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Morris Arboretum’s Horticulture Center Wins the American Architecture Award
PHILADELPHIA -- The Horticulture Center at the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, designed by Overland Partners|Architects, was awarded the
Kelly Writers House at University of Pennsylvania Announces Spring 2013 Fellows
PHILADELPHIA – The Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania has announced that John Ashbery, Janet Malcolm and Rodrigo García
Penn Study Finds With Vacant Lots Greened, Residents Feel Safer
PHILADELPHIA -- Greening vacant lots may make neighborhood residents feel safer and may be associated with reductions in certain gun crimes, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Selected to Lead U.S. Nurse-Training Initiative
The Department of Health and Human Services has selected the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) as one of five hospitals that will take part in a nationwide initiative designed to train more nurses at a higher level.
Hailing a Rickshaw: Penn Summer Program Offers High School Students Lessons in World Languages and Cultures
A few years of French or Spanish may fulfill a foreign-language requirement to graduate from high school. But in today’s global environment, some career-minded young people want to learn critical international languages that aren’t widely taught in high school.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play ‘Doubt’ Is Text for Class of 2016’s Penn Reading Project
PHILADELPHIA -- John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt has been selected as the text for the University of Pennsylvania’s 2012-13 Penn Reading Project.
New Report From Penn’s Fels Institute Explores Growth of Local Governments Using Social Media
PHILADELPHIA – The Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania has released a new report, “The Rise of Social Government: An Advanced Guide and Review of Social Media’s Role in Local Government Operations,” providing hard data about the growing use of social media
Penn's Wharton to Co-host Business, Financial Responsibility Training Seminar for High School Educators
Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS) and PwC today announced the convening of the PwC-KWHS Seminar for High School Educators on Business and Financial Responsibility. The all-expenses-paid financial literacy conference for 150 educators will be held Sept.
University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Establishes Africana Studies Department
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania has established the Department of Africana Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences.
In the News
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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