August 30, 2001

• School's open
  The neighborhood elementary school that Penn helped create is opening its doors next week, and Nancy Streim, who oversaw the educational planning for the school, can't wait.

• Egypt shares its treasures
• Rubenstein named EVP and dean
• Rambo rises

• A Penn venture seeds its first tech business
• Chinese opera meets Western symphony
• Research: Sickle cell hits home — and homeland
• Student spotlight: A tale of two thespians
• Staff Q&A: Young staffer Troy Odom finds himself running a staff advocacy group after just one meeting
  

• Event Listings
• Editor's Pick: To the lighthouse in the garden
• Tips on getting into college
• You can make a difference
• Readers' Best: Hot times, hot reads

• News Briefs
• Bookquick from the University Press
• Quoted Recently
• Awards & Honors
• Appointments
• Campus Buzz

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APPOINTMENTS

P. J. Brennan, M.D., has been named chief of Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety for the University’s Health System. Brennan will oversee initiatives in patient safety and satisfaction as well as direct the Clinical Effectiveness and Quality Improvement Department. In particular, he will concentrate on issues such as maintaining quality patient care while reducing wasteful resource utilization and unnecessarily long hospital stays.

Two at Writers House

Teresa Leo, a poet, essayist and editor, has taken charge while Kerry Sherin, the organization’s director, is on a leave of absence. Leo has been an active volunteer there.

Tom Devaney, poet and organizer of literary programs and events, was selected as program coordinator for Writers House after a national search.