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Penn Public Safety Launches New Service: Penn Guardian
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania’s Division of Public Safety today launched a new safety service, Penn Guardian, which allows DPS’s emergency communications center, PennComm, to identify the GPS coordinates of registered cell phones. Designed to help DPS emergency responders locate registered users when they need assistance, Penn Guardian is limited to those who register their cell-phone numbers and create online profiles.
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Report from Penn’s Fels Institute of Government Shows Positive Results of Urban Investment
PHILADELPHIA –- A new report from the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government shows how public investment guided by strategic planning can produce highly successful results, even within an urban area formerly plagued by high levels of vacancy and abandonment. “Vacant Property Reclamation Through Strategic Investment in Eastern North Philadelphia, 1998-2010“ documents the work of a nonprofit organization in implementing an investment strategy for a section of Philadelphia.
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Penn's Endowment Returns 13 Percent
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania endowment had a return of nearly 13 percent for fiscal year 2010.
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Penn Dining Halls to Compete in Eat Local Challenge
WHAT: The Eat Local Challenge at the University of Pennsylvania, when made-from-scratch meals with, except for salt, 100 percent local ingredients -- sourced from within 150 miles of campus -- will be served at lunch.
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Faculty and staff (plus 3) can attend Penn home football games for free
During the Penn football team’s home and season opener against Lafayette, senior defensive back Jonathan Saelinger picked off three passes –- one shy of the 70-year-old school record for a game –- the third of which set up the game-winning drive.
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Journalist Howard Fineman leads mini-course at Kelly Writers House
Photo courtesy of Kelly Writers House Political reporter, columnist, author and editor Howard Fineman is coming to Penn this fall to teach a three-class mini-course at the Kelly Writers House and deliver three lectures at the Annenberg School for Communication about how technology is changing political reporting.
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PennDesign meeting at White House leads to role in planning high-speed rail
A Penn School of Design group will take part in talks concerning the creation of a high-speed rail system for the nation’s Northeast Corridor.
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Share the Penn experience at Family Day
Family and friends are invited to share the Penn experience at the University’s 18th annual Penn Family Day on Saturday, Oct. 2.
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Penn researcher appointed to lead national nursing agenda
Penn School of Nursing researcher Julie Sochalski, an expert on healthcare workforce issues, was recently appointed director for the Division of Nursing in the Bureau of Health Professions in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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President Gutmann meets with Vice President Biden on stimulus funding for research
Penn President Amy Gutmann attended a meeting at the White House this week as an invited guest of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to discuss research funding related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Also in attendance were White House science advisor John Holdren and five other university presidents.