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Showtime at the Apollo
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Hidden corners of quiet on campus
Class of 1959 Walk in Memorial Garden Photo Credit: Greg Johnson After a winter of abominable snow, spring has finally arrived, bringing the promise of sunny days, clear skies and warm weather in the coming months. Take the time to enjoy the great outdoors at a few campus quiet spots before the mugginess of August arrives.
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Penn’s rich poetry legacy
I make a pact with you, Walt Whitman - I have detested you long enough. I come to you as a grown child Who has had a pig-headed father; I am old enough now to make friends. It was you that broke the new wood, Now is a time for carving. We have one sap and one root - Let there be commerce between us. -- “A Pact” by Ezra Pound
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What are the best deals around the University?
Dear Benny: My co-worker tells me that she’s saving a bundle with a special Penn discount on her monthly cell phone bill. I’ve worked at Penn for several years and I’ve never heard of this employee discount. How can I get in on this deal, and any others like it?—Deal or No Deal Dear Deal: Glad you asked. You’ll be happy to know that employment at Penn has its privileges, especially when it comes to saving on cell phone plans, computers and, in some cases, new vehicles.
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Sharing hoops and history
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Jerome Allen (left) is Penn’s new men’s basketball head coach, and his friend Dan Leibovitz (right) is an assistant coach. Jerome Allen and Dan Leibovitz go back. Way back, to the days of VHS tapes, Cross Colours and Nintendo’s Tecmo Super Bowl.
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Staff Q&A / Suzanne Smith
Photo credit: Mark Stehle If you see someone briskly walking around campus, there’s a good chance he or she is either a student hustling to class or a faculty or staff member involved in Penn’s Walking Program.
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George Wharton Pepper
Photo credit: University Archives Since Penn’s founding in 1740, dozens of Penn alumni and faculty have gone on to serve in Congress, including James Wilson, a former Law School professor and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, current Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Arlen Specter and George Wharton Pepper, a 1889 Penn Law alum and former Law professor.
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Penn-Led Collaboration Mimics Library of Bio-Membranes for Use In Nanomedicine, Drug Delivery
PHILADELPHIA –- An international collaboration led by chemists and engineers from the University of Pennsylvania has prepared a library of synthetic biomaterials that mimic cellular membranes and that show promise in targeted delivery of cancer drugs, gene therapy, proteins, imaging and diagnostic agents and cosmetics safely to the body in the emerging field called nanomedicine. The study appears in the current issue of the journal Science.
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Weiss Pavilion set to open this summer
Photo credit: Tanya Barrientos Freshman lacrosse player Lizzy Price spots teammate Caroline Bunting in the Weiss Pavilion’s new 20,000-square-foot weight room and strength and conditioning center for student athletes.