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Campaign raises $4.3 billion, transforming Penn
After seven years of widespread support and alumni participation, Penn culminated its Making History Campaign in February, raising $4.3 billion.
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Science, Lightbulb cafés move to World Cafe Live
Typical happy hour events have a smart alternative, the Science and Lightbulb cafés, where scholars and professors from the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) step out of the classroom for live, public discussions in nearby bars and restaurants.
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Penn asks employees for honest opinions
What’s your take on this 273-year-old institution called the University of Pennsylvania? Are you proud to call yourself a Penn employee? Do you feel respected and appreciated, with opportunities for career advancement? Can you recommend the University as a workplace to others? Penn wants to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
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Engineers Without Borders
Earlier this year, Penn Engineers Without Borders (PennEWB) traveled to Cameroon to improve an aged, inefficient water distribution system.
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Willenbring to Discuss Antarctica, Climate Change at Penn Science Café March 12
WHO: Jane Willenbring Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science University of Pennsylvania
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Prenatal stress can leave a mark on placenta
Expectant mothers are commonly advised to relax and avoid stress—often easier said than done during a busy nine months of pregnancy.
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Penn Medicine Team Draws Map to Avoid Detours on Road to HIV Treatment Success
Addressing on the challenges that accompany transitions between health care settings could be a key strategy for improving clinical outcomes for people living with HIV, according to researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The team’s plan, which calls for identifying potential challenges before they occur and preparing to address them, is detailed online in the journal AIDS.
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Penn IUR Honors Leaders in Urban Food Systems at the Ninth Annual Urban Leadership Forum
The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) hosts the 9th Annual Urban Leadership Forum on Wednesday March 13th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm to celebrate exemplary leaders in the effort to build resilient, food-secure, and livable cities. The Penn IUR Urban Leadership Award is awarded annually to urban leaders who have made outstanding contributions to urban scholarship and to building cities that successfully respond to the challenges of the 21st Century.
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Penn Study: How the Body's Energy Molecule Transmits Three Types of Taste
Saying that the sense of taste is complicated is an understatement, that it is little understood, even more so. Exactly how cells transmit taste information to the brain for three out of the five primary taste types was pretty much a mystery, until now.
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Groundbreaking Penn Conference Tackles the Complex of Urbanization and Food
Feeding Cities: Food Security in a Rapidly Urbanizing World, the first international conference examining the critical link between urbanization and food security, will be held at the University of Pennsylvania from Wednesday, March 13, through Friday, March 15, 2013.