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New building keeps horses in form
Cramped quarters and outdated equipment made a quick exit with the summer debut of the New Bolton Center’s Scott Equine Sports Medicine Building—the University’s new hub for equine sports medicine research, teaching and service. With the facility’s opening, Penn’s veterinary cardiology practice finally got a space befitting its roster of patients, which includes horses who have gone on to win medals in international competitions like the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.
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People's Choice: Museum treasures
How do you pick a favorite when you have nearly 1 million to chose from? These University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology staff members had no problems telling us which artifact from the museum’s collection they prize the most. Read on to see if your sentiments match. GLORIA COLLINS Receptionist “The Sphinx is my favorite because he holds as a dominant figure; he sustains lower Egypt.”
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At Work With...Margaret Mary Thomas and Barbara Woodford
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Lessons on leadership from Mayor Giuliani
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani showed the country what leadership is in the wake of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center. On Oct. 29, he shared his thoughts on the subject with a capacity crowd in Irvine Auditorium that greeted his arrival with a standing ovation.
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Faculty Feature: Ben Franklin 101, a new twist on an old guy
No, Benjamin Franklin was not a stuffy advocate of bourgeois values. And no, he did not want to be a model for the superb businessman. If there’s one thing you can say about Franklin, at least according to Michael Zuckerman, it’s that he has been sorely misunderstood.
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A spooky night at the Speakeasy
Some came in plain clothes. Some came in costume. They occupied the dimly lit front room of the Kelly Writers House on Halloween to read and sing in the second annual Halloween Speakeasy Extravaganza. A mellow but alert crowd of about 40 people that mixed young and old, town and gown, attended the event. Although the audience sat relatively silently before the show began, it stirred in response to humorous remarks made by the performers.
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Nursing Visionary
Afaf Meleis, dean of the School of Nursing since January, cannot be pinned down. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, the scholar has made her mark all over the world—from the Middle East to Latin America to Southeast Asia—and rightly earned the title of citizen of the world.
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Tutu to speak Archbishop Desmond Tutu will speak at the University’s 247th Commencement in May. The first black secretary general of the South African Council of Churches, Tutu won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his work against apartheid. He is the author of several books, including “No Future Without Forgiveness” and “The Rainbow People of God.”
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The big day finally arrives: Vice President Dick Cheney and a few hundred of Jon M. Huntsman’s (W’57) closest friends started the Jon M. Huntsman Hall celebration with a private get-together the morning of Oct. 25. The evening, however, belonged to the entire campus, with an official dedication and open house that started at 5 p.m. Huntsman made an impassioned plea for putting humane and ethical values uppermost in business—and in business education—in his speech at the ceremony.