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Recipes for life, politics and cooking
It was just an old, battered, handwritten book of recipes, purchased for a dollar from an antiques dealer. But in it, Janet Theophano (Gr’82) found the life of an overlooked woman—a life that set Theophano off in search of the ways cookbooks transmit more than just instructions on preparing food.
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Where are the Franklin Field food trucks?
Dear Benny,What happened to all of the food trucks in the food plaza at the corner of 33rd and South by Franklin Field? Is the University going to let new or previously displaced trucks occupy the spaces? —Hungry on the East Side Dear Hungry, I spoke with Bob Kupsch, property manager for UCA Trammell Crow, which manages Penn’s commercial property, and he told me that the trucks all went out of business of their own accord.
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How to manage
Courses from Human Resources help you manage work and home life issues. Professional approach Moving Ahead: Breaking Destructive Patterns at Work Understand the psychological underpinnings of negative behavior patterns, get the tools to overcome them and learn to resolve workplace situations in this seminar. - March 5, 6, $50 Professional Development Program Assess your career, skills and goals, both personal and professional—all within a new, streamlined two-day format.
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Time piece
All this year, the Penn Humanities Forum has been exploring the concept of time—how humans came to understand it, how various cultures kept track of it, what forces shape it—with a series of lectures, discussions and performances.
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“You have to come up with a whole whack of cash just to get into the business.”
—Jon F. Merz, assistant professor in the Center for Bioethics, on how high fees charged by gene patent holders are squeezing small labs (The Ottawa [Ontario] Citizen, Feb. 7)
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EVP John Fry to leave Penn
Executive Vice President John Fry was named last week president of Franklin & Marshall College, in Lancaster, Pa. He will complete the academic year here on campus before moving on in the summer. “This is a great loss to the University, but it is an incredible opportunity for John,” stated President Judith Rodin in a memo to the Trustees. Fry’s accomplishments since his arrival at Penn in 1995 include sweeping changes to the University’s business practices that have led to significant cost savings.
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Hail to 28 who broke the mold
The University has selected 13 employees as 2002 Models of Excellence Award winners for work above and beyond job expectations that made a significant contribution to the University. An additional 15 staff members will receive honorable mentions, the president, provost and executive vice president of the University announced. The awards, to be presented in April, were first introduced by Human Resources in 1999 in honor of people who cut through red tape, showed leadership and thought out of the box, to make things happen.
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Faculty Feature: A Johnny Appleseed shares growing passion
Though the Red Delicious at the grocery store may look enticing with its waxy sheen and perfect heart shape, in taste it’s not worth much, at least according to William Dailey. Dailey, an avid fruit grower, is a self-professed apple connoisseur. He also happens to be a professor of chemistry at Penn. But he’d rather spend his time talking apples, not molecules.
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Yo, Philly! Help is here
Penn’s Community Service Directory began six years ago as a loose-leaf binder listing courses and programs that engage Penn students, faculty and staff in service to the surrounding community. It’s now a 133-page book, with color covers and professional design, listing nearly 300 different courses, research and service projects that provide community service to West Philadelphia and the city as a whole.
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Out and About: Writers, no two alike, meet and read
“I’ve been late every meeting,” said James Carpenter, the first to walk into the writers group meeting. He was taking his muffler off when we arrived to check out the group’s proceedings. Then he sighed. “So I’m not intimate with the group yet.” It was 5:05 p.m., 10 minutes before the February meeting of the Penn and Pencil Club, a group of staff members who joined together to lend one another support and feedback on their ways with words.