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Egypt up close at Penn Museum

View a slideshow of images from the Egyptian collection and hear more from Joe Wegner. Photo credit: Candace diCarlo WHAT: The Egyptian Collection at the Penn Museum

Making a difference in the fight against AIDS

Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Greg Bisson left for Botswana five years ago as an ambitious young epidemiologist with plans on making a real contribution to the massive fight there against HIV and AIDS.

Walter E. Shinn

Photo credit: University Archives The Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded to United States military pilots for “heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight.” It is one of the highest honors in the American armed forces—and Walter E. Shinn, a 1939 Penn graduate, won two of them.

“What Just Happened?”: Penn Political Scientists Gather Nov. 5 for Public Discussion of 2008 Presidential Election

The Year of Comics at Penn

Galleries and classrooms around Penn are filled with images of both classic comic book superheores and the subversive antiheroes of the comics of the 60s and 70s, animation from both small and big studios and even a high-definition video screened at the Venice Biennale. The year of comics, animation and graphic novels at Penn is underway—and events and exhibits through the spring of 2009 showcase the diverse genres and techniques found in these art forms.

Staff Q&A/Mike Vasilikos

Photo credit: Mark Stehle If the staff of WXPN likes a record, it gets played on the air. It’s really that simple, says Mike Vasilikos, the station’s brand-new assistant music director and on-air host.

Seeking new menopause therapies

The menopausal transition—or “The Change”—can cause any number of uncomfortable symptoms in women. With an average onset of age 51, menopause can trigger hot flashes, sleep problems, mood changes, depression, irritability and a decrease in libido.

Nov. 6-8 Conference at Penn to Explore the Challenge of Urban Development in an ‘After-Oil' World

WHAT:“Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design After the Age of Oil,” a two-day conference at the University of Pennsylvania, will examine cities of the future as envisioned by urban designers and leaders in both public and private sectors in the face of costly energy and global warming.

Penn President Amy Gutmann to Join Students in Voting on Election Day

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann To Join Students in Voting on Election DayWHO: Amy Gutmann, Penn PresidentWHEN: Nov. 4, 2008, 3:15 p.m.WHERE: University of Pennsylvania Steinberg-Dietrich Hall Locust Walk, near 37th StreetUniversity of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann will join a student group, “Penn Leads The Vote,” at a campus polling place to vote. “Penn Leads The Vote” is a student-run non-partisan voter-registration and -mobilization campaign.

Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Symposium Presents "Structure and Signaling in Normal and Diseased Muscle"

WHO:The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute is an interdisciplinary group of research investigators in biophysics, biochemistry, genetics and physiology working to discover the mechanisms of muscle function, muscle disease and motile biological systems and to apply these discoveries to new therapies and develop technologies for the study of muscle and motile systems.WHAT: