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Hey Day
The first Hey Day celebration in 1916 was a formal affair to celebrate the “moving-up” of juniors to the senior class.
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Is that a fake reptile head in the BioPond?
Dear Benny: I heard a rumor that the current caretaker of the BioPond is trying to remove the animals from the garden. Also, I saw a fake alligator head floating in the pond. Is it meant to scare off wildlife? Can you answer this for me?—BioPond’s Best Friend Forever Dear BioPond BFF, Tracy Byford, who has managed the James G. Kaskey Memorial Garden, or BioPond, for more than two decades, says the plastic alligator head was placed in the Garden in an attempt to prevent ducks from destroying the pond’s plant life.
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Colorado Transgender Murder Conviction
Expert comment from the University of PennsylvaniaColorado Transgender Murder ConvictionNote for TV and radio: The University of Pennsylvania has a satelliteuplink facility with live-shot capability and an ISDN line.April 23, 2009Expert: Tobias Barrington Wolff Professor of LawUniversity of PennsylvaniaCredentials:• Researches and teaches constitutional law, conflict of laws, sexuality and law Quotes:
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Award-winning vets Earlier this month, three students and one scholar were cited for their vision and leadership in the field of veterinary medicine.
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Four Penn scholars awarded Fellowships
Four members of the Penn community were recently honored with the distinguished Guggenheim Fellowship, an annual award given by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to accomplished men and women who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or extraordinary creative ability in the arts. At the 85th competition for the United States and Canada, the Foundation bestowed 180 Fellowships to artists, scientists and scholars, out of nearly 3,000 applicants.
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Evolution at the molecular level
Joshua Plotkin, the Martin Meyerson Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Penn, has been a fan of math since his youth. He majored in math as an undergraduate student at Harvard, studied it as a visiting student at Oxford University and also planned to continue studying it in graduate school. But during the last semester of his senior year, Plotkin met a world-renowned scientist who would forever alter his life: Charles Darwin. Not the real Charles Darwin (because he died in 1882) but rather the Darwinian ideas discussed in a course on evolution.
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Network structure affects outcome
It’s thought that every person in the United States is connected by no more than six degrees of separation. Proving it, though, is another matter. For the most part, computer scientists, mathematicians, sociologists and other researchers have worked independently to map the vast economic, political and social networks that help us decide when to buy or sell a car, who to vote for, or even which foods we like and dislike. But an emerging field of research called “network science” is bringing all of these disciplines togther.
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Campus Art Walk: Column & Capital
Throughout the 2008-09 academic year, the Current will be taking a look at the stories behind some of Penn’s most well-known, and most obscure, pieces of public art. The tour continues with the Roman column and capital. The small green along Smith Walk between 33rd and 34th streets holds three relics excavated from an ancient city with a familiar name.
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Freudian Slip
Marie Lamba, C’84, majored in English while at Penn and also says she “invented” a second major - literary art - that allowed her to take all the writing and fine arts classes she wanted. As a part-time employee in the library, she says she would “disappear for hours in the fiction section” while searching for missing volumes. Back at Penn for Alumni Weekend and her 25-year reunion, Lamba returns as a full-fledged author and novelist. She discusses and signs copies of her first book, “What I Meant…” May 16 at the Penn Bookstore.
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University of Pennsylvania Recognized by EPA as Top Green Power Purchaser in the Nation
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as the nation’s leading purchaser of green power among institutions of higher learning.Penn led by purchasing nearly 193 million kilowatt-hours of green power, which represents 46 percent of the school’s annual electricity usage. The University buys renewable energy certificates from Community Energy, which helps to reduce the environmental impacts associated with the campus’ purchased-electricity use.