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"Share the Road" Campaign Launched
Dear Friend of Traffic Safety: In an effort to increase safety for both bicyclists and pedestrians, members of the University City community will join with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) to launch a "Share the Road" campaign next week to encourage safe bicycling and driving in University City.
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Educators to Discuss Dental Education Program
WHO: Investigators from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine have invited national leaders in dentistry, education and health policy to assess an alternative model for delivering dental education. Funding for the study is through a $351,000 grant from the National Library of Medicine. WHAT: The committee will hold four roundtable discussions on reality-based training, community-based clinical experience, distributed learning tools and a shortened pre-clinical curriculum.
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30th Anniversary "Back to the Future of Civilization: Culture and Art" Panel-Discussion to be Held at Penn
WHO: Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania WHAT: "Back to the Future of Civilization: Culture and Art" panel-discussion WHERE: Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St., Philadelphia WHEN: Monday, Dec. 2, 5:30 p.m. "Back to the Future of Civilization: Culture and Art," the third program in a series of moderated discussions exploring the multi-faceted Africana Diaspora, will be free and open to the public. The scholars on the panel are:
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Penn Reports Jump in Patent Filings, Start-Up Companies Formed During Fiscal Year 2002
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania now ranks among the nation's most successful institutions when it comes to turning faculty research into patents, licenses and start-up companies. That's among the highlights of the Penn Center for Technology Transfer's annual report for fiscal year 2002.
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Human Brain's Method of Combining Information Depends on How Many Senses Supply Input
PHILADELPHIA – When the human brain is presented with conflicting information about an object from different senses, it finds a remarkably efficient way to sort out the discrepancies, according to findings reported in the Nov. 22 issue of the journal Science.
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Third Annual Talese Lecture Series to Be Held at Penn
WHO: Frank Lentricchia WHAT: A fiction reading from "Lucchesi and the Whale," among other works WHERE: Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, 6-8 p.m. In this third annual Gay Talese Lecture Series, Frank Lentricchia will read from his most recent works of fiction.
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Third Annual Talese Lecture Series to Be Held at Penn
WHO: Frank Lentricchia WHAT: A fiction reading from "Lucchesi and the Whale," among other works WHERE: Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, 6-8 p.m. In this third annual Gay Talese Lecture Series, Frank Lentricchia will read from his most recent works of fiction.
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Penn Presidential Expert Analyzes New Dynamic Between White House and Congress Since Mid-Term Elections
Note to reporters and editors: Dr. Tenpas, who is based in Washington, is available for interviews by contacting Jacquie Posey at 215-898-6460 or jposey@pobox.upenn.edu.
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Penn Police to Unveil New Backup Emergency Communications Center Tuesday
WHO: The Division of Public Safety at the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with counterparts at the University City District, Drexel University, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Presbyterian Hospital, will unveil the new Multi-agency Emergency Radio Network.
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Tele-Immersion System Is First 'Network Computer,' with Input, Processing and Output in Different Locations
PHILADELPHIA – When they make their first public demonstration of tele-immersion at this week's Super Computing 2002 conference in Baltimore, computer scientists will also attain another first: a "network computer" that processes data at a location far removed from either input or output.