Penn Announces Largest U.S. Wind-Energy Purchase

PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania has announced it will make the largest U.S. retail purchase of wind energy through an agreement with Community Energy Inc.

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Penn President Judith Rodin To Receive Beacon Award

PHILADELPHIA - Judith Rodin, president of the University of Pennsylvania, will be recognized for her outstanding accomplishments in the area of women progress when she receives The Beacon Award during the 125th-anniversary celebration of the admission of women students to Penn. The celebration will be Nov. 1-2.

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Penn Names Crowther Director Of Corporate Relations

PHILADELPHIA -- Steffen W. Crowther has been named director of corporate relations in the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at the University of Pennsylvania. In this capacity, she will cultivate corporate support, including multi-national prospects, for the University.

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Ground Breaking Oct. 4 For New Hillel Center At Penn

PHILADELPHIA Local Jewish leaders, University of Pennsylvania officials and scores of students will take part in a ground-breaking ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 for a new $12 million Hillel Center on the campus.

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Penn Alumnae Celebrate 125 Years Of Accomplishments; To Gather From All Over The World No. 1-2

PHILADELPHIA For 125 years Penn has served as a launching pad for women. It has provided the career foundation for such outstanding alumnae as Andrea Mitchell, NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent and Penn trustee; Ann Dore McLaughlin, former U.S. Secretary of Labor (1987-89); Susan Ness, former Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission; and Mary Ellen Mark, photo journalist.

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Afaf I. Meleis, Ph. D., Fann, Named Dean Of Penn's School Of Nursing

PHILADELPHIA -- Afaf I. Meleis, PhD, FAAN, RN, an internationally acclaimed nurse and medical sociologist, has been named dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn President Judith Rodin announced. She will begin her new position in January.

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Penn-Assisted School Opens Doors To K-1 Students Sept. 6

PHILADELPHIA While its future home may be only an outline in red and white steel girders, the new University of Pennsylvania-assisted public school at 42nd and Locust streets will open Sept. 6 for some 120 students in kindergarten and grade one.While the new building is under construction, classes will be held in a wing of a now-closed divinity school that occupies the site.

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