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Shoe Leather as a Renewable Resource: Penn Biologists Invent Power-Generating Backpack
PHILADELPHIA -- If you already have a little spring in your step, a team of biologists at the University of Pennsylvania would like to put it to good use by adding a few more springs in the form of a power-generating backpack. Details of their prototype "Suspended-load Backpack" were announced today in the journal Science. The device converts mechanical energy from walking into electricity up to 7.4 Watts more than enough energy to power a number of portable electronic devices at once.
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Brothers, Sing On!: My Half-Century Around the World with the Penn Glee ClubBruce MontgomeryPenn Press In 1956 Bruce Montgomery took over as director of the Penn Glee Club, taking it to new heights of musicianship and international acclaim in his 44-year tenure. In this lively memoir, Monty shares his stories and experiences, from an impromptu photo op on a Wisconsin highway during a blizzard in 1977 to singing for U.S. presidents.
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Out & About: Garden in the city
Philadelphia is full of firsts—from the nation’s first public school to the first lager beer. It’s also home to the country’s first botanical garden. You may have missed that last one, because Bartram’s Garden occupies an unlikely spot, wedged between the murky waters of the Schuylkill to the east and a tangle of railroad tracks to the west. Across the river looms The Philadelphia Gas Works.
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For The Record: The Bowl Fight
When the mercury inexplicably crept above 80 degrees earlier this month, the Current staff could not justify another noontime hour eating humble lunches at its grungy, paper-strewn desks. It just wouldn’t have been right. Instead, we decided to treat ourselves to some much-needed fresh air. We decided to eat outdoors. And we assure you, it was nice. The result of our hard work is this quick guide to some of University City’s best places to grab a good meal, a light lunch or a cup of coffee on those not-frequent-enough beautiful spring days. Enjoy.
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Writing fellowship The 2006 Kelly Writers House Fellows are three renowned writers known for very different bodies of work. Pulitzer-prize winner Richard Ford, intellectual superstar Cynthia Ozick and humorist and non-fiction writer Ian Frazier will all come to campus next spring to take part in reading presentations followed by brunch and conversation the next day. The Fellows program, which began in 1999, allows undergraduates to interact with world-famous authors in an intimate setting.
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The next big thing
Q&A/Penn Law professor by day, novelist by night, Kermit Roosevelt talks about his journey from literary rejection to being named 'The Next Big Thing.' Kermit Roosevelt wanted to be a philosopher. He ended up at Yale Law School instead. Once he got there, he felt mostly disappointment. Law school, he says, was too easy.
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By THE CURRENT STAFF Ask Benny: What is the history of the Music Building? Out and About: Garden in the city
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Ask Benny: What's the history of the Music Building?
Dear Benny, I have heard what is now Pennís Music Building, located along 33rd Street between Walnut and Spruce streets, was once an orphanage. Is that true? —Academic sleuth Dear history detective, Actually, it is true. Penn purchased the building now known as the Music Building, along with other property, in 1900 as part of a large-scale plan to create additional space for the rapidly growing University.