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The moral of his story: Movies can teach
Can amoral Hollywood really provide moral instruction to those of us sitting in the dark? Robert Cort C’68,G’70,WG’74, the producer of 52 films, including “Three Men and a Baby” and the soon-to-be-released “Against the Ropes” starring Meg Ryan, not only thinks so, he’s written a novel, titled “Action” (Random House, 2003), that proves it. “We who make movies have a role and a responsibility,” he explained in a telephone interview. “Today, we are in a fallow creative period. We are not making movies that provide emotional substance.”
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Speakers agree society profits from nonprofit work
The great majority of Wharton School graduates go on to lucrative careers in private industry or financial services, where they spend their careers figuring out how to maximize profit for shareholders. More than 100 students jammed into a Steinberg-Dietrich Hall lecture room Oct. 2 to hear professionals from the private and nonprofit sectors, including four Wharton graduates, discuss how they maximize profit for society as a whole.
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Corporate cash has up, down sides
Should universities tack on advertising logos to their sports teams’ shirts, just so they can make millions of dollars in revenue? Should schools accept all unrestricted donations from companies to benefit research? How many classes should universities offer online? These are tough questions, and as such, present tough choices for universities, said Derek Bok, president emeritus of Harvard University. Bok spoke at a Graduate School of Education-sponsored lecture Oct. 2 about “The Commercialization of Higher Education.”
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BOOKQUICK/New from the University Press
Covering the story of prejudice against Jews from the time of Christ through the rise of Nazi Germany, “The History of Anti-Semitism” presents a balanced, careful assessment of this egregious human failing that is nearly ubiquitous in the history of Europe. “From the Time of Christ to the Court Jews” systematically traces hatred against Jews as it developed from Roman times to the end of the 18th century. This volume demonstrates that organized anti-Semitism was unknown until the First Crusade.
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Street and Katz try to sway student voters
Adding to an already divisive campaign, Democratic Mayor John Street and Republican challenger Sam Katz squared off at Irvine Auditorium Oct. 1. Though the event was promoted as a nonpartisan, educational forum, the crowd appeared to be one-sided, vociferously cheering the challenger and raining disapproval on the incumbent. Street, slated to speak first, was 20 minutes late. Though each candidate was scheduled to deliver a speech for 15 minutes and then answer questions, Street spoke for less than 10 minutes.
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Penn Professor to Work on Math Education Strategies for Inner City Students as Part of New $10 Million Center
PHILADELPHIA- The Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania will be among three participants in a five-year, $10 million National Science Foundation grant to create a center for improving mathematics education in city schools. The center will focus on discovering how urban children learn math, equipping teachers with effective instructional strategies and developing a research-based model for successful math education in America's cities.
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Penn Dental Pediatric Clinic Mural to Be Dedicated Oct. 16
PHILADELPHIA -- Children waiting to see a dentist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Pediatric Clinic can now enter an undersea world of imaginary adventures through a new hand-painted mural.
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Richard Estes Visits Sweden to Discuss Social Development
WHO: Richard Estes, professor of social work at the University of Pennsylvania and president of the International Society of Quality of Life Studies WHAT: Lecture and news conferenceWHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003, 10 a.m. WHERE:Statistics Sweden in Stockholm Richard Estes will deliver a major address at the annual Conference on Swedish Quality of Life sponsored by Statistics Sweden in Stockholm.
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Campus remembrances of conflicts past
Illustration by Bo Brown Dear Benny, I was walking past the west wing of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center the other day and noticed there is a plaque dedicated to the memory of the Penn alumni who perished on 9/11. Are there other memorials on campus to Penn alumni, faculty or staff who died in other conflicts? — Lest We Forget
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A new way to control your credit card
Carl Gunter, professor of computer and information science, has designs on your credit cards. He wants to turn them into smart cards. He’s already got one—a Barclays Bankcard with a tiny gold square on the front, no bigger than a thumbtack, which is a programmable computer chip.