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Moody's Upgrades University of Pennsylvania's Debt Rating, Citing Growth in Financial Reserves
PHILADELPHIA -- Moody's Investor Services has upgraded the University of Pennsylvania's long-term debt rating to Aa2, from Aa3. Moody's removed Penn's rating from a watchlist for potential upgrades and said the rating outlook is stable.This rating upgrade to Aa2 restores the University to its highest rating level, last achieved in 1998.
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Philippe Bourgois Named Newest PIK Professor at Penn
PHILADELPHIA -- Philippe Bourgois, a world renowned medical anthropologist from the University of California, San Francisco, has been named the fifth Penn Integrates Knowledge professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
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FBI Deputy Director John Pistole to Discuss Terrorism Prevention During Criminology Day at Penn
WHO: John Pistole, FBI deputy director Richard Berk, Penn professor of criminology and statisticsLawrence Sherman, Penn Criminology Department chairLaurie Robinson, director of the criminology M.S. program at PennWHAT: Criminology Day at the University of Pennsylvania WHERE:Huntsman Hall, Room 370, 3730 Walnut St., PhiladelphiaWHEN:Friday, Jan. 26, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.
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Fox Fellow goes back to the drafting board
Photo credit: Mark Stehle Twenty years ago, Mark Alan Hughes received his Ph.D. in regional science from Penn. Since then, he’s racked up awards for his academic work, helped to design and create programs to help working families and was called one of the nation’s five best local columnists for his Daily News writings.
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The Last Word Bookshop
What: The Last Word Bookshop, 220 S. 40th St.
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New Vet School building opens
Walk through the main entrance of the sparkling new Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion, Penn Vet’s new academic center, and you’ll likely be drawn to a series of brightly colored discs mounted on the walls.
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Mind games
Photo credit: Candace diCarlo Neuroethics is to Prozac what bioethics is to stem cell research. The emerging field, explains Penn Psychology Professor Martha Farah, examines the social and ethical issues of any technology that alters the brain, whether it’s a mood-enhancing drug or an electrode implanted in the frontal lobe.
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Panel to Examine Obstacles, Opportunities in Physical and Economic Rebuilding of New Orleans
WHAT: Breaking Ground in New Orleans, a panel discussion hosted by the Penn Institute for Urban Research at the University of Pennsylvania. The panelists will discuss current conditions for economic and physical transformation in New Orleans, as well as the obstacles and opportunities. WHO: Panelists include:Darren Walker, vice president for foundation initiatives, Rockefeller FoundationJane Brooks, professor of urban and regional planning, University of New Orleans
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Heather Weisse
The Current Staff Photo credit: Mark Stehle WHO SHE IS: IT Project Leader, Applications Coordinator, MAGPI YEARS AT PENN: 2 WHAT IS MAGPI?: MAGPI, which stands for the Mid-Atlantic GigaPop in Philadelphia for Internet2, is the regional connector for institutions that want to access Internet 2 for education and research.
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MLK Day, continued
By The Current Staff As has become a tradition here in West Philadelphia, Penn students, faculty and staff spent Martin Luther King Day working to make their neighborhood a better place: Penn volunteers helped spruce up West Philadelphia High School, participated in a literacy project at Houston Hall and created much-needed gifts for residents of area shelters, hospitals and nursing homes.