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Righteous Dopefiend

Katherine Beals

Stocking stuffers

As the saying goes, the best things come in the smallest packages, and stores both on and near campus are well-stocked with plenty of these small gifts. Many of these trinkets are affordable and appropriate for office gift exchanges—maybe with the exception of the temporary tattoos (see below).

Working like a dog

Because a dog’s sense of smell is a thousand times more sensitive than a human’s, canines are regularly used to detect bombs and other explosives. They sniff out illegal drugs and endangered plants, and they can use their snouts to reveal ailments such as cancer, diabetes and seizures.

Penn's Marie Gottschalk and Charlene Compher named 2009-10 Fulbright Scholars

Marie Gottschalk and Charlene Compher of the University of Pennsylvania have been awarded 2009-2010 Fulbright Scholarships.

News Briefs

Helping out around the holidays

Penn is encouraging faculty, staff and students to take a few minutes this winter to donate a toy, warm winter coat or holiday meal to those in need.

In the spirit of W. E. B. Du Bois

Photo credit: Candace diCarlo

Zane Grey

Photo credit: University Archives “A sharp clip-clop of iron-shod hoofs deadened and died away, and clouds of yellow dust drifted from under the cottonwoods out over the sage.” – “Riders of the Purple Sage”

Penn's Dean of Admissions answers questions on live webcast tonight

  Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Eric J. Furda, Penn’s dean of admissions, will be fielding questions from potential students and their parents tonight on a live webcast from 7 to 8:30 p.m.