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Katie Rodan, Co-Founder of ProActiv Solution, Will Speak at University of Pennsylvania's Weiss Tech House
WHO: Dr. Katie P. Rodan, co-developer of ProActiv Solution, willkick off the Weiss Tech House 2007-2008 speaker series when she addresses students about entrepreneurship and innovation.WHAT: The Weiss Tech House is a student-run hub of technological innovation at Penn that supports students in the creation, development and commercialization of innovative technologies. WHERE: Wu Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, 3330 Walnut St. WHEN: Sept. 27 at 6 p.m.
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Penn, Bucknell Alumni Teams' 3,050-Mile Bike Race Will Raise Scholarship Funds and Honor Fellow Biker
PHILADELPHIA -- Three University of Pennsylvania alumni are in the midst of a cross-country bike race against a four-man team of Bucknell alums to raise $1 million in scholarship funds for each university to support outstanding students from low-income backgrounds.The Bucknell-Penn Alumni Bike Race Across America for Scholarship, believed to be the first such effort by a group of university alumni to raise scholarship funds, is expected to take 19 days.
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The Penn Science Café Presents: \"Faust in Copenhagen-A Struggle for the Soul of Physics\" with Dr. Gino Segre of Penn
WHO: Dr. Gino Segre, professor emeritus of physics, School of Arts and Sciences, University of PennsylvaniaWHAT: The Penn Science Cafe lecture series, free and open to the public, takes science out of the laboratory and treats it to a night on the town. The Cafe is your chance to ask a leading expert your questions about science.WHERE: The MarBar, 40th and Walnut streets, PhiladelphiaWHEN: Thursday, Sept. 27, 6 p.m.Doors open at 5:30 p.m.Menu items available for purchase.
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Penn Engineers Design Electronic Computer Memory in Nanoscale Form That Retrieves Data 1,000 Times Faster
PHILADELPHIA -- Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have developed nanowires capable of storing computer data for 100,000 years and retrieving that data a thousand times faster than existing portable memory devices such as Flash memory and micro-drives, all using less power and space than current memory technologies.
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Guest Chef Series, Locust Walk Farmers Market Highlight Penn Dining Services' Fall Events
PHILADELPHIA - Chefs from several local restaurants will share their culinary favorites as the Guest Chef Series at University of Pennsylvania gets under way for the second straight year, as just one of several events and new services offered on campus by Penn Dining Services.
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Penn Launches New Program on Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism With Inaugural Lecture Sept. 20
PHILADELPHIA -- Demetrios Papademetriou, co-founder and president of the Migration Policy Institute, will present the inaugural lecture of the University of Pennsylvania's Program on Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism. The lecture will be on Sept. 20 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Kirby Auditorium of the National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St. in Philadelphia, with a reception to follow. The event is free and open to the public.
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Dock Street Brewing Co.
WHERE: This new brewpub is located at 701 S. 50th St., the corner of 50th St. and Baltimore Ave, in a former firehouse.
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Penn introduces new look, features for Web
The new academic year brings a much-improved home for the Penn on the web—the first redesign of the University’s homepage in five years.
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Barbara Cavanaugh
The Current Staff Photo credit: Mark Stehle WHO SHE IS: Head Librarian, School of Veterinary Medicine YEARS AT PENN: 14 at Penn; 6 at Penn Vet
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Ethics And War
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Jonathan Moreno began his career as a medical ethicist, helping doctors and families answer some of the most unanswerable questions in medicine: