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A stronger, divided Iraq?

America’s presence in Iraq should end, says Brendan O’Leary. But it shouldn’t happen the way many might prefer.

Staff Q&A/Emily Plowman

Photo credit: Mark Stehle On Inauguration Day, Emily Plowman stood among thousands on the National Mall. She saw people clapping, hugging, crying and, eventually, listening in hushed silence to Barack Obama’s first speech as President of the United States. It was a sight she’ll never forget.

Penn Hosts Book Talk and Discussion Featuring "All You Can Eat: Hungry in America" Author Joel Berg

Solar Energy: Materials, Challenges, and Breakthroughs at the Penn Energy Research Group Symposium

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Op-Ed Columnist Nicholas D. Kristof to Speak at Penn

Penn Chemists Awarded DOE Supercomputer Access to Model Atomic-Scale Behavior of Materials

PHILADELPHIA -- Two researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have been awarded national supercomputing resources to allow them further cutting-edge research in a matter of months, rather than years or even decades.

450 Grade Schoolers Build Lego Robots, Study Climate Change at Penn Engineering's First Lego League Tourney

MEDIA ADVISORY & PHOTO OPPORTUNITYWHAT:Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science is sponsoring Philadelphia First Lego League Tournament, an event that pits 30 regional middle schools and 450 students against each other in a challenge to design robots and explore climate change. The theme of this year’s competition, Climate Connections: Building a Global Game Plan, includes robotics demonstrations.WHO:

“Louis I. Kahn: The Making of a Room” Exhibition to Open at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery

 PHILADELPHIA — “Louis I. Kahn: The Making of a Room,” which opens at the University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery on Feb. 7, is an exhibit of 40 original drawings, exploring Kahn’s concept that the room is a building block of architecture.These drawings illustrate this concept with plans, elevations and perspectives of interiors and furnishings. Kahn had a unique vision for how spaces should be built, furnished, and inhabited.

University of Pennsylvania Announces 2009 W.E.B. Du Bois College House Renovations

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania has announced 2009 renovation plans for W.E.B. Du Bois College House, part of a continuing capital improvement effort for all Penn College Houses. The project builds upon $1.8 million dollars spent in the last five years on building renovations at Du Bois House. MGA Partners, the architectural firm responsible for renovations in Penn’s high-rise dormitories, has been hired for the project.

Brain Structure Assists in Immune Response, According to Penn Vet Study

PHILADELPHIA –- For the first time, a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have imaged in real time the body’s immune response to a parasitic infection in the brain.