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Alumni Happenings
Enjoy the Best of Penn at Alumni Weekend
Celebrate our University with old friends and engage with new ideas
on some of today's most critical issues at Alumni Weekend 2009,
May 15-18.
Your Destination for Lifelong Learning
The Alumni Education website is your guide to Penn's intellectual offerings. Whether online or on campus, as a lecture or a lively discussion — we invite you to engage with the brilliant faculty and dynamic learners that drew you to Penn in the first place!
Campus Insider
Eye on the Economy
Has our economic world fundamentally and permanently changed? If so,
what will the new world economic order look like? On February 17 from
4:30-6:00 pm, the Penn
Economic Forum brings together distinguished Penn faculty to answer these
questions and more.
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Watch the live webcast
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More on the
subject › Paul
Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist,
speaks on "The Economic Challenges Ahead" on February 18
Hands Across the Water
Extending an important partnership into new areas, President Amy Gutmann
announced that Penn would expand existing academic and research collaborations
with two prestigious universities in China.
Introducing
the 2009 Penn Fellows
Eight faculty members have been named the inaugural Penn Fellows, a leadership-development
program that recognizes faculty in mid-career.
Arts
Reexamining
Censorship
Two decades ago, the Institute
of Contemporary Art's Robert Mapplethorpe:
The Perfect Moment sparked a controversial national debate. On February
12, ICA convenes world-renowned artists, critics, and scholars in a two-day symposium
to explore the legacy of culture wars on the arts.
Sculpture Meets Nature
Artist Patrick Dougherty, working with
volunteers and staff, will weave hundreds of sticks and saplings
into a whimsical site-specific creation in Morris Arboretum's Butcher Sculpture Garden.
From the Inside Out
Architect Louis Kahn is famous for his buildings but he also had a vision
for interiors: how spaces should be built, furnished, and inhabited.
A new exhibit at the Arthur Ross Gallery features photos, drawings, furniture
and more, providing a renewed context for seeing Kahn's work.
Sports + Recreation
Women's
Lacrosse Plays Offense
Ranking fifth in a preseason poll, last year's Ivy League champs
look to maintain their title while continuing to build their prominence nationally.
Penn Alumni Night at The Palestra
Cheer on the Quakers with discounted tickets to Men's Basketball versus Brown on February 28. Buy up to four end court tickets to the game at a special rate.
Research
Hollywood Online
Can web-based entertainment generate revenue? TV and movie writer-director Joss
Whedon discusses what needs to happen for the Internet to serve as a platform
that can sustain original creative content.
Single White Mouse ISO Companion
A study by Dr. Ralph Brinster and researchers at Penn Vet has shown that living with a female mouse can extend the reproductive life of a male mouse by as much as 20 percent.
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Featured Sites
Undergraduate Alumni
Reunions
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Penn People
Making History
Dean
Henry,
W'74 (with daughter Kristen, C'04). Engagement with Penn mixes naturally
with the rest of his life
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Sound Bite
"...Participants beyond students enrolled in a particular course, program or
even university [can] join the debate and create a global discussion."
—Marni Baker Stein, Director of
Program Development at the College of Liberal and Professional Studies on
Open Learning Commons
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