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Penn Scientists Hochstrasser, Davis Win Franklin Medal
PHILADELPHIA – Two University of Pennsylvania researchers have been selected as 2003 recipients of the Benjamin Franklin Medal, one of the world's oldest science and technology awards. The laureates will be honored April 24 at an award ceremony at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
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University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor named National Football League's Special Master
PHILADELPHIA – University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor Stephen Burbank has been appointed special master to resolve designated disputes between the National Football League Management Council and the NFL Players Association. U.S. District Judge David S. Doty appointed Burbank upon the joint recommendation of the Management Council and Players Association, as provided in a 1993 consent decree resolving antitrust litigation and in the NFL collective bargaining agreement.
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Brinster a Recipient of the Wolf Prize in Medicine
PHILADELPHIA – Ralph L. Brinster, professor of reproductive physiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, has been selected as a recipient of the 2002-03 Wolf Prize in Medicine. The Wolf Prize jury cited him "for the development of procedures to manipulate mouse ova and embryos, which has enabled transgenesis and its applications in mice."
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Public Forum on Penn's Landing and Philadelphia Riverfront
WHO: Robert Yaro, president, Regional Plan Association of New York, New Jersey and ConnecticutJames Cuorato, director, department of commerce in PhiladelphiaJames Corner, chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of PennsylvaniaWitold Rybczynski, professor of urbanism at PennPeter Linneman, professor of real estate, finance and public policy at PennGary Hack, dean, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Penn
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Penn GSE Receives Grant to Improve Lives of Philadelphia Children
PHILADELPHIA – The Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania has been awarded $800,000 from the William Penn Foundation for a two-year research and service project designed to improve the lives of young children in the city.Partnering with Penn GSE on this project are the Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research at the University's medical center and the Cartographic Modeling Laboratory, which is a joint venture of Penn's School of Social Work and Graduate School of Fine Arts.
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Dorothy Cotton to Deliver Keynote at Penn Interfaith Program to Honor Martin Luther King Jr.
WHO: Dorothy Cotton, former education director of the Southern Christian Leadership ConferenceJudith Rodin, president of the University of PennsylvaniaWinners of the King Community Involvement AwardsNew Salem Baptist ChoirThe Shabbatones, Penn musical group WHAT: Interfaith Program WHEN: 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003 WHERE: Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St., Philadelphia
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NSF recognizes new faculty
George Pappas and Talid Sinno of the Engineering School received 2002 National Science Foundation Career Awards. The Career Award is NSF’s most prestigious award for new faculty members who effectively blend research and education and are most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century.
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A look at the lively arts on campus
On stage, on the walls and on the grounds, art is all around us at Penn. In the expressive form of Penn’s outdoor sculpture and in its architectural landmarks, it takes solid form. The concerts, plays and dances performed on campus stages show its fluid side. And it changes as constantly as the exhibits in the campus art galleries.
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They're our Mummers and we love them
Philadelphia native or not, love of civic tradition runs high on Penn’s campus—or so the Current found out when we asked, “Mummers. Good or bad?” Sequined costumes, painted faces, choreographed struts and of course the string bands—you find it all delightful. Doesn’t everyone like to have something they call their very own?
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