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Fels Institute of Government to Host Penn Public Policy Challenge Finals April 1
PHILADELPHIA – As part of its 75th-anniversary celebration, the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania will host its third annual Public Policy Challenge. The public-policy competition will be held April 1 from 3 to 6 p.m. at WHYY, 150 N. 6th St. in Philadelphia.
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"Samba Sessao: Afro-Brazilian Art and Film" at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery
PHILADELPHIA — “Samba Sessao: Afro-Brazilian Art and Film,” which focuses attention on the visual culture of Brazil, opens at the University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery on April 7. Collected in the late 1990s by John Axelrod and later acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the 15 paintings and three sculptures draw on the different aspects of modern Afro-Brazilian life and culture. In addition, videos will be on display as a part of the exhibit.
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Glenn Greenwald to Speak at Penn on "Endless War and the Erosion of Civil Liberties in the Age of Terrorism"
WHO: Political commentator Glenn Greenwald
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Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children’s Zone to Speak at Penn’s 256th Commencement
PHILADELPHIA –- Geoffrey Canada, president of the Harlem Children’s Zone, which provides educational, social and medical services to children in that New York City neighborhood, will deliver the address at the University of Pennsylvania’s 256th commencement on Monday, May 14.Canada’s pioneering work with the HCZ Project has served thousands of Central Harlem children from the time they are born. The program is a model for other communities across thenation. His work was featured in the award-winning 2010 documentary “Waiting for Superman.”
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Provost Announces Penn Social Science and Policy Forum
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania has launched the Penn Social Science and Policy Forum. The announcement was made by Penn Provost Vincent Price.
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Penn Works With Columbia Engineers to Increase Speed of Single-molecule Measurements
PHILADELPHIA — As nanotechnology becomes ever more ubiquitous, researchers are using it to make medical diagnostics smaller, faster and cheaper in order to better diagnose diseases, learn more about inherited traits and more. But as sensors get smaller, measuring them becomes more difficult; there is always a tradeoff between how long any measurement takes to make and how precise it is. And when a signal is very weak, the tradeoff is especially big.
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New Research From Penn Medicine Reveals Mothers of Kids With Autism Earn Significantly Less
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a lifelong set of developmental disorders that often demand significant resources of time and money from families.
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Penn Researchers Find Mentoring Provides Health Benefits for African-American Veterans With Diabetes
Intervention by peer mentors has a statistically significant effect on improving glucose control in African American veterans with diabetes, according to a study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP).
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Putting a mystery to rest
Fifty-seven Irish workers set sail for the United States in April of 1832 to work at Duffy’s Cut, a Pennsylvania Railroad construction site in Malvern, a town about 20 miles outside of Philadelphia. The workers arrived in Philadelphia in June. By the end of August, they were all dead. The railroad company’s official line was that the workers died of cholera. But William Watson, a professor of history at Immaculata University in Malvern, says he believes they were executed.
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Penn Prof on March Madness: Can Losing Lead to Winning?
PHILADELPHIA -- Is your March Madness bracket filled out yet? Imagine you’re watching a close game. As the teams head to the locker room at half time, only two points separate the two competitors. Which team do you think is more likely to win? The team down by one or the team up by one? If you’re like most people, you said up by one. But you’d actually be better off going with the team that is losing. Teams down by one are more likely to win. And the reason tells us a lot about the effects of competition on motivation.