Penn Current: Top Stories http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:00:04 EST Penn Current: News, Ideas and Conversations from the University of Pennsylvania Copyright 2008, University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/images/penn_logo.gif http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/ 140 46 Interview with new Fels Director David Thornburgh http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/interviews/100208-1.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:02:05 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/interviews/100208-1.html The new Fels director views Ben Franklin's marriage of the theoretical and the practical--or as Thornburgh calls it, "the think, and the do"--as the essence of leadership. It's a philosophy that ultimately attracted him to Fels. Wharton prof examines 'bailout' http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/100208-1.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:15:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/100208-1.html A real estate expert says the recent financial crisis is the biggest we've seen since the Great Depression Penn pours money into neuroscience http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/100208-2.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:01:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/100208-2.html A $50 million contribution from the Health System will help to endow five new Penn Integrates Knowledge professorships in neuroscience and support interdisciplinary neuroscience initiatives across the University. Prof examines history of heroin trade http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/research/100208.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:15:05 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/research/100208.html Nearly all of America's heroin users can be traced to urban centers. One researcher examines how and why big cities became the heart of this drug trade and how to attack this drug problem in new ways. Science Pioneer http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/interviews/091808-1.html Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:02:05 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/interviews/091808-1.html Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, Penn professor emerita of physics and winner of the National Medal of Science is considered to be one of the most influential minds in her field--and was the first women to study and teach at a number of top schools. Examining the ACL epidemic http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/091808-1.html Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:15:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/091808-1.html What exactly is the ACL, and why are so many tears in this increasingly infamous ligament bringing athletes to their knees? Social work at Penn celebrates 100 years http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/091808-2.html Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:01:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/091808-2.html Penn celebrates 100 years of social work with special events, a new scholarship and a lecture from consumer advocate Ralph Nader. Staff Interview: Penn Museum's Robert Preucel http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/interviews/091808-2.html Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:15:05 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/interviews/091808-2.html A new exhibit at the Penn Museum challenges stereotypes about Pennsylvania's Lenape Indian tribe.