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Penn to Host Access to USC Shoah Foundation Institute Archive; Nearly 52,000 Holocaust Testimonies on Video
WHAT: The launch of the University of Pennsylvania’s access to the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s entire Visual History Archive that contains nearly 52,000 video testimonies of survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust from 56 countries and in 32 languages.
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Penn IUR, Partners Launch Innovative Electricity Price Awareness Campaign
PHILADELPHIA -- You can easily track the minute-by-minute price swings of a barrel of oil, but can you do the same for a megawatt of electricity? Today you can.
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Penn to Host Access to USC Shoah Foundation Institute's Video Archive of Holocaust Survivors, Witnesses
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania has become the first university in Pennsylvania with access to the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s entire Visual History Archive that contains nearly 52,000 video testimonies of survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust in 32 languages and from 56 countries.
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Trustees’ Council of Penn Women Present Beacon Award to Author Toni Morrison
PHILADELPHIA -- Author Toni Morrison has been honored for her contributions to literature and the arts and her commitment to advancing, supporting and promoting women.
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Creating Canopy Initiative Helps Penn Earn Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus USA Designation
PHILADELPHIA -- Creating Canopy: Spreading Roots for a Greener Region, a program that Penn initiated in the spring of 2011 in partnership with the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department has helped the University earn its third consecutive Tree Campus USA designation from the Arbor Day Foundation.&
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Penn Parking rolls out new initiatives and renames facilities
Penn Parking Services is rolling out a few new programs this spring for faculty and staff.
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At Penn, Education Commons at Weiss Pavilion to Host Open House March 28
PHILADELPHIA -- Franklin Field: It’s not just for sports any more. Education Commons, a new study space for students on the mezzanine of the George A. Weiss Pavilion at the historic stadium, is now open, and the Penn community is invited to check it out from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 28.
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Ring in spring with Penn tree giveaway
Penn is partnering with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to stage its second annual Creating Canopy free tree giveaway for members of the University community who are homeowners.
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Silfen Forum examines whether America is in decline
All members of the Penn community are invited to attend the David and Lyn Silfen University Forum on Monday, March 19, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
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University of Pennsylvania Receives Highest Presidential Recognition for Community Service
WASHINGTON – The Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Education awarded the University of Pennsylvania with the Presidential Award in the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for its commitment to bettering the community through community service and service learning.
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