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Penn Researcher Finds High Recidivism Rate Is Due to Few Transitional Services for Ex-Offenders
PHILADELPHIA —The lack of organized transitional services often leads ex-convicts straight back into the prison system, according to a researcher from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice.
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Penn to Offer New Ph.D. Program in Africana Studies
PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania will offer a new Ph.D. program in Africana studies based in the Center for Africana Studies of the School of Arts and Sciences beginning in the 2009-2010 academic year.
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Penn Researcher Finds No Link Between Gun Ownership and Mental Health Problems, Despite Higher Suicide Rates
PHILADELPHIA — In a new study, a researcher from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice has found no link between firearms possession and mental-health conditions that may lead to suicide.“Mental Health and Firearms in Community-Based Surveys: Implications for Suicide Prevention” is to be published in the June issue of Evaluation Review.
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Online Auditions for Leading Legal Minds: Criminal Law Meets ‘American Idol'
PHILADELPHIA –- In a radically new interactive approach to legal scholarship, more than 100 leading scholars are debating the fundamental questions of modern criminal law through a law professor’s version of the TV show “American Idol.”
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Penn Museum to Celebrate the Republic of Turkey
PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology will spotlight Turkey in Turkish Delight! from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Saturday, May 3.
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The Penn Top Ten: 2008 Summer Reading List
The Penn Top 10 The faculty and staff of Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania have taken literary stock of their favorite books and chosen 10 for a 2008 summer reading list of oldies and newer selections. In alphabetical order they are: 1. “Brief Encounters with Che Guevara” by Ben Fountain (2007)2. “Fathers Playing Catch with Sons: Essays on Sport” by Donald Hall (1984)3. “Hannah Weiner’s Open House” by Hannah Weiner (2006)
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Holds Canine Search Scenario at Penn Vet
WHAT:The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will hold a K-9 search training session in the basement of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine today.The event is a demonstration for veterinary students and faculty, as well as a training session for explosive-detecting dogs. Seven dogs-in-training will run through a mock crime-scene scenario.WHERE:
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Penn Law School Group Makes Recommendations on Northern Uganda Peace Process
PHILADELPHIA –- A University of Pennsylvania Law School group is recommending ways to implement the Agreement on Justice and Accountability between the Ugandan government and the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group. Twelve Penn Law students and a professor, William Burke-White, are making the recommendations in a report on behalf of the Ugandan government.
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Six University of Pennsylvania Professors Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Six University of Pennsylvania faculty members have been named Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are among 190 new Fellows and 22 Foreign Honorary Members recognized as leaders in science, arts and humanities, business, public affairs and the nonprofit sector.The new AAAS Fellows at Penn are:• Mitchell A. Lazar, professor of medicine and genetics in the School of Medicine.
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Two Penn Professors Win 2008 Guggenheim Fellowships
PHILADELPHIA – Michael Leja, professor of art history in the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences and Don Mitchell, a visiting scholar in residence in Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication have been awarded fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.