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Penn Graduate School of Education Makes Film Debut With Documentary on "Freedom School"
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education has produced “Freedom School,” a film that will air on WHYY-TV on Feb. 17 at 8:30 p.m. This 26-minute documentary chronicles a summer reading and writing program for children at Shaw Middle School in West Philadelphia.
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Panoramic view of Penn captured by Google 'Street View'
Photos by Scott H. Spitzer Users of Google Maps are now able to see panoramic street views of Penn’s campus through a new feature called Google “Street View.”
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University of Pennsylvania Material Scientists Turn Light Into Electrical Current Using a Golden Nanoscale System
PHILADELPHIA –- Material scientists at the Nano/Bio Interface Center of the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated the transduction of optical radiation to electrical current in a molecular circuit. The system, an array of nano-sized molecules of gold, respond to electromagnetic waves by creating surface plasmons that induce and project electrical current across molecules, similar to that of photovoltaic solar cells.
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Two University of Pennsylvania Seniors and a Penn Alumna Win Gates Cambridge Scholarships
PHILADELPHIA –- A pair of University of Pennsylvania seniors and a Penn alumna are among 29 Gates Cambridge Scholarship winners from the United States. They will begin their graduate studies at the University of Cambridge in England in October. They bring the number of Penn winners to 20.The scholarship winners selected are:
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University of Pennsylvania Joins Consortium to Speed Access to Affordable Medicines in the Developing World
PHILADELPHIA -- A consortium of leading research universities, including the University of Pennsylvania, and organizations along with the Association of University Technology Managers has announced its endorsement of a far-reaching “Statement of Principles and Strategies for the Equitable Dissemination of Medical Technologies” in the developing world.
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Penn GSE Professor Explores Technology and Learning in "Worlds of Wonder: Can Video Games Teach Science?"
PHILADELPHIA — A professor from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and researcher in education technology, Yasmin Kafai, has organized a discussion panel, “Worlds of Wonder: Can Video Games Teach Science?” at the American Association for Advancement of Science Annual Meeting in San Diego on Feb. 21. From Whyville to Second Life, Kafai argues that the countless hours children spend playing games can also be used to teach science.
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University of Pennsylvania Sociology Professor Camille Charles to Give Talk, Sign Books at Penn Bookstore
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Penn Announces Scrape Bucket Challenge to Highlight Food Waste and Composting
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Earthquake survivors treated in Philadelphia
The first Haitian residents flown to the United States for medical care are being treated at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, due to an enormous effort from a second-year medical student, a team of doctors and a nonprofit organization.
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