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In the past dozen years, Andrea Gottschalk has coordinated exhibitions for the Rare Book & Manuscript Library as wildly diverse as a historical perspective of the comic strip and a look at education in the age of Ben Franklin.
Dear Benny, How do the drivers of Penn’s shuttle buses know the best route to take when they’re dropping off passengers in the neighborhood? It seems like there’s the potential to waste a lot of gas as drivers drop off people at their various destinations.—Concerned about conservingDear Concerned,
In 1982, Film Ventures International released a movie about a great white shark that terrorizes a small coastal town. A novelist and a salty old fisherman set out to sea to hunt down the predator. In the end, both the fisherman and shark die.
At the end of every school year, Penn students clean house, getting rid of everything from books and clothing to appliances, housewares, and rugs. But, as the saying goes, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure.
In mid-summer of 2011, the rhetoric between Democrats and Republicans over raising the federal debt ceiling—which Congress had done without fanfare 70 times before—was heating up.
Editor’s note: This interview was conducted prior to the announcement that former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum would suspend his campaign.
All scientists latch onto a system to study. Some examine fruit flies. Others look at mice.
WHAT: Now that spring is here, be sure to take some time to explore the Morris Arboretum, located at 100 E. Northwestern Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Admission is free with a PennCard, $7 for youth, active military, and students; $14 for seniors; and $16 for adults.
Every day, people readily give up information about their buying habits, check in at locations via Foursquare, and post events—both notable and insignificant—online with video or in 140 characters.