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Penn Alum to Discuss Life Aboard Space Station
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Penn Announces Part-Time Option for Master's Program in Non-Profit and NGO Leadership
PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice will offer a part-time master’s degree in non-profit and non-governmental organization leadership beginning in the fall of 2009.
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University of Pennsylvania "Commons" Creates Global Learning Connections for Environmental Sustainability
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania’s College of Liberal and Professional Studies has launched the LPS Open Learning Commons, an interactive online learning platform that incorporates social networking.
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Penn President Amy Gutmann and Penn Experts to Discuss the Economic Crisis and Its Aftermath at University-Wide Forum
PHILADELPHIA –- University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and a panel of Penn faculty will explore the causes of the economic and financial crisis, as well as its short- and long-term impacts on the world, at the inaugural David and Lyn Silfen University Forum. “After the Fall: A World Transformed?” will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Feb. 17 at the Zellerbach Theater in Penn’s Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St.
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Penn Student Wins Gates Cambridge Scholarship
PHILADELPHIA – University of Pennsylvania senior Alexander Jacobs has been selected to receive a 2009 Gates Cambridge Scholarship. He becomes the 16th Penn student to win the award since it was established in 2001.
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New report offers advice on giving in education
Given the woeful state of the economy, it’s no surprise that philanthropic giving is on the decline.
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Good dog
Dan Lee, associate professor of electrical systems engineering, takes the robot “Little Dog” for a walk on a model terrain in the GRASP (General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception) lab at Penn Engineering. Photo credit: Mark Stehle
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For Philly, tough choices ahead
The economy is not improving. In fact, it appears to be getting a whole lot worse.
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The age of AIDS
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Nearly three decades have passed since the discovery of HIV, and James A. Hoxie, director of the Penn Center for AIDS Research (Penn CFAR), has been involved with the epidemic from the beginning.
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The benefits of cohabitation
For years, researchers have known that with age comes a decrease in fertility. What they haven’t been able to figure out is how to stop or slow down this decline.