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Education, Business, & Law
Christopher Phillips Brings His Socrates Cafés and Constitution Cafés to University of Pennsylvania
What a difference a year makes.
Africana Studies: A new department at Penn
Dear Benny,I was thrilled when I recently heard that Penn’s Center for Africana Studies was upgraded to a department. As a lover of all things Africana, this is wonderful news! The University should be commended. I was wondering what this means for Africana Studies at Penn?
Online education advisor
Edward B. Rock has been named senior advisor to the University president and provost, and director of open course initiatives at Penn. The announcement was made earlier this month by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price.
Free eBook: 'Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs' by Wharton Prof. Peter Cappelli: September 10-17, 2012
Much-praised book that confronts the “skills gap” myth available at no cost from Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and Sony
Center for the Advanced Study of India at Penn to Celebrate 20th Anniversary With Symposium
PHILADELPHIA -– The Center for the Advanced Study of India at the University of Pennsylvania will hold a 20th Anniversary Symposium on “India: Two Decades of Transformation.”
Penn IUR Co-Director Eugenie Birch Helping to Shape World Agenda on Urban Issues
NAPLES, Italy -- Eugenie Birch, co-director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research at the University of Pennsylvania, was re-elected co-chair of the
Penn to Mark Constitution Day
PHILADELPHIA – Events on the University of Pennsylvania campus on Sept. 17 and 19 will honor the nation’s constitution. Sept. 17 is Constitution Day.
$10 Million a Minute Tour Visits Penn
MEDIA ADVISORYWHO: David Walker, former U.S. comptroller general Ed Rendell, former Pennsylvania governor
Edward Rock Appointed Senior Advisor for Open Course Initiatives at University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA -- Edward B.
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