ALUMNI IN THE NEWS
Penn Appoints Charles Howard C'00 to Be University Chaplain
June 2008
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Fatimah Muhammad C'06 was featured on WHYY Radio about her work at Welcoming Center West
June 2008
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Karen Andrade-Mims CW'75 Appointed Executive Director of UIH Family Partners, a non-profit organization dedicated to the welfare of children based in Trenton, NJ
June 2008
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Jareau Wade ENG'07 helps teach entrepreneurial and technical skills to college grads in Ghana
April 2008
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Learn about what John Jones GR'72 is doing to rebuild Iraq in the Gazette March/April 2008 article "Hearts, Minds and PRTs"
March/April 2008
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Samantha Buery-Joyner C'90 featured in Penn's Making History Campaign
February 2008
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Meet Philadelphia's mayor, fellow alumnus Michael Nutter, in the Gazette
January/February 2008
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PENN IN THE NEWS
In
the World of HBCUs, Research Must Inform Practice - Penn Faculty
member, Dr. Marybeth Gasman, authors an op-ed addressing
research practices at historically black colleges
and universities.
August 2008
Africa
Attracts Renewed Attention From American Universities - A Chronicle
of Higher Education article featuring the Penn Botswana
Project.
July 2008
Penn Library
hosts exhibit featuring Francis Johnson (1792-1844), a free African American Philadelphia bandleader and composer.
July 2008
John
Jackson of the Annenberg School for Communication and School of Arts and Sciences discusses his book, "Racial Paranoia."
June 2008
Penn to Offer New Ph.D. Program in Africana Studies
June 2008
Black Philosopher, White Academy - a new book released about pioneering African American intellectual and Penn faculty member William Fontaine
June 2008
Black Enterprise ranks Penn 9th in its list of the Top 50 Colleges for African Americans
May 2007
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125 Years After Brister, How Far Have We Come? - Gazette
January/February 2007
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