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Are there any summer concert series on campus?
Dear Benny,Last summer, I saw a few musical performances on campus and really enjoyed them. Are there similar performances happening at Penn this summer, either outdoors or inside?— Summer Lovin’
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Staff Q&A with William Parberry
In four decades at Penn, Music Director William Parberry has conducted an impressive number of performances. Parberry has led choral groups in performances of major works by Brahms, Beethoven, Verdi, Schubert, Bach, and Mozart. He’s had a smaller group perform Baroque cantatas, Renaissance masses and motets, and 20th century chamber works. With an even smaller early music ensemble, he’s led them through some of the most complex and beautiful music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
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Bioengineers take gold in Senior Design Competition
For the first time in nearly a decade, a team from the Department of Bioengineering took the top prize in the School of Engineering Applied Science’s Senior Design Project Competition. The annual tradition pits the top teams from the senior design classes in the school’s six departments against one another.
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Meet Lentil, a canine ambassador for cleft lip and cleft palate
[flickr]72157633364662905[/flickr] Lentil is a French bulldog puppy with a mission. Born with bilateral cleft lips and midline cleft palate, Lentil, at three months old, is nevertheless a “total pistol” who “rules the house,” according to his foster mom Lindsay Condefer.
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Support for the arts
Philly nonprofits looking for support for innovative arts and culture projects can get a boost from a new grant program from the University City District. The Porch Partnership Programming Fund is a three-round, $150,000 grant-making effort for local organizations seeking to facilitate arts and culture projects at The Porch at 30th Street Station. The fund is supported by the William Penn Foundation. The fund’s first round of grants will support projects executed between August and October 2013; proposals are due on Friday, May 31.
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Student Spotlight with Christi Economy
ALOHA STATE: From Hawaii, rising senior Economy, 21, is the second-oldest of her five siblings. An international relations and economics major, she grew up on the Island of Hawaii, also known as the Big Island. NIFTY SIXTY: Economy was one of only 60 U.S. students who were recently awarded a Truman Scholarship, which is given annually to college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, nonprofit/advocacy, education, or other forms of public service.
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Grant Boosts Particle Physics and Mathematics Research for Two Penn Professors
Two University of Pennsylvania professors have won the chance to pursue their research full-time this fall.
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Morris Arboretum’s Garden Railway Opens Memorial Day Weekend
This summer, Morris Arboretum’s Garden Railway will transport visitors to the far ends of the earth without ever leaving Philadelphia.
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Jonathan Shepherd to Speak at Penn Criminology Department Graduation Ceremony
WHO: Jonathan Shepherd, director of the Cardiff University Violence and Society Research Group
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Penn Named Partner Campus in AAAS Emerging Leaders in Science & Society Program
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has selected the University of Pennsylvania to be an Emerging Leaders in Science & Society, ELISS, founding partner campus. Three other universities were also chosen, Stanford, University of Washington, and Purdue.