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Artists wanted

    • Artists wanted

    The Burrison Gallery, located inside the University Club at the Inn at Penn, is calling for submittals of artwork to be considered for future exhibitions. Any Penn faculty, staff, alumni, or family members may submit work for consideration.

    Decade of Praxis

    • Decade of Praxis

    PennPraxis, the applied-research arm of the School of Design, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

    Mapping Native Americans’ roots

    • Mapping Native Americans’ roots

    It’s a basic lesson in biology: DNA is the “blueprint of life,” the genetic code that manifests itself in traits like the shape of our nose or color of our hair. But anthropologist Theodore Schurr has shown he can also transform DNA into a lesson in history.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Penn Researcher Explores Volunteering in India

    • Penn Researcher Explores Volunteering in India

    PHILADELPHIA – Femida Handy, a professor at the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, is one of four authors of a new book, From Seva to Cyberspace: The Many Faces of Volunteering in India, which traces the origins of seva, direct service t
    Penn’s Med Ed Teaches Those Who Teach America’s Doctors

    • Penn’s Med Ed Teaches Those Who Teach America’s Doctors

    PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine have launched Med Ed, a program to enhance the teaching abilities of those who teach America’s doctors. 
    Penn Conference Marks Honorary Professorship for W.E.B. Du Bois

    • Penn Conference Marks Honorary Professorship for W.E.B. Du Bois

    PHILADELPHIA – The posthumous recognition of W.E.B. Du Bois as Honorary Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania will be celebrated at a Feb.

    Jacquie Posey