12/16/03, Update - Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 16

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DECEMBER AT PENN

SPECIAL EVENT

18 Sixth Annual Winterfest; an evening of ice skating, complimentary cookies, cocoa, fountain sodas and holiday cheer; 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Class of 1923 Rink; Admission $1, skate rentals are free (UCD; Class of 1923 Rink).

TALKS

18 Memory CD8 T Cell Differentiation Following Acute Versus Chronic Viral Infection; E. John Wherry, Emory University; 10 a.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).

Safe Nowhere: Gun Death and the Rural-Urban Continuum; Charles Branas, epidemiology; Michael Nance, pediatric trauma; 9:30 a.m.; rm. 251, BRB (FICAP).

Deadlines: The deadline for the Update in the January 13 issue is Tuesday, January 6. The deadline for the February AT PENN calendar is Tuesday, January 13. For more information, see www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead-real.html.

Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 16, December 16, 2003

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

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December 16, 2003
Volume 50 Number 16
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A policy is established on Study Abroad in sites under a travel warning.

Dr. Linda Aiken wins the Codman Award, for her leadership in nursing.

Dr. Emily Steiner has been appointed to the Watkins Chair in the Humanities.

Changes are made to the PennCard Policy.

GSE is part of an effort to improve math education in city schools.

TCPW offers grants to promote women.

Women¹s Studies offers dissertation fellowships.

The President and Provost¹s Second Annual Report on Gender Equity.

Faculty Appointments in the Standing Faculty.

Pilot and Feasibility study grants in diabetes and related disorders.

Women of Color Awards and Dickens Lifetime Achievement Award.

Enhancements to Penn Marketplace are coming January 5.

Road reconfiguration project on west end of campus begins this month.

Accolades for Penn¹s West Philadelphia Initiatives span the campus.

January AT PENN, including the many MLK events.