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Dozens of Philadelphia Arts, Culture Groups to Showcase Their Wares at Locust Walk Fair Tuesday

 WHAT: Locust Walk Philadelphia Arts & Culture Fair, a signature event of Arts and the City Year at the University of Pennsylvania.WHO: Dozens of arts and culture institutions from the Philadelphia area will provide information about events and exhibits as well as the special deals they are offering for area college students.WHERE: Locust Walk in the heart of the Penn campusWHEN: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 29

Penn’s Neuroscience & Society Lecture Series Presents "Cognitive Enhancing Drugs: Neuroscience and Society”

WHAT:Barbara Sahakian, a world-renowned cognitive researcher and Penn Distinguished International Scholar, will present "Cognitive Enhancing Drugs: Neuroscience and Society," the first public talk in the Neuroscience & Society Lecture Series at the University of Pennsylvania. WHO:

Penn Graduate School of Education Creates Peacemakers: Conflict Management for Youth Through Basketball

 PHILADELPHIA — Two professors from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education are teaming up with the Urban Youth Association at the Marian Anderson Recreation Center in South Philadelphia to help adolescents manage personal conflicts through interactive basketball games, starting in October.

Penn Bicyclist and Motorist “Share the Road” Awareness Event

Penn Geneticist Sarah A. Tishkoff Receives 2009 National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award

PHILADELPHIA –- University of Pennsylvania geneticist Sarah A. Tishkoff is among 18 recipients of the 2009 National Institutes of Health’s Pioneer Award. She and her fellow honorees are being honored at NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Md., today.

Penn’s Center for Africana Studies to Host Conference on Africa Sept. 25-26

WHO: Leading scholars on Africa from the U.S., the United Kingdom and AfricaUniversity of Pennsylvania Center for Africana Studies-affiliated scholars, including:Tukufu Zuberi, Penn professor of sociology and department chair

Future Space: The Intersection Between Technology and Social Science, a Penn EMTM Program

WHAT:Michael Kearns and Kaihan Krippendorff will be keynote speakers for the next Penn Executive Master’s in Technology Management Program seminar.“Strategic Behavior in Social Networks” with Michael Kearns, professor of computer and information science at Penn

Penn demographer asks if health care system keeps Americans from living longer

According to the World Health Organization, a baby born in America will live up to five years less than a child born in another affluent country. Is the U.S. health care system to blame? Noted demographer Samuel Preston, a Penn professor of sociology, says no.

Penn President Amy Gutmann Honored With 2009 Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award

 PHILADELPHIA – Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, is one of four higher-education leaders honored with a 2009 Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award.

Penn President Amy Gutmann honored with 2009 Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award