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Penn Hosts Inaugural Middle Class Task Force Meeting
The University of Pennsylvania hosted the Feb. 27 inaugural Middle Class Task Force Meeting, chaired by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. The town-hall meeting focused on green jobs.Penn was selected as the site because of the University’s leadership role in sustainability. The University of Pennsylvania hosted the Feb. 27 inaugural Middle Class Task Force Meeting, chaired by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. The town-hall meeting focused on green jobs.Penn was selected as the site because of the University’s leadership role in sustainability.
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Penn Research Team Tests Bedside Monitoring of Brain Blood Flow and Metabolism in Stroke Victims
PHILADELPHIA – A University of Pennsylvania team has completed the first successful demonstration of a noninvasive optical device to monitor cerebral blood flow in patients with acute stroke, a leading cause of disability and death. The ultimate goal of this research is to improve the management of patients with stroke and other brain disorders by providing continuous bedside monitoring of brain blood flow and metabolism.
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Peace Corps Fellows/USA Partners with Penn for Returning Peace Corps Volunteers
PHILADELPHIA — Through a partnership with Peace Corps Fellows/USA, the University of Pennsylvania now offers returning Peace Corps volunteers the opportunity to attend graduate school at a reduced cost, while aiding underserved U.S. communities through internships. Penn’s Master’s in Public Health Program is the only program in Philadelphia of its kind that is an approved Peace Corps Fellows/USA partner.
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President Amy Gutmann issues a statement on Penn and the economy
Dear Members of our University Community:
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Penn Announces Lowest Tuition Increase in 41 Years
PHILADELPHIA -- Building on its historic, multi-year efforts to increase access and affordability for lower- and middle-income families, the University of Pennsylvania today announced its smallest tuition increase in 41 years. The Budget and Finance Committee of Penn’s Board of Trustees today approved a tuition increase of 3.75 percent for the 2009-10 academic year. The full board is expected to approve the tuition increase at its stated meeting tomorrow.
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Penn Evolutionary Biologist and Computer Scientist Awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
PHILADELPHIA -– Joshua Plotkin, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Pennsylvania, and Steve Zdancewic, associate professor of computer and information science at Penn, have been named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows for 2009.
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A Conversation with Gerda Weissmann Klein, Holocaust Survivor, on Live Videoconference March 2 at Penn
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Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt to Speak at University of Pennsylvania's 253rd Commencement
PHILADELPHIA –- Eric Schmidt, whose 28-year career as an Internet strategist, entrepreneur and developer of innovative technologies was capped by his selection as Google chairman and chief executive officer in 2001, will deliver the commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania on Monday, May 18.
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Penn's Center for High Impact Philanthropy Guides Global Health Philanthropists Toward Curbing Malaria
PHILADELPHIA — The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania has released an investment guide to help philanthropists combat malaria, a treatable and preventable disease and major global health problem.“Lifting the Burden of Malaria: An Investment Guide for Impact-Driven Philanthropy” offers independent, practical guidance on how individual donors can make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who are at risk of contracting the disease.
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California Court and Proposition 8 Challenge