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Penn goes global at Dubai summit
Several faculty from Penn and President Amy Gutmann joined some of the world's leading minds in business, academia, medicine and technology in Dubai for the first-ever Summit on the Global Agenda.... More
Why did Obama win? Optimism
History shows that people tend to vote for the more hopeful and optimistic candidate in presidential elections, according to the Study on Optimism in the 2008 Presidential Election.... More
Press Releases
Memorial Service for Dr. John Pryor
As was announced late last week, PENN Medicine has lost a good friend and dear colleague with the death of John "JP" Pryor. ... More
During Economic Downturn, Penn's Center for High Impact Philanthropy Guides Educational Philanthropists
The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania has released its first investment guide for philanthropists seeking to make a meaningful impact on a core issue in the U.S. educational system: stopping the flood of at-ri... More
Arts Events
Andrea Baldeck Photo Exhibit - "The Texture of Trees"
Featuring the work of artist Andrea Baldeck. Close up, at arm's length, and in a panoramic sweep of landscape, trees provide vital richness and texture in our lives. ... More
Iyare! Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theatre
This exhibit concentrates on the dramatic moments, past and present, that make up court life, and how objects serve the heightened environment palace ceremonies create.... More
Business
The World Wildlife Fund's Carter Roberts: How to Connect the Dots between Corporate America and Conservation
From a childhood spent exploring the woods near his home, to a career spent protecting habitats in the far corners of the earth, Carter Roberts -- president and CEO of the non-profit World Wildlife Fund -- has fostered a connection to the natura... More
Seth Goldman: Brewing Organic Tea with a Mission-based Business Model
In 1998, social entrepreneur Seth Goldman founded Honest Tea, the nation's best-selling and fastest-growing organic bottled tea company, with a business professor from the Yale School of Management. Honest Tea sources from organic and fair trade... More
Arts & Sciences
Penn Back Then
Listen to alumni at Homecoming 2008 recount their most memorable Penn experiences. ... More
Making Sense of the 2008 Presidential Election
On November 5, 2008, faculty members from the Department of Political Science participated in a lively, open discussion of the historical results and significance of the 2008 Presidential election. ... More
Medicine
Structure and Signaling in Normal and Diseased Muscle - Symposium November 3
The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and the Department of Cell and Development Biology are co-sponsors of a symposium on November 3, 2008 that covers technological and methodological developments in advanced light microscopy, structural spectrosco... More
Teen Opiate Addiction Relapses Reduced with Combination Medication, Extended Treatment
For the growing number of teens addicted to opiates (i.e. heroin or prescription pain-relief drugs), short-term detoxification and/or psychosocial treatment programs are commonly recommended, despite high relapse rates and limited success. Resea... More
Penn Compact in Action
Opportunity knocks
Engineering honors program, will encourage engineering students to make their mark... More
Research
Nader Engheta Elected Fellow of APS
Engheta has been honored for development of concepts of metamaterial-inspired optical lumped nanocircuits, and for ground breaking contributions to the fields of metamaterials, plasmonic nano-optics, biologically-in... More
Project for Civic Engagement Paints Ideas About Regional Culture
The Big Canvas Confab, a 6-month citizen dialogue organized by Penn's Project for Civic Engagement, will help identify strategies for preserving and enlarging the region's arts and cultural assets.... More
From the Academic Calendar
Spring Semester Classes begin
January 14, 2009... More
Athletics
Former Penn Track Star Bill Carr Elected to USA Track & Field Hall of Fame
Carr and four others will be inducted December 6 at the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Carr was a two-time Olympic gold medalist at the 1932 Los Angeles Games with two world-record times. ... More
Libraries
Penn Libraries Receive the Gotham Book Mart Collection
A generous gift brings the contents of New York's legendary Gotham Book Mart to Penn. ... More
Hands-On History at Penn's Rare Book and Manuscript Library
The New York Times Education Supplement recently featured a story on the integration of Penn's rare primary source materials into the undergraduate curriculum.... More
Making History: The Campaign For Penn
Gutmann Donates $100,000 to Support Students
Penn President Amy Gutmann and her husband, Columbia law professor Michael Doyle, have made a $100,000 contribution in support of undergraduate students at Penn. The main part of the gift is designated for the Cente... More
The Perelman Center Opens: A Defining Moment in Medicine
The dedication of Penn Medicine's Ruth and Raymond Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine on October 2 marked the latest example in a national trend: caring for patients in an environment that speeds diagnosis and tr... More
For Faculty & Staff
Visit Page 2 of the Penn Digest for news and events from the President, Provost, Human Resources, Computing, Recreation, and more.... More
