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LPS Names Physics Department’s Larry Gladney as 2012 Graduation Speaker

April 10, 2012 by Margaret Sanborn in Events, Graduation, Physics, Campus, Master of Medical Physics

Larry Gladney, Ph.D., will address graduating students at the College of Liberal and Professional Studies Graduation Ceremony on Sunday, May 13, 2012. The Edmund J. and Louise W.

Adaptations: The Penn Humanities Forum

February 20, 2012 by Margaret Sanborn in Events, LPS, Penn Humanities Forum, Campus

The Penn Humanities Forum continues its 2011-2012 programming with a lively series of events on Adaptations between the arts, across disciplines, and around the world. Charles Darwin focused the world’s attention on life as a process of adaptation and the unending dance of adjustment and transformation in organisms, species, and environments. But, as the Forum’s organizers point out, adaptation is not limited to the natural sciences; cultural forms would perish if they could not adapt.

Soak up Some Culture at the Annenberg Center

February 16, 2012 by Margaret Sanborn in Events, Campus

One of the nation’s preeminent performing arts centers on a major university campus, the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts has been transforming the lives of Philadelphia audiences since 1971 with a vibrant array of world-renowned and emerging artists and insightful performance enhancements.

Bank at Penn’s Credit Union

February 16, 2012 by Margaret Sanborn in Campus

SAS. GSE. ICA. Penn is awash with acronyms, but one of the most valuable might well be SFCU—the Student Federal Credit Union at the University of Pennsylvania.

Penn Museum First Sunday Series: Settling Down

January 31, 2012 by Margaret Sanborn in Events, Film, LPS, Campus

Settling Down

Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm Rainey Auditorium Penn Museum 3260 South Street

Buy Fresh, Buy Local! The Penn-area Markets Have Returned for the Season

July 7, 2011 by Margaret Sanborn in Beechwood Orchards, farmers markets, food, Campus

The Penn-area markets have returned for the season. The markets, at University Square and Walnut Hill are operated by Farm to City, a Philadelphia-based organization dedicated to uniting communities, families, and farmers year-round through good locally grown food.

Out and About on Campus: The Fisher Fine Arts Library

July 7, 2011 by Margaret Sanborn in Art History, Fisher, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Penn, Campus

Our footsteps took us the other day to a campus building we’d often passed but never entered. A short climb up a short flight of steps to a welcoming veranda soon found us at the front door, where a quick swipe of a PennCard gave entry to the large and gracious two-story reading room of the Fisher Fine Arts Library. The most remarkable feature of the room comes from the light that floods in from large windows near the ceiling and spills over the tables and comfortable chairs below. The aroma of old books suffuses the entire structure.

Green Your Major

April 28, 2011 by Margaret Sanborn in Campus, Master of Environmental Studies, Program News

From sustainable buildings to sustainable landscaping and beyond, the campus of the University of Pennsylvania has gone green. President Amy Gutmann was the first Ivy League President to sign the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), leading the way in addressing the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase research and education at places of higher learning in order to curb rapid changes in the earth’s climate.

Attention, All Bookworms!

April 27, 2011 by Margaret Sanborn in Campus

The Penn neighborhood offers three independent bookstores as well as the first Barnes & Noble superstore in the nation.

Carol Muller, Professor of Music, Will Address Penn LPS Graduating Class

April 12, 2011 by Margaret Sanborn in Events, LPS, People, Campus, Penn Summer Abroad

Carol Muller, Ph.D., Professor of Music and Senior Ethnomusicologist in the Graduate Anthropology Group at the University of Pennsylvania, will address graduating students at the College of Liberal and Professional Studies Graduation Ceremony on Sunday, May 15, 2011.

A native of South Africa, Dr. Muller earned her Ph.D. at New York University. She is a highly published scholar and specialist in South African music, critical ethnography, comparative religion, gender studies, diaspora, and historiography.