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The Woodlands

WHAT: The Woodlands is a 45-acre site is a cemetery and landscaped grounds that offers walking and biking paths and a splendid example of a Neoclassical mansion, renovated in the 1780s by Philadelphia resident William Hamilton.

University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government Announces 2011 Public Policy Challenge Winners

PHILADELPHIA – Team Virtual Market Philly has won the Fels Institute of Government 2011 Public Policy Challenge. The annual student competition at the University of Pennsylvania brings graduate students from different disciplines together to devise practical solutions to public policy challenges facing Philadelphia.

Children’s Festival transforms Annenberg Center into fun zone

The 27th annual Philadelphia International Children’s Festival takes over the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts from Thursday, April 7, to Saturday, April 9, with a fiesta that is open to children of all ages, but is geared toward ages 3 to 12.Performances will take place in the three Annenberg Center theatres, and the festival will also feature a FUN ZONE on the outdoor plaza, offering face painting, arts and crafts, jugglers, musical ensembles and dance groups from the Philadelphia community.

Learn how to keep your online info secure

Have you noticed anything phishy about your email at work? Information security experts at Penn report that there has been a recent rise in the number of fraudulent "phishing" emails sent to University employees. Some of these fake messages appear to come from official Penn email addresses.

Theory, citizenship and the body

Disabilities studies may be the next academic frontier. This rapidly emerging field is inherently interdisciplinary and touches on ideas as wide-ranging as the boundaries of freedom, differences between chronic illness and disabilities and—at a basic level—what it means to be a “typical” human being.

Botanical Garden or Biopond

Penn’s James G. Kaskey Memorial Garden, or Biopond, as it’s commonly called, is the campus’ small piece of country in the city. The lush garden is filled with a large variety of plants, including daylilies, azaleas, hostas and spotted dead nettle. In the pond, there are goldfish, koi, mallards and turtles.

Penn joins National Constitution Center forum on civility

Penn President Amy Gutmann will deliver the keynote address on the importance of civility in public discourse as part of the National Constitution Center’s (NCC) “Can We Talk? A Conversation about Civility and Democracy in America” forum, set for Saturday, March 26, to Sunday, March 27.

Tim Wise, Anti-Racist Writer and Activist, to Speak at Penn’s Martin Luther King Lecture in Social Justice

Penn Archaeology Faculty to Speak at Teaching and Learning with Internet2 in Higher Education Symposium

PHILADELPHIA – MAGPI, the University of Pennsylvania's Internet2 hub, along with its partner NJEDge.Net, will host an innovative Teaching and Learning With Internet2 in Higher Education Symposium on Friday April 1, 2011.  Penn faculty, David Romano and Nicholas Stapp, will speak about Digital Augustan Rome: An Ancient City for the Modern Classroom as part of the morning breakout sessions during the symposium.

Lee Hamilton to Speak at University of Pennsylvania on U.S. Role in the World After Afghanistan and Iraq

WHO:             Lee Hamilton, co-chairman of the U.S. Energy Department’s Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future WHERE:       Houston Hall, Hall of Flags, 3417 Spruce St., Philadelphia WHEN:             2- 3 p.m. Friday, March 25