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South Street Bridge expected to reopen in November

Photo credit: H2L2 Architects & Planners The architectural rendering shows a stylized traffic span with lighted posts and plenty of room for walkers and cyclists to share with motorists.

Staff Q&A / Cassandra Parks - DeVaughn

 Photo credit: Peter Tobia March Madness rages on in April at the Palestra.

Penn Relays

The official name of the event is the Penn Relay Carnival, but most people know the nation’s oldest track and field competition as the Penn Relays. Scheduled for April 22 through 24 this year, the 2010 Penn Relays will mark the 116th year of the famed outdoor sports tradition.

Penn co-hosts national forum on community schools

Addressing the teachers, administrators and service providers gathered in Center City Philadelphia for the 2010 national forum of the Coalition of Community Schools, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she likes schools that are “friendly places.” “We need to open them up, make them the centers of our communities.”

High School Students Will Debate Benefits of Community Schools

”The Nexus of Housing and Child Welfare” Is Subject of Penn Symposium

WHO: The University of Pennsylvania’s Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice and Research, a collaboration between Penn’s School of Social Policy and Practice, School of Law and School of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Stefanie Cella of Public Safety Named to West Philadelphia YMCA Board

 PHILADELPHIA— Stefanie Cella, the director of operations and external affairs at the University of Pennsylvania’s Division of Public Safety, has been appointed to the board at the West Philadelphia YMCA.Cella will serve a three-year term, planning coordinating and evaluating the West Philadelphia YMCA’s programs, services and personnel.

Penn hosts Ivy Plus conference on sustainability

Julie McWilliams University athletic programs, arenas and recreation centers have their own sets of challenges when it comes to going green. Just getting people to recycle their water and sports drink bottles is a mammoth task, not to mention the carbon footprint created by the diesel buses used to transport sports teams.

Penn President Amy Gutmann to Introduce HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at April 7 Community Schools Forum

 WHO: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, keynote speaker at the 2010 national forum of the Coalition of Community schools, will be introduced by University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann. Also making remarks will be Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah and Pennsylvania Education Superintendent Gerald Zahorchak.