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As a continuation of its 20th Anniversary Celebration, on the afternoon of Thursday, May 2, 2013, the Netter Center hosted a Partnership Festival at Sayre High School. This celebration of University-Assisted Community School partnerships engaged West Philadelphia children, youth, and families, as...
Engaging Locally
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Effective Feb. 25, Thomas H. Murphy will become Penn’s new vice president for information technology and University chief information officer. Murphy is currently chief information officer of DaVita HealthCare Partners, where he is responsible for all information technology supporting the company’s...
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Understanding why some individual cells respond differently to stimuli such as drugs and disease proteins may provide insights into aging and disease. James Eberwine, PhD, Elmer Holmes Bobst Professor of Pharmacology in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Junhyong Kim, PhD, PhD, Edmund J. and...
Integrating Knowledge
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Whether human or baboon, it helps to have friends. For both species, studies have shown that robust social networks lead to better health and longer lives. Now, a team of University of Pennsylvania researchers has helped show that baboon personality plays a role in these outcomes, and, like people...
Engaging Globally
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Around 1979, when Ira Harkavy was finishing his Ph.D. at Penn, his mentor in the history department, Lee Benson, delivered an address that called for practitioners in communities to work together with academics.
It was a simple but powerful idea that took root in Harkavy’s imagination.
He began to...
Engaging Locally
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Created in honor of emeritus trustee Alvin Shoemaker, Penn’s newest landscape project has spread a 2.75 acre welcome mat of green at the door of the Palestra and Franklin Field. Featuring a central lawn surrounded by walkways, a rain garden, and outdoor seating, Shoemaker Green is located along...
Engaging Locally
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Representatives from the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Foundation and the University gathered Oct. 2 to celebrate a partnership that provides Penn with new resources to recruit KIPP students, underwrite their financial aid, and offer them targeted support once they get to campus.The effort is...
Increasing Access
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Molly McGlone, assistant dean for advising at Penn, teaches courses in music and urban studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, including a residential program in Fisher Hassenfeld College House called “Music and Social Change.” McGlone is also a member of the West Philly Coalition for...
Engaging Locally
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Chevon Boone’s story is the sort of against-all-odds tale they make TV movies about.
She grew up in the tiny rural town of Garysburg, North Carolina, about a six-hour drive from Penn and the Ivy League. Yet for Boone and other underserved kids in Garysburg, that stretch of highway may as well have...
Engaging Locally
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In 1863, the Harrison Brothers chemical company purchased land at the corner of 34th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue. By the early 1900s, the plant was mixing paints and producing sulfuric acid, and employed hundreds of people in South Philadelphia.
In 1917 DuPont purchased these labs, hoping...
Engaging Locally
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A cross-disciplinary research team at Penn has arrived at a surprising finding: T cells, which comprise a key part of the immune system, track down parasites using a movement strategy similar to those used by predators such as sharks, monkeys, and blue-fin tuna to hunt prey.
The research,...
Integrating Knowledge
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“Are you interviewing me?” Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel bellows in his broad Chicago accent from the doorway of his office in College Hall.
The commanding cadence of his voice, the way he whisks by, indicates that he’s a man on the move, with scarce seconds to spare.
Emanuel joined the Penn community in...
Engaging Globally
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Penny Metchev has told the story many times before and on the surface it is primarily about her father. But as the Wharton and College senior prepares to enter her final semester as a Penn World Scholar, Metchev says she has come to realize that she will be the one to write the final chapter.
Born...
Engaging Globally
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At the weekly Drew Cooking Club, students from the Charles R. Drew Elementary School in West Philadelphia team up with Penn undergraduates studying nutritional anthropology and students in the Graduate School of Education to learn about smart food choices.
At Drew, the Cooking Club participants...
Engaging Locally
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In Claudia Valeggia's opinion, President Barack Obama is a pretty cool guy.
At a White House event last month, Valeggia said the president made sure to emphasize how he and the first lady support their daughters' inclination for science.
This resonated with Valeggia, who has a strong scientific...
Engaging Globally
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Penn President Amy Gutmann visited the Eleanor Roosevelt High School in New York City on Nov. 10 to speak to junior and senior students about their college aspirations.
Roosevelt is a high-performing public school where 40 percent of students are first-generation Americans, and 40 percent will be...
Increasing Access
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The University of Pennsylvania has been named one of the most affordable private universities in the United States.
The ranking was issued by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and lists “the private universities and liberal arts colleges that combine outstanding quality with affordability.” Penn was...
Increasing Access
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In 1966, 60 percent of all incoming college freshmen stated that it was “important” to keep up-to-date on current events. By the end of the 1990s, that number had dropped to about 25 percent.
“That is not great news for a democracy,” says Matt Hartley, an associate professor and chair of higher...
Integrating Knowledge
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Neither gray skies nor a blustery cold front could cloud the sunny smiles or curb the enthusiasm of those who came out to enjoy the opening of Penn Park. In fact, a rainbow crowned the closing of the event.
Perhaps the brightest smile of all belonged to Penn President Amy Gutmann as she thanked...
Engaging Locally
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This fall, Penn launched a new undergraduate program in Integrated Studies. The program is designed around the idea that no single discipline or perspective can be applied to complex problems; instead, students tackle problems using multiple disciplines and approaches.
Designed for freshmen who...
Integrating Knowledge
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With the School Reform Commission’s approval, the partnership agreement that supports the successful and innovative pre-K-8 Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander University of Pennsylvania Partnership School in West Philadelphia has been extended for an additional 10 years, through June 30, 2021.
Under...
Engaging Locally
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Penn President Amy Gutmann traveled to East Asia the week of May 23, 2011, formalizing two academic partnerships, hosting alumni gatherings in Korea and Taiwan, and announcing alumni gifts to Penn’s Korean Studies Program. Gutmann was joined by faculty and leadership from the Perelman School of...
Engaging Globally
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Penn Park construction workers are taking advantage of this week’s perfect springtime weather to keep the 24-acre project on track for a fall opening. The park, which lies on the east side of campus between Walnut and South streets, is the centerpiece of the University’s Penn Connects development...
Engaging Locally
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Penn President Amy Gutmann delivered the keynote address at the National Constitution Center’s conference "Can We Talk? A Conversation about Civility and Democracy in America" in March 2011. Read the Keynote Address at the National Constitution Center.View the program schedule.
Engaging Locally
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The University of Pennsylvania welcomes the fifth meeting of the Global Colloquium of University Presidents on Monday, April 4 and Tuesday, April 5, 2011. The Colloquium is an invitation-only meeting of some 25-30 university presidents from around the world. Each president is accompanied by a...
Engaging Globally
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"I consider myself, above all, a storyteller,” says Penn music composition student Melissa Dunphy, GR’13. And just one year into graduate school, this 29-year-old was creating music — for audiences on campus and across Philadelphia — that tells stories as unexpected as they are powerful.
But...
Increasing Access
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For teachers with little to no scientific training, leading science lessons in the classroom can be downright intimidating. Jamie Shuda—a self-described educator by training and scientist by interest—is making it her goal to demystify science in the classroom for both students and teachers. As the...
Engaging Locally
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When some students come to Penn, they’re seeking answers to life’s big questions around issues of justice, origins, love and identity. Starting in Fall 2011, 80 incoming College of Arts and Sciences students will be able to explore these big questions in a fully holistic, multidisciplinary way....
Integrating Knowledge
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The University of Pennsylvania and Penn Medicine contribute $14 billion yearly, or $38 million per day, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and $9.5 billion, or $26 million per day, to the City of Philadelphia. The 2010 economic and fiscal impact of the university is outlined in a new independent...
Engaging Locally
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In October 2009, the Republic of Kazakhstan was struggling with an ambitious plan to open the nation’s first research university – not just a college with professional schools, but a western-style, research-intensive English language university.
The Kazakhs were by no...
Engaging Globally
As a continuation of its 20th Anniversary Celebration, on the afternoon of Thursday, May 2, 2013, the Netter Center hosted a Partnership Festival at Sayre High School. This celebration of University-Assisted Community School partnerships engaged West Philadelphia children, youth, and families, as...Engaging Locally
Understanding why some individual cells respond differently to stimuli such as drugs and disease proteins may provide insights into aging and disease. James Eberwine, PhD, Elmer Holmes Bobst Professor of Pharmacology in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Junhyong Kim, PhD, PhD, Edmund J. and...Integrating Knowledge
Whether human or baboon, it helps to have friends. For both species, studies have shown that robust social networks lead to better health and longer lives. Now, a team of University of Pennsylvania researchers has helped show that baboon personality plays a role in these outcomes, and, like people...Engaging Globally
Around 1979, when Ira Harkavy was finishing his Ph.D. at Penn, his mentor in the history department, Lee Benson, delivered an address that called for practitioners in communities to work together with academics. It was a simple but powerful idea that took root in Harkavy’s imagination. He began to...Engaging Locally
Created in honor of emeritus trustee Alvin Shoemaker, Penn’s newest landscape project has spread a 2.75 acre welcome mat of green at the door of the Palestra and Franklin Field. Featuring a central lawn surrounded by walkways, a rain garden, and outdoor seating, Shoemaker Green is located along...Engaging Locally
Representatives from the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Foundation and the University gathered Oct. 2 to celebrate a partnership that provides Penn with new resources to recruit KIPP students, underwrite their financial aid, and offer them targeted support once they get to campus.The effort is...Increasing Access
Molly McGlone, assistant dean for advising at Penn, teaches courses in music and urban studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, including a residential program in Fisher Hassenfeld College House called “Music and Social Change.” McGlone is also a member of the West Philly Coalition for...Engaging Locally
Chevon Boone’s story is the sort of against-all-odds tale they make TV movies about. She grew up in the tiny rural town of Garysburg, North Carolina, about a six-hour drive from Penn and the Ivy League. Yet for Boone and other underserved kids in Garysburg, that stretch of highway may as well have...Engaging Locally
In 1863, the Harrison Brothers chemical company purchased land at the corner of 34th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue. By the early 1900s, the plant was mixing paints and producing sulfuric acid, and employed hundreds of people in South Philadelphia. In 1917 DuPont purchased these labs, hoping...Engaging Locally
A cross-disciplinary research team at Penn has arrived at a surprising finding: T cells, which comprise a key part of the immune system, track down parasites using a movement strategy similar to those used by predators such as sharks, monkeys, and blue-fin tuna to hunt prey. The research,...Integrating Knowledge
“Are you interviewing me?” Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel bellows in his broad Chicago accent from the doorway of his office in College Hall. The commanding cadence of his voice, the way he whisks by, indicates that he’s a man on the move, with scarce seconds to spare. Emanuel joined the Penn community in...Engaging Globally
Penny Metchev has told the story many times before and on the surface it is primarily about her father. But as the Wharton and College senior prepares to enter her final semester as a Penn World Scholar, Metchev says she has come to realize that she will be the one to write the final chapter. Born...Engaging Globally
At the weekly Drew Cooking Club, students from the Charles R. Drew Elementary School in West Philadelphia team up with Penn undergraduates studying nutritional anthropology and students in the Graduate School of Education to learn about smart food choices. At Drew, the Cooking Club participants...Engaging Locally
In Claudia Valeggia's opinion, President Barack Obama is a pretty cool guy. At a White House event last month, Valeggia said the president made sure to emphasize how he and the first lady support their daughters' inclination for science. This resonated with Valeggia, who has a strong scientific...Engaging Globally
Penn President Amy Gutmann visited the Eleanor Roosevelt High School in New York City on Nov. 10 to speak to junior and senior students about their college aspirations. Roosevelt is a high-performing public school where 40 percent of students are first-generation Americans, and 40 percent will be...Increasing Access
The University of Pennsylvania has been named one of the most affordable private universities in the United States. The ranking was issued by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and lists “the private universities and liberal arts colleges that combine outstanding quality with affordability.” Penn was...Increasing Access
In 1966, 60 percent of all incoming college freshmen stated that it was “important” to keep up-to-date on current events. By the end of the 1990s, that number had dropped to about 25 percent. “That is not great news for a democracy,” says Matt Hartley, an associate professor and chair of higher...Integrating Knowledge
Neither gray skies nor a blustery cold front could cloud the sunny smiles or curb the enthusiasm of those who came out to enjoy the opening of Penn Park. In fact, a rainbow crowned the closing of the event. Perhaps the brightest smile of all belonged to Penn President Amy Gutmann as she thanked...Engaging Locally
This fall, Penn launched a new undergraduate program in Integrated Studies. The program is designed around the idea that no single discipline or perspective can be applied to complex problems; instead, students tackle problems using multiple disciplines and approaches. Designed for freshmen who...Integrating Knowledge
With the School Reform Commission’s approval, the partnership agreement that supports the successful and innovative pre-K-8 Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander University of Pennsylvania Partnership School in West Philadelphia has been extended for an additional 10 years, through June 30, 2021. Under...Engaging Locally
Penn President Amy Gutmann traveled to East Asia the week of May 23, 2011, formalizing two academic partnerships, hosting alumni gatherings in Korea and Taiwan, and announcing alumni gifts to Penn’s Korean Studies Program. Gutmann was joined by faculty and leadership from the Perelman School of...Engaging Globally
Penn Park construction workers are taking advantage of this week’s perfect springtime weather to keep the 24-acre project on track for a fall opening. The park, which lies on the east side of campus between Walnut and South streets, is the centerpiece of the University’s Penn Connects development...Engaging Locally
The University of Pennsylvania welcomes the fifth meeting of the Global Colloquium of University Presidents on Monday, April 4 and Tuesday, April 5, 2011. The Colloquium is an invitation-only meeting of some 25-30 university presidents from around the world. Each president is accompanied by a...Engaging Globally
"I consider myself, above all, a storyteller,” says Penn music composition student Melissa Dunphy, GR’13. And just one year into graduate school, this 29-year-old was creating music — for audiences on campus and across Philadelphia — that tells stories as unexpected as they are powerful. But...Increasing Access
For teachers with little to no scientific training, leading science lessons in the classroom can be downright intimidating. Jamie Shuda—a self-described educator by training and scientist by interest—is making it her goal to demystify science in the classroom for both students and teachers. As the...Engaging Locally
When some students come to Penn, they’re seeking answers to life’s big questions around issues of justice, origins, love and identity. Starting in Fall 2011, 80 incoming College of Arts and Sciences students will be able to explore these big questions in a fully holistic, multidisciplinary way....Integrating Knowledge
The University of Pennsylvania and Penn Medicine contribute $14 billion yearly, or $38 million per day, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and $9.5 billion, or $26 million per day, to the City of Philadelphia. The 2010 economic and fiscal impact of the university is outlined in a new independent...Engaging Locally
In October 2009, the Republic of Kazakhstan was struggling with an ambitious plan to open the nation’s first research university – not just a college with professional schools, but a western-style, research-intensive English language university. The Kazakhs were by no...Engaging Globally