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Penn's Weiss Tech House Announces Student Inventors Headed to PennVention Competition Finals

PHILADELPHIA -- Ten teams of student inventors have been selected to present their prototypes of innovative technologies at the University of Pennsylvania's third annual PennVention competition on April 6 at Penn's Weiss Tech House. Finalists will compete for more than $60,000 in cash and prizes and a chance to launch their products to market.The finalists, chosen for ingenuity and commercialization potential are:

The Penn Science Café Presents: \"Mate Copying\"

WHO: Robert Kurzban, assistant professor of psychology in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts and SciencesWHAT: 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 Penn Science Cafe can be your chance to ask leading experts your questions about science.WHERE: The MarBar, 40th and Walnut streets, PhiladelphiaWHEN: Tuesday, March 20, 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Penn Alexander School Students to Join Role Models in Interactive Videoconference to Celebrate Women's Day

WHAT: In celebration of International Women's Day, the Pennsylvania Commission for Women and MAGPI, the Internet2 provider at the University of Pennsylvania, will co-sponsor an interactive virtual panel discussion and lunch with female role models featured in the commission's book, "Voices,", and school students from grades 6-8 at selected schools across the state.  One of the schools is the Penn Alexander School in West Philadelphia, and the others are in the Montgomery County, Harrisburg and Scranton areas.

The Valley Forge experiment

Heart wise

Photo credit: Candace diCarlo American universities offer courses in just about everything these days: Ancient languages and nanotechnology, environmentalism and economics, cyberculture and the history of rock ’n roll. But Arthur Waldron says there’s one class that, curiously, most college students won’t find in their course catalog: Warfare 101.

Hub on Chestnut

WHERE: 40th and Chestnut WHY: The new nine-story mixed-use building, with three levels of retail and 101 apartment units is a striking addition to the 40th Street corridor. Designed by Brawer Hauptman Architects in collaboration with Platt Associates of Boston, the distinctive tower is clad in wood veneer and corrugated metal panels, with accents of eye-popping green.

Simply the (2nd) best

It’s rare that we’re encouraged to bring our second-best idea to the table. But that was exactly the charge to students at the Weiss Tech House 2nd Best Idea Slam, held at the technology hub on Feb. 16.

Music to her ears

Students from the new music program at the Penn Alexander School recently visited campus and performed a short recital for Penn President Amy Gutmann at Irvine Auditorium.   Photo credit: Mark Stehle

Kim Mackley

The Current Staff Photo credit: Mark Stehle WHO SHE IS : Program Manager, Wharton Executive Education TIME AT PENN: 3 ½ years

Penn puts health on front burner

Gingered Chicken Breast and Melon Salad Tia McDonald, Campus Executive Chef, Penn Dining Services Yield: 1 Serving