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Summer Fun With summer vacation right around the corner, many parents are in search of summer camp programs. Penn offers a wide variety of summer camps and training programs in sports, music, film, art, international relations and more.
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School of Engineering and Applied Science
The School of Engineering and Applied Science, or Penn Engineering, is one of the oldest engineering schools in the United States, tracing its beginnings to 1852, when it was established as the School of Mines, Arts, and Manufactures.
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Garbage in, nutrient-rich compost out
For a long time, the mountains of chicken bones, eggshells, potato peels, lettuce leaves and other leftovers from the food that is prepared for thousands of students, faculty and staff at Penn was just garbage. But now it’s more than mere rubbish; it has become a key part of an ambitious composting initiative that started in early February and is already sending about 4 tons of organic waste per week from Penn to a recycling center in Wilmington, Del.
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New Tissue-Hugging Implant Maps Heart Electrical Activity in Unprecedented Detail
PHILADELPHIA – A team of cardiologists, materials scientists, and bioengineers have created and tested a new type of implantable device for measuring the heart’s electrical output that they say is a vast improvement over current devices. The new device represents the first use of flexible silicon technology for a medical application.
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Student Spotlight / Jessica Reese
Photo credit: Mark Stehle
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Delta Sigma Theta
Photo credit: University Archives Penn made great strides in opening its doors to African Americans throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but the University was not immune to the racial injustices prevalent throughout the country at that time.
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Making space for political debate
Liberalism has seen better days. Even those who support what have historically been considered liberal ideals—such as civil rights, environmental and pro-labor policy, Medicare and the eight-hour workday—are reluctant to use the “L” word. And “socialism” has become a fighting word.
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A Q&A with SEAS Dean Eduardo Glandt
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo
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Penn named a top workplace in Philadelphia region
Penn has been ranked one of the Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia region by the Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News based on survey responses provided by Penn employees. The positive feedback drove the University and its Health System to the No. 3 spot among large employers (more than 500 employees), according to Top Workplaces 2010.
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Complex views of the New Latino Diaspora
In the mid-1990s, with their nation’s economy mired in a deep recession, large numbers of Mexican laborers came to the United States in search of a better life. But unlike past immigration waves, these living wage workers sought jobs in towns far away from the familiar Southwest and outside large urban centers with existing Latino populations.