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The National Constitution Center (NCC), which opened on Independence Mall July 4, is designed to offer visitors a serious look at America’s central governing document in an engaging fashion. It also represents an opportunity for Penn, the center’s educational partner, to take its scholarly mission to an entirely new audience.
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“Modern Spain: A Documentary History” Edited by Jon Cowans320 pages, $19.95 paper
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Today, many deaf Americans recognize themselves as members of a distinctive cultural and linguistic community. “History through Deaf Eyes,” at the Arthur Ross Gallery through July 28, explains that evolution.
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Illustration by Bo Brown Dear Benny, I heard that the University once received a gas station as a gift from an alumnus. Did we? And if we did, what did we do with it? — Wants the Unleaded Truth
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Things are looking up for patients who suffer from one of the most talked about threats of the season—skin cancer.
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Credit safer streets and happier communities to these Penn heroes, who were recognized for their “quick response” and “diligent actions” in a May 13 Public Safety commendations ceremony: Michael J. Fink, Christopher Denshuick, Domenic DiLorenzo, Michael Sylvester, Denis Daly, Rudi Palmer, Craig Everage, Gary Williams, John Newton, Joanne Ketler, John Alexander, Hayward Cureton, Andrew Malloy, Eric Rohrback, Henry Vega, Perdetha Watson, Nicole Wilson, Darren Young, Chuck Schull, James Orman, Christina Boston and Dennis Hill.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have found new support for the age-old advice to "sleep on it." Mice allowed to sleep after being trained remembered what they had learned far better than those deprived of sleep for several hours afterward.The researchers also determined that the five hours following learning are crucial for memory consolidation; mice deprived of sleep five to 10 hours after learning a task showed no memory impairment. The results are reported in the May/June issue of the journal Learning & Memory.
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PHILADELPHIA-Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created a new training tool for medical students, a CD-ROM that examines how television medical dramas present ideas about doctors that may affect how patients interact with real physicians. Approximately 20,000 first-year medical students will get the CD-ROM as part of the traditional ceremony in which they're presented white lab coats welcoming them into medical school.
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PHILADELPHIA -- New research from the University of Pennsylvania and other institutions indicates that the enzyme arginase II, which can short-circuit a biochemical pathway leading to sexual arousal in men, is also present in the female genitalia and represents a promising target for new drugs to treat sexual dysfunction in women.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Judith Rodin, president of the University of Pennsylvania since 1994, announced today that she intends to step down from the office when she completes her 10-year term in June 2004. The announcement came following a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees on Penns campus.