5/21/2002, Baccalaureate 2002 - Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 34

BACCALAUREATE 2002

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"A mutual, joint-stock world in all meridians*": The Baccalaureate Address by James J. O'Donnell, Professor of Classical Studies and Vice Provost for Information Systems and Computing.

Rapturous Consciousness of Life Beyond Self: Baccalaureate Address by President Judith Rodin, May 12, 2002

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* Melville, Moby-Dick, chapter 13.

Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 34, May 21, 2002

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
May 21, 2002
Volume 48 Number 34
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A National Medal of Science for a pioneering Penn physicist.

SEAS selects two recipients for its annual awards.

Wharton gives awards to dozens of its faculty.

The concern about bicyclists on campus picks up momentum.

Search Committees are formed to advise on selecting two new deans.

Next Tuesday is PPSA's annual meeting and election.

Baccalaureate and Commencement speeches and photographs.

University Council committee year-end reports on Bookstores, Communications, and Community Relations.

The largest voluntary canine blood donor program in the US gets new wheels.

Recognized Holidays for faculty and staff, and revisions to the Academic Calendar.

A dozen new CCTV locations for public spaces are added to those previously approved.