Denis Kinane will become dean of the School of Dental Medicine beginning July 1, Penn President Amy Gutmann and interim Provost Vincent Price announced yesterday. "I'm very excited," Kinane said. "Penn's got a fantastic reputation, and I'm really looking forward to contributing.

The Penn women's basketball team and Dartmouth sophomore Brittney Smith are both moving in the right direction. Only three weeks after the Big Green (12-9, 7-0 Ivy) dominated the Quakers, 56-39, at the Palestra, Penn finds itself carrying the momentum of a season-high three-game winning streak into this weekend's road rematches with Dartmouth and Harvard (13-8, 5-2).

Penn is leading the way for research in nanotechnology. About 900 Penn-based innovations are listed on iBridge Network, an online forum to facilitate an exchange between researchers and companies looking to license new technology. The site was launched in 2005 by the Kauffman Foundation, one of the largest in the country that supports innovation and entrepreneurship.

Garrett Reisman has not only been to space - he may be the first astronaut to bring the familiar red and blue Penn pennant with him. Reisman spoke to a full crowd in Levine Hall's Wu and Chen Auditorium last night. His speech was part of the School of Engineering and Applied Science's "Technology, Business and Government" series, which brings distinguished speakers to Penn to discuss the interrelationships between the three sectors.

Philadelphia Police is trying to determine whether a man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting three students at Lock Haven University may also be responsible for the armed home invasion and sexual assault that occurred at Penn on Dec. 19. Dominique Wilson, 23, was arrested in Lock Haven, Pa.

College career services throughout the country are feeling the reverberations from the economic crisis that began last fall, leaving students with more confusion and less opportunity. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, a recent National Association of Colleges and Employer survey of about 50 colleges and universities found that more than half of the schools reported an increase in traffic to their career services centers while only 20 percent reported a decrease.

If there was ever a time for the men's squash team to listen to coach Craig Thorpe-Clark, it would be now. "It's not how you start, it's how you finish" is one of his mottoes, and one that the Quakers hope to rally around this weekend at the national team championships.

Jeremy Lin has been devastating defenses since high school. In his senior year, he racked up a game-high 17 points in the California Division II state title game to propel his team to victory. Then he played in every game off the bench as a freshman at Harvard and reached double-digit scoring four times.

While competing in juniors, players learn how to work for themselves. Matches at a collegiate Division I level take on a deeper meaning. "Your individual win is just as important as your teammate winning," senior co-captain Lauren Sadaka said. "It's a transition.

The Penn men's fencing team hasn't won an Ivy League Championship since the 2000-01 season. But on Sunday, the Quakers are the odds-on favorite to capture this season's conference crown. "It's not a shoe-in, but I like our odds," coach Dave Micahnik said.

Four sophomores in the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business will be spending their spring break in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Wharton and College sophomores Kristin Hall, Taishi Kushiro, Aleksandar Rasevski and Natalie Tejero were chosen by the Grassroots Business Fund to evaluate the poverty levels of clients of Sero Lease and Finance Limited, or SELFINA, and to help them increase their standard of living.

Butterflies, nerves and jitters - just some of the feelings the Penn's women's lacrosse team hopes to overcome this weekend. The No. 5 Quakers better hope those emotions are gone by 1 p.m. tomorrow, as that's when the opening draw against Drexel (2-0) will occur at Franklin Field in Penn's first game of the 2009 season.

Forget the fine print. Anyone who's been paying attention to the latest Facebook "crisis" - in which the site's terms of service removed the users' right to their own content after deleting their accounts, and then reneged - must realize that no matter what the words say, Facebook will always have access to our content.

The murder of Philadelphia Police officer John Pawlowski last Friday night has been felt heavily by University Police Department staff, many of whom are former Philadelphia Police officers. And in response to Pawlowski's death, the most recent in a string of police fatalities this year, the Division of Public Safety is making sure its officers are equipped to deal with the potentially violent aspects of their job.

Another day, another loss at the Palestra, where the Quakers remain winless in conference play after falling 66-60 to Harvard. It was the first time Harvard won at the Palestra since the 1990-91 season. Penn's offense got off to a slow start, with the Quakers shooting just 31% in the first half. But with Harvard's big men, Keith Wright and Evan Harris, on the bench in foul trouble, Penn clawed its way back into the game.

Interested in immersing yourself in the upbeat rhythms of African melodies and drumbeats, while a mysterious man on stilts towers over you? Tomorrow, various African song and dance ensembles will perform at the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology to commemorate the 20th annual Celebration of African Cultures from 11 a.

Wrestling two in-state rivals in the last weekend of the regular season is exciting enough. Throw in the teams' rankings, and these matchups look even more enticing. After falling out of the polls in mid-January due to a poor showing in the Virginia Duals, the Quakers (11-6, 6-2 EIWA) returned this week as No.