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Honoring Penn's Models of Excellence
Winners of Penn’s 2011 Models of Excellence Awards will be honored at a ceremony and reception on Thursday, March 31, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, and all members of the University community are invited to celebrate the recipients’ accomplishments.
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Penn Purchasing provides green supply alternatives
Penn’s Sustainable Purchasing Initiative has added two new programs—Green Alternatives and Reusable Delivery Totes—to help the University reach its Climate Action Plan goals of carbon reduction and waste minimization.
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How you can help Japanese earthquake victims
All Penn students, faculty and staff in Japan during the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami are reported to be safe and sound. “The Penn community is tremendously grateful that all students, faculty and staff who were in Japan during the earthquake and tsunami are reported to be safe, uninjured and making their way back to campus. Now, our attention must turn to how we can help the Japanese people recover from this tragic event,” says Penn President Amy Gutmann.
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Sports clubs for students, faculty and staff
Whether you’re a serious athlete or you play sports just for fun, there are many opportunities to participate in sports at Penn. The University’s Department of Recreation offers students, faculty and staff the chance to play in 38 sports clubs that focus on everything from aikido to water polo.
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Rocking the Vote from Rocking Chairs
For seniors, voting can be difficult: standing with a walker or cane in the voting booth, struggling to read the tiny print on the ballot or trying to punch the tiny button to vote for the intended candidate. Despite the desire to vote, the typical voting process leaves many seniors disenfranchised, particularly for residents of long term care facilities.
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Penn Nursing Hosting 5K Walk for Water for Haiti
WHO & WHAT: The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing will host a 5K walk to raise money to purchase water-filtration systems and provide access to clean water for health clinics in Port Au Prince, Haiti, in conjunction with World Water Day. Five-gallon buckets of water will be available to 5k walkers wishing to walk in solidarity with Haitian women who walk long distances to gather clean water for their families.
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Mobile App for Penn InTouch Puts Course Search, Financial Aid Status -- and More -- in Students’ Hands
PHILADELPHIA -- Penn InTouch, the secure online gateway for University of Pennsylvania students to their profiles and academic, financial and contact information, is now available as a mobile application.
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Penn Students Compete in Final Round of Fels Public Policy Challenge at National Constitution Center
MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: Final round and announcement of winner of the annual Fels Institute of Government Public Policy Challenge competition to propose new solutions to policy challenges facing Philadelphia
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Penn Alumnus Maury Povich Makes $1 Million Gift to Kelly Writers House
PHILADELPHIA –- Television talk-show host and University of Pennsylvania alumnus Maury Povich is making a $1 million gift to Penn’s Kelly Writers House to establish the Povich Fund for Journalism Programs.
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REPORTERS: Penn Experts on Japan, the Earthquake and the Tsunami, Including Video
Dr. Benjamin P. Horton on the science of tsunamis Dr. Stephen Phipps on the science of earthquakes Dr. Barbie Zelizer on journalism’s coverage of crisis and our fascination with images of deathDr. Linda Chance on Japanese civilizationExpert: