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The View Is Better from Up There: Penn-Led Team to Look to Distant Galaxies with Balloon-Borne Telescope
PHILADELPHIA An international team of researchers, led by astronomers at the University of Pennsylvania, has launched the most highly sensitive telescope of its kind to be carried by balloon. The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope or BLAST will take a five to nine-day journey along the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere. BLAST will collect images of objects in our solar system as well as the distant light that details the formation of stars and the evolution of whole galaxies.
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Penn Sponsors Summer Research Tours to Japan and India For Greater Philadelphia Area High School Teachers
PHILADELPHIA--The University of Pennsylvania is helping greater Philadelphia area high school teachers globalize their lesson plans through a pair of overseas study tours this month.The first tour sends 10 middle and high school teachers from Pennsylvania and New Jersey to Japan for 18 days to learn about Japanese customs and culture. It is sponsored by Penn's Center for East Asian Studies and the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia and funded in part by a United States-Japan Foundation grant.
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Comprehensive Plan Needed to End Child Sexual Exploitation
PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania social work professor Richard Estes, co-editor of the new two-volume "Medical, Legal, & Social Science Aspects of Child Sexual Exploitation," hopes that the release of this work will guide lawmakers, human service planners, child advocacy groups and others to work together to create a comprehensive plan to combat child sexual exploitation.
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10 Best-Kept Secrets of University City
West Philadelphia can be a predictable sort of place. Everything you seek, you know where to find. Looking to shop? Try the stores along 40th or Walnut Street. Need a workout? Go to Pottruck. Thirsty for a drink? Visit the bars of Sansom Street. In the day-to-day, 9-to-5 grind, it’s all too easy to stick to the tried-and-true. The only problem with that approach, of course, is that you’re unlikely to discover anything new and exciting. And believe it or not, West Philadelphia has its share of hidden treasures—you just have to take the time to look.
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Summer school If you’re toying with the idea of going back to school or continuing your education part-time, plan to attend the “Back to School” Career Focus Brown Bag lunchtime seminars, held in two parts on June 14 and 17 from noon to 1 p.m. at 3624 Market St. For more information, and to register, go to: www.hr.upenn.edu/training_coursecatalog. Square roots
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Ask Benny: What are summer hours for facilities?
Dear Benny, I’m a workout fanatic, and I usually prefer to hit the gym after work. But with summer approaching, does Pottruck have shorter hours? Am I going to have to start working out in the morning? Also, are other Penn facilities adjusting their hours for the summer?—Gym Rat
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Words to the wise: Commencement ’05
Penn assistant professor of earth and environmental science Ben Horton spent three weeks this spring in Malaysia with a Penn-led multinational team of scientists seeking to better understand the causes and effects of the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004.
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At Work With...Scott McNulty
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Malaysia, still in recovery
Penn assistant professor of earth and environmental science Ben Horton spent three weeks this spring in Malaysia with a Penn-led multinational team of scientists seeking to better understand the causes and effects of the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004.
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Staff Q&A: Terri White
Terri White’s career at Penn has always revolved around students. When she started here as director of the Greenfield Intercultural Center, she advised many of the student organizations—including the Black Student League and the United Minorities Council—that enhance Penn student life. These days, she’s still working with students, but now her mandate is more fundamental—advising, motivating and preparing young people for college and graduate school.