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University of Pennsylvania Museum Awarded Three-Year, $1.7 Million Grant from the National Science Foundation for Exhibition Development of "Survivor: The Place of Humans in the Natural World"

PHILADELPHIA, PA - The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has been awarded its largest exhibition grant ever: a three year, $1.7 million continuing grant from the National Science Foundation to support an innovative exhibition project, "Survivor: The Place of Humans in the Natural World."

Students, Faculty and Staff Will Join Next Penn President In Procession through Campus

Students, Faculty and Staff Will Join Next Penn President In Procession through Campus WHO:University of Pennsylvania communityWHAT:Presidential procession through Penn's campusWHEN:Feb. 20, 2004, 1 p.m.WHERE:36th and Walnut streetsThe Penn Band will lead Penn students, staff and faculty in a spirited procession through campus to congratulate Amy Gutmann after the University's Board of Trustees votes earlier in the day to officially approve her appointment as the next Penn president.

Penn Students Deliver and Set Up Donated Computers at West Philadelphia Church's Community Outreach Center

Penn Students Deliver and Set Up Donated Computers at West Philadelphia Church Community Outreach CenterWHO:Penn students and members of the Bible Way Baptist ChurchWHAT:As part of Penn Program to Bridge the Digital Divide, students have collected computers, monitors and printers for the Bible Way Baptist Church Community Outreach Center.  The students will deliver the computer gear and set it up along with church volunteers.WHEN:Feb. 21, 2004, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. WHERE:Bible Way Baptist Church1319B N. 52nd St. (52nd and Master streets)

Pearson Education and the Wharton School Launch Wharton School Publishing

Upper Saddle River, NJ/Philadelphia, PA - February 18, 2004 Pearson Education, the world's leading education company, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, one of the world's premier business schools, today announced the launch of Wharton School Publishing, an innovative new player in global business publishing. Wharton School Publishing will provide practical knowledge that can be applied by business leaders to make real change in their professional lives. 

Penn Law School Symposium on Brown v. Board of Education Ruling's Impact

Penn Law School Symposium on Brown v. Board of Education Ruling's ImpactWHO:Michael Eric Dyson, University of Pennsylvania Professor in the Humanities and Religious StudiesJody Armour, University of Southern California Law SchoolChristopher Bracey, Washington University School of LawTomiko Brown-Nagin, Washington University School of LawDevon Carbado, UCLA School of LawSumi Cho, DePaul University College of LawBryan Fair, University of Alabama Law SchoolCheryl Harris, UCLA School of Law

Tariq Ali to Speak at Penn Humanities Forum Feb. 18

WHO:     Tariq Ali, writer, broadcaster, filmmaker, editor of "New Left Review"WHAT:   Dr. S.T. Lee Distinguished LectureWHEN:   5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004 WHERE: Houston Hall, Bodek Lounge, 3417 Spruce St., Philadelphia

Editor's Pick: The hidden Middle East

Arabs are not the only people who inhabit the Middle East. This year’s Middle East Week focuses on a non-Arab people much in the news lately, the Kurds. “Scattered Seeds of Hanareh: The New Kurdish Cinema” is the theme of the film series that is the week’s main event. Films by Kurdish filmmakers in Iran, Turkey and further abroad, such as “Marooned in Iraq” by Bahman Ghobadi (photo), examine the awkward cultural and geopolitical space the stateless Kurds occupy.

BOOKQUICK/“Atlantic Virginia: Intercolonial Relations in the Seventeenth Century”

Much 17th-century historiography assumes that each North American colony operated as a largely self-contained entity and interacted with other colonies only indirectly through London. By contrast, in “Atlantic Virginia,” historian April Lee Hatfield of Texas A&M demonstrates that the colonies actually had vibrant exchanges among themselves and with peoples throughout the hemisphere, as well as with Europeans.

Lucky charm

Experts question Mars proposal

Could President Bush’s ambitious plan to send humans back to the moon, to Mars and beyond inspire the same excitement that the first moon race did in the 1950s? “I think people are really turned on by it. It would be fun, there’s no doubt about it,” said Mark Devlin, associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, who added, “There is no new money for this. … Something’s got to give.” In the President’s plan, that may be the International Space Station and shuttle flights; work on the Station and flights are slated to cease by 2010.