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As Corrina Snook Parsons appeared before leaders at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine to pitch the idea of starting an acupuncture program for animals, she says she expected skepticism. To her pleasant surprise, she got support. “Actually the response was quite favorable,” says Parsons, V’99. “I was very excited about that. & But the way we pitched it was, “Look, we’re not practicing voodoo here.”
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Speaking the language Wharton’s biweekly online magazine, Knowledge@Wharton, has just expanded its global reach. The magazine, which features articles on research and books from business school faculty, as well as interviews with professors on current business topics, is now publishing a Chinese language edition, China Knowledge@Wharton. The site is published from Shanghai and is intended to reach the burgeoning Chinese market. Easy riders
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Yes, the University has some beautiful buildings. It also has its share of natural wonders, which you can check out May 3, when Ann Rhoads, Tim Block and Anna Anïsko (senior scientist of the Pennsylvania Flora Project, director of botany and botanical illustrator at the Morris Arboretum, respectively) lead a walk and talk around the campus, pointing out some of the University’s botanical treasures.
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PHILADELPHIA -- An analysis of major international achievement surveys since 1990 shows that, while the U.S. may not be first in the world in terms of education, U.S. students generally perform above average, according to Erling Boe, a professor in the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education.The report is featured in the May 2005 Phi Delta Kappan.Among the biggest problems with many international surveys is the fact that they make inaccurate or unfair comparisons, Boe said.
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The Penn Science Cafe Presents:Understanding the Tsunami: Sea Level Forensics WHAT: The Penn Science Cafe, the new lecture series open to the public that takes science out of the laboratory and treats it to a night on the town. The Penn Science Cafe can be your chance to ask your questions directly to leading experts. WHO: Benjamin Horton, assistant professor of earth and environmental science at Penn WHERE: The MarBar 40th and Walnut streets, Philadelphia
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Penn Teaching Assistants to Receive Excellence AwardsApril 25, 2005PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania is honoring 12 graduate students for excellence in teaching. Penn President Amy Gutmann and Interim Provost Peter Conn will present the Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students in a ceremony on April 28 at 4 p.m. at Penn's Graduate Student Center at 3615 Locust Walk.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Ronald J. Daniels, Dean of the Faculty of Law and the James M. Tory Professor of Law at the University of Toronto, has been named the 28th Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn President Amy Gutmann has announced.Daniels, 45, is an internationally accomplished legal scholar, specializing in corporate and securities law, regulation and government reform and the legal and institutional challenges of economic development.
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PHILADELPHIA Thomas Sugrue, professor of history and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named one of 12 inaugural winners of $50,000 fellowships to support work to improve race relations and illuminate civil-rights issues.Last year, Wall Street financier Alphonse Fletcher Jr., founder and chairman of Fletcher Asset Management, established the awards, to be given annually to individuals and organizations.
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PHILADELPHIA -- A machine that could revolutionize the clean-up of landmines in war-stricken countries has taken the top prize at the first PennVention competition, a contest designed to encourage and reward University of Pennsylvania student inventors and entrepreneurs.
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Most of the events that take place at the Annenberg Center are decidedly grown-up—except between May 1 through 7. That's when the renowned Children's Festival—now in its 21st year—comes to town, featuring a variety of kids' and family performers. This year's schedule includes the Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co., where big blow-up shapes dance, slither and bounce; Gale LaJoye's performance, "Snowflake," in which he plays a loveable homeless character; and musician Dan Zanes (left), former member of the Del Fuegos who plays hip, rockin' kids' music.