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University of Pennsylvania to Host Kick-Off of Second Annual National Campus Safety Awareness Month
WHO: Dr. Amy Gutmann, president of PennMaureen Rush, vice president for public safety at PennConnie Clery, co-founder of Security on Campus Inc.Catherine Bath, executive director of Security on Campus Inc.Patrick Meehan, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of PennsylvaniaWHAT: National Campus Safety Awareness Month Kick-OffWHEN: Sept. 6, 2007, 4:15 p.m.WHERE: University of PennsylvaniaAnnenberg Center LobbyWalnut Street, near 37th Street
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Penn and Brandywine Realty Trust Announce Collaborative Redevelopment of U.S. Postal Service Facilities in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania has completed its acquisition of various U.S. Postal Service facilities in the University City sub-market of Philadelphia, and will collaborate with Brandywine Realty Trust in a comprehensive redevelopment of the properties located on 30th Street between Market and Walnut streets.
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Penn's Irma Elo Named Chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Health Statistics
PHILADELPHIA -- Irma T. Elo, associate professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, has been appointed chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Health Statistics. NCHS is America's principal health statistics agency. NCHS collects data from birth and death records, medical records and interview surveys and through direct physical exams and laboratory testing to compile statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve public health.
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Cancer Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Discover What Makes Lymphomas Tick
PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania researchers and their colleagues at the Wistar Institute and University of Oxford have discovered the molecular process by which the PAX5 protein, necessary for lymphocyte development, promotes the growth of common lymphomas, thereby unveiling a potential new target in the fight against cancer.
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Art Spiegelman, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Jerome Rothenberg Named Kelly Writers House Fellows
PHILADELPHIA -- The community of writers and artists at the University of Pennsylvania's Kelly Writers House has named Art Spiegelman, Lynne Sharon Schwartz and Jerome Rothenberg Writers House Fellows for spring 2008. Artist and graphic novelist Spiegelman will visit Penn Feb. 18-19, writer Schwartz March 24-25 and poet Rothenberg April 28-29. Each fellow's visit will begin with a 6:30 p.m. Monday reading at Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, followed by a 10 a.m. Tuesday brunch and an interview-conversation there the next morning, webcast live.
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Richard Hodges Named Director of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
PHILADELPHIA -- Richard Hodges has been named the Williams Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Hodges will join Penn Oct. 1 from his position as director of the Institute of World Archaeology at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom.
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Philadelphia Grade School Students to Launch Rockets at Penn...In the Name of Science, Of Course
WHO: Penn student volunteers and their grade-school partners will launch rockets as part of a week-long summer course designed to get young people excited about science and technology. WHAT: InnoWorks is an innovative science and engineering initiative, "By Students, For Students," designed and implemented by college volunteers for middle-school students from disadvantaged backgrounds. WHERE: Hill Field, northeast corner of 34th and Walnut streets on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania
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Penn Implements New Emergency Notification System
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania is launching a new emergency alert communication system that will enable students, faculty, and staff to quickly receive news and instructions during crisis situations.
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Bioengineers at University of Pennsylvania Devise Nanoscale System to Measure Cellular Forces
PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania researchers have designed a nanoscale system to observe and measure how individual cells react to external forces. By combining microfabricated cantilevers and magnetic nanowire technology to create independent, nanoscale sensors, the study showed that cells respond to outside forces and demonstrated a dynamic biological relationship between cells and their environment.
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Announcing Penn Web Enhancements
Dear Faculty, Staff and Students,The arrival of a new academic year is always an exciting time here at Penn. Each new academic cycle offers us the welcome opportunity to greet new students and colleagues, and renew our purpose.In renewing our purpose, we also update our communications to the world that is ever more avidly interested in Penn. I draw your attention to our new home page - a brighter, more contemporary gateway to Penn on the web.