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Penn's Latino Coalition to Work on Taller Puertorriqueno Community GardenWHO:Latino Coalition of the University of Pennsylvania WHAT:Flower planting, figurine painting, garden restorationWHEN:March 24, 200710:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.WHERE:Taller Puertorriqueno Garden2721 N. 5th St.PhiladelphiaPenns Latino Coalition members will join more than 30 other college and high school students to work in the garden project, Encounter the Barrio: Taller Puertorriqueno Connecting Your Campus.
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PHILADELPHIA - Laurie Robinson, director of the criminology M.S. program in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, called on Congress to increase funding for state and local criminal justice programs. She testified on March 21 before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies.Robinson, a former U.S. assistant attorney general, cited a recent Police Executive Research Forum report that found significant increases in robberies and homicides in many jurisdictions.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Total undergraduate charges for tuition, fees and room and board at the University of Pennsylvania will increase 4.9 percent for the 2007-2008 academic year, bringing the total cost of an undergraduate year to $46,124. The increase was approved today by Penn's Board of Trustees.Tuition and fees for undergraduate students for the 2007-2008 academic year will increase 5.15 percent to $35,916; average room-and-board charges will increase 4.1 percent to $10,208.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Reinforcing its commitment to ease the financial burden on low- and-middle-income families and to continue to attract top students with diverse economic backgrounds, the University of Pennsylvania today announced a significant expansion of its financial-aid initiative for low- and middle-income families. Beginning this fall, Penn will replace loans with grants for students from high-need families earning less than $60,000.
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PHILADELPHIA - John J. Mulhern, director of professional education at the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government, has been honored with a Philadelphia City Council resolution for his 15 years of "extraordinary commitment" in training leaders for all levels of public service. Philadelphia City Councilman-At-Large Jack Kelly offered the resolution, which passed unanimously, and presented it to Mulhern at the City Council meeting on March 15. Kelly praised Mulhern as " an advisor and professor to many of our best and brightest staff members."
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Israeli Supreme Court President to Speak at PennWHO:Dorit Beinisch, president of the Supreme Court of IsraelWHEN:5 p.m., Thursday, March 29, 2007WHERE:University of Pennsylvania Law School3400 Chestnut St.Gittis Hall, Room 213Dorit Beinisch will discuss the role of the Israeli Supreme Court in the fight against terrorism. She was appointed to the position in September 2006 and is the first woman to serve as the courts president.
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PHILADELPHIA-- Marie Gottschalk, associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, has won the Organization of American Historians' 2007 Ellis W. Hawley prize for her new book, "The Prison and the Gallows: The Politics of Mass Incarceration in America." In the book, Gottschalk argues that punitive penal policies in the United States were forged by four particular social movements and interest groups: the victims' movement, the women's movement, the prisoners' rights movement and opponents of the death penalty.
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Candace diCarlo Grace Kao is fascinated with friendship. The Penn sociology associate professor has spent much of her 10 years here pondering what it means to have a friend, who befriends whom and whether having a best friend translates into better grades in the middle and high school years.
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WHO: Sheryl Swoopes, Olympic gold medalist and WNBA most valuable playerWHEN: 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 20, 2007 WHERE: Harrison Auditorium University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology33rd and Spruce streetsSwoopes is the keynote speaker for QPenn 2007, a series of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender awareness events at the University of Pennsylvania from March 19 to 28. Swoopes is an out lesbian who is a three-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time WNBA most valuable player.
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The Current Staff Photo credit: Mark Stehle NAME: Peggy Dever YEARS AT PENN: 3 WHO SHE IS: Hard Surface Custodian, Housekeeping What she does: “We clean up and empty trash. I have a certain area, Levy Park and Penn Commons.” WHY GOOD WEATHER MEANS MORE WORK: “When you get a nice day you get a lot of trash. People enjoy being out.”