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Staff Q&A with Daniel Drake
As Daniel Drake makes his way through the halls of the Living Independently For Elders (LIFE) program headquarters, almost every person he passes shakes his hand, nods “hello,” greets him by name. And despite having a jam-packed itinerary as the CEO of the all-inclusive elder care center, Drake knows their names as well.
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Q&A with Robert Aronowitz
Robert Aronowitz, chair of the Department of History and Sociology of Science, entered the University of Michigan as an undergrad thinking he would be a physics major. But the Sixties intervened.
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Pair of Penn profs earn NSF CAREER awards
It’s only February, but two Penn professors are already having a career year.
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What is Penn doing about sustainable transportation?
Dear Benny,I noticed that Penn has its own transportation office. I hear Penn talk a lot about sustainability and reducing its carbon footprint, but what is it doing to reduce the amount of carbon or pollutants put into the air by its vehicles?—Green Lantern
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40 years ‘expanding the narrative’
Until the early 1970s, women were seldom represented in academic departments, fields, or research, says Demie Kurz, co-director of the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS) Program and co-director of the program’s sister center, the Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality.
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Mahoney Institute of Neuroscience
A LITTLE HISTORY: More than 60 years ago, Penn Professor of Anatomy Louis Flexner had a novel idea: Create a place where brain experts, no matter the discipline, could come together to discuss theories and work collaboratively. Founded as the Institute of Neurological Sciences, today, this groundbreaking interdisciplinary home is known as the Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences (MINS).
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Penn economist links ‘assortive mating’ and income inequality
Income inequality in the United States is widening in part because of “assortive mating,” says a Penn economist—the tendency for high-income, college-educated men and women to marry each other instead of marrying low-income individuals without college degrees.
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Africana Studies course explores history of black men and women at Penn
Fourteen years after the United States outlawed slavery, the first African-American students enrolled at Penn.
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Native American exhibit
“Native American Voices: The People—Here and Now,” a new exhibition that challenges visitors to leave behind preconceptions about Native Americans and discover a living tapestry of nations with distinct stories, identities, and contemporary leaders, opens at the Penn Museum on Saturday, March 1.
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People make Penn go ’round. Toddlers, teenagers, and young adults. Twenty-somethings, 30-somethings, and 40- and 50-plus. Sexagenarians, septuagenarians, octogenarians, and maybe even more. The “Greatest” Generation, the Silent Generation, and those that came before. Baby Boomers, Generation X-ers, and Millennials. Students, faculty, and staff. People who think, study, create, build, support, give, advise, care, protect, serve, and people who make other people.