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Iowa Same-Sex Marriage

Expert comment from the University of PennsylvaniaIowa Same-Sex Marriage Note for TV and radio: The University of Pennsylvania has a satelliteuplink facility with live-shot capability and an ISDN line.April 3, 2009Expert: Tobias Barrington Wolff Professor of LawUniversity of PennsylvaniaCredentials:• Researches and teaches constitutional law, conflict of laws, sexuality and law

Wharton undergrads pass up Spring Break for service

Sixteen Wharton undergraduates passed up the usual Spring Break trips last month to participate in a for-credit service and learning project in Costa Rica.

University of Pennsylvania to Host Symposium on Government and Business National Security Risks

Penn GSE Professor Named Fellow of the International Youth Library in Munich

PHILADELPHIA — Lawrence Sipe, a professor in the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, has been named a Fellow of Munich’s International Youth Library, a collection of more than 600,000 children’s books. The fellowship began on March 1 and will end May 31. Sipe is an authority in early-childhood literacy development.

University comes together to fight cancer

By The Current Staff Each spring, students, faculty, staff and alumni gather at Penn to honor cancer survivors and those who have lost their battles with the disease. At the Relay for Life fundraiser, teams and individuals took turns walking around the Franklin Field track all night, symbolizing the fact that cancer does not sleep. This year’s event, held March 27 to 28, had more than 1,800 participants and raised about $150,000. The group hopes to raise $200,000 by August.

University of Pennsylvania Is First Civilian Site in Nation to Complete Radiological Security Program

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has been recognized, along with the City of Philadelphia, for national security leadership. The announcement was made by the National Nuclear Security Administration today during a forum on campus.

Penn Nursing Dean Inducted Into Girl Scouts "Take the Lead" Hall of Fame

PHILADELPHIA — Afaf Meleis, the dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, was inducted into the “Take the Lead” Hall of Fame by the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania earlier this week at an awards ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Penn Biologists Demonstrate that Size Matters…in Snail Shells

PHILADELPHIA –- A team of biologists at the University of Pennsylvania has completed a research study begun in 1915 and determined that a snail making its home in the northwest Atlantic Ocean around Mount Desert Island, Me., has experienced a dramatic increase in the size of its shell during less than a century, providing a clear illustration of how fast and effectively change can occur.The study is published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Student Spotlight: Nancy Tsang

Photo credit: Mark Stehle

Staff Q&A/Greer Cheeseman

Photo credit: Mark Stehle Greer Cheeseman’s rather unique name first became associated with the Penn Band in 1973. Over the course of the ensuing decades, it’s become synonymous with it.