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How to get America's youth back to the polls
Between 1972 and 2000, the rate at which young Americans voted dropped by 13 percent, and by the ever-so-close 2000 election, only 42 percent of voters aged 18 to 24 went to the polls. For America’s youth, voting advocates say, it was a wasted opportunity to make a difference in one of the closest elections in U.S. history. But as the 2004 election nears, those advocates are putting unprecedented amounts of money and energy into wooing that demographic back to the polls— and some say the effort will pay off.
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Have bike, will travel—and help a worthy cause along the way
For 13 days this summer, Leonard Lodish and his wife, Susan, pedaled their way across China, doing their best to keep pace with the Chinese college students along for the 900-mile ride. Even for the Lodishes, who have been taking long-distance bike trips for years, this trip wasn’t an easy one. "It was the hardest physical 13 days of my life," admits Lodish, a Wharton marketing professor and lifelong biking enthusiast. But he says all the pain and effort was worth it—and he’s got the money to prove it.
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People's Choice: What's your season?
We recently wondered how the mood of the Penn campus might change along with the change of the seasons, so we asked faculty and staff this simple question: Do you prefer summer or fall? What did we hear? Well, a little big of everything. Here’s a sampling:
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Truly Transcendent
Though few of architect Louis I. Kahn’s building projects were realized during his lifetime, the handful that were built were enough to establish him as one of the preeminent visionaries of the 20th century. Now the Kroiz Exhibition Gallery at Penn’s Architectural Archives—which boasts an extensive Kahn collection—is celebrating Kahn’s most magnificent building achievement with a new show through April 8, 2005. The exhibit, “A Place of Transcendence: Louis I.
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Screen Science Monsters, aliens and science experiments gone wrong come to life on the silver screen in The Wistar Institute’s free film series, “Science in the Movies.” On Oct. 13, be sure to catch the 1951 classic “The Thing,” about a pilot who is rescued from a spacecraft crash only to embark on a murderous rampage. Maybe once and for all you can settle the mystery of the film—was it directed by Christian Nyby, as it states in the credits, or mogul Howard Hawks, who received a production credit?
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Penn wins grant for nanotechnology center
The University of Pennsylvania is one of six institutions to receive funding from the National Science Foundation for a new Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. The Penn center will receive $11.6 million during the next five years. The center will administer Penn’s new Undergraduate Minor and Ph.D. Certificate Program in Nanotechnology along with serving as a national resource for single molecule analysis. The center will collaborate with partners including Drexel University and Cambridge University.
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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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Kerry rally draws thousands
After striding on stage to Bruce Springsteen’s “Never Surrender,” Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry pitched his candidacy on Sept. 24 to a crowd of thousands on the Penn campus. Penn students, staff, faculty and other supporters filled Hill Field, at 34th and Walnut, and spilled out on the surrounding streets to hear the candidate deliver his stump speech on the economy, the Iraq war, health insurance and Medicare. Huge cheers erupted when Kerry addressed abortion rights, calling the Supreme Court “three words of motivation” for voters.
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Hurricane expert surveys a season of storms
By the time the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne finally left Pennsylvania in late September, the storm had dumped more than ten inches of rain in some areas, sent several rivers spilling over their banks, snarled traffic and left homes across the area flooded. She wasn’t alone. The storm was just the latest in a powerful series of hurricanes, including Ivan, that have battered the Caribbean and Eastern United States since hurricane season began in June.