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Lawrence Klein, a former University professor, Nobel laureate and pioneer in economic forecasting, died Sunday in his Gladwyne, Pa., home. He was 93.
In its 50th year, the Institute of Contemporary Art opened what could be its most ambitious project yet: an exhibit of the works of Jason Rhoades, a renowned installation artist who created massive three-dimensional pieces from 1993 to his untimely death in 2006.
Professor Camille Charles is getting $100,000 to do research on exactly what she’s passionate about.
What does a 36-year-old, Silicon Valley tech startup founder have in common with a bearded abolitionist who died 126 years ago?
A recent confluence of events made me wonder whether the U.S.-China relationship affects how Asian Americans are viewed.
If the walk from Hill House to Huntsman seems like too much, imagine commuting to Penn from North Carolina.
For Chris Johnson, cycling was always a natural hobby. He grew up in the part of California where the mountain bike was invented, so it only made sense that he would end up biking.
With Penn Relays drawing nearer, fans and spectators of track and field are prepared to once again be treated to one of the fiercest rivalries in sports.
Throughout each of our respective childhoods, we began every morning by joining millions of our fellow American school children in placing our hands over our hearts and reciting the “Pledge of Allegiance.” One of us grew up a Connecticut Democrat, while the other is a born and bred Florida Republican, but each and every morning of our youth we both proudly proclaimed that ours is a nation that ensures “liberty and justice for all.”
The news cycle this week has been dominated by hearings at the Supreme Court debating the constitutionality of Proposition 8 — the gay marriage ban in California — and the Defense of Marriage Act, which, for the purposes of the federal government, defines marriage as between one man and one woman.
The red-and-pink profile pictures that have taken over Facebook recently have also raised some questions.
The decisions made by the Supreme Court in two cases it heard this week have the potential to redefine the institution of marriage in the United States.
“This is it. This is history,” said Kareem Wallace, a cook at Penn Hillel’s Falk Dining Commons, as he clutched a document that marked the debut of a campaign for “a better future” for him and his colleagues.
I was sitting in the examination room of Dr. Hasan’s office in Ahmedabad, Gujarat when I received an email that the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had been uninvited to speak at Wharton. I was euphoric but it did not last long.
Dear Penn Admissions,
More former military members could soon be helping to keep Penn’s campus safe.
The manner in which the students at the Wharton School were forced to drop the Indian politician Narendra Modi from their event after some faculty members used factual inaccuracies to demonize the speaker has a surreal parallel in the world of literature.
For Penn’s graduate schools, this year’s U.S. News & World Report was a mixed bag.
We (professors, students, lawyers, writers, doctors, and concerned citizens from Philadelphia and around the world) are outraged to learn that the Wharton India Economic Forum has invited Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat, to be a keynote speaker at its 17th Economic Forum on March 23, 2013.
Last night, Jules de Balincourt paid a visit to the Institute of Contemporary Art to give a talk as part of PennDesign’s Fine Arts lecture series. Born in Paris, he has successfully exhibited his work in numerous well-known galleries in New York, where he currently resides.
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