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Penn Hosts Conference on Life and Work of Israeli Author Aharon Appelfeld Oct. 26-27
WHO: Aharon Appelfeld, author
Inaugural Penn Lightbulb Café to Focus on JFK’s Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Tapes
WHO: David Gibson, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania
Penn's Kelly Writers House Announces Spring 2012 Fellows
PHILADELPHIA – Three acclaimed writers have been tapped to serve as Spring 2012 Fellows at the University of Pennsylvania’s Kelly Writers House.
Whatever happened to the ‘We Lost’ sculpture?
Dear Benny: I heard that a sculpture that looks like a giant set of metal bookends is going to be placed in front of the new Singh Center for Nanotechnology when construction of the building is complete. Can you tell me more about the art? —Art Aficionado Dear Art:
Measuring the social, economic benefits of art and culture
Times of great economic uncertainty also are times of great anxiety for supporters of the arts. With governments at all levels facing budget shortfalls, the resulting political haranguing over which programs to cut has meant increased scrutiny for arts projects across America.
Public Invited as Botswana-UPenn Partnership Members Gather to Reflect on 10 Years
WHAT: Three sessions of the Botswana-UPenn Partnership’s 10th anniversary celebration are open to the public: a student-perspective forum, a research update and an anniversary symposium. All will be held on the University of Pennsylvania campus.
Penn Researchers Find That Many Minority Teachers Sign On but Do Not Stay
PHILADELPHIA — Research from the University of Pennsylvania has found that success in recruiting minority teachers for low-income schools is being undone by continuing problems with teacher retention.
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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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 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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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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