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May 3, 2001 NEWS BRIEFS Frog prince Two former students have named a 75-million-year-old frog species in honor of paleontologist Peter Dodson, a professor in both the School of Veternary Medicine and the School of Arts and Sciences. Dodson first learned about the honor while reading a paper about the fossil in the March issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Nezpercius dodsoni, unearthed in central Montana, also commemorates the Nez Perce tribe who, fleeing to Canada in 1877, crossed the Missouri near where the frog was found. Dodson conducts some of his fieldwork in Montana. More cop power The University Police Department and the Philadelphia Police have signed an agreement that will allow both to more effectively fight crime in University City. Under it, the Penn Police Department will investigate all but the most serious crimes that occur within its patrol area, which extends from 30th to 43rd streets and from Market Street to Baltimore Avenue. City police will continue to handle rapes and murders. In addition, the Penn police are also now plugged in to the city’s 911 emergency system. A new look The beloved procession to Commencement in Franklin Field will hold to tradition. But a redesigned and repositioned stage this year will frame the parade of scholars as they march into the stadium with the University skyline as a backdrop. The large stage, designed to be re-usable and multifunctional, will serve Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Wharton for their individual ceremonies. Oops! Professor Alan MacDiarmid was incorrectly identified in a photograph of him receiving an award in “Awards & Honors” in the April 19 Penn Current. He was the man on the left.