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If you find your patience tested by too many workday interruptions, try spending a morning with Jane Nelson.
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JoAnn McCarthy is the new face of Penn’s international relations, as of March 1. McCarthy has been appointed Assistant Provost for International Affairs, and will work to develop and implement Penn’s global strategy, oversee initiatives to increase visibility in the international arena and encourage and promote international activities through the University, among other duties.
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—H. Lee Sweeney, chairman of physiology at the Penn School of Medicine, on the athletes who e-mail him inquiring whether gene therapy could make them better. Gene therapy, some say, could becoming a new doping fad, but Sweeney and others warn the practice has its dangers. (The Toronto Star, Jan. 16, 2005)
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PHILADELPHIA -- Michael E. Harris has been appointed associate vice president in the Office of the Executive Vice President at the University of Pennsylvania. He assumes his new position Feb. 1.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Two new companies based on technologies developed at the University of Pennsylvania are among the seven start-ups receiving seed capital today from BioAdvance, the Biotechnology Greenhouse of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, which develops diagnostic tools for Alzheimer disease, and Marillion Pharmaceuticals, which creates target cancer chemotherapies, will each receive $500,000 as part of the Greenhouse fund third cycle of investment.
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PHILADELPHIA -- "Sam Maitin: A Life in Art" will be on display Feb. 10 through April 17 at the Arthur Ross Gallery, 220 S. 34th St., on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. Additional works will be concurrently shown at Steinhardt Hall, home of Penn Hillel. The Arthur Ross Gallery is open Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Exhibitions are free and open to the public.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Whether it is barn-raising or crafting a business plan, humans are among the few creatures that are able to work well cooperatively. According to an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, our success at cooperation results from three distinct personality types.
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Expert Comment on Privatizing Social Securityfrom the University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolJan. 20, 2005David Skeel, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, teaches, researches and writes about corporate and bankruptcy law
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Included in this special report: Penn's own environmental force of nature talks about preparing the next generation to save the planet Cultivating a "green" culture
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Included in this special report: Penn's own environmental force of nature talks about preparing the next generation to save the planet Cultivating a "green" culture