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Pearson Education and the Wharton School Launch Wharton School Publishing

Upper Saddle River, NJ/Philadelphia, PA - February 18, 2004 Pearson Education, the world's leading education company, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, one of the world's premier business schools, today announced the launch of Wharton School Publishing, an innovative new player in global business publishing. Wharton School Publishing will provide practical knowledge that can be applied by business leaders to make real change in their professional lives. 

Penn Law School Symposium on Brown v. Board of Education Ruling's Impact

Penn Law School Symposium on Brown v. Board of Education Ruling's ImpactWHO:Michael Eric Dyson, University of Pennsylvania Professor in the Humanities and Religious StudiesJody Armour, University of Southern California Law SchoolChristopher Bracey, Washington University School of LawTomiko Brown-Nagin, Washington University School of LawDevon Carbado, UCLA School of LawSumi Cho, DePaul University College of LawBryan Fair, University of Alabama Law SchoolCheryl Harris, UCLA School of Law

Tariq Ali to Speak at Penn Humanities Forum Feb. 18

WHO:     Tariq Ali, writer, broadcaster, filmmaker, editor of "New Left Review"WHAT:   Dr. S.T. Lee Distinguished LectureWHEN:   5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004 WHERE: Houston Hall, Bodek Lounge, 3417 Spruce St., Philadelphia

Appointments

Janice R. Bellace CW’71,L’74, professor of legal studies and management and the Samuel Blank Professor of Legal Studies at the Wharton School, has been named Associate Provost effective March 1. As associate provost, Bellace will direct the academic personnel process, which includes faculty recruitment, appointments and promotions, and handle issues relating to faculty governance.

Campus Buzz

Ben’s Penn online: Penn’s guardians of the past—the University Archives and the Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library—are getting a head start on the 300th anniversary of the birth of its founder with “Penn in the Age of Benjamin Franklin,” a new web site devoted to the documentary history of the University’s first half century.

Letter criticizes vaccine mega-trial

The largest and most expensive clinical trial of an HIV vaccine ever is now under way in Thailand. Three Penn scientists and colleagues from 17 other universities and research institutes across the country have argued that the mega-trial is a waste of money and illustrates the need to rethink the way such trials are approved.

Staff Q&A: Tom Boyle

Senior Biosafety Officer Tom Boyle usually gets involved with infectious waste issues, performs laboratory audits and reviews recombinant DNA registration documentation to ensure the safety of Penn employees. Boyle, who has also worked as a volunteer firefighter in Willingboro, N.J., for 21 years, can now officially call himself a Weapon of Mass Destruction Hazmat (hazardous materials) Technician after completing a four-day training session at Fort McClellan in Anniston, Ala.

Q&A: Art Casciato

The first class of American Rhodes Scholars enrolled at Oxford University 100 years ago. Since then, Penn has won very few of the prestigious scholarships compared to its Ivy siblings—15 as opposed to Harvard’s 300, for instance. Why? One reason was that our peer institutions organized and focused on preparing their students for this unusual competition that includes not only personal essays and formal interviews but also even a test of a student’s ability to carry off cocktail party small talk.

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