September 18, 2003

• Radio, radio
  The jump from commercial TV to public radio has made WXPN General Manager Roger LaMay much happier. He even finds the controversies more interesting.

• Summer cram courses move to fall
• Service changes aim to lure riders
• U.S. falls on social progress index

• Research: The skinny on the French? They eat less
• Faculty Feature: Teacher helps students go native in Russia
• Staff Q&A: Call it luck or call it craft, but Amy Calhoun has managed to float into her perfect job

• Ask Benny: Permit-holder asks why car was towed
• Course raises doctors' cultural consciousness
• A song in the key of LIFE
• Eternal vigilance is the price of security
• Give it up for Aaron!
• Out and About: Beyond belief

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• Editor's Pick: You gotta believe
• People's Choice: Shops we'd like to see

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• At Work with...Caroline Couture
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APPOINTMENTS

Valerie Allen (SW’83) has replaced Jeanne Arnold as Director of the African American Resource Center. Allen brings to the position significant experience as a counselor and career development officer with the Philadelphia Job Corps.

David Blair (WG’73) has been hired as the Director of Real Estate Operations within the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services. As Director, Blair will manage approximately 3 million square feet of residential, commercial and retail space.

John Dixon Hunt, professor of history and theory of landscape, has been appointed Acting Dean of the School of Design. He will serve through December, when Dean Gary Hack returns from sabbatical. Hunt came to Penn in 1994 and served as chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning from 1994 until June 2000. In 2000, the French Ministry of Culture named Hunt a member of the Order of Arts and Letters. Currently, Hunt is interested in landscape architectural theory and the development of garden design in Venice, Italy.

Derek E. Meeker has been appointed Assistant Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Penn Law. He has worked at Penn since August 2002, as Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid and Interim Director of that office. Prior to his appointment at Penn, Meeker worked as assistant director of admissions with William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minn., and served as assistant attorney general in Ohio.

The Department of Athletics has announced the appointment of Leslie King Moore as head coach of softball. Moore, a former starting shortstop of the New Zealand national team and 2000 New Zealand Player of the Year, has been coaching since 1982. Last year, Moore was the head softball coach at The George Washington University.