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GSFA’s artists get their star turn

GSFA’s artists get their star turn

The first thing most people think of when they think of the Graduate School of Fine Arts is architecture. Then, maybe, city planning. But what about art? Well, what about it? It’s doing quite well in the GSFA, thank you, and the recent Fine Arts faculty show at the Arthur Ross Gallery drove that point home.

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Safer teens

Safer teens

A new Annenberg Public Policy Center institute will draw together scholars across campus engaged in research on reducing risky behavior in teens. The new Institute for Adolescent Risk Communication is backed by a $25 million endowment from the Annenberg Foundation, President Judith Rodin announced Dec. 13.

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The road to Rhodes

The road to Rhodes

A third of the way through our interview, Lipika Goyal (C’01) got a feeling of déjà vu. “I feel like I’ve said the same quotes in every publication that’s come out,” she said in response to a question about her summer research in India and Ghana. She’s been answering similar questions in one interview after another since her Rhodes Scholarship award was announced.

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Justice O’Connor speaks

Justice O’Connor speaks

The Penn Law School has played a groundbreaking role in American legal education over the course of its 150 years. That much was made clear when Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, told the story of another trailblazing woman in her remarks at the Law School’s 150th anniversary celebration Nov. 17.

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Eduardo Glandt

Eduardo Glandt

Eduardo Glandt, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science since last November, is outgoing and charming. But underneath that international charm — he’s a native of Argentina — are plans to recruit top-notch faculty, push hot fields like nanotechnology and computational science, and bring the school a global perspective.

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Heraldry lives! Students answer the call to arms

Heraldry lives! Students answer the call to arms

The ancient art of representing a family’s history and character through the use of symbols has been dusted off and put into the service of another history-making project — Penn’s new college house system. And the students who have designed these new “family crests” have shown inventiveness and creativity in designing coats of arms for the houses.

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Library opens swell birthday presents

Library opens swell birthday presents

Before dozens of diplomats and dignitaries, Director of Libraries Paul Mosher proudly acknowledged the University of Pennsylvania Library’s acquisition of its 5 millionth volume. All 273 of them.

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The man who smoked big tobacco

The man who smoked big tobacco

Jeffrey Wigand is still on a crusade to tell the truth about tobacco. And even after paying a heavy price for having done so, he said he would do it all again if he had to.

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Annenberg tracks the elusive voter

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.

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Cheating meets its match

Cheating meets its match

Let’s get things straight up front: Rikki Tannenbaum (C’01) is no tool. All she wants to do is make honesty cool. “I was no honor code avenger type,” said the political science major and president of the University Honor Council. “I just came at a time when the Honor Council was latent, and thought it would be a fun activity to revitalize it.”

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