http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:10:04 EST Penn Current: News, Ideas and Conversations from the University of Pennsylvania Copyright 2009, University of Pennsylvania http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/images/penn_logo.gif http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/ 140 46 http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/interviews/102909-1.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:40:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/interviews/102909-1.html Tobias Wolff is a leading legal advocate for equal justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, serving as legal advisor and LGBT policy chair during Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/102909-1.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:58:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/102909-1.html A team based out of the Morris Arboretum is helping to protect and enhance the Parkway's overhead greenery as street-level renovations move forward. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/latestnews/091509.html Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:21:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/latestnews/091509.html Penn President Amy Gutmann unveiled the University's groundbreaking Climate Action Plan before an enthusiastic gathering of faculty, students, staff and community partners on Wednesday, Sept. 16, urging them to embrace Penn's pledge to put the University at the vanguard of environmental sustainability. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/research/102909.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/research/102909.html A team of Penn researchers has found a way to identify breast cancer survivors who are most at risk for painful side effects from a cancer treatment drug. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/102909-2.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:51:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/102909-2.html E-books have yet to appear on Penn syllabi consistently, but that doesn't mean the changing nature of what a book actually is isn't already affecting scholarship, learning and the relationship with the written word. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/101509-2.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:47:05 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/features/101509-2.html New at Penn this semester is the Bon Appetit Management Company, which offers made-to-order fresh foods with an eye to sustainability. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/interviews/101509-1.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:09:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/interviews/101509-1.html This author, lecturer in Penn's creative writing program and founder of the Art Sanctuary says she's long been fascinated with the "timelessness" of writing. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/latestnews/101409.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:40:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/latestnews/101409.html Penn has been placed at the top of a new "Saviors of Our Cities" list, rating higher education institutions on their community engagement and good-neighbor policies. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/latestnews/101309-1.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:40:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/latestnews/101309-1.html Eight Penn Law students and their professor were at the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 13, watching their work in action as the case Padilla v. Kentucky went before America's highest court. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/interviews/100109-1.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:40:01 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/interviews/100109-1.html Five years into her tenure, Amy Gutmann says she continues to be inspired and challenged by her work leading the University. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/research/100109.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:02:02 EST http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/research/100109.html A Penn political scientist looked at how public health is faring in the current economic crisis, and found people have been affected both physically and economically.