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Student Spotlight with Brynn Claypoole
THE WORLD’S PREMIER HACKATHON: Brynn Claypoole, a junior in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, ran last month’s PennApps competition, the premier college hackathon, held once a semester, where people from all over the world travel to Penn to collaborate on hacks and apps for mobile and web platforms.
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Staff Q&A with William Alexander
On his way to becoming a choral music teacher, William Alexander took a detour down guidance counselor road to work with middle school students, and ended up in the land of psychology. “I think always working with young people was the central theme,” he says about his career, “so I navigated my interests from teaching to psychotherapy and psychology.”
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Q&A with Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet
Born in Tehran, Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, the Robert I. Williams Term Professor of History in the School of Arts & Sciences, spent the first part of her life in Iran during the reign of the shah, and was an eyewitness as events unfolded during the 1979 Iranian Revolution that removed the shah from power and gave rise to the Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Writing and Living on the Edge at Penn
Short fiction writer and novelist A. Naomi Jackson is living a life many aspiring writers dream of. Immersed in the vibrant writing community at the University of Pennsylvania for the next year, she’s working with her literary agent on edits to her first novel, Star Side of Bird Hill, and is on pace to complete a second novel, Across the Park.
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Nano/Bio Interface Center at Penn to Host Annual NanoDay
On Wednesday, Oct. 23, the University of Pennsylvania’s Nano/Bio Interface Center will host its annual NanoDay@Penn. This public education and outreach event will feature a series of talks, demonstrations and exhibits dealing with nanotechnology, a rapidly expanding scientific discipline that involves the manipulation of matter on the atomic and molecular scale.
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Preparing veterans to succeed in higher ed
Diane Sandefur entered the world of higher education as a nontraditional student. For the past 17 years at Penn, she has helped hundreds of fellow nontraditional students—veterans, in particular —receive their own acceptance letters from higher education institutions. “My role is to fill in the gaps and help veterans move forward with their dreams and goals,” Sandefur says.
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Penn expands campus dining options
This fall, Penn has expanded its menu of campus dining options, adding new facilities to its retail footprint, both off campus and on. HipCityVeg recently opened at 214 S. 40th St., and HubBub Coffee, at 3736 Spruce St., is scheduled to open on Monday, Oct. 21, at 7 a.m.
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Transportation research
Penn and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have received a $5.65 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant for a joint center to conduct transportation technology research and development. The two-year grant will allow the Penn-CMU partnership, Technologies for Safe and Efficient Transportation, to continue to develop and implement new technologies, including advancing transportation safety, improving the quality and efficiency of roadways, and saving travel time.
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GSE on the crisis in Philly schools
When the Philadelphia School District opened its doors to students this fall, it did so with many vacant teachers’ desks and empty supply closets, even as classrooms were more crowded with students than ever.
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For the Record: Paul Philippe Cret
The influence of architect Paul Philippe Cret endures more than 100 years after he arrived in Philadelphia to teach at Penn. Considered one of the preeminent architects of the first half of the 20th century, Cret designed many iconic structures across the nation, including the memorial arch at Valley Forge, the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, and the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington, D.C. [youtube]http://youtu.be/flxew_eD0EQ[/youtube]