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NSF Grant to Research Geological Record of Chilean Earthquakes
Geological evidence of earthquakes and tsunamis aids in anticipating the timing and magnitude of future events. This natural warning system now influences building codes and planning in the United States, Canada and Japan, particularly where the geological record demonstrates prehistoric earthquakes larger than those known from written and instrumental records. |
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2nd Annual Wharton Future of Advertising Super Bowl Ad "Tweet Meet"
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania's Future of Advertising (FoA) Program hosted the second annual "Wharton Future of Advertising Super Bowl Ad Tweet Meet" featuring thought leaders from across the industry along with Wharton marketing professors commenting on Super Bowl TV ads live via Twitter. |
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President Obama's Bioethics Commission's Report on Human Subjects Protection
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues issued its report concerning federally-sponsored research involving human volunteers, concluding that current rules and regulations provide adequate safeguards to mitigate risk. In its report, Moral Science: Protecting Participants in Human Subjects Research, the Commission also recommended 14 changes to current practices to better protect research subjects and called on the federal government to improve its tracking of research programs supported with taxpayer dollars. |
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Deaths
Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda
Trustees' Meetings: February 16 & 17
Financial Interest Disclosure Electronic System (FIDES)
Climate Action Plan: Executive Summary
W.E.B. Du Bois: Honorary Emeritus Professorship of Sociology and Africana Studies
Honors & Other Things
Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases Pilot and Feasibility Grant Program 2012 Competition: April 13
Access to Employee Exposure Records
Maya 2012: Ancient Prophecy Or Modern Myth?
Let the Games Begin for RecycleMania 2012 at Penn
Get Healthy for Life with the Penn Wellness Challenge
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