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Peter Kuriloff Receives 2010 Excellence in Teaching Award
PHILADELPHIA -– Peter Kuriloff has been honored with the 2010 Excellence in Teaching Award in the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education.
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Guthrie Ramsey Co-Curates Smithsonian Institution Exhibition
PHILADELPHIA – Guthrie Ramsey, a University of Pennsylvania music professor, is co-curator of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution called "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment."Presented by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in collaboration with the Apollo Theater Foundation, the exhibition premiered in the NMAAHC Gallery in Washington, D.C., continues through Aug. 29. It will travel to Detroit in October and then on to New York in 2011.
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School of Nursing Names Recipients of 2010 Teaching Awards
PHILADELPHIA – Seven members of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing have been named recipients of teaching awards for 2010.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers create first-ever General Assembly Penn Caucus
Photo credit: Carl Socolow From left to right, State Senator Daylin Leach, Kelly Greenleaf, State Senator Stewart Greenleaf and Penn President Amy Gutmann.
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Making History: The Campaign for Penn
With its sights set on the future, the University launched “Making History: The Campaign for Penn” in 2007, a $3.5 billion fundraising effort that will empower the University to push the frontiers of teaching, research and service.
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The Download: Penn on the Web
IHere are some of the most interesting University online happenings from the far reaches of the internet.
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Commencement
The pageantry of Penn’s Commencement is a memorable experience. Graduates process through campus on Locust Walk, snaking their way to Franklin Field with festive red and blue banners fluttering in the wind along the route. Faculty members applaud the graduates. The joyous celebration of student achievement has been held at Franklin Field since 1986.
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Student Spotlight / Jeff Cragg
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Judging people on face value
In 19th-century England, your face was your letter of recommendation, the way by which you were judged. There was a common belief during the era that a person’s facial traits, such as the shape of his nose or the roundness of her ears, could provide insights into character.
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Friends, Romans, Americans: Lend me your ideas
The statue of Bacchus, c. 150-200 C.E. (top) and the bust of George Washington, c. 1817, will be among the items on display in the exhibition at the National Constitution Center, “Ancient Rome & America. Eleven score and 13 years ago, when our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, they thought of Rome.