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Earlier this year, Penn Engineers Without Borders (PennEWB) traveled to Cameroon to improve an aged, inefficient water distribution system.
Typical happy hour events have a smart alternative, the Science and Lightbulb cafés, where scholars and professors from the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) step out of the classroom for live, public discussions in nearby bars and restaurants.
Feeding Cities: Food Security in a Rapidly Urbanizing World, the first international conference examining the critical link between urbanization and food security, will be held at the University of Pennsylvania from Wednesday, March 13, through Friday, March 15, 2013.
The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) hosts the 9th Annual Urban Leadership Forum on Wednesday March 13th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm to celebrate exemplary leaders in the effort to build resilient, food-secure, and livable cities.
Many University of Pennsylvania alumni give back, but some do so not just to the school that put them on the path to their future. The Class of 1980 stands out for partnering with West Philadelphia, which Penn calls home, and the ’80 alums hope other classes will do the same.
After seven years of widespread support and alumni participation, the University of Pennsylvania culminated its Making History Campaign, raising $4.3 billion, strengthening Penn’s position among the world’s foremost universities and making major breakthroughs in addressing society’s most complex challenges, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced today.
Last June, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry addressed the topic of “The Politics of Black Hair” on her eponymous weekend show.
Email, social media, and text messaging have enabled individuals to converse with friends and family members in mere seconds or minutes, but nothing says “I’m thinking of you” like an old-fashioned handwritten letter.
By the time Wednesday arrives each workweek, some people are already anxiously awaiting the weekend. The Penn Museum is making hump day a little bit easier with fun and engaging programs to inform, entertain, and stimulate your brain.
There will be 6 billion people living in cities by 2050, says Eugenie Birch, co-director of the Penn Institute of Urban Research (Penn IUR), “and they all have to be fed.” An international conference scheduled for March 13-15 at Penn will address two pressing global trends: urbanization and food insecurity.
With support from the STAR program, Aslam Ashari was able to enroll in an entrepreneurship course at Penn after his release from prison.
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Alumnus Gary Prebula and his wife, Dawn, have donated a $500,000 collection of more than 75,000 comic books and graphic novels to Penn Libraries, featuring remarks from Sean Quimly of the Kislak Center and Jean-Christophe Cloutier of the School of Arts & Sciences.
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Tej Patel, a third-year in the Wharton School and College of Arts and Sciences from Billeria, Massachusetts, was one of 60 college students nationwide chosen to be a Truman Scholar.
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Penn alum Amy Jane Cohen is profiled for her new book “Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape,” which examines Black history through the lens of events, institutions, and individuals across the city. The book includes a reflection from Penn chaplain Charles Howard.
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A profile highlights Maria Wright of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, from her volunteer work connecting people with service dogs to her cancer diagnosis and her own journey applying for a service dog.
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