Penn Current: Top Stories http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/ Thu, 03 Jul 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 Bridge to close http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/070308-1.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:02:05 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/070308-1.html Penn prepares for the closure of the South Street Bridge later this fall. Ex-cons get little help upon release http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/research/070308.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:15:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/research/070308.html Most of the 40,000 ex-convicts released into the Philadelphia region each year will not receive the organized traditional services they need to transition back into society and stay out of prison. Penn robots go viral http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/070308-3.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:01:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/070308-3.html CKbot, a robot built by Penn engineers, has become a bona fide YouTube star. KWH Fellows "push the edges" of fiction http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/070308-2.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/070308-2.html According to Writers House Director Al Filreis, the 2009 class of Writers House Fellows--Joan Didion, Mary Gordon and Robert Coover--is one of the best yet. Interview with women's lacrosse coach Karin Brower http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/interviews/070308-1.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:02:05 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/interviews/070308-1.html When women's lacrosse coach Karin Brower arrived at Penn in 1999, she inherited a team that had put up only one winning season since 1984. Today, they're one of the best teams in the country. $50M gift to Penn Medicine http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/061208-1.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:02:05 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/061208-1.html A generous gift from philanthropists Jerome and Anne Fisher will support the construction of an eight-story biomedical research center dedicated to the growing field of translational medicine. Fresh evidence in stent debate http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/research/061208.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:02:05 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/research/061208.html A Penn researcher has shown that there is a clear "survival benefit" to drug-coated stents over more traditional, and cheaper, bare-metal stents. Taylor brings "timely vision" to School of Design http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/061208-2.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:02:05 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/061208-2.html New School of Design Dean Marilyn Jordan Taylor says design can make a real difference in people's lives. ARG director settling in http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/061208-3.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:05:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/061208-3.html In her new job as director of the Arthur Ross Gallery, Lynn Marsden-Atlass will use her years of experience as a museum educator, an art historian and curator to shape, plan and execute exhibits at Penn's official art gallery.