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University of Pennsylvania Sets Tuition for 2006-2007 Academic Year
PHILADELPHIA -- Total undergraduate charges for tuition, fees, room and board at the University of Pennsylvania will increase 5.25 percent for the 2006-2007 academic year, bringing the total cost of an undergraduate year to $43,960. The increase was approved today by Penns Board of Trustees.
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University of Pennsylvania Will Replace Loans With Grants for Students of Families Earning Less Than $50,000
PHILADELPHIA -- Expanding its effort to alleviate the financial burden on low- and middle-income students and to continue attract top students with diverse economic backgrounds, the University of Pennsylvania will provide grants for undergraduate students from economically disadvantaged families with incomes of $50,000 or less, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced today.
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Cultural Heritage Leaders From Afghanistan to Offer Perspectives at Penn Museum Public Symposium
PHILADELPHIA- Archaeology, museum and conservation leaders from Afghanistan will come together at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on April 22 to discuss the state of their nation cultural heritage at a day-long public symposium.
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The Penn Science Cafe Presents: "Climate Change and U.S. Energy Policy"
Are our environmental priorities out of whack? According to Penn's Robert Giegengack, we are focusing all our attention on environmental issues such as climate change that are much less immediate than many others and which are beyond our capacity to change. Meanwhile, manageable environmental problems all around us are being ignored.This month at the Penn Science Cafe, Dr. Giegengack will discuss energy, politics, Kyoto and the looming crisis as China and India's appetite for resources catches up to our own. WHAT:
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Hurricanes to Drought, Hospital to Hut: Fixing Inequalities in Health Care Is Focus of Penn Conference
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the Center for Bioethics at Penn, led by Arthur Caplan, will host a conference on eradicating inequalities in local and global health care using a moral compass. At "Global Perspectives and Ethical Mandates for Reducing Health Disparities" a day-long conference on March 24 at the School of Nursing Auditorium, 420 Guardian Drive, Penn and international experts will discuss:
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Architect David Adjaye to Deliver First Public Lecture at University of Pennsylvania's Arts Day
PHILADELPHIA -- Internationally acclaimed architect David Adjaye will give a public lecture, "Making Public Buildings," on April 3 as a part of the University of Pennsylvania's fourth annual Arts Day celebration. This is the first Arts Day that will include a public event, inviting the campus and community to come together to celebrate Penn's commitment to the arts.
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Putting controversy in ‘context’
PANEL/Experts discuss press freedom, cultural clashes and the causes of the Muhammad cartoon mess. Top Stories Penn responds to avian flu threat
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A homecoming for Dr. Gutmann
President Amy Gutmann took to the dance floor on a recent visit to India, where she met with alumni and friends of Penn in Mumbai. Gutmann hosted a January 5 alumni event that drew more than 300 people and featured a magnificent performance by the Penn student a capella group Penn Masala, which traveled from Philadelphia for the event. Later in the week, Gutmann was the capstone speaker at the Wharton Global Alumni Forum, also in Mumbai, where she told the audience how this was literally a homecoming: Her father fled Nazi Germany in 1934 and found refuge in Mumbai.
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Movable Feast: Let them eat cake
By THE CURRENT STAFF Columns Ask Benny: What's the reason for those propane tanks?
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Staff Q&A: Bob Gutowski
STAFF Q&A/Bob Gutowski shares his love of nature as head of Morris Arboretum’s public programs. “You’ve never seen an evening gown that’s as beautiful as a cedar waxwing.” Bob Gutowski paid his first visit to Penn’s Morris Arboretum in the 1960s when he was making ends meet with landscaping jobs. “My employer came out here to ask some questions of the rose gardener,” he recalls. “It was like going into a Dickens novel. I have a dim memory of huge overgrown honeysuckles.”