Slide Scanner getting cleaned

We've sent our Nikon slide scanner off to be serviced and cleaned. We're not sure exactly when it will be back, but I'm hoping it will be back in the next two weeks or so by mid-June. Sorry for any inconvenience its absence may cause, but it's all being done in the name of cleaner, crisper images, so it'll be worth the wait!

We Do Not Exist

I think Jean Lee is in the lab more than I am, sometimes. She's been hard at work on her film, "We Do Not Exist," which explores the issue of sex trafficking -- what it is, who is involved and how it impacts our city. The film will be showing tonight in Fisher-Bennett 401 at 5pm, to be followed by a Q&A with Jean herself. Hope to see you there!

Happy Birthday, Janice

Today is lab consultant Janice Shiu's birthday! Wish her a happy birthday when you see her.

The Power of Freedom

Congratulations to frequent lab user Courtney Terwilliger, whose short film, "The Power of Freedom" is showing this year at the Cannes Film Festival, and has also been accepted at the Hamptons Film Festival!

See the trailer online at http://seedyalley.com/

Courtney will also be live-blogging from Cannes on her website.

Mashup Winners 2009

Congrats to Mashup Contest winners William Strasser, Aaron Walker, Allison Seeling, and the first ever People's Choice Award winners, Akash Barot, Adam El Sehamy and Zhibo Wang.  See the winners and all of the other entries at:

http://wic.library.upenn.edu/mashup/2009voting.html