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Camps for good sports
You don’t have to enroll at Penn to experience the thrill of Quaker sports. The people who coach Penn’s varsity teams teach athletic skills to children ages 5 to 18. Also, the National Youth Sports Program summer camp gives disadvantaged kids from West Philadelphia the opportunity to learn a variety of sports and outdoor activities for free. The camps meet on campus unless otherwise noted. Here’s the rundown on this summer’s camp programs. All fees are per person unless otherwise noted.
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Architect Rem Koolhaas to Lecture at Penn
PHILADELPHIA Rem Koolhaas, world-renowned architect and recipient of the esteemed Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2000, will present an illustrated lecture on his current projects, including the new Prada Store which opened in New York City SoHo in December 2001, at the University of Pennsylvania on Monday, April 8. He will be introduced by Penn Trustee Leonard Lauder, Chairman of The Estee Lauder Companies and Chairman of the Board of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Anxious Penn Applicants Discover Their Destiny Online
PHILADELPHIA For applicants to the University of Pennsylvania Class of 2006, how quickly they learn about acceptance is dependent not on "snail mail" but on the speed of their Internet connections.While thousands of college applicants around the country anxiously check their mailboxes, looking for fat envelopes that tell them theye been accepted to the colleges of their dreams, applicants to Penn can simply log on to the University admissions Web site.
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Penn's Ira Harkavy Awarded 2002 Ehrlich Faculty Award
PHILADELPHIA Ira Harkavy, associate vice president and director of the Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded the 2002 Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning. The award recognizes outstanding faculty contributions for integrating service into the curriculum and for efforts to institutionalize service learning at colleges and universities.
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Penn’s Nunery to Detail Role of Commercial Enterprise in Collaborative Urban Development Initiatives
PHILADELPHIA In just five years, the West Philadelphia neighborhoods adjacent to the University of Pennsylvania, have gone from unsafe, blighted and trash-strewn to safe, clean and "happening" places to live, work and have fun.Leroy D. Nunery, vice president of business services for Penn, will review the lessons learned from Penn urban-development initiative at the April 9-10 conference, "Creative Redevelopment Partnerships: The Role of the Urban University." The conference will be hosted by Saint Louis University and The Urban Land Institute.
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Exhibitions on Display at Penn's Architectural Archives
PHILADELPHIA -- Two exhibits will open to the public April 9 and run through September in the University of Pennsylvania's Kroiz Gallery of the Architectural Archives, 220 S. 34th St."From the Ground Up: Approaches to Architecture and Landscape Design."
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Ask Benny: "We Lost" sculpture not linked to Vietnam
Dear Benny,Where is the sculpture “We Lost,” which was moved from Locust Walk and 36th Street? —Vietnam Vet Dear Veteran,“We Lost” was removed from its site of nearly 25 years (where “Love” now stands) in the summer of 1999 for restoration. The restoration is now complete, and Lee Swisher in the Office of the University Architect assures me that it will return to campus soon, once a site is found for it.
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Courses to use in your career
Here are some other Human Resource programs to take part in. Classes meet 3624 Market Street, Suite 1B South, unless noted otherwise. For more information, call 215-898-3400 or visit www.hr.upenn.edu/learning. Registration required. The Grammar Course In business, how you state your message can be as influential, or as damaging, as the message itself. Eliminate embarrassing grammatical mistakes, and improve the way you communicate in this course. - April 10 and 11, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., $50
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Editor's Pick: Invasion of the giant bugs
The Morris Arboretum is about to be infested with ants the size of SUVs. No, it’s not a cloning experiment gone bad. Rather, it’s the work of Long Island woodworker David Rogers, who has created 10 larger-than-life insect sculptures that will be on display at the Arboretum from April 6 to June 30.
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Raise the banner The University’s new requirements for special-events banners on campus seek to preserve the urban park character of College Green. For permission to hang a banner, contact the Facilities Services Call Center at 215-898-7208 or workreq@pobox.upenn.edu. All requests require your office’s 26-digit budget code. Banner cables across the 3600 block of Locust Walk require reservations up to a year in advance.