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100 years of the Ben Franklin Bridge
The Ben Franklin Bridge.

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100 years of the Ben Franklin Bridge

The design and elegance of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, celebrating its 100 year anniversary this month, is thanks to Paul Philippe Cret, the Weitzman School’s Chief of Design, explains William Whitaker, director of Weitzman’s Architectural Archives.

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Dolores Albarracín appointed new director of Annenberg Public Policy Center
Dolores Albarracin.

Dolores Albarracín, a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor with appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Arts & Sciences, has been appointed director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

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Dolores Albarracín appointed new director of Annenberg Public Policy Center

Albarracín is a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor with appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Arts & Sciences. She is assuming the role from Kathleen Hall Jamieson, the inaugural director since 1993.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

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Wharton MBA student Nick Dockery awarded Medal of Honor
Nick Dockery speaking at a podium in decorated uniform.

 Hall of Heroes induction ceremony for Medal of Honor recipient Maj. Nicholas Dockery.

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Wharton MBA student Nick Dockery awarded Medal of Honor

Major Dockery, who retired from active duty in May, received the award for acts of gallantry while serving as a platoon leader in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan, in 2012.

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Latest awards and appointments for Penn faculty
The Back entrance of College Hall.

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Latest awards and appointments for Penn faculty

A roundup of recent awards for faculty members in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, Penn Carey Law, Graduate School of Education, School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Perelman School of Medicine.

Penn Today Staff

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Reflecting on the 250th—and what’s still ahead
Philadelphia’s Independence Hall.

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Reflecting on the 250th—and what’s still ahead

Activities for the semiquincentennial will continue into the fall, with art exhibits, courses, nationally renowned speakers, workshops, and musical programming.

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The journey of Franklin’s fire bell
The historic Academy Bell is on display in the Van Pelt Library.

The historic Academy Bell on display in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center.

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The journey of Franklin’s fire bell

A sister of Philadelphia’s famous Liberty Bell, Penn’s Academy Bell has been secreted from the city during the Revolutionary War, signaled the start of class and the outbreak of fires, hung in a church tower, and stored in basements around Penn’s campus before going on display.

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Mapping Penn and Franklin in Revolutionary Philadelphia
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Mapping Penn and Franklin in Revolutionary Philadelphia

From the Market Street Wharf on the Delaware River, Penn’s founder Benjamin Franklin began making his mark on the city of Philadelphia in 1723, establishing his home and print shop at 3rd and Market Street. At 4th St. and Arch, he founded The College of Philadelphia (now Penn), and signed the Declaration of Independence at the Pennsylvania Assembly House at 4th and Chestnut.

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France, Haiti, and Philadelphia in a Revolutionary Age
A map of Revolutionary Paris

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France, Haiti, and Philadelphia in a Revolutionary Age

American independence from Great Britain in 1776 set the stage for the first in a series of 18th century state constitutions; the United States Constitution was drafted in 1787, France followed in 1791, and Haiti’s constitution was established in 1801 following ten years of rebellion by enslaved Africans under French colonial rule.

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