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Roman Shor, C’09, EAS’09, GEng’10, didn’t expect to see piles of floating litter when he set off on the Plastics at SEA expedition, the first federally funded venture to study the accumulation of plastics in the North Atlantic Ocean. He already knew that the term commonly used to describe the...
Engaging Globally
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Barbara Mellers and Philip Tetlock have been appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge professors at the University of Pennsylvania.The announcement was made Dec.9 by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price. Both PIK appointments are effective Jan. 1. The Penn Integrates...
Integrating Knowledge
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Take a tour of Penn’s campus and you’ll see modern buildings and green space coexisting peacefully with structures more than a century old. There’s the gleaming modern green brick of Skirkanich Hall nestled in between the Moore and Towne buildings. Or the 1924 Fisher-Bennett Hall and the 1890...
Engaging Locally
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Penn has a proud legacy of local engagement in the West Philadelphia area, serving as a major employer, a leader in health services and education, and a world-class University that weaves not just civic awareness, but also hands-on civic action, into its academic curriculum.
The Sayre High...
Engaging Locally
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In cooperation with the University of Pennsylvania’s 2010-11 Year of Water, the Arthur Ross Gallery hosts “The Dogon: Work, Women and Water” from Nov. 5-Jan. 9, featuring 15 photographs by renowned Magnum photographer Stuart Franklin. Last year, the Voss Foundation commissioned Franklin to...
Engaging Globally
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The bicycle leaning against the credenza in Karen Glanz’s office has as much to do with this Penn Integrates Knowledge professor’s interest in public health as it does with her personal dedication to physical fitness. Glanz, a professor of epidemiology and nursing who was recently named the...
Integrating Knowledge
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Penn alumni from all walks of life returned to campus the first weekend in October for Penn Spectrum, the University's first-ever weekend-long alumni conference celebrating diversity and community. The event, sponsored by the Office of the President and Penn Alumni Relations, focused on...
Increasing Access
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In order to get at the heart of taboo subjects—drugs, homelessness, HIV risk and crime—Philippe Bourgois does more than simply study them from afar. For his 1995 book on street-level crack dealers in East Harlem, “In Search of Respect,” he moved into a house in the thick of that community’s drug...
Integrating Knowledge
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Urban gardens have become a familiar sight in Philadelphia—from the Mill Creek Farm to the west, the Schuylkill River Park Community Garden in Center City and Greensgrow Farms in Kensington. The University is now part of this growing urban farming landscape. The Penn Garden, founded and run by...
Engaging Locally
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University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann visited China March 8-12, 2010, joined by Penn deans and faculty members from across the University to initiate and reaffirm Penn’s academic partnerships and agreements with universities in Beijing. Penn also hosted events for alumni, friends...
Engaging Globally
Roman Shor, C’09, EAS’09, GEng’10, didn’t expect to see piles of floating litter when he set off on the Plastics at SEA expedition, the first federally funded venture to study the accumulation of plastics in the North Atlantic Ocean. He already knew that the term commonly used to describe the...Engaging Globally
Barbara Mellers and Philip Tetlock have been appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge professors at the University of Pennsylvania.The announcement was made Dec.9 by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price. Both PIK appointments are effective Jan. 1. The Penn Integrates...Integrating Knowledge
Take a tour of Penn’s campus and you’ll see modern buildings and green space coexisting peacefully with structures more than a century old. There’s the gleaming modern green brick of Skirkanich Hall nestled in between the Moore and Towne buildings. Or the 1924 Fisher-Bennett Hall and the 1890...Engaging Locally
Penn has a proud legacy of local engagement in the West Philadelphia area, serving as a major employer, a leader in health services and education, and a world-class University that weaves not just civic awareness, but also hands-on civic action, into its academic curriculum. The Sayre High...Engaging Locally
In cooperation with the University of Pennsylvania’s 2010-11 Year of Water, the Arthur Ross Gallery hosts “The Dogon: Work, Women and Water” from Nov. 5-Jan. 9, featuring 15 photographs by renowned Magnum photographer Stuart Franklin. Last year, the Voss Foundation commissioned Franklin to...Engaging Globally
The bicycle leaning against the credenza in Karen Glanz’s office has as much to do with this Penn Integrates Knowledge professor’s interest in public health as it does with her personal dedication to physical fitness. Glanz, a professor of epidemiology and nursing who was recently named the...Integrating Knowledge
Penn alumni from all walks of life returned to campus the first weekend in October for Penn Spectrum, the University's first-ever weekend-long alumni conference celebrating diversity and community. The event, sponsored by the Office of the President and Penn Alumni Relations, focused on...Increasing Access
In order to get at the heart of taboo subjects—drugs, homelessness, HIV risk and crime—Philippe Bourgois does more than simply study them from afar. For his 1995 book on street-level crack dealers in East Harlem, “In Search of Respect,” he moved into a house in the thick of that community’s drug...Integrating Knowledge
Urban gardens have become a familiar sight in Philadelphia—from the Mill Creek Farm to the west, the Schuylkill River Park Community Garden in Center City and Greensgrow Farms in Kensington. The University is now part of this growing urban farming landscape. The Penn Garden, founded and run by...Engaging Locally
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann visited China March 8-12, 2010, joined by Penn deans and faculty members from across the University to initiate and reaffirm Penn’s academic partnerships and agreements with universities in Beijing. Penn also hosted events for alumni, friends...Engaging Globally