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Campus & Community
Tree Planting on College Green Celebrates Penn’s Tree Campus USA Designation From Arbor Day Foundation
WHAT: University of Pennsylvania students and community volunteers will plant 45 trees on campus to celebrate the University’s earning the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus USA designation. The trees will be planted on College Green.
Penn’s Green Events Continuing Throughout April Because a 24-Hour Earth Day Just Isn’t Enough
PHILADELPHIA –- While the nation will celebrate Earth Day on April 22, the Green Campus Partnership at the University of Pennsylvania offers a slate of green events throughout the month because a single day just isn’t enough.Among April’s major announcements will be the results of the 10-week RecycleMania contest, and GreenFund grant winners will be announced.
Sayre Health Center in West Philadelphia to Be Named in Honor of Late Penn Physician Bernett L. Johnson Jr.
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Penn Students Hold Fundraiser for Chile Earthquake Victims
WHO: Fundraiser to help Chilean earthquake relief effortsWHAT: Chilean buffet and “La Nana (The Maid)” film screening WHERE: Hall of Flags, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.WHEN: Friday, March 19Empanadas, sandwiches, pastries and soft drinks will be sold from 7- 7:45 p.m.
”Laughing Matters: Soviet Propaganda in Khrushchev’s Thaw, 1956-1964” to Be at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery
PHILADELPHIA —- “Laughing Matters: Soviet Propaganda in Khrushchev’s Thaw, 1956-1964” opens at the University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery on April 9.
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in True Green Fashion With RecycleMania Seminar: “Innovation in Recycling”
WHAT:In support of RecycleMania efforts at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn’s Wharton School will host a panel discussion, “Innovation in Recycling,” with representatives from area companies providing an inside look at the ways in which businesses are reducing waste and developing a new green economy. WHO: Panelists:
Architect and Pritzker Laureate Zaha Hadid to Speak at Penn’s School of Design
WHO: Zaha Hadid WHEN: 6-7:30 p.m., March 22, 2010 WHERE: University of Pennsylvania School of Design Meyerson Hall, Room B-1 34th and Walnut streets
University of Pennsylvania Announces Expansion of Partnership With Peking University
BEIJING -- In a ceremony today on Peking University's campus, the University of Pennsylvania and Peking University announced an agreement recognizing shared academic interests between the two universities. The memorandum of understanding builds on several existing partnerships between the two universities, namely between the Wharton and Guanghua schools of business.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn student getting a new honor for starting ‘For Love & Buttercup,’ a nonprofit that donates books to sick kids
Emily Bhatnagar, a first-year student in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies from Gaithersburg, Maryland, is profiled for her nonprofit that collects and donates books to children in hospitals.
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Fortune
Gen Z students are rebelling against their parents’ Ivy League dream and choosing a different ideal university instead
Penn is among the top 10 colleges ranked as “dream schools” by U.S. students.
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NBC Philadelphia
Celebrate arrival of spring at CultureFest! Enjoy Holi, the festival of colors
In partnership with Three Aksha and the South Asia Center at the School of Arts & Sciences, the Penn Museum will mark the beginning of spring with CultureFest! Holi to celebrate the Hindu festival of colors.
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Fox 29 (Philadelphia)
UPenn grad stars in new film ‘Rule Breakers’ highlighting Afghanistan’s all-girls robotics team
Alumna Amber Afzali discusses her starring role in “Rule Breakers,” a film that showcases the making of Afghanistan’s first all-girls robotics team.
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The New York Times
Denzel Washington has finally found his purpose (it’s not acting)
In his Commencement speech at Penn, Denzel Washington talked to students about the need to take risks.
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