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Franklin Field
Photo credit: University Archives Franklin Field is probably best known as the home to the Penn Relays and the Quaker football team, but in the stadium’s history it has hosted a wide variety of events, including professional football and soccer games, the Army-Navy Game, concerts and even military functions during Worl
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Job Seekers Urged to Visit Job Fair Monday at Penn
WHAT: The Mayor's Office of Faith Based Initiatives Job Fair, held in cooperation with the University of Pennsylvania’s Office of the Chaplain and Office of Community and Government Affairs and the Human Resources offices of the University and the Penn Health System WHERE: Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St., on the Penn campus
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Obama’s place in history of race, politics and culture in America
In his 2008 book, “Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North,” released on the same day Barack Obama was elected the first African-American president of the United States, Thomas Sugrue says Obama appeared in only one sentence because he was not yet a central figure in civil rights.
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Celebrating the written word
Photo credit: Tanya Barrientos Once upon a time, in a land of knowledge known as Penn, a band of forward-thinkers believed there should be a place on campus where people could discuss, appreciate and participate in every aspect of the writing process.
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Staff Q&A / Angela Sweeney
Photo credit: Peter Tobia It’s easy to picture Angela Sweeney starring in one of those Hollywood action movies about a mild-mannered suburban mom who works as an executive assistant by day but turns into a fast-kicking, hard-punching ninja warrior at night. Because that is, essentially, her real life.
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Does Penn Dining provide catering?
Dear Benny: I’ve got an on-campus office function to plan and I need to find a reliable and economically reasonable caterer that can help with the affair. Does Penn Dining provide catering services? —Full Plate
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Penn GSE Student Earns Social Entrepreneurship Award
PHILADELPHIA –- Scott Stimpfel, a doctoral student in the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, will receive the 2010 Social Entrepreneurship Award from the Manhattan Institute on Nov. 4 at the Princeton Club in New York for co-founding and serving as the executive director of Resources for Educational and Employment Opportunities.
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Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center Hailed as 'Exceptional' by the National Cancer Institute
The University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center has been rated as “exceptional” by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) during a competitive research funding review by the government agency.
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Penn Honored for Climate Leadership Excellence
DENVER –- The University of Pennsylvania received Second Nature’s first Climate Leadership Award for Institutional Excellence yesterday at the 4th Annual American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment Summit here.
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Penn Nursing launches Future of Nursing report and symposium
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Penn’s School of Nursing will host the Pennsylvania launch of the “Future of Nursing” report with a presentation by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and a