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At the heart of the tumult that marked the 1960s was the unprecedented scale of student protest on university campuses around the world. Identifying themselves as the New Left, as distinguished from the Old Left socialists who engineered the labor protests of the 1930s, these young idealists quickly became the voice and conscience of their generation.
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Penn Researchers: Hikes in Unemployment, Rents -- Not Welfare Reform -- Push Families into Homeless Shelters
PHILADELPHIA -- Families are more likely to be driven into homeless shelters by increased unemployment and by hikes in rental-housing costs than by welfare reform or by the occurrence of substance abuse or disabilities in heads of households.
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Maniaci Wins Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
PHILADELPHIA Vince Maniaci, who recently received a doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education, is the 2003 recipient of the John Grenzebach Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Philanthropy for Education.Maniaci's dissertation was titled "The Relationship of Annual Giving and Endowment Payout to Future Tuition Dependency at Private Master's Universities."
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Penn's Library Receives Rare Work of Early English Fiction
PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvanias library has added to its collection of more than 5 million books a unique and rare copy of the Urania, a major work of early English fiction. The Urania was written in 1621 by Lady Mary Wroth, one of the most prominent women writers from the time of Shakespeare. Women writers of this era and their works were only rediscovered in the past 25 years. Their works have changed perceptions about writers and readers of early English literature.
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Penn Study: Religion Missing in Lives of "Privileged" Adolescents Who Fail to Live Up to Expectations
PHILADELPHIA -- Recent research has pointed to the beneficial effects of religion among at-risk populations, and now a study from the University of Pennsylvania shows that religion has equally positive effects on "advantaged" youth not typically viewed as being at-risk.
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National Study of U.S. High School Seniors Finds Religion Good for Their Health
PHILADELPHIA New research from the University of Pennsylvania shows that religious American high school seniors are less likely to engage in high-risk, negative behaviors, and more likely to engage in health promoting, positive behaviors, than their non-religious counterparts.
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Penn Study: Religion Alters the Delinquent Behavior of High-Risk Adolescents
PHILADELPHIA Religious convictions shield male teenagers in poor, inner-city neighborhoods from the lure of drugs and crime, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.The study is detailed in The Great Escape: How Religion Alters the Delinquent Behavior of High-Risk Adolescents by Byron Johnson and Marc Siegel of Penns Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society.
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New Technology Shows Promise in Pinpointing and Untangling Traffic Jams in Computer Networks
PHILADELPHIA -- New software developed by Ipsum Networks, a start-up co-founded by a University of Pennsylvania engineering professor, has shown promise in detecting hard-to-spot bottlenecks in computer networks, winning $6 million in new venture funding.The first version of this software, known as Route Dynamics, is now available to companies and other users that transmit data via decentralized Internet Protocol networks.
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Penn Professors David Cass, Michael Klein Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania professors David Cass and Michael L. Klein are among 187 Americans elected this month as fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Election to the Academy is a highly competitive process that recognizes significant contributions in all scholarly fields and professions. The Academy will welcome this year new fellows Oct. 11 at its annual induction ceremony in Cambridge, Mass.
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Address of President Judith Rodin at the 247th Commencement of the University of Pennsylvania, May 19, 2003, in Philadelphia.
Welcome to the 247th Commencement of the University of Pennsylvania! Benjamin Franklin founded this University to produce graduates who would serve society by solving what seemed to be the most intractable problems of the day and by promoting scientific, social and economic progress throughout the world. Generations of Penn alumni have translated Franklins vision into achievements and careers that brought meaning to their lives, credit to Penn and lasting benefits to humanity.