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Penn Partners with Philadelphia Orchestra to Bring Recitals and Music Lessons to Students in Dorms
PHILADELPHIA -The University of Pennsylvania Music Department and the Philadelphia Orchestra are tuning up to make beautiful music together -- not in concert halls but in College Houses. Philadelphia Orchestra musicians will be coming to the Penn campus to give informal recitals for students "where they live" as part of the Orchestra Raising the Invisible Curtain Program.
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Donald Kettl Named Director of Fels Institute of Government at Penn
PHILADELPHIA-- Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Rebecca Bushnell has announced that Donald Kettl, professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named director of the 68-year-old Fels Institute of Government at Penn. He will assume the post July 1.
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Kofi Annan, Five Others to Receive Honorary Degrees During Penn's 249th Commencement May 16
WHAT: University of Pennsylvania's 249th Commencement ceremony WHO: U.N. Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan will present the main commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree.Other honorary degree recipients are Grammy-award winning musician and producer Quincy Jones, philosopher Saul A. Kripke, Comcast founder Ralph J. Roberts, journalist Judy Woodruff and Nancy Fugate Woods, dean of the University of Washington School of Nursing.WHERE: Franklin Field, 33rd and South streets
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Penn Partnership Schools Present "Strings for Schools" Student Concert
Penn Partnership Schools Present "Strings for Schools" Student ConcertWHO:Strings for Schools and children from West Philadelphia Penn Partnership Elementary Schools WHAT:Community concertWHEN:Thursday, May 19, 9:30 a.m.WHERE: Lea School auditorium, 47th and Locust streets
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Clutch Hitters and Choke Hitters: Myth or Reality?
PHILADELPHIA Sports announcers already know it, and now Elan Fuld has proven it: clutch hitters really do exist. The 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania junior studied the phenomenon of clutch hitting in baseball, and his calculations provided statistical evidence that players such as Eddie Murray, Frank Duffy and Luis Gomez were clutch hitters.A surprising finding in the study was that Bill Buckner, who has gone down in history as one of the game's worst "choke artists" for his Game 6 World Series error, was statistically proven to be a clutch hitter.
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New Details of President Bush's Social Security Plan
Mark SternProfessor of Social Welfare and HistoryUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Social WorkPresident Bush's plan for revamping social security has gone from "bad to worse," Stern says."Social Security has been a spectacularly successful program because it got the balance right between Americans' belief, rooted in market principles, that benefits should be earned and that pooling risk is a prudent way of dealing with life's uncertainties.
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Coming up roses
Spring has sprung, finally, and the green spaces of Penn once again beckon us to sit and enjoy the gentle pleasures of the season. Now you can add Penn Museum’s Upper Courtyard Garden back to your list of places to de-stress and smell the perennials. After being closed for two years, the courtyard re-opens May 7, and all Penn, HUP and CHOP employees are invited to a celebration to get reacquainted.
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Two Penn Professors Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
PHILADELPHIA -- Two scientists at the University of Pennsylvania are among the 213 members of the 2005 Class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Gideon Dreyfuss, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Madeleine M. Jouille, a professor in the Department of Chemistry, were acknowledged by the Academy for their scientific leadership and contributions to society. Fellows are nominated and elected to the Academy by current members.
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The good, the bad and the better
When the U.S. began fighting in Iraq in March 2003 and France refused to engage troops in the ground war, our onetime ally became a lightning rod for Americans critical of dissenters. Some responded by dumping French wine down the drain, while a handful of members of Congress went so far as to rename the french fries served in their cafeteria, “freedom fries.”
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Movable Feast: Go outside
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.