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Penn Launches Dual-Degree Master’s Program in Environmental Studies and Governmental Administration

 PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government and College of Liberal and Professional Studies have announced a two-year, dual-degree program in the School of Arts and Sciences: the Masters of Environmental Studies and the Masters of Governmental Administration.

Penn Team Uses Self-Assembly to Make Tiny Particles With Patches of Charge

PHILADELPHIA –- Physicists, chemists and engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a novel method for the controlled formation of patchy particles, using charged, self-assembling molecules that may one day serve as drug-delivery vehicles to combat disease and perhaps be used in small batteries that store and release charge.

Creating a new culinary footprint

Photo credit: Greg Johnson Dining halls on college campuses are not generally known for their exquisite cuisine, five-star meals or mouth-watering dishes. Pizza is a mainstay, along with hamburgers and other fast food. And cereal. Lots and lots of cereal.

Staff Q&A/Deirdre Martinez

Photo credit: Mark Stehle Deirdre Martinez was a creature of Washington, D.C. until she arrived at Penn to work on her Ph.D., which she received in 2005. Captured by the University’s vibrant intellectual environment and the joy of teaching young people about her passion for public policy, she decided to stay.

Penn-Princeton football

Photo credit: University Archives Penn began playing intercollegiate football in 1876, but it wasn’t until 1892 that the team became known as a pigskin powerhouse.

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The Download

Unless you have programmed your email server to collect every mention of Penn on the internet on a daily basis, it’s unlikely you can keep up on Penn’s ever-widening presence on the web. By mining online publications, websites and blogs, the Current has collected a few interesting, unusual and thought-provoking items that we’ve come across to provide you with a roundup of what’s being said in cyberspace.

Penn Masala performs at the White House

  Photo credit: Samantha Appleton The a cappella group Penn Masala performed at the White House on Wednesday, Oct. 14, to celebrate the signing of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

How the sofa changed the world

When French literature and history scholar Joan DeJean set out to understand the story behind comfort, she started by looking at the history of the sofa.