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Peace Corps Fellows/USA Partners with Penn for Returning Peace Corps Volunteers

PHILADELPHIA — Through a partnership with Peace Corps Fellows/USA, the University of Pennsylvania now offers returning Peace Corps volunteers the opportunity to attend graduate school at a reduced cost, while aiding underserved U.S. communities through internships. Penn’s Master’s in Public Health Program is the only program in Philadelphia of its kind that is an approved Peace Corps Fellows/USA partner.

Penn Announces Lowest Tuition Increase in 41 Years

PHILADELPHIA -- Building on its historic, multi-year efforts to increase access and affordability for lower- and middle-income families, the University of Pennsylvania today announced its smallest tuition increase in 41 years. The Budget and Finance Committee of Penn’s Board of Trustees today approved a tuition increase of 3.75 percent for the 2009-10 academic year. The full board is expected to approve the tuition increase at its stated meeting tomorrow.

President Amy Gutmann issues a statement on Penn and the economy

Dear Members of our University Community:

Penn Evolutionary Biologist and Computer Scientist Awarded Sloan Research Fellowships

PHILADELPHIA -– Joshua Plotkin, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Pennsylvania, and Steve Zdancewic, associate professor of computer and information science at Penn, have been named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows for 2009.

A Conversation with Gerda Weissmann Klein, Holocaust Survivor, on Live Videoconference March 2 at Penn

Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt to Speak at University of Pennsylvania's 253rd Commencement

 PHILADELPHIA –- Eric Schmidt, whose 28-year career as an Internet strategist, entrepreneur and developer of innovative technologies was capped by his selection as Google chairman and chief executive officer in 2001, will deliver the commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania on Monday, May 18.  

Penn's Center for High Impact Philanthropy Guides Global Health Philanthropists Toward Curbing Malaria

PHILADELPHIA — The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania has released an investment guide to help philanthropists combat malaria, a treatable and preventable disease and major global health problem.“Lifting the Burden of Malaria: An Investment Guide for Impact-Driven Philanthropy” offers independent, practical guidance on how individual donors can make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who are at risk of contracting the disease.

California Court and Proposition 8 Challenge

University of Pennsylvania Hosts Gender and Sexuality Studies State of the Field Conference

WHO: Gayle Rubin (keynote speaker), assistant professor of anthropology and women's studies at the University of Michigan, and more than 30 key figures in gender and sexuality studies WHAT: “Rethinking Sex, Gender and Sexuality Studies” State of the Field ConferenceWHERE: University of Pennsylvania campusWHEN: March 4–6, 2009

Provost names Penn Fellows

By The Current Staff Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Marybeth Gasman and John L. Jackson are among the faculty recently named Penn Fellows.