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Penn researcher podcasts about childhood obesity epidemic
The shockingly high number of overweight children in America continues to make headlines and many leaders, including First Lady Michelle Obama, are taking action.
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Penn senior featured as proponent for peace at Clinton Global Initiative University
When Sam Adelsberg, C’10, first talked politics with Bill Clinton in 2005, he was working as an intern at the Clinton Foundation. At a meeting where the interns were able to ask the former President questions, Adelsberg asked Clinton to share his thoughts on how to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Clinton said improving the Palestinian economy would be a major inroad to peace. “I had never encountered the conflict from this dimension,” says Adelsberg, an Orthodox Jew who studied the Talmud in a yeshiva during a gap year before coming to Penn. “It was always us vs. them.”
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Penn’s GRASP Laboratory Celebrates National Robotics Week With Open House, Turns All Projects "On”
MEDIA ADVISORY & PHOTO OPPORTUNITYWHO:Robotics researchers from the University of Pennsylvania GRASP Laboratory host an open house for area high school students, media and the public to observe National Robotics Week. Current Penn projects from modular, self-moving robots and aerial vehicles to tele-immersion and omni-directional vision will be "on."WHAT:
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Penn freshman builds classic car from scratch
Comedian Bill Cosby was once given a custom-made Shelby Cobra (from race car driver Carroll Shelby no less) but decided to give it back. Perhaps Cosby should have chosen Penn.
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Fastest man on Earth comes to Penn Relays
At this year’s Penn
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UPSTART program offers Penn business acumen to entrepreneurs
Many people dream of starting their own company, but they often are not sure where to start.
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Open House celebrates new Music Building
Staff, faculty and students are invited to “Opus 2010: A New Home for Music at Penn,” a themed open house on Friday, April 16, to celebrate Penn’s newly renovated and expanded Music Building. The event runs from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. at the Department of Music, 201 S. 34th St.
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Penn’s Police Department Earns Third Consecutive International Accreditation, “Flagship Agency” Status
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania’s Police Department has been awarded international accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. and was selected as a “flagship agency” among its peers.To earn accreditation, UPPD was required to comply with 463 standards, codes and state-of-the-art practices.
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Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development Holding Conference Friday
WHAT:The Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development is a coalition of 36 colleges and universities in the greater Philadelphia area that work to strengthen service and service-learning communities. Based at the University of Pennsylvania’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships, the consortium seeks to revitalize local communities and schools and foster civic responsibility among the region's colleges and universities.
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New Round of Green Fund Projects Includes Storm Water Harvesting, Worm Composting, Energy-Use Reduction
PHILADELPHIA –- Nine sustainability projects ranging from composting office food waste to reusing storm water to monitoring and reducing energy use will begin this spring at the University of Pennsylvania with Green Fund support.