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No B.S. Henry Louis Gates Jr., who had been scheduled to speak at the next SAS Dean’s Forum Lecture on March 23, had to cancel. The good news? The School has found an able replacement: Harry G. Frankfurt, author of the bestselling “On Bullshit.” Go to www.sas.upenn.edu for more information. . Change of the guard
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Staff Q&A: Bob Gutowski
STAFF Q&A/Bob Gutowski shares his love of nature as head of Morris Arboretum’s public programs. “You’ve never seen an evening gown that’s as beautiful as a cedar waxwing.” Bob Gutowski paid his first visit to Penn’s Morris Arboretum in the 1960s when he was making ends meet with landscaping jobs. “My employer came out here to ask some questions of the rose gardener,” he recalls. “It was like going into a Dickens novel. I have a dim memory of huge overgrown honeysuckles.”
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Burning away the pain
When Dottie Brown was in high school she worked at a local veterinary practice, learning valuable real-world lessons about her career of choice. But even as a teenager, Brown sensed something odd about the way the veterinarians of the day treated—or maybe more accurately, didn't treat—their patients' pain.
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Mind the Nanogaps: Penn Researchers Create the First Reliable Method for Making Gaps for Nanotech Apps
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have announced that they have bridged a major obstruction in the creation of nanoscale electronics by developing a simple, reliable and observable method of creating tiny, tiny gaps between electrodes.
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The Oscar goes to ...
Q&A/This film scholar and author of a book about Hollywood culture talks about the past and present of the Oscars—and what the future holds for the movie industry. “I think people still like the experience of going to movies. It’s ... a communal experience.” Making movies is hardly an exact science, says Peter Decherney, so it’s a bit of a guessing game to know what’s going to spark an audience’s interest and what’s going to flop.
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. at Penn
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Richard Ford on writing
Another look at Katrina Richard Ford on writing
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Americana dream
Since early this decade, when bands such as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs emerged from New York’s trendiest borough, Brooklyn, NY, has been a hotspot for promising new acts (such as Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) as well established acts looking for a music-centric home away from home (think former Philly locals Marah and Matt Pond PA). Flying under the hipster radar all along has been Hem, whose beautiful 2002 debut, “Rabbit Songs,” generated buzz with its mix of rootsy Americana, dreamy chamber music arrangements and, most notably, the soaring voice of Sally Ellyson.
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A fluid history
Top Stories Ask Benny: The great Schuylkill donut-smell mystery Out and About: A fluid history