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A peek inside Penn’s outside spaces

[youtube]-suEYEPZpRc[/youtube]In Philadelphia—a city famed for its perpendicular streets and silver skyline—a step onto Penn’s campus can take visitors into a verdant, yet wildly urban setting.The University’s lush, leafy atmosphere is carefully planned. Landscape staff at Facilities and Real Estate Services (FRES) work year-round to maintain Penn’s signature green spaces and develop new ones—all of which are inspired by the University’s Landscape Development Plan of 1977.

A century with the Penn Museum’s Sphinx

In 1913, a massive piece of granite arrived in Philadelphia that forever changed the scope of the Penn Museum’s collection.

Penn Women’s Center celebrates 40 years

In 1973, second-wave feminism was in full force. The Supreme Court struck down most state restrictions on abortion in the landmark case Roe v. Wade, and the Gloria Steinem-founded Ms. magazine had just celebrated its inaugural year on newsstands. At Penn, the atmosphere was no different.

Sea of hands

Staff Q&A with Tom Murphy

Tom Murphy will tell you straight—he’s not an IT guy. But don’t be swayed by his modest words. As Penn’s new vice president for information technology and chief information officer, he brings years of valuable, hard-earned experience in managing information technology for multibillion-dollar companies. “I think Computerworld Magazine once called me a renaissance CIO,” Murphy says with a laugh from his office in 3401 Walnut St. “I play music, I do art, I was an English major.”

Penn Student Set on Career Path to Lead a Charter School

Jessica King, 20, who calls herself  “a child of public school,” is on a path to become the principal of a charter school. King was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania as an early-decision applicant.

Scarecrow contest

Unleash your creativity in the Morris Arboretum’s 6th Annual Scarecrow Design Contest. This year, in addition to “Fall Favorites” scarecrows, participants can create a scarecrow for the theme: “What do I want to be when I grow up?”

Now hiring: Eco-Reps

The Green Campus Partnership’s Staff and Faculty Eco-Reps Program is currently accepting applications for the 2013-2014 program year. Penn’s Eco-Rep program is open to employees who want to reduce the University’s environmental footprint and enhance the workplace by educating and engaging others in more sustainable actions.

Eye on the Future: Penn Compact 2020

THE VISION FOR PENN: In her inaugural address nearly a decade ago, Penn President Amy Gutmann outlined a vision for the University. This vision was the Penn Compact, which Gutmann said at the time to the University community, “expresses our boldest aspirations for higher education—a compact based on our shared understanding that ‘Divided we fail. United we flourish.’”

For the Record: Joseph Leidy

In the early 1800s, scientists began understanding the value of the microscope in medical research. While studying medicine at Penn, Joseph Leidy trained in microscopy, the science of using a microscope to view tiny objects too small to be seen with the naked eye. After earning his medical degree from Penn in 1844, he practiced medicine for several years before pursuing his greatest love: medical investigative procedures.