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Brown-bag seminars for new homeowners
The Office of Community Housing continues to offer seminars to help members of the Penn community with home ownership and purchase information. The following brown-bag seminars are being offered this semester.
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A Phrygian feast fit for King Midas
Once upon a time, in ancient Phrygia, in the capital city of Gordion, there lived a king named Midas who turned everything he touched into gold. Well, King Midas, being real and human, may have been the Donald Trump of 700 B.C., but the magical golden touch of the legend was less than likely to be his. His grave, which was excavated by University of Pennsylvania Museum archaeologists 40 years ago in modern-day central Turkey, had not a whit of gold in it.
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Faith & Courage and more
She’s no man’s woman, but she’s a powerful performer, and on Sept. 22, Sinéad O’Connor will be David Dye’s guest for a “World Cafe” interview from New York. Other highlights these next two weeks include: Thursday, Sept. 14 Michigan native P.J. Olsson talks about and plays work from his new album, “Words for Living”
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John Dixon Hunt Awarded Cultural Honor by the Cultural Ministry of France
PHILADELPHIA Prof. John Dixon Hunt, professor of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named a member of the prestigious Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier Des Artes et Lettres) by the Cultural Ministry of France for his exceptional endeavors in landscape architecture.
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Leslie Kruhly Named Secretary of the University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Leslie Kruhly, associate director of development and special events at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, will become Secretary of the University on September 18, Penn President Judith Rodin has announced.
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Chalk Up Another Coup for Carbon Nanotubes: Penn Scientists Find the Tiny Cylinders of Pure Carbon May Top All Other Known Materials in Heat Conduction
PHILADELPHIA New research from the University of Pennsylvania indicates that carbon nanotubes, filaments of pure carbon less than one ten-thousandth the width of a human hair, may be the best heat-conducting material man has ever known. The findings suggest that these exotic strands, already heralded for their unparalleled strength and unique ability to adopt the electrical properties of either semiconductors or perfect metals, may someday also find applications as miniature heat conduits in a host of devices and materials.
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James Corner Named Chair of Landscape at University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA James Corner, associate professor of landscape architecture and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named chair of the Landscape Architecture Department and is also the recipient of the prestigious 2000 DaimlerChrysler Award. Prof. Corner, an internationally known designer and theorist, is the first landscape architect chosen for the DaimlerChrysler Award, which recognizes and promotes innovative design.
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Best book
Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D., Raymond Williams Term Chair and associate professor of communication, received the Best Book Award for “Remembering to Forget: Holocaust Memory Through the Camera’s Eye” (Chicago) from the International Communication Association in May. Foreign study fellowships Clarissa Su
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Style guide
After spending last year plumbing the depths of human nature, the Penn Humanities Forum has decided to spend this year doing something a little more, ahem, stylish. The Forum has put together a series of exhibits, talks and performances, all with a common theme — style. What is style, anyway? It’s not just decoration, or musical taste, or fashion or cuisine, though all of those are elements of it. At its heart, style is the expression of the human urge to express individuality, and many of the events in this year’s forum feature people doing just that by various means.
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CEO goes to Glaxo
Peter G. Traber, M.D., is going back to pure research. President Judith Rodin announced July 26 that Traber, CEO of the Health System and interim dean of the School of Medicine since February, has accepted an offer from GlaxoSmithKline to head its clinical pharmacology and experimental medicine division. Health System Chief Operating Officer Robert Martin, Ph.D., will take the title of interim CEO, and School of Medicine Deputy Dean Arthur K. Asbury, M.D., the Van Meter Emeritus Professor of Neurology, will serve as interim dean.