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Landmark Americana

WHAT: The Landmark Americana Tap & Grill, a West Philadelphia eatery that opened in May 2010 at 3333 Market St. WHEN: The restaurant is open Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. On Sunday, Landmark opens at 2 p.m. ESPN ZONE: The sports-themed restaurant is decorated with high-definition flat screen televisions, each tuned to ESPN (muted).

$3 billion milestone

Penn President Amy Gutmann announced at the Feb. 18 meeting of the Board of Trustees that the University has reached the $3 billion mark in its $3.5 billion Making History campaign.

Penn Research Identifies Potential Mechanisms for Future Anti-Obesity Drugs

PHILADELPHIA — An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has, for the first time, identified the neurological and cellular signaling mechanisms that contribute to satiety — the sensation of feeling full — and the subsequent body-weight loss produced by drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes.  More comprehensive knowledge of these mechanisms could form the basis for anti-obesity medications.

Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs’ 2011 Business Plan Competition Chooses 26 Semi-Finalists

PHILADELPHIA, PA - The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announces that the Wharton Business Plan Competition has chosen its 26 semi-finalists. The semi-finalists of the Competition, which is open to any University of Pennsylvania student and managed by Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs, will compete for $116,000 in prizes and the chance to present full business plans at the annual Venture Finals on April 27, 2011.  

Penn Researchers Find New Role for Cancer Protein p53

PHILADELPHIA - The gene for the protein p53 is the most frequently mutated in human cancer. It encodes a tumor suppressor, and traditionally researchers have assumed that it acts primarily as a regulator of how genes are made into proteins. Now, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine show that the protein has at least one other biochemical activity: controlling the metabolism of the sugar glucose, one of body's main sources of fuel.

And the Oscar goes to…

Think film professors have an edge over everyone else at accurately predicting Academy Award winners? Think again. “Although I supposedly know a lot about films, I’m terrible at picking the Oscars,” says Peter Decherney, director of the Cinema Studies Program at Penn. “We have a department pool every year and I’ve only won once. But it was purely by accident.”

Could your workstation be bad for your health?

Student-run group uses sign language to socialize

Horticulture Center at Morris Arboretum receives LEED Platinum designation

Penn Physicists Develop Scalable Method for Making Graphene

PHILADELPHIA — New research from the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates a more consistent and cost-effective method for making graphene, the atomic-scale material that has promising applications in a variety of fields, and was the subject of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. As explained in a recently published study, a Penn research team was able to create high-quality graphene that is just a single atom thick over 95% of its area, using readily available materials and manufacturing processes that can be scaled up to industrial levels.