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Student Spotlight with Kevin Conley
WHIZ KID: A self-proclaimed computer hacker, Kevin Conley, 21, a senior in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, has developed a social networking application called SMSPersonFinder that helps disaster victims around the world notify their loved ones that they are safe and unharmed.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Penn Park
The massive Penn Park project has transformed the eastern edge of campus from a series of surface parking lots and a former industrial site into a landscape of connected green public spaces, sports fields and pedestrian bridges. Have some questions about this new 24-acre site? Well, we have answers.
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Q&A with Edward Sidor
When members of the University and Philadelphia communities gathered nearly two years ago to formally kick off the construction phase of the Penn Park project, they did so standing in a barren, dusty landscape.
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Against violence
Susan Brown-Miller, author of “Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape,” one of the most important books of the 20th Century, according to the New York Public Library, will deliver a campus talk on Thursday, Nov. 3. Brown-Miller will be the guest at this year’s annual lecture, sponsored by the Evelyn Jacobs Ortner Center for Family Violence at the School of Social Policy and Practice. The lecture is free and open to the public and will take place in Room 245, Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut St. The time is TBD.
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Famous scribes
In the spring of 2012, three renowned writers will come to campus as part of the Kelly Writers House Fellows program. Performance artist Karen Finley visits campus on Feb. 13 and 14, poet Ron Silliman visits on March 19 and 20 and novelist and short-story author John Barth comes to campus on April 23 and 24.
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Penn Park site during Philadelphia’s industrial era
Today, the sights and sounds coming from Penn Park are of people enjoying the outdoors, but long before it was a recreational area, the location was bustling with workers and the whirring, clanging and pounding of machinery.
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Find friends and fun at University activity groups
Group activities on campus give faculty and staff a chance to relax, perfect their crafts, pursue hobbies and have fun with others who share their interests.
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Penn’s LRSM awarded $21.7 million NSF grant
Penn’s Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM) has been awarded a six-year, $21.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the research center’s work in cutting-edge materials.
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Playing games all year long
First there was the Year of Art. Then came the Year of Water. Now, Penn begins the Year of Games: Body & Mind. The 2011 campus-wide theme will explore games of all kinds—virtual, athletic, table, theoretical and historical. The University’s 12 schools and numerous centers will take part in lectures, special events, symposia featuring celebrated scholars, conferences and field trips.
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Does Penn own and operate The Rotunda?
Dear Benny: I’ve been to a couple of music and dance performances at The Rotunda, that beautiful old building at 40th and Walnut, which I thought was a community center. Somebody told me it is actually owned and operated by Penn. Is this true? —Jazzed by Art Dear Jazzed: This summer, the West Philadelphia landmark known as The Rotunda turned 100, and over the past decade, Penn has played an important role in rejuvenating the grand old building.