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News, Ideas and Conversations from the University of Pennsylvania Oct. 29, 2009
Penn Current Home Latest News Research Features Interviews Ask Benny News Briefs At Work With For the Record Out and About Publication Schedule RSS Feeds Penn Current is on Twitter What's On Event listings Private Detective Cici McNair talks about her book, "Detectives Don't Wear Seat Belts," at 6 p.m. on Nov. 5 at the Penn Bookstore. What do you think? Send us your ideas and comments to current@pobox.upenn.edu Penn Current Editorial Staff Manager of Internal Communications: Tanya Barrientos Managing Editor: Heather A. Davis Staff Writer: Greg Johnson	Features Preserving the urban canopy A team based out of the Morris Arboretum is helping to protect and enhance the Parkway's overhead greenery as street-level renovations move forward. Read more... E-books and the academy E-books have yet to appear on Penn syllabi consistently, but that doesn’t mean the changing nature of what a book actually is isn’t already affecting scholarship, learning and the relationship with the written word. Read more... Students lead academic waltz For one glitzy night in November, the ballroom spotlight will shine directly on Penn, as faculty pair up with student members of the Latin and Ballroom Dancesport Team for “Dancing with the Professors.” Read more... Creating a new culinary footprint New at Penn this semester is the Bon Appétit Management Compan, which offers made-to-order fresh foods with an eye to sustainability. Read more... More Current Features Mitigating conflicts on the courts and in the community The Download The Red & Blue goes green History (in pictures) of the Holy Land Student Spotlight: Katie Reynolds The politics of myth-debunking Campus projects large and small The story of a neighborhood Federal stimulus funds to Penn Botswana-UPenn Partnership helps tackle national crisis A year of ‘Connections’ Pavilion project underway Support for the college-bound	Search Penn Current View Current Archives Other Useful Sites Penn Homepage Penn Digest News Center Research at Penn Arts at Penn Penn@Work U@Penn Jobs@Penn Staff Directory Campus Maps Library Transportation College of Liberal and Professional Studies University Archives Penn Athletics Penn Recreation Human Resources Almanac World Cafe Live University City District Quoted Recently "One of the areas they are going to have difficulty with is just gripping the ball. With cold weather you usually have decreased touch and sensation and sometimes just getting a grip on the ball creates a problem not only for pitchers but also for position players." —Brian Sennett, chief of sports medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, on the pitfalls of playing baseball in football weather. (KYW1060.com, Oct. 10, 2009)