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WHO: University of Pennsylvania faculty members partnering with students:
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The new home of the Annenberg Public Policy Center was dedicated Nov. 4 with the designer of the building, world-renowned architect Fumihiko Maki, on campus for the ceremonies.
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PHILADELPHIA –- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a theoretical model that informs the understanding of evolution and determines how quickly an organism will evolve using a catalogue of “evolutionary speed limits.” The model provides quantitative predictions for the speed of evolution on various “fitness landscapes,” the dynamic and varied conditions under which bacteria, viruses and even humans adapt.
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PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania will officially break ground at 1 p.m., Friday, Nov. 6, for its 24-acre Penn Park, a $46 million project at the eastern edge of campus that features open space, athletic fields and tennis courts. The parcel, located south of Walnut Street, with Amtrak rail lines to the east and the SEPTA rail corridor to the west, is 14 acres of land Penn purchased from the U.S. Postal Service in 2007 as well as 10 acres the University already owned below South Street.
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Photo credit: University Archives The 1882 University football team, which had a record of 2-4 that year.
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WHAT:In a new twist to an old Halloween favorite, residents of neighborhoods surrounding the University of Pennsylvania will be treated to candy and information about recycling and composting in Philadelphia as well as energy-conservation tips in a “reverse” trick-or-treating event. WHO: Members and friends of the Penn Environmental Group, dressed in Halloween costumes WHEN:
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Dear Benny: Given the recent economic downturn, is Penn still offering home ownership incentives to help faculty and staff buy property in West Philadelphia? --Ready to Settle
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The differences in the definition of the word “book” found in the 1989 edition of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary and today on Dictionary.com are subtle, yet profound. In Webster’s, a 2,078-page behemoth weighing in at several pounds, “book” is defined as: “A written or printed work of some length ... on consecutive sheets of paper fastened or bound together in a volume.”
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A protein on the surface of breast cancer tumors called the estrogen receptor allows the tumors to use estrogen to grow. Aromatase inhibitors, or AIs, are useful in treating post-menopausal women with curable breast cancer by lowering the amount of estrogen in the body.
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