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Social issues drive Bush win
An elections expert says that social conservatives against abortion and gay marriage helped George W. Bush win re-election.

Costas to headline Integrity Week
Bob Costas is more than just a sportscaster—he might be the most trusted voice in sports.

Poets tackle translation at KWH
Old World/New World translation event.


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Hip screening system offers at-risk dogs a better chance
20 years on, PennHIP makes strides in gaining acceptance.

What’s in a name? Plenty
Harjo says Native Americans are people, not mascots.


Columns

Ask Benny
When will we get a Target or Walmart?

Penn Playbook
Penn wins nailbiters vs. Princeton

Out and About
Making a fair trade

 

 
Charting the Future of the Middle East

Ian Lustick

Ian Lustick doesn’t just guess what will happen to the Middle East. Using computers, he maps out likely outcomes.

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Looking for the link between immigration and housing values
An influx of people may drive housing values up across a city, but how does it play out in individual neighborhoods?

Author Schwartz reveals life’s ‘underlying strangeness’
Lynn Sharon Schwartz to read from recent fiction at Writers House.

Staff Q&A: John Kwon
When he’s not editing Penn’s online bioethics journal, John Kwon helps media savvy professors connect with the wider world.


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Robert Schuyler, associate curator of Penn Museum’s Historical Archaeology Section received the 2004 Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching for his two-semester field course in historical archaeology focusing on Vineland, New Jersey.

 
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