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Penn’s Fels Institute of Government to Co-Host Philadelphia Democratic City Controller Candidates Debate

Penn Middle East Center Hosts Talk on Deciphering Turkish Denial: Modernity, Violence and 1915 Contextualized

Penn School of Design Professor Terry Adkins Wins Rome Prize in Visual Arts

PHILADELPHIA -- Terry Adkins, a University of Pennsylvania School of Design professor, has been awarded the Rome Prize in visual arts.Adkins, an artist and musician, is among 25 awardees who will spend a year studying the arts or humanities at the American Academy in Rome.Adkins’ project, “Flumen Orationis,” Latin for “River of Speech,” will highlight African influence in Rome. Three early popes came from North Africa.

University of Pennsylvania's Field Center Celebrates Five Years of Making a Difference

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania’s Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research celebrates its fifth anniversary with a reception on Thursday, April 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Please Touch Museum, 4231 Ave. of the Republic in Philadelphia.

“Salt of This Sea” Film Premieres at Penn April 21

Penn’s Netter Center to Receive AT&T Funding to Expand College Access, Career Readiness Programs at Sayre

Gustavo D. Aguirre Named 2009 Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthamology

PHILADELPHIA -- Gustavo D. Aguirre, professor of medical genetics and ophthalmology in the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, has been named a Distinguished Fellow by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

Students travel the world to give back

The exhibit, “Snapshots of Service: Penn Students Give Back,” chronicles the work of student volunteers who spent spring break doing community service across the country and around the world. Penn President Amy Gutmann (pictured) joined students April 15 at the photo exhibit’s opening and congratulated them for their hard work and for embracing Penn’s tradition of civic engagement.

Penn IUR Releases 'Retooling HUD for a Catalytic Federal Government: A Report to Secretary Shaun Donovan'

PHILADELPHIA -- The Penn Institute for Urban Research at the University of Pennsylvania has released its report, “Retooling HUD for a Catalytic Federal Government: A Report to Secretary Shaun Donovan.”

Penn Dental Medicine Students Take Part in Oral Cancer Walk April 18 on Penn Campus

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