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University breaks ground on 24-acre Penn Park project

 Photo credit: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates

Penn Students Are the Teachers in "Dancing With the Professors" Competition

WHO: University of Pennsylvania faculty members partnering with students:

Penn dedicates its newest building: the Annenberg Public Policy Center

  The new home of the Annenberg Public Policy Center was dedicated Nov. 4 with the designer of the building, world-renowned architect Fumihiko Maki, on campus for the ceremonies.

There’s a Speed Limit to the Pace of Evolution, Penn Biologists Say

PHILADELPHIA –- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a theoretical model that informs the understanding of evolution and determines how quickly an organism will evolve using a catalogue of “evolutionary speed limits.” The model provides quantitative predictions for the speed of evolution on various “fitness landscapes,” the dynamic and varied conditions under which bacteria, viruses and even humans adapt.

University of Pennsylvania Moves Forward With 24-Acre Penn Park; Groundbreaking Scheduled for Nov. 6

 PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania will officially break ground at 1 p.m., Friday, Nov. 6, for its 24-acre Penn Park, a $46 million project at the eastern edge of campus that features open space, athletic fields and tennis courts. The parcel, located south of Walnut Street, with Amtrak rail lines to the east and the SEPTA rail corridor to the west, is 14 acres of land Penn purchased from the U.S. Postal Service in 2007 as well as 10 acres the University already owned below South Street.

Penn football makes NCAA history with 1,300 games

Photo credit: University Archives   The 1882 University football team, which had a record of 2-4 that year.

Penn Students to Mix Candy With Environmental Awareness in ‘Reverse’ Trick or Treat

WHAT:In a new twist to an old Halloween favorite, residents of neighborhoods surrounding the University of Pennsylvania will be treated to candy and information about recycling and composting in Philadelphia as well as energy-conservation tips in a “reverse” trick-or-treating event. WHO: Members and friends of the Penn Environmental Group, dressed in Halloween costumes WHEN:

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The Pirate's Ball

E-books and the academy

  The differences in the definition of the word “book” found in the 1989 edition of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary and today on Dictionary.com are subtle, yet profound. In Webster’s, a 2,078-page behemoth weighing in at several pounds, “book” is defined as: “A written or printed work of some length ... on consecutive sheets of paper fastened or bound together in a volume.”