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B. Kadeda Burgess
WHO SHE IS: Administrative Assistant, Office of Regulatory Affairs YEARS AT PENN: 6; 4 in her current role. WHAT SHE DOES: Burgess collects research submissions from principal investigators, research coordinators and students, puts together the proposals and disseminates them to the right place. “I love to see the younger ones come in who are going for their Ph.D’s,” she says.
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Summer, naturally
Go ahead, be good to yourself. At Penn’s Wellness Wednesday workshop series you can learn about the ancient practices of massage and acupuncture for free. “The main mission is to keep people healthy throughout the year,” says Stephen McCann, the office and wellness coordinator in the Office of Health Education. Similar workshops were so popular last year that the Office doubled the number of massage and acupuncture classes available to the Penn community this summer.
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ISC’s one of the best—again
The results are in, and once again Penn is a great place for techies to work. Computerworld magazine named the University one of the “Best Places to Work in IT.” Penn ranks ninth in the nation and first in the region. This is the second year Penn has been included on the list (#8 overall in 2005).
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College 101 for teenagers
This month a dozen or so Philadelphia high school students will participate in a mock trial at Penn Law. Another group will study and handle human brains and a third will create and teach an educational project to younger students. The teens will be on campus for five weeks as part of a new initiative created by the Philadelphia School District in partnership with Penn’s Office of the Provost.
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Life on the ocean wave offers change of pace for data analyst
Ed Stemmler has seen pelicans, dolphins and whales on the open water. He’s sailed through dense fog and glorious sunsets, and been up and down the Atlantic coast, all in the Gazela—a Philadelphia-based large sailing vessel built in 1883.
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Staff Q&A: Lizza Robb
STAFF Q&A/Lizza Robb works from home. And since home is a popular Mt. Airy restaurant, life sometimes seems like one big feast for this SP2 staffer. “They actually get more out of me if I work from home.”
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Alumnus Gives $1 Million to Penn Engineering and Law
PHILADELPHIA -- A $1 million gift from Harold and Renee Berger will benefit the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Law School at the University of Pennsylvania.The gift will create the Harold and Renee Berger Auditorium and Lobby in Skirkanich Hall, the new bioengineering facility, and the Law School's Harold and Renee Berger Seminar Room. It will also support annual giving at the Law School.
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Quick Reaction "Chromophores" Emerge as New Class of Semiconductors, Suitable for Nanoscale Electronics
PHILADELPHIA -- The future of high-speed electronics might very well be defined by linking together small, "electrically jumpy" molecules called chromophores. According to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and St. Josephs University, electrical charges can zip along chains of linked chromophores faster than any electrical charge yet observed in organic semiconductors, beating the previous benchmark in this regard by a factor of three. Their findings suggest the use of chromophore-based circuitry that could create nano-sized electronic components for numerous applications.
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Live on the Web: What Incoming Freshmen Want to Know About the College at Penn
PHILADELPHIA-- Incoming freshmen in the University of Pennsylvania's College of Arts and Sciences can register for courses and communicate with academic advisors face-to-face before the fall semester begins without stepping foot on campus thanks to a series of live webcasts. Participants can submit questions before and during the webcasts July 12, 2-3 p.m. (EDT), and July 26, 6-7 p.m. (EDT), by logging onto www.college.upenn.edu/freshmen/webcast/index.html.
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The Penn Science Cafe Presents: A Physicist Looks at the Phenomena of Vision
The Penn Science Cafe Presents:Let There Be Light: A Physicist Looks at the Phenomena of VisionWhat: The Penn Science Cafe, a lecture series open to the public that takes science out of the laboratory and treats it to a night on the town. The Penn Science Cafe can be your chance to ask your questions directly to leading experts. WHO: Vijay Balasubramanian, professor of physics and astronomyWHERE: The MarBar 40th and Walnut streets, PhiladelphiaWHEN: 6 p.m., Tuesday, June 27