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PHILADELPHIA -- Grammy-award-winning musician and producer Quincy Jones, philosopher Saul A. Kripke, Comcast-founder Ralph J. Roberts, journalist Judy Woodruff, and Nancy Fugate Woods, dean of the University of Washington School of Nursing have been named along with speaker Kofi Annan as the honorary degree recipients at the University of Pennsylvania's 249th Commencement ceremony.The ceremony will be held, Monday, May 16 at Franklin Field, 33rd and South streets.
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PHILADELPHIA- Kofi Annan, secretary general of the United Nations, will speak at the 249th Commencement of the University of Pennsylvania on May 16. He will also receive an honorary Doctor of Law degree."Secretary General Annan's commitment to international peace, human rights, and the universal values of equality, liberty, opportunity and human dignity make him the perfect speaker to address Penn students as they begin their journey as citizens and leaders of an increasingly complex and interconnected global society, "Penn President Amy Gutmann said.
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Philadelphia- The University of Pennsylvania and Hanover RS Limited partnership of Texas will develop a $100 million mixed-use building of luxury apartments, retail shops and a parking garage at the northwest corner of 34th and Chestnut streets in University City. The University currently operates a surface parking lot at that location and will lease the land to Hanover for 65 years.
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It’s hard to find a true Irish pub these days. Most any amateur restaurateur can tack up a few Guinness signs, serve Harp on tap, put shepherd’s pie on the menu and declare themselves “authentically Irish.” But the experience, more often than not, feels more like Indiana than Ireland. As St. Patrick’s Day approached, we wondered if there were any truly authentic Irish experiences here in Philadelphia, a city steeped in Irish traditions. We had our doubts, but ended up pleasantly surprised. Here’s what we found: The Bards 2013 Walnut St.
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For the person who fears getting up on stage at all, performing without a script—with only your wits and your fellow actors to guide you—probably seems terrifying. For Stephanie Brown C’92, it only seems natural. A veteran of community theater and playwriting camps in her youth, Brown joined the campus improv comedy group, Without a Net, when she first arrived at Penn. After graduation, she toyed with the idea of pursuing the arts full-time and took jobs, first in her native Minneapolis and then in New York, but eventually landed back in Philly.
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The problem of prosecuting individuals complicit in the Nazi regime’s “Final Solution” is almost insurmountably complex and has produced ever less satisfying results as time has passed. In “Crimes of the Holocaust,” Stephan Landsman provides detailed analysis of the International Military Tribunal prosecution at Nuremberg in 1945, the Eichmann trial in Israel in 1961, the 1986 Demanjuk trial in Israel and the 1990 prosecution of Imre Finta in Canada.
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—Daniel Malamud, Penn professor of biochemistry, on research that suggests saliva could be used instead of blood to test patients for diseases. (The Irish Times, Feb. 18, 2005) .
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PHILADELPHIA -- A weeklong "Celebration of Giving," March 14-18, will surround the March 17 dedication and renaming of Spruce College House as Riepe College House in honor of Trustees Chairman James Riepe and his wife Gail, a member of the Board of Overseers for Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine. The celebration recognizes the Riepes' $10 million pledge to support the College House Renovation Project and honors their longstanding dedication to strengthening student life at Penn.
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