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Penn Physicist Available to Discuss the First Beam of the Large Hadron Collider, Live from CERN

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Penn Study: Americans Show Little Tolerance for Mental Illness Despite Growing Belief in Genetic Cause

PHILADELPHIA –- A new study by University of Pennsylvania sociology professor Jason Schnittker shows that, while more Americans believe that mental illness has genetic causes, the nation is no more tolerant of the mentally ill than it was 10 years ago.

Penn Chemist Discovers the Elusive Chemical Middleman That Removes Acid Rain

Penn Physicist Fay Ajzenberg-Selove Among Eight Scientists to Receive the 2007 National Medal of Science

Penn Museum Launches Penn Cultural Heritage Center

PHILADELPHIA –- The Penn Cultural Heritage Center, dedicated to expanding scholarly and public awareness, discussion and debate about complex issues surrounding the world’s endangered cultural heritage, has been established at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology

Penn Media Seminar on Neuroscience and Society

Sept. 19, 200810 a.m. to 1 p.m.Penn Club of New York, Tarnapol Room30 W. 44th Street,New York, N.Y.

Chief of U.N. Al Qaeda Monitoring Team to Release New Briefing Seven Years After 9/11

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Penn Hosts Science-Minded Middle School Girls at Camp GEMS: Girls in Engineering, Math and Science

David Thornburgh Named Executive Director of Fels Institute of Government

PHILADELPHIA –- David Thornburgh has been named executive director of the University of Pennsylvania Fels Institute of Government. The 70-year-old Fels Institute trains current and future leaders for public service in government.