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Summer break at Penn
The students are gone but Penn has not closed up shop for the summer. The campus is still alive with activity, full of people, programs and inquiry throughout the vacation season. In this edition of By The Numbers, we enjoy the summer break at Penn. 976 Number of college students, both from Penn and other universities, staying on campus over the summer.
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Live music and cocktails at Penn Museum summer music series
The Penn Museum is giving University staff a reason to stay late on Wednesday nights this summer with live music and drinks at the “Silk Road Summer Nights” music series.
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Law School’s big makeover begins
Work is underway on a building project that will transform Penn’s Law School, both inside and out. This summer, crews will demolish Pepper Hall on Sansom Street—one of the Law School’s four adjoining buildings—and erect in its place a new building with a rooftop garden, state-of-the-art courtroom, 350-seat auditorium and dramatic new glass entrance. “It’s primarily a brick building with a stone trim,” says University Architect David Hollenberg of the new structure. “It’s clearly a modern design, but respectful of what’s around it.”
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Penn Hosts “Our Budget, Our Economy,” National, Interactive Discussion in 18 Cities
PHILADELPHIA — The Penn Project on Civic Engagement is co-chairing the local organizing team in Philadelphia, the origination city, for ”Our Budget, Our Economy,” an AmericaSpeaks national town meeting on Saturday, June 26, at 3801 Market St.
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Women’s Lacrosse Players DeLuca, Spiro and Brennan Named to All America Teams
PHILADELPHIA - The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) announced the 48 Division I All-America selections, and Penn is represented by three players.
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Penn Museum to Host First Philadelphia Talk and Booksigning for “Priceless”
PHILADELPHIA—The Wall Street Journal called him "a living legend." The London Times dubbed him "the most famous art detective in the world."
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Annenberg Faculty to Help Launch Health Communication Program at Chinese University
PHILADELPHIA (June 7, 2010) – Renmin University in Beijing will begin a health communication program with help from faculty and researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication.
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Cheating-Prevention Software Takes $25,000 Prize in Milken-Penn GSE’s Education Business Plan Competition
PHILADELPHIA — Two men from Texas have won $25,000 in the only business plan competition designed to use innovation to improve education.
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Anti-cheating software wins Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition
Software that keeps students from cheating on online coursework was awarded the top prize at the inaugural Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition, the first and only business plan competition designed to use innovation to improve education.
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Penn Med researcher studies stress and fatigue during simulated Mars mission
A Penn Medicine professor is leading a team of scientists who will monitor a six-man international crew on a simulated mission to Mars.