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Call to Action from New Recreation Chief
A bowling tournament. A golf outing. A fishing rodeo. And there's more coming. And you can find out about it and sign up for activities on the new Recreation Department home page, http://www.upenn.edu/recreation. All this is part of Mike Diorka's plan. Enthusiasm bursting from every pore, Diorka this year assumed the position of Penn's head of Recreation. With major plans to restructure the department, he expects to make recreation a more visible aspect of campus life.
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Habla Chino o Arabe?
Enrollments in Chinese and Arabic college courses are growing faster than enrollments in other foreign languages, with Spanish enrollments also increasing significantly. These are among the findings of the Modern Language Association of America's (MLA) 18th annual study of foreign language enrollment.
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The French Paradox and the Consumption of Alcohol
Smoking. Hypertension. Lack of exercise. A high-fat diet. All of these things can lead to coronary heart disease (CHD). Yet the French, who are no strangers to these risk factors, suffer the lowest level of heart disease in the Western World. This is known as "The French Paradox." On April 22, Serge Renaud, the scientist who solved this paradox, came to Penn to discuss his findings. Renaud is the researcher who identified the connection between France's low CHD mortality rates and the moderate and regular consumption of alcoholic beverages.
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Rich Bonfiglio named new men’s tennis coach
Bonfiglio began his coaching career at Trinity in 2011 and coached at Ithaca, Amherst, the University of San Diego, Columbia, and USC before coming to Penn.
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The stories of a war-scarred Colombian rainforest
Through her research, Kristina Lyons, associate professor of anthropology, is relaying the tales of the land’s suffering, as well as its enduring practical and spiritual importance to its residents.
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Penn Engineers’ self-healing liquid metal electrode extends life of Li-ion battery alternative
In the researchers’ new anode design, gallium repeatedly melts and solidifies, “healing” the cracks that would otherwise gradually decrease the battery’s ability to hold a charge.
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Drug-related deaths in 2016 more than double the number actually attributed to drugs
Research from Penn and Georgetown shows that the estimated number of drug-associated deaths in the U.S. in 2016 was approximately double the number of deaths attributed to drugs.
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Singh Center Open for 'The Business of Ideas'
A gleaming new Penn facility is poised to help researchers continue to make an impact in the field of nanotechnology.
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Judy Shepard
In 1998, Matthew Shepard was just a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming. But in October of that year, Shepard came to stand for much more.