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Campus & Community
Penn Symposium to Honor Ralph L. Brinster, VMD, PhD, Slated for Aug. 24 & 25
On Friday, August 24 and Saturday, August 25, some of the brightest minds will convene on Penn Vet’s campus to honor Ralph L. Brinster, VMD, PhD, Richard King Mellon Professor of Reproductive Physiology at Penn Vet.
Health Advocate helps cut through red tape
The U.S. healthcare system is very complex and can often be difficult to navigate. Where do you turn when you are confused by medical bills or need help finding the right doctor? And what can you do if you try to schedule an appointment, only to be told that the next opening isn’t for another six months?
Revamped Commons to increase campus dining options
When the Fall semester begins, students, faculty, and staff will find new, delicious dining possibilities on campus, including more fresh, locally produced food.
Charles L. Kane of Penn Awarded the Dirac Medal for Contributions to Theoretical Physics
PHILADELPHIA – Charles L. Kane of the University of Pennsylvania is among three who have been awarded the 2012 Dirac Medal and Prize by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics.
Free football tickets to Penn home games
The 15-time Ivy League Champion Penn Quakers will officially kick off the 136th football season next month—and Penn Athletics wants
Penn Symposium to honor veterinarian Ralph Brinster
Last September, Ralph Brinster, a researcher in the School of Veterinary Medicine, became the first veterinarian to receive the National Medal of Science, one of the most prestigious awards bestowed upon scientists in the United States.
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
Penn's David Asch Appointed to IOM GME Board
David A. Asch, MD, MBA, executive director of the Penn Medicine Center for Innovation and the Robert D.
Penn Physician and Chemist Win Presidential Early Career Awards
PHILADELPHIA — Two University of Pennsylvania professors have been named winners of Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.
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.
In the News
Scholars at risk in their own countries find a new home at Penn
Penn Global’s Scholars-at-Risk program is featured. Global’s Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Scott Moore, Penn Carey Law’s Eric Feldman, and Wharton’s Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, along with former and current scholars Angel Alvarado, Pavel Golubev, and Jawad Moradi are interviewed.
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Penn will remain SAT optional for the next admission cycle
Penn will remain standardized test optional for the 2024-25 admissions cycle, with remarks from Dean of Admissions Whitney Soule.
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A burial for 19 Black Philadelphians, 200 years in the making
Penn Museum Director Christopher Woods says that the interment of 19 Black Philadelphians at Eden Cemetery represents a reckoning with the Museum’s colonial past and an act of reconciliation with the local community.
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Here’s what these youth advocates have to say about Philly’s truancy problem, and how they would fix it
The Netter Center for Community Partnerships has more than 30 years of investment in connecting resources that address truancy, such as establishing after-school programming.
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Chinatown residents brainstorm different ideas for Fashion District instead of proposed 76ers arena
Rashida Ng of the Weitzman School of Design and colleagues attended the Save Chinatown Coalition to propose different ideas besides the 76ers arena for Philadelphia’s Fashion District.
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