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Page-turners: New books from Penn authors
Sure, you’ve heard their names around campus. Now it’s time to read their work. Here’s just a small sampling of new, recent and upcoming books by Penn authors, all of which are available for sale at the Penn Bookstore. “Closely Observed” In arresting black and white images, photographer (and former internist and anesthesiologist) Baldeck captures the cycle of birth, growth and decline in the botanical world.
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Likelihood of HPV Vaccination Affected by How Information Is Presented, Penn Study Reveals
PHILADELPHIA -The way that the vaccine for human papillomavirus is described can impact whether women decide to seek vaccination, according to a study by researchers at the Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication.The research was presented in Boston at the American Association for Cancer Research's 5th Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.
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How did that trolley car get there?
Dear Benny,Crossing campus the other day I was surprised to see what looks like a vintage trolley at the entrance to the SEPTA station at 37th and Spruce streets. What’s up with that? Did SEPTA actually pay to beautify one of its stations? Seems highly unlikely if you don’t mind me saying.—Impressed but Skeptical
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Year of Egypt
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology “I’m not going to say I believe in the curse of King Tut,” said Egyptian Section Curator David Silverman at a preview of Penn Museum’s new exhibit last week, “but we’ve had our problems.” Those included a power failure that took several days to fix and assorted snafus involving light bulbs and Plexiglas.
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Iraq spurs big day for Democrats
How well did the Democrats fare on Election Day? “It was a terrific night for the Democrats—probably not as [good] as some were hoping. It was about as good an evening as they could have reasonably expected,” says Don Kettl, political science professor and director of the Fels Center of Government.
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Cult city
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo The blockbuster King Tut exhibit that lands at the Franklin Institute in February will give fans of Tutankhamun plenty of treasures to marvel at. Right now, though, here on campus Egyptophiles can learn about Tut’s childhood home in an exhibit put together by three Penn Museum curators, including David Silverman, the curator in charge of the national show.
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Skirkanich—an engineering success story
According to Eduardo Glandt, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the architects he chose for his school’s newest building are famous for “over architecting.” They sit in the dark, he said on a recent tour of Skirkanich Hall, “and think and think” about every detail. “Which is just the kind of architect you want.”
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Ahead of the Current: Alejandro Escovedo
When the editors of No Depression magazine—the bible of the alternative country movement—took it upon themselves to name just one artist as the genre’s “Artist of the 1990s,” they passed over such stalwarts as Uncle Tupelo, Steve Earle and Neil Young and instead gave their cover over to a little known singer-songwriter from Mexico named Alejandro Escovedo. “Name another artist who has sustained such a long, varied, and enormously rewarding career,” No Depression wrote at the time.
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Settlement House
By The Current Staff Photo credit: University Archives Penn’s Christian Association, in existence now for more than a century, has pioneered gay and lesbian peer counseling programs, formed a Black Students League and launched a Women’s Erotic Empowerment series.
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Ethics matter
According to Richard Clarke, former counterterrorism director under presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, there’s really only one way to restore honor to public service: “Have people [join] the government who believe in honesty, integrity and ethics.” This, said Clarke, the main speaker at the University Honor Council’s Integrity Week, is the “best antidote to stupid and corrupt and unethical government.”