9/16/03, On the Front Page - Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 4

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On the Front Page: September 16, 2003

Director of Women's Heart Program:
Dr. Demopoulos
Dr. Laura A. Demopoulos, clinical associate professor of medicine in the Cardiovascular Medicine Division of the School of Medicine, has been appointed the Director of the Women's Heart Program for the Health System. She practices at Penn Medicine at Radnor. >> More

Middle Atlantic Regional Center for Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Diseases
The School of Medicine has joined the Middle Atlantic Regional Center of Excellence (RCE) for Biodefense and Emerging Diseases, a research consortium unveiled recently by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). >> More

Penn Humanities Forum 2003-2004: Belief

In keeping with this year's theme of Belief, the Penn Humanities Forum launches its year-long series on September 23 with a major address by renowned international human rights advocate Alexander Boraine. In his address, Belief in Democracy, he will examine why talking about democracy is easier than believing in it and living by a set of far-reaching and demanding democratic values. >> More

Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 4, September 16, 2003

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
September 16, 2003
Volume 50 Number 4
www.upenn.edu/almanac

Penn Medicine will be part of a consortium pursuing biodefense research such as vaccines against anthrax and smallpox and other emerging infectious diseases

The Cardiovascular Division is expanding its Women Heart Program and has a new director, at Penn Medicine at Radnor.

The Penn Humanities Forum focuses on Belief in its year-long series of events.

The Penn Women’s Center plans for its 30th Anniversary Dinner.

The Executive Committee of the Trustees held its first meeting of the academic year.

University Council: Annual Report of the Steering Committee; Summary of 2002-2003 Resolutions; and Pluralism Committee’s year-end report.

Closed Circuit Televisions for Public Spaces, more than three-dozen in the area.

Penn Family Day on October 11 offers food, football and much more.

Academic Career Conference for Ph.D. students and postdocs.

Two events benefit the Abramson Cancer Center.

Research Roundup: Unemployment; Sleep Deprivation; Drugs online; Solar System.

Annual Crime Report