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Artist Carlos Garaicoa was born in Havana in 1967, just eight years after the Cuban revolution, and has been inspired by his hometown—and the political forces that shaped it— throughout his career. Though never trained as an architect (he focused his studies instead on thermodynamics and art) Garaicoa is clearly fascinated by building design and function, as his unusual and striking pieces—architectural models, renderings, models and photographs—suggest.
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For its second annual symposium, the University Faculty Senate has chosen to focus on globalism— and to resurrect an important day in the University’s calendar. Until a decade ago, Jan. 17, otherwise known as Ben Franklin’s birthday, was celebrated on campus as Founders Day. A severe snowstorm canceled the event 10 years ago, and since then the date has gone by unnoticed.
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Every neighborhood has a Main Street. Penn’s western edge has 40th Street. Residents west of 43rd St. have Baltimore Avenue. And Powelton Village—a cluster of historic streets, old houses broken up into student apartments and scattered single-family residences located on the northern border of University City—has Lancaster Avenue.
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By The Current Staff Photo credit: University Archives No, the vintage World War II photo at right was not snapped during combat operations in France. Nor Okinawa. Nor any other theater of the war. It was taken, instead, right here in West Philadelphia.
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More students from around the world are clamoring to enroll at the University, while Penn students are studying abroad in greater numbers. So says the Institute for International Education, which recently released its annual data on international mobility of students and scholars.
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Alexandra Schmidt-Ullrich, a lecturer for the Architecture 301 studio at Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall, offers a desk critique of the work of junior Aneta Pariaszevski. Photo credit: Mark Stehle
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PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania engineering professor Nader Engheta has been named by Scientific American magazine as one of the 2006 Scientific American 50, the magazines annual list of leaders in science and technology. The list appears in the December issue, available on newsstands now. Engheta was cited for his research contributions in plasmonics, an emerging field of scientific inquiry regarding the optical and electrical properties of solid matter, such as metals, at nanometer scales.
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Penn Law School to Host Symposium on Human Rights and Political Prisoners in RussiaWHO:Opening Remarks: Michael Fitts, Penn Law DeanWilliam Burke-White, University of Pennsylvania law professorMary Holland, New York University Law School research scholarBenjamin Nathans, University of Pennsylvania history professorRoger Clark, Rutgers Law School professorLegal Team of imprisoned Russian businessman MikhailKhodorkovsky: Robert Amsterdam, John Pappalardo,Sanford Saunders, Pavel Ivlev, Elena Levina
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WHAT: A grand opening event, celebrating the completion of The Hub, a nine-story, 100-unit residential-retail complex at 40th and Chestnut streets in University City, constructed by Teres Holdings, LLC, of PhiladelphiaWHERE: The second floor of The Hub, 3935 Chestnut St., PhiladelphiaWHEN: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5WHO: Featured speakers will include:
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PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing officially launches a $60 million fund-raising campaign, "Where Science Leads," on Nov. 30 with a celebration marking the naming of the Nursing Building for Claire M. Fagin, dean emerita.That evening, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell will be honorary co-chair of a gala with Midge Rendell, Pennsylvania's first lady and Nursing overseers chair, as gala chair.A $5 million gift from The Annenberg Foundation as well as significant support from Carol Ware Gates and the 1675 Foundation have marked the campaign thus far.