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Penn Geneticists Help Show Bitter Taste Perception Is Not Just About Flavors
PHILADELPHIA — Long the bane of picky eaters everywhere, broccoli’s taste is not just a matter of having a cultured palate; some people can easily taste a bitter compound in the vegetable that others have difficulty detecting. Now a team of Penn researchers has helped uncover the evolutionary history of one of the genes responsible for this trait. Beyond showing the ancient origins of the gene, the researchers discovered something unexpected: something other than taste must have driven its evolution.
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Penn's Jason Karlawish: Physician and Novel Writer
Jason Karlawish is a physician, professor and researcher, and now he is also a novelist. His recently released book, Open Wound: The Tragic Obsession of Dr. William Beaumont, is based on the true story of the 19th-century U.S. Army doctor who discovered that human food digestion is mainly the chemical process of stomach acid breaking down food.
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Penn Professor Barbara Savage’s 'Your Spirits Walk Beside Us' Wins 2012 Grawemeyer Award in Religion
PHILADELPHIA -- Barbara Savage of the University of Pennsylvania has won the Grawemeyer Award for the ideas set forth in her book Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion, published in 2008 by Harvard University Press. The annual award carries a $100,000 prize.
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The History of Diversity at Penn
How does one distinguish between diversity and inclusion? Penn, in partnership with the James Brister Society, examines the question, and provides a snapshot of diversity at Penn since its founding in the short film “Towards Inclusion: Diversity at Penn.”
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Penn Center for High Impact Philanthropy's 10 Effective Holiday Charitable Giving Tips
PHILADELPHIA — Each holiday season, people are moved by the spirit of giving to make a difference in the lives of others. The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice has developed an online guide that lists high-impact, low-cost charitable-giving opportunities for donors interested in making a difference with “High Impact Holiday Giving.”
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Religion, rhetoric and the 2012 presidential election
Who says religion and politics don’t mix? Religion scholar Anthea Butler thinks they do, now more so than ever. The 2012 presidential contest, she says, “could be the most religiously based presidential race in recent memory.”
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Penn Vet Dean Joan C. Hendricks and three other alumnae named 2011 ‘Women of Distinction’
Joan C. Hendricks, the Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine, and three other Penn alumnae have been named 2011 Women of Distinction by the Philadelphia Business Journal.
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PennDesign student goes postal to chronicle American life
Due to billions of dollars in losses, the federal government is threatening to close nearly 3,000 post offices across the country, but post office enthusiasts like School of Design graduate student Evan Kalish are doing what they can to try to keep them open, or at least chronicle their impact on American life.
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Shop at Penn Bookstore’s holiday ‘sale-abration’
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? At the Penn Bookstore, gifts are glistening. A beautiful sight, on Dec. 8 and 9, walk into a winter wonderland of puzzles, games and, of course, books, at a 20 percent discount.
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Philanthropic center says donate cash, not cans
With the holidays fast approaching, people across the country will be donating canned goods to schools, clubs and religious organizations to help support area food drives. This year, even more kind-hearted Americans may feel compelled to contribute food, especially after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that in 2010, 48.8 million residents lived in households struggling to feed family members.