Ron Ozio

PHILADELPHIA--Back to school this year has taken new meaning for 18 senior administrators from higher education across the nation. They are not only orchestrating the new academic year from their posts as vice presidents and deans but they are also beginning their doctorates in higher education management at the University of Pennsylvania.

PHILADELPHIAehind every neighborhood is a wealth of stored knowledge. Accessing that information is the key to determining troubled areas and producing the solutions to fix them.

PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania has become the first university of its caliber to formally incorporate an applied-digital-technology program into its liberal-arts curriculum.

PHILADELPHIA There are lectures at the University of Pennsylvania this summer that can fit into even the busiest schedule. That because each of them lasts only a minute.The 60-Second Lecture Series is the 1999 creation of Valerie Ross, director of summer sessions at Penn.

PHILADELPHIAespite technological advances, the book has remained a constant source of both comfort and intellectual growth. Nearly everyone has a favorite book or books. Usually these books reflect an individual life or represent a significant moment in someone life.

PHILADELPHIA A University of Pennsylvania professor is teaching troubled boys to control their aggression through basketball, martial arts and cultural pride.

PHILADELPHIA uge amounts of money are being spent in ways that keep the homeless mentally ill on the streets even though the same amount of money could provide them with housing. A study conducted by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania tracked the cost of nearly 5,000 mentally ill homeless people in New York City for two years and for two years after they were housed.

PHILADELPHIA When it comes to social services provided by religious congregations in Philadelphia, black congregations are on top.

PHILADELPHIA Ian L. McHarg, 80, an Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, died Monday, March 5 of pulmonary disease at Chester County Hospital.

PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania is helping West Philadelphia non-profits keep up-to-date with computer technology through a grant from the Corporation for National Service. The Center for Community Partnerhips at Penn has hired two full-time coordinators to implement computer training and to distribute hardware and software to area churches and high schools.