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Penn Graduate School of Education Center Receives $4.9 Million Annenberg Grant for Leadership Initiative
PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania's Center for Educational Leadership has received a $4.9 million grant from the Annenberg Foundation to launch the Distributed Leadership Initiative, a four-year collaboration with the Philadelphia School District to promote shared leadership at the individual school level.The Center is part of Penn's Graduate School of Education.
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Attorney in Intelligent Design Case to Speak at Penn Museum
PHILADELPHIA, PA 2006Eric Rothschild, co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, will offer an insider perspective on this highly publicized intelligent-design case in a special talk, "Intelligent Design Meets the First Amendment," Monday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the Harrison Auditorium of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The free program, presented by Penn Museum Evolution Project, is co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Institute for Law and Philosophy.
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University of Pennsylvania Student Named Gates Scholar
PHILADELPHIA-- The University of Pennsylvania's Lauren Rachel Zeitels is among 40 U.S. students awarded 2006 Gates Cambridge Scholarships. The sixth-annual contingent of new Gates Scholars, selected from countries around the world, will begin graduate studies at the University of Cambridge, England, in October. Zeitels plans to pursue a master's degree in medical science there.Zeitels, of Warren, N.J., will graduate this spring from Penn's College of Arts and Sciences with a B.A. in biochemistry and an M.S. in chemistry.
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What Lessons Have We Learned from Hurricane Katrina?
WHO: Ronald Daniels, provost and professor of law at the University of PennsylvaniaDonald Kettl, professor of political science and director of the Fels Institute of Government at PennHoward Kunreuther, professor and co-director of the Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at Penn's Wharton SchoolWHAT: Discussion and signing of the book "On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina."WHEN: Feb. 20, 7 p.m.WHERE: Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St.
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Penn's Vitek Elected to National Academy of Engineering
PHILADELPHIA -- Vaclav Vitek, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. Vitek, who joined the faculty of Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science in 1978, is one of 76 engineers nationwide inducted into the Academy this year.
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Marie Witt Named Penn Business Services Vice President
PHILADELPHIA -- Marie Witt has been named vice president for the University of Pennsylvania Division of Business Services. As the division vice president, she will be responsible for the strategic direction and operational management of a variety of units, including Housing and Conference Services; Dining Services; Transportation and Parking; the University Square complex, with the Penn Bookstore and Computer Connection; the University owned hotels, and other ancillary operations.
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Expert Comment on Same-Sex Marriage in New Jersey
Expert Comment on Same-Sex Marriage in New Jerseyfrom the University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolFeb. 15, 2006Nathaniel Persily, professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, researches, teaches and writes about constitutional law and contemporary issues in law and politics
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Hospitalization or Death of Elderly Spouse Substantially Affects Husband or Wife's Mortality
PHILADELPHIA--A new study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Medical School shows that for people aged 65 and older hospitalization of a spouse can harm the well being of the surviving partner and significantly contribute to that partner's death. The study appears in the Feb. 16 New England Journal of Medicine.
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Harold Borders
WHO HE IS: Instrumentation specialist, Physics and Astronomy YEARS AT PENN: 29.5. “Not that I’m counting.”
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The gagging of Google
For a few days last week, Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science was off limits to web-searchers in China. Government censors—and search powerhouse Google—were responsible. Even as Google rides a wave of support for its decision to fight the government and protect the privacy of its users here in the U.S., the company is drawing the ire of human rights activists, journalists and some of its longtime supporters for its recent decision to allow Chinese officials to control the content of the new Google.cn site in that country.