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Penn Hosts International Conference on Epigenetic Influences of Early Brain Development

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Penn Nursing students provide more than 1,000 hours of care in Botswana

Penn Nursing students pack up medical supplies for a trip to Botswana, part of the "Nursing in the Community" course. Eight undergraduate Penn Nursing students are traveling to Botswana to put their classroom lessons to work in the world.

Penn Nursing Delivers Care, Supplies to Botswana

PHILADELPHIA — Eight undergraduate students from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing raised more than $20,000 in medical supplies for clinics in Botswana, where they will work this summer to provide care as part of a Penn Nursing course.The students, along with two instructors, will depart from the School of Nursing at noon on Thursday, July 23, and travel to Botswana carrying eight 50-pound bags of medicine and medical supplies.

Penn GEMS molds women engineers of the future

Photo credit: Felice Macera Middle school-aged girls interested in science, math and engineering can enjoy a special kind of summer fun through the Penn GEMS program.

Penn Vet challenged by a 24 percent reduction in state funding

At top, Penn Vet hosts an FBI agro-terrorism exercise at New Bolton Center, the school's large animal hospital.

Penn Becomes First Ivy to Partner With Posse Foundation

The University of Pennsylvania has become the first Ivy League school to partner with The Posse Foundation, which recruits and trains young people from urban high schools and sends them to top-tier colleges and universities as multicultural groups of 10 called "Posses."

“Righteous Dopefiend”: Penn Anthropologist Philippe Bourgois Presents 10-Year Study of Living With Addicts

MEDIA ADVISORY & PHOTO OPPORTUNITYJuly 6, 2009 WHAT:

University of Pennsylvania Expands Emergency Notification System With Outdoor Siren System

W.E.B. Du Bois' "The Philadelphia Negro"

Photo credit: University Archives Civil rights pioneer William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois was appointed a temporary “Assistant in Sociology” at the Wharton School in 1896 to conduct a detailed study of “the social condition of the Colored People of the Seventh Ward of Philadelphia.”

History Lesson

Penn History Professor Richard R. Beeman has written six books and several dozen articles on various aspects of America’s political and constitutional history in the 18th and 19th centuries, including a biography of American Revolution hero Patrick Henry and “Beyond Confederation: The Origins of the Constitution and American National Identity.”