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The president of America’s largest and fastest-growing labor union was once a Wharton student, studying to get ahead in business. “After a year I realized it wasn’t the place for me,” laughs Andy Stern (C’72), international president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which represents more than 1.4 million service-industry employees across the United States.
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In a speech rich in gentle anecdotes — like the one about Fred Rogers (of the TV neighborhood) getting a hug and kiss in the downtrodden South Bronx from a small boy who said, “Welcome to my neighborhood” — educational equality advocate Jonathan Kozol delivered a searing criticism of “American apartheid.” “People are set apart in squalid, isolated places so we can teach them squalidly. …Their only sin is to be born black or brown in a persistently undemocratic nation,” he said.
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PHILADELPHIA Fernando C.N. Pereira, Ph.D., has been named Andrew and Debra Rachleff Professor and chair of the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1, 2001.
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Geoffrey Plank 256 pages, 17 black-and-white illustrations, $29.95 cloth Through much of the 18th century, the former French colony of Acadia — permanently renamed Nova Scotia by the British when they began an ambitious occupation of the territory in 1710 — experienced bitter struggles for sovereignty.
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Think a Kelly Writers House for research. A central place where undergrads from every school can find advice on how to get involved in the creation of new knowledge — research. It’s the new Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF), under the directorship of A rt Casciato. “We picked him because he’s wonderful,” said Deputy Provost Peter Conn. Shortly after the appointment last month, Casciato, 50, could barely contain himself about his newest job.
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A new partnership to preserve and develop moderate-cost rental housing in the University City area was announced earlier this month. At an Oct. 12 gathering to announce the partnership, representatives from local universities and the worlds of finance, real estate and politics filled a grassy corner of Clark Park at 43rd and Baltimore as area farmers set up their wares nearby.
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The popular uprising and takeover of the Parliament building in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on Oct. 5 is one of the most dramatic victories for law and democracy in recent European history. To understand why, it is useful to review some of the developments in the Balkans that led to this event.
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PHILADELPHIA The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has awarded a $10.5 million grant that aims to establish the Philadelphia region as a high-tech hotbed of nanotechnology an atom-by-atom approach to building products that many scientists believe has the potential to inspire a technological revolution. The grant, from the Pennsylvania Technology Investment Authority (PTIA), establishes a Regional Nanotechnology Center with the goal of remaking the Delaware Valley as "Nanotech Valley."
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Audrey Smith-Bey’s father didn’t want her to grow up to be a professional singer. Fortunately, she ignored her father’s advice. While it’s not her main line of work, Smith-Bey has made a name for herself locally as a jazz vocalist. And she’s become a part of the campus musical scene, performing at several Penn and Penn-sponsored events, often accompanied by Assistant Professor of Music Guthrie Ramsey.
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Karen Su, Ph.D., has been named director of the University’s newly-created Pan Asian-American Community House (PAACH). Formed in response to the growing Asian presence on Penn’s campus, PAACH will serve as a resource center for the Penn community concerning Asian-American issues and the role that Asian-Americans have played in the history and culture of America.