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The iPad has changed the way that I work, and it has truly become the computer device that I have always wanted. It is allowing me to be more focused on my work, keep organized, and feed my insatiable need for information, as it has become known my “media diet”. The iPad like all computers is just a highly designed frame and platform, although out of the box it does allow for email, web surfing, and a few other basic tasks what drives the iPad are apps downloaded from the integrated app store.

Here in the recruitment area of LPS, we are tasked with assisting all prospective students who are seeking admission to various programs. It’s unbelievably rewarding work, but given the breadth of programs that we offer through LPS there is rarely a time of year when we’re not working against several admissions deadlines simultaneously. That said, there’s never a dull moment in the daily life of an LPS Recruitment Specialist.

This is the first in a series of articles that will explore—and hopefully help explain—the confusing aspects of global warming.

When we think of allegorical figures, we probably envision a female in a bizarre costume clutching strange items and flanked by monstrosities, fanciful animals, or implements that support their connection to the subject they represent. Since personifications became part of visual culture, places such as cities, nations, and so forth are almost exclusively women, enthroned or otherwise. So, what are we to think about an almost unique male personification of America that was painted in a villa mural cycle around 1580?

I’d like to take a minute to introduce you to some handy tips to make life—yours and mine—much more pleasant.  Whilst these tips apply specifically to the Pre-Health program, you can profitably adapt them to any social or business situation.

I know that none of you would ever think of doing this, but…

When you’re a pre-veterinary student in Penn’s Pre-Health program, you have the opportunity to go for a visit to the University of Pennsylvania’s Veterinary School. This includes an extensive tour and overview of all things veterinary by Malcolm Keiter, the Associate Dean of Admissions.