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Campus safety drills prepare Penn for crises

Campus safety drills prepare Penn for crises

Natural disasters have been making local headlines in recent days —hurricanes, floods, mudslides and even an earthquake right here in Philadelphia. So what should the Penn community do when there is a campus emergency?
theCoursebook takes top prize in GSE business plan competition

theCoursebook takes top prize in GSE business plan competition

Alexandre Scialom, a 32-year-old native of Fouju, France, and creator of theCourseBook, took top honors and won a total of $50,000 in prize money in this year’s Milken-Penn Graduate School of Education Business Plan Competition, the only business plan competition solely focused on improving education.
University Square farmers market to expand

University Square farmers market to expand

Springtime brings budding flowers, fairer weather and the weekly University Square Farmers Market, located on 36th Street between Sansom and Walnut streets.   Every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., from May through November, vendors set up to sell everything from fresh vegetables and fruits to artisan breads and locally roasted, fair-trade coffee.
Penn helps city police update how they report domestic violence incidents

Penn helps city police update how they report domestic violence incidents

The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) receives nearly 150,000 calls regarding incidents of domestic disturbance each year. For the past 30 years, the forms that police used to report these incidents were the same as those used for all other crimes—leaving out pertinent details that are unique to domestic violence cases.
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