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Long-Term Effects of Embryo Culture on Behavior Studied
PHILADELPHIA -- According to scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, culturing mouse embryos under suboptimal conditions before implantation can effect how the offspring perform in behavioral assays that assess anxiety and memory. The findings will be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, which is available online now.
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Penn Professor's "Encyclopedia of Food and Culture" Wins Four Major Book Awards
PHILADELPHIA -- The "Encyclopedia of Food and Culture," a historical, cultural and scientific work edited by Solomon Katz, a professor of anthropology in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, has received four major book honors.
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Penn Dental School Observing "Give Kids a Smile Day" Feb. 6
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine will provide free oral health care Feb. 6 to hundreds of children from West Philadelphia as part of "Give Kids a Smile," a children's dental access event sponsored nationally by the American Dental Association and locally by the Pennsylvania Dental Association.
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Jesse Jackson to Speak at University of Pennsylvania
Jesse Jackson to Speak at University of Pennsylvania WHO:Jesse JacksonMichael Eric Dyson, Penn professor of Humanities and ReligiousStudiesTukufu Zuberi, director of Penn's Center for Africana Studies WHAT:A conversation about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. WHEN:Jan. 22, 2004, 5:30 p.m. WHERE:University of PennsylvaniaIrvine Auditorium34th and Spruce streets
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Evelyn Y. Davis Gives $100,000 to Penn for Scholarship
PHILADELPHIA -- Evelyn Y. Davis, a nationally recognized advocate for shareholder rights, and the Evelyn Y. Davis Foundation have contributed $100,000 to the University of Pennsylvania to endow a scholarship for students pursuing careers in business or political journalism. Her gift will be recognized with a brass plaque in the lobby of Houston Hall, Penn student center.
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Martin Luther King Community Involvement Awards
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Involvement Awards at the University of PennsylvaniaWHO:Judith Rodin, Penn presidentCheryl Townsend Gilkes, professor of African-American Studies, Colby CollegeWHAT:Community Involvement Awards and Interfaith Program,"Achieving Social Justice in Our Time"WHEN:Jan. 21, 2004, 7 p.m.WHERE:University of PennsylvaniaBodek Lounge, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.
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A look at campus legends, lore and traditions
Institutions that have been around as long as Penn has accumulate centuries of history, decades of traditions, and who knows how many lifetimes’ worth of legends. The traditions link past to present in a tangible way. The history takes both solid and impermanent form. And the legends often arise to explain why unfortunate things happen. In this special section, we look at the history, tradition and legends of Penn.
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Church is gone, but the windows survive
Illustration by Bo Brown Dear Benny, When I first came to the area I lived at 3327 Chestnut St., next to Asbury Methodist Church. I was wondering where the stained glass windows were that they removed from the church before it burnt down. — Longtime Neighbor
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UPM gets Civic Center treasures
When Ginny Greene and her colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology opened boxes from the Civic Center Museum, they found items as wildly diverse as coconuts, fibers and textiles nestled side by side. The variety was staggering. Now, months after hand-selecting which items from the Civic Center Museum collection to incorporate into the Museum’s own, Senior Conservator Greene is working with Registrar Xiuqin Zhou and keepers from different sections on an object-by-object inventory, cataloguing and organizing the newly acquired items.
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From minor towards major
The School of Arts and Sciences’ long dream of establishing a cinema studies major has taken one giant step forward with the addition of Timothy Corrigan, professor of English, to the faculty this past fall. As the new director of the Film Studies Program in the College, Corrigan will be the primary person responsible for the crafting of the major, which will draw on SAS faculty already engaged in the study of film. “There are a variety of faculty from other departments involved in film studies, and we’re all working to expand its presence at Penn,” he said.