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Not your father’s chamber ensemble
They’ve only been around for five years, but the contemporary classical sextet eighth blackbird has already made a splash in the world of classical music. In 1998, only their second year of performing, they became the first contemporary ensemble to win first prize at the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, where they also won the Rockport Chamber Music Festival Prize. They have since gone on to rack up more awards and win accolades from audiences and critics for both their virtuosity and the fun they have presenting works by contemporary composers.
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“First City: Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory”
The latest book in our Early American Studies series is a sweeping historical critique by one of the most distinguished historians writing today. Covering more than two centuries of social, economic and political change and offering a challenging, innovative approach to urban as well as national history, “First City” tells the Philadelphia story through the wealth of material culture its citizens have chosen to preserve.
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Shop with ease
So you’re in the market for, say, office furniture or some lab chemicals. Up until now, buying these things meant flipping through several catalogs, hunting down prices, filling out forms and waiting while they made their way through the purchasing food chain. Come Jan. 2, all that will be a thing of the past, thanks to BEN Buys and the Penn Marketplace. BEN Buys is the part of Penn’s new Business Enterprise Network aimed at faculty and staff in general. BEN Buys is designed to take the hassle out of shopping for equipment and supplies at Penn.
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Penn Research Shows Religion's Positive Effect On Fatherhood And Academic Achievement
WASHINGTON -- The University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the Manhattan Institute, today released two new studies documenting the positive role that religious organizations play in motivating men to become better fathers and children to become better students.
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Penn Professor Believes the Teacher Shortage is Mis-diagnosed
PHILADELPHIA A study published in the fall issue of American Educational Research Journal found that America's "teacher shortage" is mis-diagnosed and that popular solutions won't work. Using national data from the U.S. Department of Education, Richard Ingersoll, associate professor of education and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, found the so-called "teacher shortage" is not mainly due to an inadequate supply of teachers, as is widely believed.
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Astronomers Unveil First Detection Of Dark Matter Object In The Milky Way
PHILADELPHIA - Astronomers from the University of Pennsylvania, in collaboration with an international team of researchers, have made the first direct detection and measurement of the properties of a dark matter object in the Milky Way. This observation of a gravitational microlensing event - a temporary increase in the brightness of a background star during the time it takes dark matter to pass in front of it - is reported in the Dec. 6 issue of Nature.
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Molecule That Restricts Mouse Cells' Potency Could Yield Embryonic Stem Cells Without the Sacrifice of Embryos
PHILADELPHIA - Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a receptor that plays a key role in restricting embryonic stem cellspluripotency, their ability to develop into virtually any of an adult animal cell types. The work is the first demonstration of a mechanism by which pluripotency is lost in mammalian embryos, one that operates with nearly the precision of an on/off switch in mouse embryos.
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Q&A: Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum
In a few short years, Penn has dramatically improved its reputation and sparked a renaissance in its home neighborhood. But its students, by and large, still head elsewhere to pursue their careers or further study.
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Ah-choo, flu With sneezes and sniffles, the flu season is beginning. Penn’s Occupational Medicine department will once again offer flu shots for faculty and staff. However, they will be available by mid-December, which is later than usual, and in smaller quantities, so people are urged to receive immunization from a personal physician. Those who are at high risk for complications with influenza, such as persons over 65 years old, residents of chronic-care facilities and pregnant women, will receive first priority for vaccination.
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Solar flair: A new documentary film, “Raycing the Sun,” chronicles the latest efforts of the Penn Solar Racing Team to beat the best at the 2001 American Solar Challenge this past July. (How’d they do? You’ll have to watch the film.) The film, produced by local production company GreenWorks, received its premiere at the Engineering School Nov. 7. Several members of the team, including electrical crew leader Gary Lam (EAS’02), who was featured in the film, were on hand to answer questions from the audience.