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Penn’s Fox Leadership Program Partners With Girl Scouts for “Stand Up!” Leadership Workshop April 5
WHO:Junior Girl Scouts from West and North PhiladelphiaFox Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania Girl Scouts at Penn ClubGirl Scouts of Eastern PennsylvaniaWHAT:“Stand Up!” leadership, self-esteem and self-defense workshopWHERE:Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce St.WHEN: WHO:
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Field Center Symposium at Penn Addresses Accountability, Return on Investment in Child Welfare
WHO: Dr. Fred Wulczyn, research fellow, Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, where he directs the Center for State Foster Care and Adoption Data. From 2006 to 2007, he served on Philadelphia Mayor John Street’s Child Welfare Review Panel. His recent writings focus on racial disparities in the foster-care system, adoption in the post-Adoption and Safe Families Act era and fiscal reform. He is the author of “Beyond Common Sense: Child Welfare, Child Well-Being and the Evidence for Policy Reform.” WHAT:
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Penn Researcher Explores a Lost Port City of the Mycenaeans in the Region of the Trojan War
PHILADELPHIA –- Along an isolated stretch of the eastern shoreline of Greece, a University of Pennsylvania classics professor and his colleagues are unlocking the secrets of a partially submerged “lost” harbor town believed to have been built by the Mycenaeans 3,500 years ago.
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Two Students From Penn Win Truman Scholarships
PHILADELPHIA –- A pair of University of Pennsylvania juniors are among 65 students from 55 U.S. colleges and universities elected as 2008 Truman Scholars by 17 independent selection panels on the basis of leadership potential, intellectual ability and likelihood of “making a difference.”
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Penn Museum's 26th Annual Maya Weekend to Focus on "The Future of the Maya World"
PHILADELPHIA -– The preservation of ancient Maya sites, efforts to sustain modern Maya cultural traditions and the need to conserve vanishing tropical forests and coastal environments are all are on the agenda April 11-13 when the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology collaborates with the Nature Conservancy to present its 26th annual Maya Weekend.
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Field Center Symposium at Penn Addresses Accountability, Return on Investment in Child Welfare
PHILADELPHIA — The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice and Research at the University of Pennsylvania will host a symposium, “Bang for Your Buck: Public Child Welfare and the Pursuit of Accountability,” Wednesday, April 9, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Penn Law School, 3400 Chestnut St.
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”Remembered Light” at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery
PHILADELPHIA — “Remembered Light – Destruction and Resurrection: Glass Fragments from World War II,” which opens at the University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery on March 29, is a traveling exhibit that presents the works of 13 contemporary European and American artists and incorporates shards of stained glass from destroyed churches.
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Recognizing Gay Marriages From Other States When Divorce Is an Issue
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University of Pennsylvania Students Converge on New Orleans for Spring-Break Volunteer Activities
WHO: University of Pennsylvania studentsWHAT: Grassroots volunteer efforts to rebuild New Orleans WHERE: New OrleansWHEN: March 7-16
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Women of Color Day at Penn Features Awards Luncheon, Conference on Impact of Violence on Women of Color
WHO: Women of Color at the University of PennsylvaniaSpeakers include:Richard Gelles, Penn School of Social Policy and PracticedeanIra Harkavy, Penn’s Netter Center for CommunityPartnerships directorMichelle Kerr Spry, Mothers In ChargeJennifer Cronley, Congreso de Latinos UnidosGwendolyn Davis, Resources for ChangeWHAT: Conference and awards luncheonWHERE &WHEN: Conference: Friday, March 7, 9-11:30 a.m., Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.