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Sabloff named to Smithsonian panel
In an effort to sharpen its scientific research, the Smithsonian Institution has appointed Jeremy Sabloff chairman of its science advisory commission. Sabloff, the Williams Director of the University’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and 17 other commission members will explore various topics, including the relationship between research and public programming. The commission members, whose areas of expertise span studies from anthropology to zoology, were selected by nationally recognized leaders in the scientific and academic community.
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To the lighthouse in the garden
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Rambo rises
When the University’s police department needed a new chief, it knew it did not have to look very far. On July 9, Thomas A. Rambo, a 15-year veteran of the Penn police, replaced Maureen Rush as chief of police. Rush, who is now vice president for public safety, said, “I knew from the get-go that we had the talent inside the department so I limited the application pool to the Penn police department.” Rush said the choice was based on recommendations gathered from area law enforcement agencies and University safety and security committees.
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Bioengineering gets $14 million
Penn’s Department of Bioengineering has received a $14 million dollar Leadership Development Award from the Whitaker Foundation. “This is one of the largest grants ever received by the School [of Engineering and Applied Science],” said SEAS Dean Eduardo Glandt. This multi-year grant will boost the department’s existing research and teaching strengths in orthopedic, cardiovascular and injury bioengineering and neuroengineering by providing new facilities and at least seven new researchers. The University is committed to matching this sum with $42.8 million.
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Hot times, hot reads
Whether it’s on the subway, right before bed at night, or during a lunch break on Locust Walk, Penn staff and faculty are squeezing in the last bit of summer reading. From contemporary fiction and local newspapers to sociological studies and, yes, even children’s literature, the Penn community is reading it all. For suggestions on what to read and what to strenuously avoid, check out what these Penn members had to say. Irene Laird, Intern, VHUP
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Chilean Shantytown Leaders Visit Penn To Discuss Their Experience As Subjects Of Ethnographic Research
PHILADELPHIA Anthropology students rarely get to meet the people whose lives are documented in their professor books. But in September Julia Paley, an assistant anthropology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, will bring students face-to-face with some of her subjects. Four members of a grassroots health group from Chile who participated in Paley ethnographic study will join her from 3 to 6 p.m., Sept. 12, in a panel discussion on ethnographic research. The session will be in the Class of 1949 Auditorium of Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St. in Philadelphia.
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You can make a difference
Want to help prepare a high school student for the world of work? Or would you like to mentor an eighth grader instead? These are just two of the service opportunities available through Penn Volunteers in Public Service this month. Penn VIPS is looking for people willing to hire University City or West Philadelphia high school students as interns, exposing them to career possibilities. Students earn academic credit for their internships.
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Penn-Assisted School Opens Doors To K-1 Students Sept. 6
PHILADELPHIA While its future home may be only an outline in red and white steel girders, the new University of Pennsylvania-assisted public school at 42nd and Locust streets will open Sept. 6 for some 120 students in kindergarten and grade one.While the new building is under construction, classes will be held in a wing of a now-closed divinity school that occupies the site. Students at the still-to-be-named facility will benefit from a school designed from the ground up to incorporate the "best educational practices" that have borne the tests of research and time.
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NSF Awards Penn Scientists $1 Million To Identify Better, Earlier Means Of 'Debugging' Embedded Computers
PHILADELPHIA The National Science Foundation has awarded $1 million to a University of Pennsylvania team to identify better techniques for software development, particularly ways to get a jump-start, during product design, on debugging the embedded computers that run modern automobiles and a host of other electronic devices and appliances.
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Penn Freshmen Get A Start On Their Ivy League Education Even Before They Get To Campus
PHILADELPHIA -- It's easy to see the final line in Voltaire's "Candide" hanging on the wall above an executive's head in a neatly matted frame: "e must cultivate our garden." Or perhaps on an inspiring desk calendar in a clean crisp font? This phrase radiates an optimistic energy; a hard-work-pays-off spirit.Or does it?The ambiguity and multi-tiered interpretations are what makes "Candide" this year's choice for the Penn Reading Project.