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PHILADELPHIA-- Two University of Pennsylvania students have won two of the country's most prestigious scholarships.Brett Shaheen, a senior from St. Louis, Mo., has been named a Rhodes Scholar, and Aziza Zakhidova, a senior from McKinney, Texas, has won a Marshall Scholarship. Only 32 Rhodes Scholarships and 40 Marshall Scholarships are awarded nationally each year.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. is in for a repeat of the post-Katrina debacle unless there is a fundamental re-thinking of national policy dealing with all kinds of risky events. Experts in risk, preparedness, rapid recovery, loss reduction and disaster management will gather here Dec. 1 to identify the future risks the country is most likely to face, the policy strategies for dealing with them and a governance system to make the strategies work. (A full list of conference participants is at the bottom of this release.)
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Penn is known as a place where interdisciplinary study flourishes. Still, it’s rare to find a pediatrician sharing research with an art history professor or a nutritionist debating a point with a Wharton management expert. Audiences were treated to an afternoon of such chatter Nov. 4 when scholars from all 12 schools took part in a Faculty Senate sponsored symposium on “Youth & Aging.”
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The recent SEPTA strike had many Penn staffers mulling over other ways to get to work. For those who dusted off the old Schwinn in the garage and took to the bicycle lanes, the experience may have proved an eye opener. After sharing the road with more-impatient-than-ever commuters, finding a safe place to stow their bikes on campus was hardly a walk in the park either.
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In May of 1935, 16 Penn coeds made the trek down to the Schuylkill River, piled into a shell and made University history: They were the first women ever to row for Penn. It was an exciting time for Penn women, as the University also had recently announced coeds—previously relegated to intramural sports only—would be permitted to compete against other area colleges in such sports as field hockey and basketball. But it was the women rowers who caught the attention of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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TALK/Penn Professor talks about the birth of luxury, style and finer things in life The French have long cornered the market on high fashion, fine wine and flavorful food. We can thank them for introducing champagne as a luxury drink and diamonds as the most sought-after of jewels.
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PHILADELPHIA -- To meet the mounting intellectual demands of a rapidly evolving industry, the University of Pennsylvania is introducing the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management, a program that draws upon Penn's expertise in both science and business to train the next generation of biotech scholars and leaders.
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What happens to presidents in their second term? In recent memory, plenty. Nixon faced Watergate. Reagan coped with Iran-Contra. Clinton had Monica. Even before that, FDR’s plan to pack the courts with judges friendly to his New Deal plan failed, while Eisenhower’s Chief of Staff Sherman Adams was forced to resign in 1958.
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Dear Benny, I am headed out of town for the long Thanksgiving weekend, but I’m worried about my home while I’m gone. I’ve heard some police departments around the country offer special home-watch services for out-of-town residents, and I was wondering if the Philadelphia or Penn Police do this as well? — Nervous Traveler Dear Stressed Out, Actually, you’re in luck.
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Q&A/Recently in the news for authenticating an original Beethoven manuscript, Jeffrey Kallberg has spent his career getting up close and personal with his favorite composers. When Jeffrey Kallberg was 5 years old, his parents sat him down in front of the television to watch a Walt Disney-produced biography of Ludwig Van Beethoven. From that point on, Kallberg knew what he wanted do—live a life in music. It was just a matter of figuring out what that life would be.