NEWS BRIEFS
Cops lose face
Professor of Anthropology Alan Mann's detective work helped rescue a young man from jail. The curator of the University of Pennsylvania Museum's physical anthropology section helped police face the fact that they had arrested the wrong man for a rape in Olney more than a year ago.
Mann's expertise helped the Philadelphia Public Defender's Office win freedom for 16-year-old Gregory Johnson, who spent a year in jail on the rape charge. Mann proved that Johnson's face was structurally different from the face of the man who followed a 17-year-old Olney girl out of a convenience store and sexually assaulted her on Aug. 1, 1997. Mann's evidence and DNA tests performed on the victim's clothes a year after the fact proved Johnson's innocence.
Apply online
Prospective undergraduates can now apply for admission to Penn on the Web. By clicking on "Apply Online," visitors to the Undergraduate Admissions Office Web site can fill out the first part of the undergraduate application and download all the supplemental forms. The site, which went live Sept. 1, is the first of its kind in the Ivy League. Director of Admissions Operations Margaret Porigow reports that 10 percent of the applications received so far this cycle have come from the Web site.
Award honors Stanley Brody
Alumni of the Wharton School's Health Care Management Program have established a new award in honor of the late Stanley J. Brody, professor emeritus of physical medicine and rehabilitation, who died in 1997. The Stanley J. Brody Award will recognize individuals whose research or policy work in gerontology reflects Brody's own dedication to improving the care of America's elderly. The award will be presented every other year.