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PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania has become the first university of its caliber to formally incorporate an applied-digital-technology program into its liberal-arts curriculum. The Penn information-technology certification, to be initiated in the fall semester, will consist of four courses, with only the first course required of all students who wish to earn the IT certificate. That course will teach algorithmic thinking and basic computer and Internet structures.
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PHILADELPHIA The Whitaker Foundation has announced a $14 million Leadership-Development Award to the University of Pennsylvania Department of Bioengineering, a leader in bioengineering education since granting the nation first Ph.D. in the discipline 40 years ago.The Whitaker funds will be matched by university support of $42.8 million, for a total $56.8 million initiative in bioengineering.
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PHILADELPHIA -- A professor from the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication and a researcher from Penn Annenberg Public Policy Center have been named 2001 International Communication Association award winners.
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PHILADELPHIA There are lectures at the University of Pennsylvania this summer that can fit into even the busiest schedule. That because each of them lasts only a minute.The 60-Second Lecture Series is the 1999 creation of Valerie Ross, director of summer sessions at Penn.Past talks have involved a roll of toilet paper; the transformation of Benjamin Franklin, one of Penn founders, into the patron saint of Penn; singing; heckling; live local music; and free dessert.
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PHILADELPHIA Biologists at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin have identified some of the first genes known to have a hand in differentiating top from bottom in plant leaves, a subtle morpho-logical distinction that has profound implications for development and func-tion across a wide range of plant species.
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PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania Law School adds to its growing corporate-law program with the creation of the Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professorship of Business Law and the associated Fox Endowed Research Fund. This is the largest single gift establishing a chair in the history of Penn.
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PHILADELPHIAespite technological advances, the book has remained a constant source of both comfort and intellectual growth. Nearly everyone has a favorite book or books. Usually these books reflect an individual life or represent a significant moment in someone life.
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The American Academy in Rome awarded to a graduate student here one of its 29 prestigious Rome Prizes. The prize provides a residency of six months to two years plus a stipend.during which the winners can pursue work independently at the American Academy in Rome. Carol Whang, a graduate student in music, was awarded the Rome Prize Fellowship in Post-Classical Humanistic/Modern Italian Studies, to study 16th century parody Mass composition methods, working with manuscripts at the Vatican Library.
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Forget red. Blue is the color of the Penn campus next weekend as the University hosts the fifth annual Greater Philadelphia Blues Fest June 7-10. Headlining this year’s festival are New Orleans-born blues and R&B legend Dr. John, who refuses to be pigeonholed into a single musical genre, and Shemekia Copeland (photo), daughter of the late blues legend Johnny Clyde Copeland and herself one of the hottest young performers on the blues scene today.
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Robert D. Martin, Ph.D., interim chief executive officer and chief operating officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, has been named to the CEO position on a permanent basis. President Judith Rodin announced the appointment May 14. During Martin’s tenure as interim CEO, the Health System returned to profitability after several years of losses. For the first half of fiscal year 2001, the system posted an $18.5 million operating profit, and indicators point to a profitable year overall.