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Study Tracks Health of Rescue Dogs, Handlers Involved in Searches at World Trade Center and Pentagon
PHILADELPHIA When the World Trade Center and sections of the Pentagon came crashing down Sept. 11, the rubble left for rescuers was laden with asbestos, diesel fuel, PCBs and countless other toxins. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have now begun a three-year study of the search-and-rescue mission effects on rescue dogs and their handlers. Comprised of veterinary researchers and psychologists, the team will focus on the physical and psychological toll, possibly sounding an early alert on ailments to watch for among those who have toiled to clear the wreckage.
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Penn's Procurement Process Makeover is an 'E-Solution'
PHILADELPHIA -- Ordering supplies at Philadelphia largest private employer just became as easy as buying books online using a home computer.The new University of Pennsylvania system is the Business Enterprise Network. BEN is an integrated, web-based financial and e-commerce system with applications for purchasing, accounts payable and general ledger fully integrated into Penn business applications and reporting functions.
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British Judge Approves Penn Experiment in Sentencing
PHILADELPHIA A high-ranking British judge has approved a University of Pennsylvania-led randomized controlled test comparing different sentencing procedures. Lawrence Sherman, director of Penn's Jerry Lee Center of Criminology, said the decision appears to be the first time a chief justice in any nation has specifically approved such testing. The endorsement was revealed in a recent advisory letter to crown court judges from Harry Woolf, the lord chief justice of England and Wales, in response to questions raised by a judge planning to participate in the experiment.
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Penn Hosts Screening of Alfred Leslie's Film 'The Cedar Bar'
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Fine Arts will host a film screening of "The Cedar Bar" April 1 followed by a question-and-answer session with the filmmaker Alfred Leslie in Meyerson Hall B-1.
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Internet Pioneers Cerf, Farber Take the Stage
MEDIA ADVISORYINTERNET PIONEERS CERF, FARBER TAKE THE STAGEWHO: Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and David FarberWHAT: A conversation titled "The Internet Tidal Wave Is It Inevitable?"WHEN: 4:30 p.m., Thursday, March 21, 2002WHERE: Heilmeyer Hall in the Towne Building on Smith Walk between 33rd and 34th streets on the Penn campus in Philadelphia (across 33rd Street from the Palestra and Franklin Field)
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Taxes: Then and Now
University of Pennsylvania experts available to comment for tax-season storiesFor more information on ancient taxation: http://www.museum.upenn.edu/news/taxes.htmlTaxes in ancient MesopotamiaTonia Sharlach, research assistant in the Penn Museum's Babylonian Section
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Suicides Involving Guns Rise Sharply Among Young African-American Males
PHILADELPHIA Deaths from self-inflicted gunshot wounds are on the rise among young African-American males.A study conducted by Sean Joe of the University of Pennsylvania, and Mark Kaplan of Portland State University found that the rate of suicide among African-American males aged 15 to 24 increased by 14 percent from 1979 to 1997 while the rate among same-aged white males decreased by 4.9 percent. Suicide is now the third leading cause of death among African-American males aged 15-24, and 70 percent of all late-teens suicides among black males are gun-related.
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Spring suds shine
The nectar of the gods? Michael Jackson would argue that beer deserves the sobriquet. Spring is here, which means our thoughts turn to beer.
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Whoa, Congress, courts can do it
The recent tanking, or near-tanking, of several of America’s large corporations—first the airlines, then Enron and Kmart—has sent Congress scurrying to clean up the mess, a move which Professor of Law David Skeel believes is not entirely necessary. Skeel, who penned a book on bankruptcy titled “Debt’s Dominion” (Princeton, 2001), said America’s bankruptcy system is well suited to preserving firms that are worth saving.
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Student Spotlight: Egg donation ethics study wins award
“I saw your ad in the Cornell Daily Sun, and I’d like to become an egg donor.” No, Andrea Gurmankin wasn’t really interested in donating her eggs though she would have been the perfect recruit—a young college female attending an Ivy League school. What she was really interested in was the quality of risk information provided to prospective egg donors.