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Staff Q&A/Kenric Tsethlikai
Photo credit: Mark Stehle After completing his Ph.D. in French at Stanford University, Kenric Tsethlikai accepted a position with Credit Suisse in Switzerland.
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Prof examines history of heroin trade
About half of all of America’s heroin users in the 20th century were concentrated in one place—New York City. And when one factored in the big cities of Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and Detroit, nearly all of the nation’s users could be accounted for.
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Student Spotlight: Rick and Mark Rappo
FAMILY ATMOSPHERE: When coach Zeke Jones took over the Penn wrestling program in 2005, he inherited a roster that included three sets of brothers—Matt and Andy Valenti, Gene and Jeff Zennetti, and Colin and Rob Hitschler. Jones has taken steps to foster a family atmosphere ever since.
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Fall cleanup
Groundskeeper Jose Colon prepares the hedges outside Fisher Fine Arts Library for the winter to come with some late-summer pruning. Photo credit: Mark Stehle
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Morris Arboretum Breaking Ground Friday for Horticulture Center, Penn's First Platinum-Level LEED-Certified Building
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New Fels director: 'This is just a perfect place for me to be.'
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo David Thornburgh, the new executive director of the Fels Institute of Government, describes himself as a huge fan of Penn founder Ben Franklin.
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Early Days of Penn Football
Photo credit: University Archives The first college football game was played in 1869, when Princeton and Rutgers battled in New Brunswick, N.J.
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Penn Students Gather to Watch Vice Presidential Debate
MEDIA ADVISORYPenn Students Gather to Watch Vice Presidential Debate WHO: University of Pennsylvania students WHAT: DebateWatch 2008WHEN: Thurs., Oct. 2, 2008 9-11 p.m.WHERE: Hill House dormitory Upper East Lounge 34th and Walnut streets
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Cat mapping
A group of leading veterinary and genetic researchers from around the country recently announced that they had sequenced the genome of … a domestic cat. And though there are myriad reasons—some related to animal health, some to human health—why this massive project was undertaken in the first place, Penn’s Urs Giger says one stands out above the rest: People love their pets.
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MAGPI, Penn's Internet2 Connector, Enables Princeton Institutions to Access Global Sites at Lightning Speeds
PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania’s Internet2 regional connector, MAGPI, is providing high performance Internet connections for several institutions on Princeton University’s Forrestal Campus, including its Plasma Physics Lab and High Energy Physics Department as well as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.