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Penn’s Center for Africana Studies to Host Conference on Africa Sept. 25-26

WHO: Leading scholars on Africa from the U.S., the United Kingdom and AfricaUniversity of Pennsylvania Center for Africana Studies-affiliated scholars, including:Tukufu Zuberi, Penn professor of sociology and department chair

Penn demographer asks if health care system keeps Americans from living longer

According to the World Health Organization, a baby born in America will live up to five years less than a child born in another affluent country. Is the U.S. health care system to blame? Noted demographer Samuel Preston, a Penn professor of sociology, says no.

Future Space: The Intersection Between Technology and Social Science, a Penn EMTM Program

WHAT:Michael Kearns and Kaihan Krippendorff will be keynote speakers for the next Penn Executive Master’s in Technology Management Program seminar.“Strategic Behavior in Social Networks” with Michael Kearns, professor of computer and information science at Penn

Penn President Amy Gutmann honored with 2009 Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award

Penn’s Nano/Bio Interface Center Awarded $11.5 Million to Advance Nanoscale Research in Biological Systems

PHILADELPHIA –- The Nano/Bio Interface Center at the University of Pennsylvania has been awarded $11.5 million from the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers of the National Science Foundation to continue to advance nanoscale research at the interface of physical and biological systems.

Penn President Amy Gutmann Honored With 2009 Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award

 PHILADELPHIA – Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, is one of four higher-education leaders honored with a 2009 Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award.

Penn Music Composition Faculty and Orchestra 2001 Celebrate George Crumb With Special 80th Birthday Concert

PHILADELPHIA – Pulitzer-Prize winning composer George Crumb, who taught at the University of Pennsylvania for more than 30 years, will be celebrated with a special concert in honor of his 80th birthday.

Center for Neuroscience & Society at the University of Pennsylvania Announces Panel of Advisors

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Neuroscience & Society, a cross-disciplinary center focused on understanding and communicating the impact of neuroscience on society, has named its initial board of advisors. The board includes a Nobel laureate, the editor-in-chief of an international science journal, CNN’s chief medical correspondent and the chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Special 80th Birthday Concert for famed Penn composer George Crumb

Photo credit: Jeffrey Herman To celebrate the 80th birthday of famed composer George Crumb, who taught at Penn for more than 30 years, Philadelphia’s Orchestra 2001 will present a special concert at the Kimmel Center on Friday, Sept. 25.

Q&A/Cynthia Connolly

Photo credit: Candace diCarlo When President Bill Clinton tried in 1993 to reform health care, Cynthia Connolly remembers thinking something was missing from the debate.