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Pre-orientation programs introduce incoming freshmen to Penn

Five pre-orientation programs are giving some incoming freshmen a jump on the University experience before the school year begins.

Penn on Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter and iTunes U

Penn’s official presence on social networking and multimedia sites is on the rise. Currently, the University has a Facebook page, a portal on iTunes U , and a presence on three other popular sites: Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.

Online Debate Among Legal Scholars Produces Book

PHILADELPHIA –- The legal-education book, “Criminal Law Conversations,” is now available after an innovative year-long cyberspace debate among the world’s leading criminal-law scholars about modern criminal law. Through an interactive online approach to legal scholarship, hosted on the University of Pennsylvania Web site, authors of top-rated essays defended their ideas against criticism from other law professors. The essays they found most compelling were selected for inclusion in the book.

Botswana-UPenn Partnership helps country tackle national crisis

Botswana, in southern Africa, has the second-highest adult HIV prevalence in the world, with nearly a quarter of adults infected. In 2001, the African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership reached out to Penn for help in addressing the epidemic—and the University has been offering assistance to the country ever since.

Penn Law School to Create Asylum/Human Rights Clinic

PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania Law School students will get more opportunities to advocate for human rights and asylum protection with the creation of a new clinical program. The Sheehan Asylum/Human Rights Project is the result of a $1 million gift from the New York City firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in honor of 1969 Penn Law alum Robert Sheehan.

Hospital Checklists Need a Reality Check, According to Penn Collaborative Study

PHILADELPHIA –- A team of sociologists and health-care researchers is calling for greater understanding of how hospital and medical checklists can be used to improve patient safety. Furthermore, say the authors of a commentary in the journal The Lancet, widespread deployment of medical checklists without an appreciation of how or why they work is a potential threat to patient safety and to high-quality care.

Center for Neuroscience and Society Opens at the University of Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has launched the Penn Center for Neuroscience and Society, a cross-disciplinary endeavor to increase understanding of the impact of neuroscience on society through research and teaching and to encourage the responsible use of neuroscience for the benefit of humanity.

Penn Community Schools Celebrate Harambee Day at Malcolm X Park Postponed Until Friday

Penn Reading Project to Focus on the Thomas Eakins Painting 'The Gross Clinic'

PHILADELPHIA –- Reading a painting? At the University of Pennsylvania incoming freshmen will test their visual literacy in this year’s Penn Reading Project with “The Gross Clinic,” an 1875 Thomas Eakins painting showing a surgery in progress.The masterpiece is jointly owned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. “The Gross Clinic” represents the first departure from a text-only book in the 19-year history of the Penn Reading Project.

YouthWorks Celebration Wednesday at Sayre High School Will Feature Garden Harvest, Project Video, Food Samples

WHAT: Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative’s YouthWorks, a celebration of end-of-summer youth-development programs, sponsored by the Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania.