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Garden party
In April, the Morris Arboretum bursts into bloom, with a host of events to celebrate the season. First up on April 1 is the opening of the new exhibit, “Big Bugs,” a series of sculptures from artist David Rogers that will be spread throughout the 92-acre site. The 11 bugs on display include three ants, a praying mantis, and a spider with a web.
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Penn Announces 2013-14 Financial-aid Budget, Tuition
The University of Pennsylvania today reaffirmed its commitment to an all-grant, no-loan financial-aid program as its Board of Trustees authorized a $188 million financial-aid budget for 2013-14 while increasing total undergraduate charges by 3.9 percent.
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Calling all artists
The Burrison Gallery is calling for artwork submittals to be considered for its third annual University Club Members Exhibit, a juried group show that will run from June 29 through Aug. 16. Any member of the University Club at Penn may submit their work for consideration.
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Student Spotlight with Talon Ducheneaux
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND: From the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, Ducheneaux, 20, is a hip-hop artist and future psychologist. As a freshman, he drove to Penn from South Dakota, a trip that took about six days. MUSIC IS MY SAVIOR: Ducheneaux says hip-hop “probably saved me as a kid,” helping him overcome depression, which is all too common on many reservations. “If I didn’t have music, I don’t know where my depression would have taken me in some moments in my life,” he says.
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Staff Q&A with Charles Howard
The Rev. Charles “Chaz” Howard’s official job as University Chaplain is to oversee religious life on campus, but in times of need he offers something much more personal to the Penn community: a friend. “I am here to be a shoulder, to be an ear, to be a friend, to be a fellow sojourner, to be an advocate, a faithful presence,” he says.
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Bridging the racial wealth gap
The 2010 Census reported that the median net worth of African-American families was $4,955—22 times less than the $110,729 median net worth of white American families. This disparity has been referred to as the racial wealth gap, and it has been growing exponentially since the 1980s.
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Q&A with John Zeller
In 2007, Penn kicked off the public phase of the Making History Campaign, the largest fundraising effort in University history, and one of the largest ever launched by a U.S. college or university. From the beginning, the Campaign wasn’t just about reaching the numerical goal of $3.5 billion. Instead, it was a collective effort to shape the University for years to come.
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Public history project aims to foster discussion about race and racism
Civil rights scholar W.E.B. Du Bois’ groundbreaking sociological study, “The Philadelphia Negro,” was commissioned by Penn. More than a century after the book was published, a professor and several students at the University are working to ensure the seminal social science work has a lasting impact.
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Keep Philly clean
On Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Philadelphia residents can pick up a rake, paintbrush, or broom to participate in the city-wide 2013 Spring Cleanup. Volunteers will be bagging up trash, distributing recycling bins, and painting walls to help beautify places across the entire city. The 2008 effort was the largest one-day cleanup in American history, and in 2012, more than 12,100 volunteers collected more than 1 million pounds of trash at nearly 350 sites around the city.
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Special collections, welcoming spaces, scenic views at Van Pelt
The sixth floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, which recently reopened after a three-year renovation project, could become one of the most popular campus locations, with updated meeting and study spaces and breathtaking views.