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Movable Feast: Ireland in Philly
It’s hard to find a true Irish pub these days. Most any amateur restaurateur can tack up a few Guinness signs, serve Harp on tap, put shepherd’s pie on the menu and declare themselves “authentically Irish.” But the experience, more often than not, feels more like Indiana than Ireland. As St. Patrick’s Day approached, we wondered if there were any truly authentic Irish experiences here in Philadelphia, a city steeped in Irish traditions. We had our doubts, but ended up pleasantly surprised. Here’s what we found: The Bards 2013 Walnut St.
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Total Undergraduate Charges at the University of Pennsylvania will Increase 5.4 percent for 2005-2006
PHILADELPHIA -- Total undergraduate charges for tuition, fees, and room and board at the University of Pennsylvania will increase 5.4 percent for the 2005-2006 academic year, bringing the total cost of an undergraduate year to $41,766. The increase was approved today by the Board of Trustees.
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Staff Q&A: Stephanie Brown
For the person who fears getting up on stage at all, performing without a script—with only your wits and your fellow actors to guide you—probably seems terrifying. For Stephanie Brown C’92, it only seems natural. A veteran of community theater and playwriting camps in her youth, Brown joined the campus improv comedy group, Without a Net, when she first arrived at Penn. After graduation, she toyed with the idea of pursuing the arts full-time and took jobs, first in her native Minneapolis and then in New York, but eventually landed back in Philly.
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Bookquick/“Crimes of the Holocaust: The Law Confronts Hard Cases”
The problem of prosecuting individuals complicit in the Nazi regime’s “Final Solution” is almost insurmountably complex and has produced ever less satisfying results as time has passed. In “Crimes of the Holocaust,” Stephan Landsman provides detailed analysis of the International Military Tribunal prosecution at Nuremberg in 1945, the Eichmann trial in Israel in 1961, the 1986 Demanjuk trial in Israel and the 1990 prosecution of Imre Finta in Canada.
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“Nearly everything that is going on in your body reveals itself in some way in the fluids in your mouth, whether it is from saliva, mucous or the plaque on your teeth.”
—Daniel Malamud, Penn professor of biochemistry, on research that suggests saliva could be used instead of blood to test patients for diseases. (The Irish Times, Feb. 18, 2005) .
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Four from Penn Win Gates Cambridge Scholarships
PHILADELPHIA-- Four University of Pennsylvania students are among 38 from the United States being offered Gates Cambridge Scholarships. They will begin their graduate studies at the University of Cambridge in England in October.The Penn students selected in the fifth annual contingent of Gates Scholars are:-Daniel Dicenso, from Philadelphia, pursuing a Ph.D. in music; -Philip Geheb, from Philadelphia, pursuing a master degree in education; -Alastair Green, from Plano, Texas, pursuing a master degree in economics and development; and
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"Justice Talking" Wins American Women in Radio and Television Gracie Award
PHILADELPHIA-- "Justice Talking," produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania and distributed by National Public Radio, has been awarded an AWRT Gracie Allen award, its third Gracie Award in as many years. The award honors exemplary work created for women, by women and about women in all facets of electronic media.The "Justice Talking" show garnering the award was "Gender Discrimination in the Workplace." The program explored topics such as the glass ceiling and workplace protections for women.
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Penn Science Café Presents: Einstein and the Answers to Life, the Universe and Everything
The Penn Science Cafe Presents:Einstein and the Answers to Life, the Universe and Everything WHAT: The Penn Science Cafe, the new 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, assistant professor of physics and astronomy WHERE: The MarBar 40th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia
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"Whimsical Works: The Playful Designs of Charles and Ray Eames" Opens This Summer at the Arthur Ross Gallery
PHILADELPHIA -- "Whimsical Works: The Playful Designs of Charles and Ray Eames" will be on display July 22 through Sept. 11 at the Arthur Ross Gallery on the University of Pennsylvania campus.The exhibition will feature toys, children's furniture, and whimsical films by Charles and Ray Eames, a lesser-known aspect of the work of this famous husband and wife design team, who introduced molded-plywood and plastic furniture to America during the 1940s. These designs will demonstrate the Eames' playful approach to serious things and their serious approach to playful things.
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The American Chemical Society Honors Penn Professor Michael Klein With 65th Birthday Symposium
PHILADELPHIA -- Hold the cake and candles, this year the American Chemical Society celebrates the 65th birthday of Michael L. Klein with a symposium in his honor at its annual conference March 13-17 in San Diego. Klein, a professor in the University of Pennsylvania Department of Chemistry and director of Penn Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, is an accomplished leader in the study of molecular simulation whose students have also gone on to impressive careers.