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Penn Honors the Nation’s Veterans

Penn Honors the Nation’s Veterans

PHILADELPHIA — In honor of Veterans Day, the University of Pennsylvania will hold a flag-raising ceremony on Locust Walk in front of Van Pelt Library at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov.
SP2 dean analyzes what ails government programs

SP2 dean analyzes what ails government programs

Many government programs designed to address societal ills fall short of their goals in sector after sector, and Richard J. Gelles, dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice, says these programs are predestined to fail because they create self-serving and self-protecting bureaucracies that keep them in business.
Penn’s Field Center for Children’s Policy Practice & Research Hosts Senate Committee Public Hearing

Penn’s Field Center for Children’s Policy Practice & Research Hosts Senate Committee Public Hearing

 PHILADELPHIA — The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research will host a public hearing, “Foster Care: Aging Out – Options and Obstacles,” Wednesday, Nov. 2, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in Claudia Cohen Hall, 249 S. 36th St., on the University of Pennsylvania campus.
In New Book, Penn Researcher Says Most Government Programs Don’t Work

In New Book, Penn Researcher Says Most Government Programs Don’t Work

 PHILADELPHIA — A University of Pennsylvania researcher says most government social programs don’t work, a claim he is certain will not endear him to liberals.  But he also says conservatives will not like hearing that there are programs that do work.
‘Hopes and Fears Revisited’

‘Hopes and Fears Revisited’

Write one of your hopes or fears onto a Post-It note, “sign” the note with your fingerprint and attach it to the wall.  That’s what two local artists want you to do.
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