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Penn Student Looks at French Lunches With an Eye to Improvements Back Home
University of Pennsylvania senior Elizabeth Hyde has spent the past two months in Paris to observe and evaluate a much-appreciated element of French culture: the meal.
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Fresh Analysis of Dinosaur Skulls by Penn Researchers Finds Three Species Are One
A new analysis of dinosaur fossils by University of Pennsylvania researchers has revealed that a number of specimens of the genus Psittacosaurus — once believed to represent three different species — are all members of a single species. The differences among the fossil remains that led other scientists to label them as separate species in fact arose from how the animals were buried and compressed, the study found.
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Penn video game study helps identify new brain cell
Researchers in psychology and neuroscience are working to connect specific regions of the brain with behaviors and abilities that depend on them. While advances in non-invasive imaging technologies have propelled this interdisciplinary work forward, there is no substitute for directly recording the electrical activity of the living brain.
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Keeping Penn's campus cool
Below the campus sidewalks and streets lies a vast network of interconnected pipes that carry chilled water to approximately 180 buildings across campus.
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Penn sophomore introduces tech-savvy middle school girls to programming
Last week, 56 middle school-age girls flocked to Penn to take their computer savvy to the next level by learning to program. It wasn’t long ago that their instructor, Kate Miller, was in their shoes. Miller, a rising sophomore who is majoring in bioengineering, took a liking to science at an early age. As a high school student in Columbus, Ohio, she developed an afterschool introduction to programming class for middle school girls.
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Raising working dogs, fostering safer worlds
People welcome puppies into their homes for a host of reasons: to rescue them from a harsh life in a shelter, to teach their children responsibility, or just to bask in their utter cuteness. But over the last year, families in the Philadelphia area have opened their homes and hearts to 16 special dogs for a most virtuous cause: to play a part in preparing the canines for careers in police work, search-and-rescue missions, and other life-saving positions.
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Fall 2013 Move-In is just around the corner
Summer is rolling along, and soon, Penn students—new and returning—will be rolling right along with it, pushing their wheeled cardboard boxes filled with bedding, clothes, and other dorm room necessities for the fall semester, which begins on Wednesday, Aug. 28.
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Penn picked to repeat as Ivy League football champions
Looking to accomplish the unprecedented, the University of Pennsylvania football team was picked as the preseason favorite to win the Ivy League title on Tuesday at the annual Ivy League Football Media Day teleconference.
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Presidential Bioethics Commission to meet at Penn
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, chaired by University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann, will meet publicly on Penn’s campus Aug. 19-20. On Aug. 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Commission will conclude its deliberations on the ethical implications of incidental findings.
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Penn Law and Engineering Launch Innovative Program in Law and Technology
At a time when debates over technology policy are as significant as they are complex, the University of Pennsylvania Law School and School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) are launching an innovative joint degree program whose goal is to graduate lawyers and engineers able to address issues at the intersection of law and technology. The first cohort of students is expected to enroll in fall 2014.