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PHILADELPHIA-- The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology will hold "Smiles, Laughter and Friends," its ninth annual Peace Around the World Dec. 5 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. It's a free, multicultural, family-oriented afternoon with choir music plus international music and dancing, international cartoons, holiday card and craft making, magic, exotic face-painting, a treasure hunt, free treats for children and more. Attendees can get special reduced-rate parking in Penn Garage 7, Convention Avenue at South Street.
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EXPERT COMMENT FOR PENDING U.S. SUPREME COURT RULINGSfrom the University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolWhether the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines are unconstitutional because they allow a judge to increase a sentence based on issues that were never presented to a juryPaul Robinson, professor of lawAreas of expertise: Criminal law, criminal code reform, criminal sentencing. He is the former commissioner (1986-88) of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
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PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania Professor Wayne Worrell has received the 2004 Edward Goodrich Acheson Award at the 206th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society. The award consists of a gold medal and $10,000. Worrell, who joined the faculty in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in Penn School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in 1965, received the award in recognition of his scientific achievements and outstanding service to the materials-science community.
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Set in Alabama and Washington, D.C., in the early 20th century, W. E. B. Du Bois’s first novel weaves the themes of racial equality and understanding through a stark narrative of prejudice and bias.
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— Elijah Anderson, sociology professor, on the difficulty of racial assimilation in the workplace (St. Petersburg Times, Oct. 22).
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In late September, when the arthritis drug Vioxx was pulled from the shelves by Merck & Co., Garret FitzGerald, chairman of the Department of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine, thought it a wise move. And it hardly surprised him.
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Penn’s Masters of Chemistry Education program has been helping middle and secondary level teachers expand and improve their knowledge of the subject since 2001. Now, teachers who feel lacking in science expertise will be able to turn to Penn for even more help. The proposed Penn Science Teacher Institute—to be run jointly by the science departments in the School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School of Education—will continue to offer the Masters of Chemistry Education, as well as a new program, tentatively named the Master of Integrated Science Education Program.
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Vienna’s opera house and palaces may be the big tourist draws, but the Austrian capital has also become known as a hub of modern architectural innovation. That much is clear from a new exhibit—organized by the Architectural League of New York— currently on display in the lower level of the Left Bank. “Urban Life: Housing in the Contemporary City” showcases a dozen affordable housing projects from Vienna and other spots on the globe hand picked for their bold, daring approaches to a universal problem.
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Brad Smith remembers the Friday nights of his youth, when his sports-loving father would take the family out to the local high school football stadium to see the weekly big game. Brad enjoyed the trips—even though he didn’t care much for football.
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