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Penn through other eyes
Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Jane Von Bergen, who usually reports what other people have to say, had plenty to say — about students, faculty, The Daily Pennsylvanian — after completing a semester on campus as a Richard Burke Fellow.
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Summer daze
On one of the last days of finals, our correspondent stepped onto campus to find out what amusements and employments Penn students have lined up for the summer months. With the bulk of finals behind them, the students seemed to walk more slowly, to smile more. The afternoon sun suffused Locust Walk with a lazy, partial light. Summer was definitely on its way. TORI KATZ, COLLEGE ’01 “After I graduate, I’m going to attempt to find a job. I’m applying to magazines in New York.”
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Money, he wrote
At the ripe old age of 19, Arthur Bochner (C’04) is technically no longer a child author. But once upon a time, he published two books, appeared on “The Tonight Show” and “Oprah” and went on two 10-city book tours, all before entering high school. These are hard things for people to forget about. So Arthur Bochner, former child author, still submits cheerfully to interviews about his unusual youth and about the books about money and business for kids which made him a star when he was 11 years old.
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'Hi, Mom' Meets High-Tech At Graduation Ceremony For Penn's School Of Engineering And Applied Science
PHILADELPHIA Students graduating from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science next week will have a much more advanced means of communicating their sentiments than the traditional masking tape atop mortarboards: As each one passes onto the stage to receive a diploma, the scan of a personalized bar code will bring onto a giant overhead screen a web site displaying the student name, hometown and personal comments.
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ÒGreater Portland: Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest
Carl Abbott 256 pages, 35 black-and-white illustrations, $19.95 paper
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Founder Of Penn's Bread Upon The Waters Scholarship Wins Service Award From The College Of General Studies
PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania College of General Studies will honor Elin Danien with the 2001 CGS Service Award. Danien, 71, is being honored as the founder of the Bread Upon the Waters Scholarship Fund, a program that provides full tuition support to women older than 30 who are earning undergraduate degrees through part-time study at Penn. Since its inception in 1987, the Fund has grown to support nearly 70 women, 32 of whom have graduated.
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University Of Pennsylvania Museum Archaeologist Fredrik Hiebert Discovers Evidence Of Unknown Written Language, Complex Central Asian Silk Road Civilization From 4300 Years Ago
PHILADELPHIA -- After three dusty seasons of excavations at the Central Asian site of Anau depe in Turkmenistan site long acknowledged as a stopping point along the famous ancient Silk Roadniversity of Pennsylvania Museum archaeologist Fredrik Hiebert and American and Turkmen colleagues have found evidence of a surprisingly sophisticated, thriving Bronze Age town, including an enigmatic stamp seal that may well be the first evidence of an indigenous written language.
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U.S. Senator John S. McCain To Speak At University Of Pennsylvania Commencement
PHILADELPHIA -- John S. McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona and recent presidential candidate, will deliver the Commencement address at the 245th Commencement ceremony of the University of Pennsylvania on Monday, May 21. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Franklin Field, 33rd and South streets. Approximately 6,000 degrees will be conferred.
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International Study Finds Hospital Nurses Dissatisfied, Concerned About Deteriorating Quality Of Patient Care
PHILADELPHIA In one of the most ambitious studies of hospital nurses ever undertaken, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found widespread concern about quality of patient care and discontent in the ranks of hospital nurses and have identified trends that bode ill for a quick resolution to the current nurse shortage.
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Astrophysicist Charles Alcock Among 72 Researchers Newly Elected To The National Academy Of Sciences
PHILADELPHIA Charles R. Alcock, an astrophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania, has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. Alcock is one of 72 researchers nationwide inducted into the Acad-emy this year. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors accorded American scientists and engineers. Alcock induction brings to 35 the number of Penn researchers in the 1,874-member body.