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Penn Names Christian Conroy to Be State Director of the Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers

PHILADELPHIA -- Christian Conroy has been named state director of the Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers.The announcement was made by Steven J. Fluharty, vice provost for research at Penn and chair of the Pennsylvania SBDC Oversight Board.Conroy, interim state director of the SBDC for more than a year, has been with the organization for 15 years, serving as associate state director for nine.

Social Work Awareness Month Film Screening: "King Gimp"

Penn Graduate School of Education Hosts "Higher Education and the Economic Downturn"

Visual Learners Convert Words to Pictures in the Brain And Vice Versa, Says Penn Psychology Study

PHILADELPHIA –- A University of Pennsylvania psychology study, using functional magnetic resonance imaging technology to scan the brain, reveals that people who consider themselves visual learners, as opposed to verbal learners, have a tendency to convert linguistically presented information into a visual mental representation. The more strongly an individual identified with the visual cognitive style, the more that individual activated the visual cortex when reading words.The opposite also appears to be true from the study’s results.

Public discussion delves into many aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict

By The Current Staff For over half a century, the Middle East has been one of the world’s major foreign policy concerns, affecting Arabs and Israelis, Christians, Muslims and Jews. Eight successive U.S. presidents have attempted to resolve the conflict and although some have made progress, the discord continues.

Penn’s G. Edward DeSeve Appointed to Oversee Federal Stimulus Program for Obama Administration

PHILADELPHIA –- G. Edward DeSeve, senior lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government, has been appointed senior advisor to the Office of Management and Budget for Recovery Act Implementation, special advisor to the president and assistant to the vice president.

Frederick A. Murphy Honored With $100,000 Penn Vet World Leadership Award

PHILADELPHIA –- Frederick A. Murphy has been selected as the 2009 recipient of the Penn Vet World Leadership Award. Murphy is the James W. McLaughlin Professor in Residence, Department of Pathology at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

Wharton Sophomore Ankur Jain Appears on CNN

By The Current Staff Ankur Jain, a sophomore in the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, appeared on CNN on March 20 to discuss the Kairos Society, an organization he founded to encourage entrepreneurship among college students.

University of Pennsylvania ArtsEdge Residency Project Accepting Applications for 2009-10 Academic Year

PHILADELPHIA –- Applications are now being accepted by the University of Pennsylvania ArtsEdge Residency Project, which boosts the career of an emerging visual artist and a rising writer by supporting their artistic collaboration in a shared live/work space near campus while strengthening their ties with Penn’s writing and artistic communities.

Renowned Philadelphia Attorney Richard Sprague to Speak at Penn Law School

Renowned Philadelphia Attorney Richard Sprague to Speak at Penn Law School WHO: Richard Sprague WHAT: “Murder Most Foul: My Most Famous and Interesting Murder Prosecutions”WHEN: March 23, 2009 Noon-1 p.m.WHERE: University of Pennsylvania Law School 3400 Chestnut St.Philadelphia attorney Richard Sprague will share stories about some high profile cases he’s handled, as part of Dean Michael Fitts’ Speaker Series.