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Faculty
Director of
College Houses: Dr. Nichols
After
four years at the helm of the College House Program, Dr.
David Brownlee steps down as director and turns over
the wheel to a fellow faculty master.
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Neal
Nathanson Lectureship:
Nobel Laureate Dr. Prusiner
The
first Neal
Nathanson Lecture will be given next week by Dr. Stanley
Prusiner, Nobel Laureate and Penn alumnus.
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Open
Forum on Strategic Plan
Mix
more than a dozen committees, a multi-year timeline, five
institutional goals, six academic priorities, and several
organizational priorities and the result is a new Strategic
Plan which will soon be published For Comment.
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3-Year
Academic Calendar
Penn's Academic
Calendar is in this issue. Minor changes have been made
to the calendar: Thanksgiving Recess and Spring Recess are
now referred to as Breaks, to be consistent with Fall Break.
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Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 21, February 5, 2002
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ISSUE
HIGHLIGHTS:
Tuesday,
February 5, 2002
Volume 48 Number 21
www.upenn.edu/almanac/
The first
Neal
Nathanson Lecture will be given next week by Dr. Stanley
Prusiner, Nobel Laureate and Penn alumnus. |
After
four years at the helm of the College House Program, Dr.
David Brownlee steps down as director and turns over the
wheel to a fellow faculty master. |
When is
Spring Recess? Well, now it is Spring Break--at least on the
Academic
Calendar--to be consistent with Fall Break. |
Mix more
than a dozen committees, a multi-year timeline, five institutional
goals, six academic priorities, and several organizational priorities
and the result is a new Strategic
Plan which will soon be published For Comment. |
The Council
Committee on Communications reports on its findings from a one-year
review of the Policy on Privacy in the Electronic Environment. |
Improving
pedestrian
safety is a multi-step challenge. |
Environmental
Health and Radiation Safety offers information, thermometer
exchange, and training for employees who handle hazardous substances.
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Researchers
make discoveries concerning King Midas, kidney disease,
Alzheimer's disease, immune system and major depressive disorder. |
The University
Research
Foundation's latest awards go to 48 projects--from The
Art of Urbanism in Feudal Aquitaine to Evaluating a Hospital
Quality Improvement Model for Developing Countries. |
Discounted
tickets are available to attend Annenberg
Center events and a Basketball
Game at the Palestra. |
Penn
Public Safety Institute provides the community with a glimpse
of police work from behind-the-scenes; the next program begins
tomorrow. Apply now. |
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