dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Dec. 18. Preston, the Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography, known internationally for his population studies, has been on the faculty of the Department of Sociology since 1979, and is long-time director of the Population Studies Center here.
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Rodin to Clinton: More money for research
Penn President Judith Rodin last month asked President Bill Clinton to increase federal investment in basic research. Noting bi-partisan proposals that would double federal support for research in the next 10 years, Rodin called upon Clinton "to take the lead on this issue." Rodin, who serves on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, urged Clinton to boost budgets for science across the board. She noted that investments in science today will determine the quality of our lives in the future.
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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.