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Ron Ozio
Director, Media Relations
Ron Ozio directs local, national, and international media-relations activities in the central University Communications Office. He is also the news-media contact for matters related to the administration and admissions and is the contact for permission to film on campus.
Jonathan Moreno and Christopher Murray Join the University of Pennsylvania as the Newest PIK Professors
PHILADELPHIA - Jonathan D. Moreno from the University of Virginia and Christopher B. Murray from the IBM research division have been named Penn Integrates Knowledge professors at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Ch'ien and McMorris Are Named Penn Trustees
PHILADELPHIA -- Raymond K. F. Ch'ien and Marc F. McMorris have been named term trustees at the University of Pennsylvania. Ch'ien's term began June 16; McMorris' will begin Oct. 27.
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University of Pennsylvania Will Replace Loans With Grants for Students of Families Earning Less Than $50,000
PHILADELPHIA -- Expanding its effort to alleviate the financial burden on low- and middle-income students and to continue attract top students with diverse economic backgrounds, the University of Pennsylvania will provide grants for undergraduate students from economically disadvantaged families with incomes of $50,000 or less, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced today.
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Penn Graduate School of Education Center Receives $4.9 Million Annenberg Grant for Leadership Initiative
PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania's Center for Educational Leadership has received a $4.9 million grant from the Annenberg Foundation to launch the Distributed Leadership Initiative, a four-year collaboration with the Philadelphia School District to promote shared leadership at the individual school level.The Center is part of Penn's Graduate School of Education.
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The Post-Katrina Debacle: It Won't Be the Last Time
WASHINGTON - The U.S. is in for a repeat of the post-Katrina debacle unless there is a fundamental re-thinking of national policy dealing with all kinds of risky events.
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An Envelope Yields a Big Surprise at Penn: $14 Million
PHILADELPHIA University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann got the surprise of her Penn life when, at a dinner for students and scholarship donors, Penn Trustee George Weiss handed her an envelope on which he had written, "Have a nice day, Amy!" Inside was a check for $14 million, earmarked for one of Gutmann passions, undergraduate financial aid.
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RONALD J. DANIELS NAMED PROVOST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA -- Ronald J. Daniels, Dean of the Faculty of Law and the James M. Tory Professor of Law at the University of Toronto, has been named the 28th Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn President Amy Gutmann has announced.
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University of Pennsylvania Launches Faculty Recruitment Initiative With Anonymous $10 Million Gift
PHILADELPHIA -- Penn Integrates Knowledge, a University-wide initiative to recruit faculty members to the University of Pennsylvania whose research and teaching exemplify the integration of knowledge across disciplines, has received its first significant gift.
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International Students and Scholars at Penn Will Offer Helping Hands for the American Election
NOTE TO EDITORS: Interviews with individual international-student volunteers can be arranged. Also, media representatives may attend either of two Oct. 27 training sessions and/or accompany the volunteers to polling places on Nov. 2.Oct. 25, 2004PHILADELPHIA On Election Day next week, Americans won't be the only ones participating in our 228-year-old democracy.
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College House at Penn Named for Alumni Leaders James and Gail Petty Riepe
PHILADELPHIA -- Spruce College House in the University of Pennsylvania's Quadrangle is being renamed Riepe College House. The naming recognizes a $10 million pledge to support the college house made by James and Gail Petty Riepe of Baltimore and honors their longstanding dedication to strengthening student life at Penn.
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