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Penn Creates M.I. GREEN to Help Students Live Green
PHILADELPHIA –- As new students from around the country and the globe move in to their new residence halls at the University of Pennsylvania this week, they are being greeted with a new program to help them “green” their new home away from home. As part of Penn’s Green Campus Partnership, a campaign to reduce the University’s carbon footprint and enhance its overall sustainability practices, Penn created M.I. GREEN.
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Students explore games during Penn Reading Project
Each year, incoming students are introduced to the intellectual life of the University through a collective reading experience called the Penn Reading Project. On Sunday, Sept. 4, new students will discuss the book “Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World” by Jane McGonigal.
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Penn School of Social Policy & Practice to Host Screening and Discussion of “Traces of the Trade”
PHILADELPHIA — “Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North,” a documentary that explores a secretive legacy of slavery in America, will be screened Oct. 4, in Bodek Lounge of Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania. Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice, in conjunction with the African-American Resource Center and the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, will host the 5-7 p.m., free, public showing.
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Penn President Amy Gutmann to Welcome Incoming Freshmen at Move-in
WHO: Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania WHAT: Move-in for Penn's Class of 2015 WHEN: Sept. 1, 2011, 12:45 p.m.
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Mild Hearing Loss Linked to Brain Atrophy in Older Adults, Penn Study Shows
PHILADELPHIA — A new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that declines in hearing ability may accelerate gray mater atrophy in auditory areas of the brain and increase the listening effort necessary for older adults to successfully comprehend speech.
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Penn Physicists Develop New Insight Into How Disordered Solids Deform
PHILADELPHIA — In solid materials with regular atomic structures, figuring out weak points where the material will break under stress is relatively easy. But for disordered solids, like glass or sand, their disordered nature makes such predictions much more daunting tasks.
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Penn: Visual Test Effective in Diagnosing Concussions in Collegiate Athletes
PHILADELPHIA — A sideline visual test effectively detected concussions in collegiate athletes, according to a team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Concussed athletes scored an average of 5.9 seconds slower (worse) than the best baseline scores in healthy controls on the timed test, in which athletes read a series of numbers on cards and are scored on time and accuracy.
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Penn Postponing Early Move-in
UPDATE - August 28, 6:45 pm The University will be open and operating on a normal schedule on Monday, August 29. Staff members experiencing travel delays should contact their immediate supervisors. Early move-in, which had been rescheduled from Sunday, will proceed as planned on Monday, August 29.
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Year-Long 'Imagine Africa' Public Project Begins Sept. 18 at Penn Museum
PHILADELPHIA, PA—How do you imagine Africa? Do you see it as the home of powerful nations? Do you think of intricately carved masks or fine art? Maybe you're interested in the peoples living in Africa today.Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum, a twelve-month project investigating community perspectives, launches Sunday, September 18.
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Penn Graduate School of Education to Share in $1 Million Grant to Study Early Algebra Initiatives
PHILADELPHIA — A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and Michigan State University have been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate how schools and districts are handling the “universal early algebra” imperative, a push for students to complete algebra before the end of ninth grade.