Teenagers arrested in attempted robbery
Penn Police arrested two teenagers Wednesday evening after the pair allegedly tried to rob a woman near 43rd and Locust streets.
Police found the 13-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl at the intersection of 43rd and Pine streets only minutes after the attempt.
The 23-year-old victim -- who is not affiliated with Penn -- called Philadelphia Police at about 7 p.m. to report that juveniles had shoved her and tried to take her belongings.
She fled, however, before the would-be robbers could take anything.
The victim provided police with descriptions of the assailants, and dispatchers broadcast the information to officers in the area.
Penn officers patrolling nearby also heard the descriptions and quickly spotted the suspects near the intersection of 43rd and Pine streets.
Officers arrested them without incident.
The suspects -- whose names are not being released because they are juveniles -- reside in the 5400 block of Baltimore Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia.
Penn officers escorted the suspects to the Philadelphia Police Department's nearby Division -- located at the intersection of 55th and Pine streets.
The victim was not injured.
-- Andrew Whitney
Cancer-center leader resigns, stays at Penn
John Glick, director of Penn's Abramson Cancer Center, will step down from his current position, effective June 30.
The center -- located at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -- was founded in 1973 to conduct cancer research and provide patient care.
Glick will remain at Penn as the president and director of the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, where he will continue to see and treat patients.
"I'm not leaving Penn," Glick said. "I'm going to stay in active clinical practice."
Glick arrived at Penn in 1974. He became director of the center in 1985 and has maintained this position for the past 20 years.
Under Glick's leadership, the center has grown in size and prestige.
Since 1985, the center's budget has leaped from $10 million to $180 million. The size of the staff has nearly tripled, and it now includes faculty from over 40 University departments.
The center recently received a National Cancer Institute grant of $40 million, a significant gesture which will support space, equipment and operational costs for the center.
He chose to announce his resignation now to allow for a smooth transition between directors.
"I believe it is time for someone else to write the next NCI core grant," Glick said.
-- Dean Dennis
