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MES program designed to turn out ‘pioneering, adventurous students’
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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Morris horticulturalist works to save Wissahickon, wetland
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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Penn prof joins elite group
Charles O’Brien gets frequent invitations to speak in Europe. The Penn psychiatry professor is fluent in French, which helps. And his area of expertise—the study and treatment of addictions—finds interested audiences wherever he travels.
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Movable Feast: Hearty dishes to keep warm
Now that winter has settled in to stay, midday thoughts are likely to turn to the predictable, sustaining pleasures of comfort food. But that doesn’t have to mean pizza or a cheesesteak every time the mercury plummets. On and around campus we’ve found a host of hearty dishes to keep the mid-winter chills at bay.
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Staff Q&A: Bart Miltenberger
Bart Miltenberger says working at Penn delivers some unexpected perks to aspiring musicians. Including access to some pretty good rehearsal space. There are the obvious spots, like historic Irvine Auditorium, and there are the not-so-obvious—like the echoing stairways at the Wharton School.
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“I wouldn’t dare. …because the bronze they were stored in is loaded with lead—at levels as high as 20 percent—and I’m not interested in a touch of lead poisoning.”
—Patrick McGovern, adjunct associate professor of anthropology, on not tasting his discovery of a 9,000-year-old Chinese fermented drink (San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 7).
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Where's the Shaq of science?
Riding the zippy Segway Human Transporter across the stage of the Engineering School’s Wu & Chen Auditorium, inventor and physicist Dean Kamen urged a packed house to “find the Shaquille O’Neal of science and engineering.” The future, he said, depends upon it.
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A better way to grow a fish?
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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Sculpture to honor Joe Burk
During the four years she rowed crew at Amherst College, Elizabeth Doering sometimes called her father, Albert, with complaints about the cold temperatures and her aching bones. In response, her father, once a member of Penn’s crew team, regaled his daughter with stories of his own—including one about his beloved coach, who once took off his jacket, in the dead of winter, and dove into the Schuylkill River to prove that if he could swim, the team could row.
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University events honor King’s life and legacy
In celebration of the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the University presents “Penn’s Commitment to the Legacy: Meeting the Challenges of a Diverse Democracy.” Featured are numerous community service opportunities, discussions and lectures, which run from Jan. 17 through the 28th. Some of the events are listed below; for a complete list and the latest information on the MLK events visit the African-American Resource Center web site: www.upenn.edu/aarc/mlk. Monday, Jan. 17