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School of Arts & Sciences
Penn Alum to Discuss Life Aboard Space Station
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University of Pennsylvania "Commons" Creates Global Learning Connections for Environmental Sustainability
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania’s College of Liberal and Professional Studies has launched the LPS Open Learning Commons, an interactive online learning platform that incorporates social networking.
Penn Student Wins Gates Cambridge Scholarship
PHILADELPHIA – University of Pennsylvania senior Alexander Jacobs has been selected to receive a 2009 Gates Cambridge Scholarship. He becomes the 16th Penn student to win the award since it was established in 2001.
Solar Energy: Materials, Challenges, and Breakthroughs at the Penn Energy Research Group Symposium
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Penn's Laurie O. Robinson Is Named Acting Assistant Attorney General for Office of Justice Programs
PHILADELPHIA –-Laurie O. Robinson, director of the University of Pennsylvania Criminology Department’s Master of Science Program, has been appointed acting assistant attorney general of the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs.
2009 Winter Reading List
PHILADELPHIA – A group of students, alumni, faculty and staff of Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania, has compiled a list of books that are perfect for winter reading. In alphabetical order they are:• “Breakdowns” by Art Spiegelman (2008)
“Obama and the World”: Penn Professors Discuss the Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the Obama Administration
“Obama and the World”: Penn Professors Discuss the Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the Obama Administration
Danny Glover to Deliver Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice at Penn Jan. 21
WHO: Danny Glover, actor, producer and humanitarianWHAT: 9th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice WHEN: 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21WHERE: Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Zellerbach Theater, 3680 Walnut St.
In the News
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Civil discourse: Tips for navigating potentially divisive discussions around the holiday table
Research co-authored by Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences found that political discussions between members of opposing voting parties helped reduce polarization and negative views of the other side.
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Associated Press
Archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old canals used to fish by predecessors of ancient Maya
Jeremy Sabloff of the School of Arts & Sciences and Penn Museum says that ancient fish-trapping canals show continuity in Maya culture.
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Chicago Sun-Times
UChicago students, Barrington native among 2024 Rhodes Scholars heading to University of Oxford
College of Arts and Sciences fourth-year Om Gandhi from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn student awarded Rhodes Scholarship to continue cancer research at Oxford University
College of Arts and Sciences fourth-year Om Gandhi from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship to continue his cancer research at Oxford University.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn has preserved a pair of gloves said to belong to Shakespeare. Did they?
Alicia Meyer and Tessa Gadomski of Penn Libraries are researching whether a pair of centuries-old gloves belonged to Shakespeare, with remarks from Zachary Lesser of the School of Arts & Sciences.
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