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Baseballs, Basketballs, and Matzah Balls
More than a half century ago, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, an influential 20th century Jewish theologian and philosopher, remarked that in order to attract people to the synagogue, worship services needed to be less predictable and as compelling to the modern Jew as golf. More recently, Penn alumnus Rabbi Mitchell Smith found that he was facing the same dilemma: how to make religious services as thrilling as a big sports game, where nine innings or four quarters allow the unexpected to happen.
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Staff Q&A / Joe Neary
Photo credit: Mark Stehle Joe Neary was a cheerleader for four years as an undergrad at the University of South Carolina, an experience he enjoyed so much that he decided to become a cheerleading coach.
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Staff and faculty eat for free with frequent-buyer cards
The airline industry’s frequent-flyer programs might want to take a lesson from Penn’s new frequent-buyer club cards. They’re more generous and a lot easier to use.
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Spring brings a wave of prospective students
Dear Benny: I know prospective students and their families visit campus all year-round, but there always seems to be more than usual in the spring. Are they visiting through a special program, or is this just the traditional season for college-bound seniors to visit universities?—Visitors Welcome
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School of Engineering and Applied Science
The School of Engineering and Applied Science, or Penn Engineering, is one of the oldest engineering schools in the United States, tracing its beginnings to 1852, when it was established as the School of Mines, Arts, and Manufactures.
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Summer Fun With summer vacation right around the corner, many parents are in search of summer camp programs. Penn offers a wide variety of summer camps and training programs in sports, music, film, art, international relations and more.
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Garbage in, nutrient-rich compost out
For a long time, the mountains of chicken bones, eggshells, potato peels, lettuce leaves and other leftovers from the food that is prepared for thousands of students, faculty and staff at Penn was just garbage. But now it’s more than mere rubbish; it has become a key part of an ambitious composting initiative that started in early February and is already sending about 4 tons of organic waste per week from Penn to a recycling center in Wilmington, Del.
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New Tissue-Hugging Implant Maps Heart Electrical Activity in Unprecedented Detail
PHILADELPHIA – A team of cardiologists, materials scientists, and bioengineers have created and tested a new type of implantable device for measuring the heart’s electrical output that they say is a vast improvement over current devices. The new device represents the first use of flexible silicon technology for a medical application.
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Student Spotlight / Jessica Reese
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Sayre Health Center in West Philadelphia to Be Named In Honor of Late Penn Physician Bernett L. Johnson Jr.
PHILADELPHIA –- Sayre Health Center is a full-service, primary care health facility at the rear of Sayre High School, 59th and Walnut streets, that has been serving the needs of residents of West Philadelphia since the fall of 2007. On Tuesday, March 30, the health center will become the Dr. Bernett L. Johnson Jr. Sayre Health Center in ceremonies designed to honor the vision and legacy of the man behind its founding.