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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.

Special 80th Birthday Concert for famed Penn composer George Crumb

Photo credit: Jeffrey Herman To celebrate the 80th birthday of famed composer George Crumb, who taught at Penn for more than 30 years, Philadelphia’s Orchestra 2001 will present a special concert at the Kimmel Center on Friday, Sept. 25.

Penn Music Composition Faculty and Orchestra 2001 Celebrate George Crumb With Special 80th Birthday Concert

PHILADELPHIA – Pulitzer-Prize winning composer George Crumb, who taught at the University of Pennsylvania for more than 30 years, will be celebrated with a special concert in honor of his 80th birthday.

Center for Neuroscience & Society at the University of Pennsylvania Announces Panel of Advisors

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Neuroscience & Society, a cross-disciplinary center focused on understanding and communicating the impact of neuroscience on society, has named its initial board of advisors. The board includes a Nobel laureate, the editor-in-chief of an international science journal, CNN’s chief medical correspondent and the chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The Obesity Culture

Take Back the Night

Campus projects large and small

Annenberg Public Policy Center There are plenty of new faces around campus this fall—and several new and refurbished buildings, as well. Penn construction crews have been busy these past few months putting the finishing touches on a campus building, completing renovations to two student dorms and preparing to kick off the first phase of Penn Park.

News Briefs

Q&A/Cynthia Connolly

Photo credit: Candace diCarlo When President Bill Clinton tried in 1993 to reform health care, Cynthia Connolly remembers thinking something was missing from the debate.

The Penn Graduate