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Eating by the book—a no-fad diet for life
As a working mother of two, Lisa Hark knows what it’s like to have hungry kids in the car at the end of a long day, begging to stop at the Wawa for a donut. “Healthy food first,”is Hark’s mantra, and she’s often found that once the hunger pangs have been satisfied, the siren song of junk food fades off into the distance.
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Two Penn Startups Receive Seed Funding from the Biotechnology Greenhouse of Southeastern Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA -- Two new companies based on technologies developed at the University of Pennsylvania are among the seven start-ups receiving seed capital today from BioAdvance, the Biotechnology Greenhouse of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, which develops diagnostic tools for Alzheimer disease, and Marillion Pharmaceuticals, which creates target cancer chemotherapies, will each receive $500,000 as part of the Greenhouse fund third cycle of investment.
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Penn Appoints Michael Harris as Associate Vice President in the Office of the Executive Vice President
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael E. Harris has been appointed associate vice president in the Office of the Executive Vice President at the University of Pennsylvania. He assumes his new position Feb. 1.
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“Sam Maitin: A Life in Art” at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery: Tribute to a Celebrated Philadelphia Artist
PHILADELPHIA -- "Sam Maitin: A Life in Art" will be on display Feb. 10 through April 17 at the Arthur Ross Gallery, 220 S. 34th St., on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. Additional works will be concurrently shown at Steinhardt Hall, home of Penn Hillel. The Arthur Ross Gallery is open Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Exhibitions are free and open to the public.
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Expert Comment on Privatizing Social Security
Expert Comment on Privatizing Social Securityfrom the University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolJan. 20, 2005David Skeel, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, teaches, researches and writes about corporate and bankruptcy law
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Researchers Define Who We Are When We Work Together and Evolutionary Origins of the "Wait and See" Approach
PHILADELPHIA -- Whether it is barn-raising or crafting a business plan, humans are among the few creatures that are able to work well cooperatively. According to an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, our success at cooperation results from three distinct personality types.
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Editor's Pick: Minimalist chaos
He’s used meat cleavers, paper towels, felt and linseed oil in works that, at first glance, may seem chaotic. But look closer and you’ll see artist Barry Le Va’s installations are hardly random placements of scattered objects. Instead, they both reflect his training as an architect and challenge the concept of 3-dimensional sculpture.
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How Penn stays green
At Penn, scholars and researchers across all disciplines are engaged in an ongoing effort to restore the natural world, both locally and worldwide, and prepare the next generation to do the same. From the Wharton School to the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, from Penn Law to the School of Medicine, Penn’s environmental experts are working to make the world healthier, safer and more beautiful.
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Alum, professor helping turn former railway into urban promenade
Included in this special report: Penn's own environmental force of nature talks about preparing the next generation to save the planet Cultivating a "green" culture
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Eschenbach: Embrace music, life
Less than five minutes into Christoph Eschenbach’s Dec. 6 talk at the Annenberg Center there was barely a dry eye in the house. That’s because Eschenbach, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s maestro, was telling a wrenching story about how the power of music saved a young life—his own.