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News, Ideas and Conversations from the University of Pennsylvania Nov. 12, 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 On Nov. 17 at 7 p.m., catch an I-House screening of Jennifer Maytorena Taylor's film, "New Muslim Cool." 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 Gene therapy improves vision For the first time, gene therapy has been shown to safely improve vision in children and adults with rare retinal diseases that cause blindness. Read more... Penn football sets record Penn football's win over Brown on Oct. 31 marked the University's 1,300th football game, the most in NCAA history. Read more... Penn Arts Crawl: A day of creativity, exhibitions and new experiences The Arts Crawl on Nov. 20 will allow students, faculty and staff to sample from the wide array of arts-related activities and spaces on and near campus. Read more... The Download: Penn on the web By mining online publications, websites and blogs, the Current has collected a few interesting items to provide readers with a snapshot of what’s being said in cyberspace. Read more... More Current Features Preserving the urban canopy E-books and the academy Students lead academic waltz Creating a new culinary footprint Mitigating conflicts on the courts and in the community The Red & Blue goes green History (in pictures) of the Holy Land Student Spotlight: Katie Reynolds The politics of myth-debunking The story of a neighborhood Federal stimulus funds to Penn	Penn Current Readership Survey Win an iPod! We would like to get your feedback on the Penn Current's overall effectiveness and appeal. Please take a few moments to take our survey. 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 "It does somewhat go against the other messages that we give--'don't drink, don't smoke, don't put anything foreign or toxic into your body, but take this vaccine.'" —Neil Fishman, director of the Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control at UPHS, on convincing pregnant women to get the flu shot. (Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 30, 2009)