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Penn Receives More than $1 Million in Pew Grants in Support of Arts and Culture Initiatives
The University of Pennsylvania’s Institute of Contemporary Art, WXPN, Morris Arboretum and Penn Institut
Penn Student Learns About Intercultural Communications Through Study Abroad
For Ingred Prince, a rising junior at the University of Pennsylvania, some of her most enriching experiences have occurred through opportunities to study and explore abroad.
Vincent Price Reappointed Provost of the University of Pennsylvania
Vincent E. Price, who has served as provost of the University of Pennsylvania since 2009, has been reappointed for an additional five-year term, to run through June 30, 2021.
Penn’s Margaret Bruchac Uses Unique Approach to Identify Native American Objects
Early American history is marked by multiple displacements of Native American peoples due to multiple removals from their original Indigenous territories. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, anthropologists participated in other forms of removal by collecting Indigenous narratives and objects for museums.
Penn Lightbulb Café: Emily Owens on ‘Immigration Policy, Informality and Criminal Behavior’
WHO: Emily Owens Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology
'Shared Vision' Opens at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery
The Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania presents Shared Vision: The Myron A. and Anne Jaffe Portenar Collection. It opens to the public on Saturday, July 19, 2014.
Marilyn Jordan Taylor’s Term as Dean of Penn’s School of Design Is Extended
Marilyn Jordan Taylor, dean of the School of Design and Paley Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has agreed to an extension of her appointment as dean until June 30, 2016.
Morris Arboretum’s Executive Director, Paul W. Meyer, Wins Prestigious National Award
Paul W. Meyer, the F. Otto Haas Executive Director of the Morris Arboretum, received the prestigious Liberty Hyde Bailey Award from the American Horticultural Society (AHS) at its June 5th Great American Gardeners Awards Ceremony at River Farm in Alexandria, Virginia.
Penn Research Develops ‘Onion’ Vesicles for Drug Delivery
One of the defining features of cells is their membranes. Each cell’s repository of DNA and protein-making machinery must be kept stable and secure from invaders and toxins. Scientists have attempted to replicate these properties, but, despite decades of research, even the most basic membrane structures, known as vesicles, still face many problems when made in the lab.
Penn Libraries to Host Digital Humanities Conference
WHO: University of Pennsylvania Libraries and PhillyDH WHAT: PhillyDH@Penn, a digital humanities, participant-led conference WHEN: Friday, June 20, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.WHERE: Van Pelt Library
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The New York Times
Europe has a leadership vacuum. How will it handle Trump?
Amy Gutmann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Germany is front and center in the economic problems currently afflicting Europe.
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The Hill
Trust in court system at record low: Gallup
An October survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that the public’s trust in the U.S. Supreme Court has dropped to a record low.
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Los Angeles Times
Trump offers murky worldview ahead of second term, mixing dire warnings with rosy promises
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that Donald Trump is far more hyperbolic on average than traditional presidential candidates, who still routinely claim that they will do something alone that can’t be done without Congress.
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The New York Times
An epidemic of vicious school brawls, fueled by student cellphones
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton says that many schools don’t have a playbook for addressing student violence or helping pupils engage more positively online, in part because few researchers are studying the issue.
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The New York Times
N.Y.C. grocery prices are high. Could city-owned stores help?
Andrew Lamas of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the logistics of running grocery stores are complicated and that New York City should examine different models like cooperatives.
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