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University of Pennsylvania Names Andrew C. Porter Dean of the Graduate School of Education
PHILADELPHIA -- Andrew C. Porter, the Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Leadership Policy and Organization and Director of the Learning Sciences Institute at Vanderbilt University, has been named Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He will begin Aug. 1.A nationally known scholar and educator, Porter is an expert in quantitative methods. He also has a deep understanding and appreciation for the important role that historical and qualitative approaches play in understanding the processes of education and human development.
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Musical Talent, Not His Physics Degrees, Makes Possible A Carnegie Hall Debut for Penn Graduate Student
PHILADELPHIA - An inquisitive nature about the workings of the world around him brought New York City native Jonathan Fisher to the University of Pennsylvania nine years ago to study physics. An exceptional musical talent will soon take him home again. A pianist since the age of 8, Fisher will make his Carnegie Hall debut at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, March 10, in the facility's Weill Recital Hall, 154 W. 57th St., New York, about two months before he expects to receive his doctorate in physics and astronomy from Penn.
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Friend or Foe? Penn Scientists Determine How the Intestine Keeps Us Safe From Microbial Invaders
PHILADELPHIA -- How the immune system is switched on and off, or how it detects friend or foe, has baffled scientists for years. New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine shows that tiny cells called intestinal epithelial cells play a central role in both turning on anti-microbial immune responses and turning off harmful responses that can cause chronic inflammation in the intestine. The researchers report their findings in Nature.
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Penn Student Wins 2007 Gates Cambridge Scholarship
PHILADELPHIA - University of Pennsylvania senior Janine Alix Rogers is among 48 U.S. students awarded 2007 Gates Cambridge Scholarships.The seventh annual contingent of new Gates Scholars, selected from around the world, will begin graduate studies in England at the University of Cambridge in October.Rogers, of Laie, Hawaii, who will graduate from Penn's School of Arts and Sciences with a double major in health and societies and in philosophy, will pursue a master's degree in the history, philosophy and sociology of science, medicine and technology at Cambridge.
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Former U.N. Ambassador Stephen Lewis to Speak at Penn
MEDIA ADVISORYFormer U.N. Ambassador Stephen Lewis to Speak at PennWHO:Stephen Lewis, former U.N. Ambassador and Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in AfricaWHEN:Feb. 27, 2007, 6 p.m.WHERE:University of Pennsylvania Huntsman Hall Auditorium, Room G-0634th and Spruce streetsAmbassador Lewis work in Africa through The Stephen Lewis Foundation helps provide care to people with HIV/AIDS, assists orphans and other AIDS-affected children and grandmothers who care for their orphaned grandchildren.
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Energy Working Group at Penn Hosts Mini-Symposium on Sustainable Energy
WHO: Energy Working Group at Penn, a multi-disciplinary group of University of Pennsylvania scientists and engineersGeorge Crabtree, senior scientist and director of the materials science division of the Argonne National Laboratory Joanne Milliken, director of the U.S. Energy Department hydrogen program WHAT: "The Search for a Sustainable Energy Future: Challenges for Basic Research" mini-symposium WHERE: Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, 3330 Walnut St., Philadelphia WHEN: Friday, March 9, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
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Penn Alexander School Students Showcase Music Program With String Recital for Penn President Amy Gutmann
WHAT: A recital by a select group of string students from Penn Alexander School, who are showcasing this public elementary school's music program. The students will perform several selections for University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann. A reception will follow. WHERE: The Amado Recital Hall in Irvine Auditorium, 34th and Spruce streets, PhiladelphiaWHEN: 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007
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Penn Law School Establishes Civil Rights Chair With Help Of $1 Million Grant From Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA -- With the aid of a $1 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education and a contribution from the Philadelphia law firm Duane Morris, the University of Pennsylvania Law School has endowed a professorship devoted to the study of civil rights and race relations. The Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professorship, the first at the Penn Law School named for African-Americans, commemorates the achievements of two stalwarts of the civil rights movement.
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Michael Kelty
The Current Staff Photo credit: Mark Stehle WHO HE IS : Buyer, Computer Connection TIME AT PENN: 8 ½ years WHAT HE DOES: Kelty maintains merchandise levels, tracks trends and brings in new products. He also designs the Computer Connection ads that appear in the Daily Pennsylvanian and the Wharton Journal.
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Penn playwright puts on a pair of premieres
As Penn Theatre Arts students file into class for the first day of Bruce Graham’s playwriting workshop, they see one word chalked on the blackboard: “Want.” “My students get so sick of me saying, ‘What does this character want?’” says Graham, a playwright who has written for both stage and screen. “So I figure they might as well get used to that word from day one. Without strong wants you don’t have a strong play.”