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Fire
Up on the VHUP Rooftop
After
a minor fire broke out on the roof of the Veterinary Hospital
in the afternoon of Tuesday, August 14, patients and personnel
were safely evacuated with no injuries. The fire was quickly extinguished
by the Philadelphia Fire Department, and within 90 minutes of
the first alarm the first patients (dozens of cats, dogs and some
exotic animals) and staff returned to the four-story building
on Spruce Street and everyone was back to their quarters after
two hours. Damage to the building was mostly on the fourth floor
where offices and laboratories are located. Chief of Police Thomas
Rambo said that the fire originated on the building's roof, where
renovations are being made.
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Chief
of Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety for UPHS
Dr.
P.J. Brennan was named Chief of Healthcare Quality and Patient
Safety for the Health System in July. He continues to serve as
a professor of medicine and infectious diseases specialist. Dr.
Brennan will lead the Health System's initiatives in patient safety
and satisfaction, including coordinating the efforts of each of
the system's entities. He will direct Quality Initiatives specific
to Penn Medical Center.
Dr. Brennan came to Penn in 1986 on a fellowship in Infectious
Diseases after earning his medical degree at Temple Med where
had done his residency in Internal Medicine and served as chief
resident. In 1988 he joined the Penn Med faculty and in 1990,
he became the Hospital Epidemiologist at the Medical Center. He
is chair of the Infection Control Committee and chair of the Pharmacy
and Therapeutics Committee.
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And
the Haus Came Tumbling Down
The
Blauhaus, built nearly a decade ago as a temporary home for the
undergraduate fine arts program and the graduate group in sculpture
was demolished in July. GSFA faculty, staff and others gathered
to pull down a piece of wall and then heavy equipment was used
to clear the rest of the building off the 33rd and Chestnut Street
corner. The site will become part of the "eastern gateway" to
campus as described in the Campus Development Plan (Almanac
February 27, 2001).
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InfoR:
Area Maps and Data Online
City
and Regional Planning in GSFA has launched an online overview
of data about West and Southwest Philadelphia called InfoResources
at http://westphillydata.library.upenn.edu.
Modeled on leading community information networks (CIN) across
the U.S., InfoR provides information with maps, socioeconomic
data tables, and downloadable resource guides for grant writing,
project development, and community empowerment purposes. Its web
links enable users to better connect with community-based organizations
and institutions.
InfoR
was developed collaboratively with representatives of West
Philadelphia community-based organizations, Penn's Department
of City and Regional Planning, Center for Community Partnerships,
HUD's Community Outreach Partnership Center, the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation, Van Pelt Library, Penn's Cartographic Modeling Lab,
Wharton GIS Lab, and the West Philadelphia Partnership.
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