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A role model returns
Growing up in North Philly, Salome Thomas-EL dreamed of slam-dunking his way to fame and fortune as a basketball star. That never happened, but Thomas-EL, a gifted child, aced his way through school, graduated from college and quickly landed a high-profile Manhattan media career.
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Ask Benny: How to donate your bike to charity
Dear Benny,What is the policy regarding removal of abandoned bikes from Penn-owned bicycle racks? Who’s responsible for removing them, and how often is this done? — Wondering About Wheels
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In good company Among the many honors bestowed upon Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Marie Curie was membership in the American Philosophical Society. Now a Penn professor and the chairman of a Penn Museum board have been added to those exalted ranks: Bruce Kuklick, the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History and A. Bruce Mainwaring, chairman emeritus of the Museum’s Board of Overseers from 1991 to 1995.
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In focus
Whether he tackled controversial subjects like sex and violence (“A Clockwork Orange,” 1971), injected stunning visual effects and innovative music into the sci-fi genre (“2001: A Space Odyssey,” 1968, left) or toyed with the film noir narrative structure (“The Killing,” 1956), director Stanley Kubrick’s style was always recognizable. It’s an amazing feat, considering that the notoriously detail-obsessed—and later reclusive—director had only 14 fiction films to his credit from 1953 until his death in 1999.
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Penn Hosts National Conference on Domestic Violence
PHILADELPHIA -- In partnership with the Philadelphia Mayor's domestic violence task force, The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work is hosting its second conference on domestic violence, "Finding New Directions for Responding to Intimate Violence," June 25-26, at Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut St.The conference is part of the mayor's initiative to address the issue after a 20 percent increase in domestic violence calls to 911 last year and the murders last summer of eight Philadelphia women, including a police officer, by their partners.
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New Website Tracks National Polls to Predict 2004 U.S. Presidential Race Winner and Call Other Elections
PHILADELPHIA-- Politicalforecasting.com is a virtual one-stop-shop for tracking major national public opinion polls and getting an unbiased prediction of who will win the U.S. presidential election and other races.The hallmark of the site, the "Pollyvote," currently forecasts President George W. Bush's re-election by a slim margin.
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Homeland Security and Civil Liberties Conference at Penn Law School
Homeland Security and Civil Liberties Conference at University of Pennsylvania Law School WHO: Eyal Benvenisti, Tel Aviv UniversityMarion Spike Bowman, FBIDavid Cole, Georgetown University Law CenterFrank Dunham, federal public defender, attorney for suspected terrorists Yaser Hamdi and Zacarias MoussaouiMarwan Kreidie, director, Philadelphia Arab American Development CorporationSeth Kreimer, Penn LawKenneth Lassus, Fort Sam HoustonTom McShane, U.S. Army War College
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Appointments
Doug Lynch has been named the new vice dean for graduate admissions and executive education in the Graduate School of Education. In this role, Lynch—who came to Penn April 1—oversees admissions policies for GSE’s traditional and non-traditional programs. Lynch will also assist faculty in the development of executive model and continuing education programs.
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Achtung Penn!
On May 17, students will receive an official send-off from Penn and have a chance to hear an address from Bono, the man with one of the most recognizable—and perhaps influential—voices of this generation. Not only has he achieved worldwide success as lead singer and songwriter for the rock group, U2, Bono has put his fame to good use by co-founding DATA (Debt AIDS Trade Africa), an organization through which he works to raise awareness and action in wealthy countries to fight against poverty and AIDS in Africa. For his efforts, Bono (that’s Bono, Esq.
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“Nothing” to see at ICA's new exhibit
Institute of Contemporary Art Senior Curator Ingrid Schaffner once put on a show in New York about people who want everything—those who collect material possessions to try to fill their lives. Now, she’s launched a show about nothing. With the help of Associate Curator Bennett Simpson and Whitney-Lauder Curator Tanya Leighton, Schaffner and the ICA are leading “The Big Nothing,” a citywide celebration of, well, nothing, that opened this month and runs through August 1.