1/20/04, On the Front Page - Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 18

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On the Front Page: January 20, 2004

First Penn Student to Win non-U.S. Rhodes Scholarship: David Ferreira
David Ferreira, a College senior from Hamilton, Bermuda, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, which will fund two or three years of study at Oxford University in England. Bermuda names only one Rhodes Scholar annually. A political science, philosophy...

Dr. Guillén: Felix Zandman Endowed Professor of International Management
Dr. Guillén has been teaching at Wharton since 1996, when he joined the faculty as an assistant professor in the management department, and has held a secondary appointment in the sociology department since 1999...

Vice President Ramos Named City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia
President Judith Rodin announced last Wednesday that Vice President and Chief of Staff Pedro A. Ramos, has been named City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia by Mayor John F. Street. Mr. Ramos will assume his post as a member of the mayor's cabinet on March 1...

From the President and Provost: Economic Outlook
During the last decade, Penn has gone through a period of unprecedented growth and development that has transformed our academic core and dramatically enhanced the quality of life on campus and in the surrounding community. We have tripled our...

Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 18, January 20, 2004

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Vice President and Chief of Staff Pedro Ramos will be leaving College Hall for City Hall.

The President and Provost outline the university's economic outlook.

A senior from Bermuda majoring in political science, philosophy, and economics has won a Rhodes Scholarship he's the first Penn student to win a non-U.S. Rhodes.

Dr. Mauro Guillén holds the Dr. Felix Zandman Endowed Chair of International Management.

Penn's Cancer Network--totally 29 hospitals now extends to Hackettstown, New Jersey.

AWFA hosts a Breakfast Meeting featuring Penn's latest MacArthur Fellow, Dr. Sarah Kagan.

The Diversity Fund's annual call for proposals: due March 15.

Honors recognize several professors' emeriti for awards.

Research Roundup: Baboons, Nanotubes, Adulthood, Mortality.

ISC Networking and Telecommunications services and rates for FY 2005.

Discounts for Faculty and Staff Night at Basketball Game vs. Dartmouth.

Need a sign of spring? Check out the Artifacts in Bloom at UPM.