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Student Spotlight with Amanda Culp
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The Porch at 30th Street Station
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Pulitzer Prize board
Steven Hahn, the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History in the School of Arts and Sciences, has been elected to the 20-member Pulitzer Prize Board. In 2004, Hahn won the Pulitzer Prize for history for his book, “A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration.”
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Safe and secure
For the fifth year in a row, Penn has been awarded the No. 1 spot in Security magazine’s “Security 500” list for the higher education sector. Maureen S. Rush, vice president for public safety, says the top ranking reflects the commitment that Penn’s Division of Public Safety (DPS) has to keeping the campus safe. DPS includes University Police; Fire and Emergency Services; Technology and Emergency Communications; Security Services and Special Services—with 116 sworn Penn police officers.
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Staff Q&A with Kim Junod
In its 20-year history, the roster of artists who have appeared on WXPN’s “World Cafe” reads like the canon of any music lover’s exhaustive collection: Jeff Buckley, Ry Cooder, Carole King, Charlie Louvin, Paul McCartney, Les Paul, Liz Phair, Mavis Staples and Jack White have all chatted with about their lives and music on the radio show. Senior Producer Kim Junod has been there for more than half of that two-decade run.
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Fels students consulting for the ‘real world’
How can an organization with no revenues demonstrate its value to the community in terms of dollars and cents? That was the challenge facing the Free Library of Philadelphia before it tapped Fels Research and Consulting to investigate.
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Penn Medicine docs see the value of a good story
Science is defined by accuracy and objectivity. Researchers must carefully design experiments and submit their findings to exacting peer review. With their work receiving such grueling analysis, it would seem that scientists' findings would speak for themselves. Not so, say two doctors in the Perelman School of Medicine.
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For the Record: The Kiosk Quick Lunch
Food trucks on and around campus serve thousands of hungry people everyday, providing quick, tasty and inexpensive sustenance for time-crunched students, faculty and staff. The vendors serve meals from early in the morning into the evening, hawking standard Philadelphia food cart fare such as hot dogs, cheesesteaks and soft pretzels. Some also offer ethnic cuisine, including Chinese and Middle-Eastern selections, savory and sweet crepes and vegetarian specialties. A few are so popular that customers are willing to wait on the street for 20 minutes or more for a meal.
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Q&A with Claudia Valeggia
In Claudia Valeggia’s opinion, President Barack Obama is a pretty cool guy. At a White House event last month, Valeggia said the president made sure to emphasize how he and the first lady support their daughters’ inclination for science.
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Distinguished Achievement
Penn President Amy Gutmann presented the University of Pennsylvania Medal for Distinguished Achievement to prominent Philadelphia philanthropist Raymond G. Perelman on Oct. 26, at an event celebrating the naming of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine.