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Alumnus Gives $1 Million to Penn Engineering and Law
PHILADELPHIA -- A $1 million gift from Harold and Renee Berger will benefit the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Law School at the University of Pennsylvania.The gift will create the Harold and Renee Berger Auditorium and Lobby in Skirkanich Hall, the new bioengineering facility, and the Law School's Harold and Renee Berger Seminar Room. It will also support annual giving at the Law School.
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Live on the Web: What Incoming Freshmen Want to Know About the College at Penn
PHILADELPHIA-- Incoming freshmen in the University of Pennsylvania's College of Arts and Sciences can register for courses and communicate with academic advisors face-to-face before the fall semester begins without stepping foot on campus thanks to a series of live webcasts. Participants can submit questions before and during the webcasts July 12, 2-3 p.m. (EDT), and July 26, 6-7 p.m. (EDT), by logging onto www.college.upenn.edu/freshmen/webcast/index.html.
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The Penn Science Cafe Presents: A Physicist Looks at the Phenomena of Vision
The Penn Science Cafe Presents:Let There Be Light: A Physicist Looks at the Phenomena of VisionWhat: The Penn Science Cafe, a lecture series open to the public that takes science out of the laboratory and treats it to a night on the town. The Penn Science Cafe can be your chance to ask your questions directly to leading experts. WHO: Vijay Balasubramanian, professor of physics and astronomyWHERE: The MarBar 40th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia
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Ch'ien and McMorris Are Named Penn Trustees
PHILADELPHIA -- Raymond K. F. Ch'ien and Marc F. McMorris have been named term trustees at the University of Pennsylvania. Ch'ien's term began June 16; McMorris' will begin Oct. 27.Ch'ien, who holds a Ph.D. in economics from Penn, is executive chairman of chinadotcom Corp., a software and mobile-applications provider. He is also an outside director of HSBC Holdings PLC, the third-largest bank in the world, and chairman of MTR, the public transportation system of Hong Kong.
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Penn ISC Division in Computerworld's National Top 10 List of 100 Best Places to Work in IT
PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania's Division of Information Systems & Computing has been selected by IDG's Computerworld as the ninth top workplace for information-technology professionals nationwide and as No. 1 in the Mid-Atlantic Region. This is the second consecutive year ISC has been so honored.
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Penn to Divest From Sudan in Response to Genocide
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania will bar investments of its endowment assets in seven oil companies currently operating in Sudan as well as in obligations of the Sudanese government as a response to the genocide being committed in Darfur, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced today.
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University of Pennsylvania Announces $75 Million Mixed-Use Development in University City
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania and University Partners, a FirstWorthing company, have signed an agreement to develop a $75 million multi-family, mixed-use building on the 3900 block of Walnut Street in University City. Penn currently operates a single story retail development at that location and plans to relocate existing tenants throughout the summer to accommodate the new development.
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The Early Bird Caught the Fish: Fossils Depict Aquatic Origins of Near-Modern Birds 115 Million Years Ago
Five fossil specimens of a near-modern bird found in the Gansu Province of northwestern China show that early birds likely evolved in an aquatic environment, according to a study reported today in the journal Science. Their findings suggest that these early modern birds were much like the ducks or loons found today. Gansus yumenesis, which lived some 105 to 115 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous period, took modern birds through a watery path out of the dinosaur lineage.
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The Early Bird Caught the Fish: Fossils Depict Aquatic Origins of Near-Modern Birds 115 Million Years Ago
PHILADELPHIA -- Five fossil specimens of a near-modern bird found in the Gansu Province of northwestern China show that early birds likely evolved in an aquatic environment, according to a study reported today in the journal Science. Their findings suggest that these early modern birds were much like the ducks or loons found today. Gansus yumenesis, which lived some 105 to 115 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous period, took modern birds through a watery path out of the dinosaur lineage.
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WHO SHE IS: Volunteer and Student Coordinator, WXPN YEARS AT PENN: 1 1/2 WHAT SHE DOES: Brown seeks out, schedules and coordinates about 800 active volunteers at the radio station, ranging from college students to retirees.