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Huntsman, Seven Others to Receive Honorary Degrees

WHAT:      University of Pennsylvania's 254th Commencement ceremonyWHO:     Jon Huntsman Jr., U.S. ambassador to China, will present the main commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree.

Faculty Members Receive 2010 Lindback and Provost’s Awards

PHILADELPHIA – Twelve University of Pennsylvania faculty members have been honored as recipients of the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Awards for Distinguished Teaching, Provost’s Awards for Teaching Excellence and Provost’s Awards for Distinguished Ph.D. Teaching and Mentoring.The Lindback Awards, presented to members of Penn’s standing faculty since 1961, recognize distinguished teaching at colleges and universities throughout the Mid-Atlantic service area of Abbotts Dairies Inc.  Christian Lindback was president and principal of Abbott’s Dairies.  

Gene Therapy Success Sets Stage for New Treatments for Inherited Blindness, Penn Veterinary Researchers Say

PHILADELPHIA –- Veterinary vision scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have safely and successfully used a viral vector in targeting a class of photoreceptors of the retina called rods, a critical first step in developing gene therapies for inherited blindness caused by rod degeneration.  

Buy plants, tour new Horticulture Complex at Morris Arboretum Plant Sale

PennMOVES seeks volunteers for annual charity sale

PennMOVES, the University’s annual charity drive to collect and redistribute the clothes, furniture, kitchen appliances and non-perishable food items that students leave behind at the end of the school year, is seeking volunteers to help with all aspects of the event.

Penn to offer Roth 403(b) retirement saving option

Gaming vest is a blast -- literally

Watch Saurabh Palan, a Penn Engineering graduate student, test his Tactile Gaming Vest and you may wonder why America faces a shortage of future engineers.

Four University of Pennsylvania Professors Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

PHILADELPHIA –- Four University of Pennsylvania faculty members have been named Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  They are among 299 new Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members recognized as leaders in sciences, arts and humanities, business and public affairs. 

Researchers blog about Kenyan archaeological excavation

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Vice President Biden Will Speak at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice Commencement

PHILADELPHIA –- Vice President Joe Biden, father of a 2010 graduate, will speak at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice’s Commencement on Monday, May 17, at 7 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium.Biden, a Pennsylvania native, was one of the youngest people ever elected to the U.S. Senate and is widely recognized for his work on social-justice issues, including the landmark 1994 Crime Bill and the Violence Against Women Act.