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E-books and the academy
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.... More
Battling painful side effects from breast cancer treatment
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.... More
Press Releases
Penn and Milken Family Foundation Launch Global Business Plan Competition to Improve Education
The University of Pennsylvania has teamed up with the Milken Family Foundation to launch the Milken-Penn GSE Prize for Business Plans in Education, the first competition specifically aimed at stimulating entrepreneurship and addressing challenge... More
Penn Hosts Daylong Arts Crawl Friday
Penn's first "Arts Crawl" is a full day of events offered by more than two dozen arts and culture groups. ... More
Arts Events
Tavares Strachan: Orthostatic Tolerance
The surf surrounding Tavares Strachan's (b. 1979, Nassau, Bahamas, lives New York) hometown of Nassau, is the site of an experimental rocket launch. Made of glass from island sand, and powered by sugarcane, the rockets mark a primary phase of th... More
Business
India's Labor Pains
India is expected to help lead the world out of recession. But will a growing number of strikes -- some leading to murderous violence, impede its industrial progress?... More
A Bubble in China
Will a growing real estate bubble in China result in the pop heard 'round the world? ... More
Arts & Sciences
2009 Goldstone Forum
Paul Krugman, renowned economist and columnist for the New York Times, delivers a lecture on "The Economic Challenges Ahead" at the 2009 Goldstone Forum, presented by the Philosophy, Politics and Economics program. ... More
Virtual Mummy
In this audio slideshow, anthropology major Samantha Cox discusses her work on reexamining Penn Museum specimens using CT scan technology. ... More
Medicine
Antioxidant Found in Vegetables has Implications for Treating Cystic Fibrosis
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the body?s inflammatory re... More
Penn Medicine Dean Receives Distinguished Service Award from AAMC
Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh, Executive Vice President of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System, and Dean, School of Medicine, will receive the Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education from the Associati... More
Penn Current Readership Survey
Take the Penn Current Readership Survey and Win an iPod!
To ensure the Penn Current is an informative, enjoyable and readily accessible publication, we would like to get your feedback on its overall effectiveness and appeal. Please take a few moments to take our survey. ... More
Research
Why Stock-price Volatility Should Never Be a Surprise, Even in the Long Run
Stock market investors have suffered deep losses in the past 18 months, challenging the belief that stocks are the best long-term investments.... More
First Results from Penn's Balloon-Borne Telescope BLAST: Extragalactic Survey Reveals Half the Universe's Starlight
The telescope, designed by a Penn-led collaboration, collected data 120,000 feet above Antarctica to observe the distant universe at wavelengths nearly unattainable from the ground. The study has uncovered dust-ensh... More
From the Academic Calendar
Advance Registration, Spring Term
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Athletics
Volleyball Team Completes Ivy Championship Season
The Quakers put the finishing touches on a 13-1 Ivy League campaign on November 18 with a 3-1 victory over Princeton. Penn went 22-5 overall this season, and finds out its NCAA Championship draw in a few weeks.... More
Libraries
"The Good Education of Youth"
The Penn Libraries announce the publication of "The Good Education of Youth": Worlds of Learning in the Age of Franklin. The volume explores little-known aspects of education in Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic in ... More
Incunables, Indulgences, and Autographs
Catalogers in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library have found two works printed before 1501 in the library of Henry Charles Lea, 19th-century scholar of the Inquisition. Two pamphlets written and signed by Martin Luth... More
Making History: The Campaign For Penn
Penn Donors Make History -- Online
In this historic year, midway through our campaign, we're celebrating our donors in a brand new way -- online.No, we're not talking about a .pdf of a printed donor list.We're talking about a dynamic, multimedia web... More
Penn Park Begins: Transforming Campus and the City for Good
"No other urban campus has done something this transforming," said Amy Gutmann.And she's right.read more... 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
