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Penn to Host Access to USC Shoah Foundation Institute Archive; Nearly 52,000 Holocaust Testimonies on Video
WHAT: The launch of the University of Pennsylvania’s access to the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s entire Visual History Archive that contains nearly 52,000 video testimonies of survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust from 56 countries and in 32 languages.
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Penn’s United Community Clinic Provides Health Care for Underserved Populations, Showcases Interdisciplinary Work
Sick people refusing to be seen by a doctor? “I don’t have medical coverage, I can’t go.” That’s what some people have said for far too long. But, one organization works to get Philadelphians the health care that they need –- with or without insurance.
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Five Penn Professors Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
PHILADELPHIA — Five professors from the University of Pennsylvania are among the 220 elected to the 2012 class of members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. One of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, the Academy is also a leading center for independent policy research. The current membership includes some of the world's most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities and the arts.
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Penn to Host Access to USC Shoah Foundation Institute's Video Archive of Holocaust Survivors, Witnesses
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania has become the first university in Pennsylvania with access to the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s entire Visual History Archive that contains nearly 52,000 video testimonies of survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust in 32 languages and from 56 countries.
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Dorothy Roberts Appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor
PHILADELPHIA -- Dorothy Roberts has been named the University of Pennsylvania’s 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, effective July 1. The announcement was made today by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price.
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‘Hollywood’s Copyright Wars: From Edison to the Internet’
If the Brothers Grimm tale about “the fairest one of all” had remained outside of the public domain, the Disney version of Snow White may never have lived happily ever after.
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Penn Research Shows That Mormons Are Generous and Active in Helping Others
PHILADELPHIA -- When it comes to being generous with time and money, Americans who are not Mormons can learn from Americans who are. A new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis explores Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints culture and explains LDS members’ volunteering and charitable giving-habits.
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APPC Honors 'Sesame Process' for Children’s Media Development
PHILADELPHIA – Sesame Street, the long-running and award-winning children’s television program that airs on the Public Broadcasting Service, is the recipient of the 2012 Annenberg Public Policy Center Award for Excellence in Children and Media.
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Morris Arboretum Celebrates Arbor Day
PHILADELPHIA – Explore the world of a designer, an architect and a botanist for the day during Morris Arboretum’s annual Arbor Day celebration on Saturday, April 28 from 11 am - 3pm. Five stations set up throughout the Arboretum will give visitors the opportunity to expand their knowledge of trees while participating in challenging, but fun activities. Stations will include designing a tree house, learning to identify trees, writing the history of a tree’s life, planning an urban treescape, and observing arborists at work. This event, open to all visitors, also gives 6th,
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Penn Nourish International to Engage With Nicaragua on Sustainable Health Resource Project
Penn Nourish International and the Wake Forest chapter of Nourish have teamed up to conduct a service project at a Nicaraguan health clinic this summer. Nourish International members from each school will volunteer in the tiny community of William Galeano on the outskirts of Managua.