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Brain imaging detects desire
The striking of a match or the nervous patter of addicts preparing for a drug buy are powerful enough images to set off a series of cerebral reactions of desire. So Anna Rose Childress, Ph.D., grabbed a camcorder and filmed homespun mini-movies of such behavior, showing the tapes to her study subjects and seeing what went on in their brains. Her results map out some of the most basic elements of desire, demonstrating the flow of blood to "hot spots" in the brain that cause heightened arousal and trigger the urge to use.
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U. takes fresh approach to dining
Student food plans will be simpler next year and include weekend dining, to reflect student preferences. Dining Services effected the changes as part of a major overhaul announced March 19 by the Office of Business Services of how Penn serves up food. Student lifestyle dictated some of the changes, said Marie Witt, associate vice president for business services. "Breakfast is not a very popular meal anymore," Witt said. "A lunch in between classes, a dinner and then a late-night option is really what students are choosing."
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Program teaches inner-city mothers and sons to reduce their health risks
Some of the best HIV prevention programs in the country are here in Philadelphia. And the source of those programs is the School of Nursing and Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Ph.D., FAAN (GNu'82/Gr'87).
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Who we'll miss most when "Seinfeld" ends
After nine years of New York angst with Jerry, George, Kramer, Elaine, even Nnnnewman, they’re leaving us -- except, of course, in reruns, where they’ll live in perpetuity. Who will we mourn the most, we wondered, when they exist only on the great rerun network in the sky?
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Wills makes case for public arts support
Is there a case to be made for continued government support for the arts and humanities? Yes, according to noted author-scholar-critic Garry Wills. But it's not the case most supporters of government arts funding make.
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Rick Beeman
The biggest regret Rick Beeman, Ph.D. , has about his new post as dean for undergraduate education and director of the College, is that he no longer has time to take his Bernese mountain dog, Chief Justice John Marshmallow (Johnny) to doggy play group near Swarthmore College. But Beeman has a solution: In the morning, he asks Johnny if he wants to go to work, and if he jumps in the car, off to work they go. A similar sense of fun invades Beeman's teaching style -- he's been known to dress as Davy Crockett for his crowd-pleasing history lessons.
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After three decades, a quest fulfilled
A famous television ad from the late 1960s showed Abraham Lincoln being rejected for a job because he lacked a college diploma. Gayle Collins (ASC'98) can relate. As she described it, the typical response she got from employers when looking for professional jobs was "Oh, you're perfect for this. Oh, you don't have a degree? Sorry, you're no longer perfect."
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The view from Philly's Left Bank
In the 18th century, it was a bucolic community called Blockley Township. Now, we know it as University City, a rich and diverse community that is a hub of transportation, education, research and medicine with an industrial legacy to boot. Photographer Dave Latakos, whose "A View from University City" is shown here, has created a photo-essay, "Neighborhood Contrasts--University City," that captures all the various architectural, institutional and human elements that give University City its character today.
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Penn prof exposes Kafka as comedian
Kafka's hot and he's also funny. Last week, several high-profile events in honor of a new translation took place in New York City. More than 15,000 turned out at New York's Town Hall for a panel discussion on Kafka, including the participation of E.L. Doctorow, Susan Sontag and Christopher Plummer.
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"When the musicians came to help the Ethiopians' hunger, it was about that time we opened the restaurant. And a lot of people came and said, 'This has to be a joke.'"
Amare Solomon's Dahlak restaurant offers patrons the opportunity to enjoy authentic Ethiopian food in traditional Ethiopian style, from a common platter placed in a covered table. Photo by Dwight Luckey