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On June 19, Martin D.F. Angelo pedaled a tricycle equipped with camera equipment along Locust Walk to collect panoramic shots of campus for Google Maps’ “Street View” feature. The high-tech trike has been seen around other college campuses and notable places the world over—from Rome’s Trevi Fountain to California’s Legoland.
Pavilion project underway
The George A. Weiss Pavilion project is revamping the north side of Franklin Field, adding retail space, an intercollegiate strength and weight training center and a fitness center for general University use. Read more...
’XPN music fest features everything from surf rock to blues
For three days this summer, music lovers can see live performances from surf rockers, blues artists, indie-pop songsters and folk musicians—all in one place. Read more...
Staff Q&A/Julie Greger
Penn's coordinator of basketball operations for the men’s and women’s teams says her main job is to “make the head coach’s job easier—so he can just concentrate on coaching.” Read more...
Emotions help us prioritize friends
Two Penn psychologists say that people value friendships based not necessarily on what they believe their friends can do for them, but rather how much they believe their friends care about them. Read more ...
Price named Provost
A leading global expert on public opinion, social influence and political communication has been named the University’s 29th provost. Read more...
A year of ‘Connections’
The 2009-2010 Penn Humanities Forum will feature lectures and other public events throughout the fall and spring around the theme, "Connections." Read more...
Campus Art Walk
Throughout the 2008-09 academic year, the Current has taken a look at the stories behind some of Penn's most well-known, and most obscure, pieces of public art. Read more...
Inside the minds of casino customers
A team from the Wharton School has developed a tool that will enable companies, specifically casinos, to identify and target their most lucrative customers. Read more ...
On the streets
For his book "Righteous Dopefiend," Philippe Bourgois took to the streets of San Francisco, hanging out with homeless heroin and crack users, and even sleeping outside in homeless encampments to gain a true sense of what life is like for the addicts. In return, the addicts let down their guard, and shared their stories of survival and addiction, of violence and hope. Read more ...