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Annenberg tracks the elusive voter
Armies of pollsters dip fingers in the onrushing stream of public opinion every four years to see what the country thinks about the candidates running for president — or at least what those who say they’ll vote think. This year, a team of researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) has joined the multitudes on the stream’s bank. But instead of dipping a finger in, they’re using a bucket to collect information not only on what people think about the candidates, but how they form their opinions and how those opinions change over time.
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Peace back on hold
It may take another generation before real peace is achieved between Israel and Palestine, Hanan Ashrawi said. If some of the responses to her Irvine Auditorium speech Oct. 25 serve as any guide, her sad prediction may be correct.
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Local biz whizzes share their know-how
The two young men looked like they stepped straight out of the club circuit on Delaware Avenue as they addressed the 30 or so high school students. Vijay Chattha (C’99) and Nihal Mehta (EAS’99), co-founders of the hip-hop-inspired UrbanGroove Networks, Inc. — which includes philly2nite.com, the Internet guide to Philadelphia nightlife — shared their insights and experiences on creating a successful business venture.
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Night moves
When a night at the library just doesn’t do it anymore, and sitting on the couch watching “Friends” has lost its sparkle, it’s time to hit the town. Whether searching for the hottest up-and-coming nightspot or returning to a timeless classic, Penn students do actually know that there is a vibrant city waiting on the other side of the Schuylkill. So where do they go? John Buchanan, College ’01 El Mariachi is fun — it’s a different kind of place, different than a typical nightclub, with its Latin flair.
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Fernando C. N. Pereira Named Rachleff Professor and Chair of Computer and Information Science at Penn
PHILADELPHIA Fernando C.N. Pereira, Ph.D., has been named Andrew and Debra Rachleff Professor and chair of the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1, 2001.
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Another Packard
Leif Finkel, Ph.D., professor of bioengineering, has received a $1 million award from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The award will support an interdisciplinary project including Penn faculty from bioengineering, neuroscience and physics. Co-principal investigators are Kwabena Boahen, Institute for Medicine and Engineering (IME) and assistant professor of bioengineering; Diego Contreras and Brian Salzberg, neuroscience; and Arjun Yodh, IME and professor of physics. Supporting scientists are George Gerstein and Larry Palmer from neuroscience.
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One world, one orchestra
What does it sound like when Syrians and Israelis, Serbs and Croats sit down together and play? It sounds marvelous. And it just might sound like hope.
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Big bucks from NCI
The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center (UPCC) was awarded $26 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) — the largest National Institutes of Health grant ever received by Penn. The five-year Core Grant is 62 percent larger than last year’s award to the UPCC, which is dedicated to cancer research, control and prevention.
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Pols have a poverty of ideas
Promises, promises. The candidates hand them out with increasing frequency as Election Day approaches. But some members of the electorate have received no promises this year. In a booming economy, poverty in America remains overlooked by many.
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Smells like schizophrenia
To get a better understanding of the origins and causes of schizophrenia, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Bruce Turetsky and colleagues in the School of Medicine followed their noses and sniffed out some intriguing information. Building on research that is producing clues about how schizophrenia affects the brain, Turetsky used a smell test developed at Penn to study how well schizophrenics could identify scents and objects based on their smell.