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Expert Comment on Potential Balloting Problems in the 2004 Presidential Election
Expert Comment on Potential Balloting Problems in the 2004 Presidential Electionfrom the University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolOct. 19, 2004Nathaniel Persily, a law and political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has researched and written widely about election law and voting rights.
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Exhibition at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery Marks 15 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall
PHILADELPHIA -- The German Democratic Republic disappeared more suddenly and more completely than any state in modern times. Beginning the weekend of Nov. 6, the 15th anniversary of those events, the Arthur Ross Gallery offers a visual recollection and a contribution to the understanding of that vanished state.
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A is For Atom, Applied Knowledge: $5 Million Grant to Open Penn's Science Teacher Institute for Area Teachers
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has received a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish the Penn Science Teacher Institute, where secondary and middle-level grade science teachers will take part in masters-level programs to improve their ability to teach science. The institute builds on Penn successful Master of Chemistry Education program, the first and only content-intensive science teacher-training degree program by a research university.
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Penn and Drexel Host Biomedical Engineering Society's Annual Meeting
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania Department of Bioengineering and Drexel University will host the annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society. The meeting, being held Oct. 13-16 in Philadelphia, focuses on the latest scientific, technical and ethical information from all areas of biomedical engineering.
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College House at Penn Named for Alumni Leaders James and Gail Petty Riepe
PHILADELPHIA -- Spruce College House in the University of Pennsylvania's Quadrangle is being renamed Riepe College House. The naming recognizes a $10 million pledge to support the college house made by James and Gail Petty Riepe of Baltimore and honors their longstanding dedication to strengthening student life at Penn. James Riepe is chairman of Penn's Board of Trustees and Gail Petty Riepe is a member of the Board of Overseers for Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine.
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Inauguration of Amy Gutmann as Penn's Eighth President Begins with Procession at 10 a.m., Ceremony at 10:30
WHO: Amy Gutmann, a world-renowned scholar and expert in democratic societies who is dedicated to improving student access to higher education, will be installed Oct. 15 as the eighth president of the University of Pennsylvania. WHAT: The trustees of the University will officially confer the presidency on Dr. Gutmann in a traditional ceremony following a formal procession of dignitaries along Locust Walk that will include trustees, faculty, senior administration and selected guests.
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Arguing for reason in a name-calling culture
As Amy Gutmann acknowledged Sept. 23 at the Penn Bookstore, deliberative democracy is not a phrase that trips off the tongue easily. But, she said, "It holds out the biggest promise for making democracy the best it can be." "Deliberation is difficult. It requires education, experience and good models," Gutmann said during a talk and book signing for two of her books, "Why Deliberative Democracy?" (with Dennis Thompson) and "Identity in Democracy."
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Out & About: Gold diggers
Bling bling may be on the way out. At least that was one of the opinions voiced at “Seven-Up on Gold,” Sept. 29 at Kelly Writers House. The event, the first in a series that will invite seven speakers to talk, sing or generally hold forth on a particular topic for about seven minutes, was being held in conjunction with “Color Project,” the current exhibit at the Esther Klein Gallery.
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T Cell's Memory May Offer Long-Term Immunity to Leishmaniasis
PHILADELPHIA -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered a "central memory" form of "helper" T cells that can offer immunity to leishmaniasis, a disease that causes considerable death and disfigurement across the globe and has been found in U.S. military personnel returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.
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A 9/11 rumor bites the dust
Not long after 9/11, rumors began to circulate about the fate of the search-and-rescue dogs that dug through the rubble in the days following the tragedy. Stories appeared about dogs dying after inhaling toxic fumes and others developing cancer.