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On the Cover:
  • Avalon Professor in the Humanities: Michael Eric Dyson
  • Allam Professor of Equine Medicine: Virginia Reef
  • Albert Einstein World Award for Science: Daniel Janzen
  • Expansion of Africana Studies

    • SENATE: SEC Actions

    Annual Report of the Faculty Grievance Commission

    Trustee Coverage

    University Council:
  • Agenda for Council Meeting
  • Meetings for 2002-2003
  • Annual Report of the Steering Committee for University Council

    • Council Committee Reports:
  • Admissions and Financial Aid
  • Libraries
  • Research

    • GAPSA Three-Year Strategic Plan

    The University's Medal for Distinguished Achievement: William A. Wulf 

    Deaths:
  • Dr. Ando
  • Dr. Martin

    • OF RECORD:
  • Involuntary Leave of Absence
  • Design Guidelines and Review of Campus Projects
     

    • Government Affairs Update

     

    Register Your PennKey

     

    Speaking Out:

  • 40th Street Parking Garage
  • More on Facilities' Postcards

    • Bulletins:
  • First for Service Learning
  • Out of Silence for Disability Awareness Month
  • October Volunteer Opportunities

    • Update

    Crime Stats

     

      Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 6, October 1, 2002

    ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

    Tuesday,
    October 1, 2002
    Volume 49 Number 6
    www.upenn.edu/almanac/

    A new Center for Africana Studies looks to the past, and the future.
    Dr. Daniel Janzen, a pioneer in tropical biology, has been awarded the Einstein World Award for Science.
    An endowed chair for Dr. Virginia Reef in Veterinary Medicine and for Dr. Michael Eric Dyson in SAS.
    The first University Council meeting of the academic year will be held tomorrow and three year-end committee reports are scheduled for discussion.
    Penn tops the list for Service Learning in the latest U.S. News rankings.
    Speaking Out on a problematic parking predicament plaguing permit holders, and on the steady stream of Facilities postcards.
    The University Medal for Distinguished Achievement is conferred at the SEAS Sesquicentennial Convocation
    A new Involuntary Leave of Absence policy concerning students is now in effect.
    The Government Affairs Update addresses the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace; the FY 03 Commonwealth Appropriation and the local student-orientated initiatives.
    Of Record: Design Guidelines and Review of Campus Projects.
    Now is the time to register a PennKey and password in the new authentication system; those who register before midnight on October 9 could win a prize.

     
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