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Amy Gutmann


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Each year, in partnership with Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University, 13 students travel with faculty to Hong Kong for two weeks where they treat disabled children throughout the area.

President Barack Obama announced a new “Pay As You Earn” proposal that will help students manage their loans. The program aims to limit monthly loan payments for 1.6 million college students and borrowers, according to a White House statement. VIDEO: Students sound off on loans


President Barack Obama announced a new “Pay As You Earn” proposal that will help students manage their loans. The program aims to limit monthly loan payments for 1.6 million college students and borrowers, according to a White House statement. VIDEO: Students sound off on loans










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Early Tuesday evening, a small group gathered in the Penn Bookstore to listen to Stephen Tow, author of The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge.





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School of Design professor and renowned architect James Timberlake, who graduated from PennDesign in 1977, was nominated by President Barack Obama this month for a seat on the National Institute of Building Sciences Board of Directors. Timberlake, if appointed, will join the 21-member board that tackles potential issues facing the construction of safe, affordable housing and facilities in the United States.


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A group of scientists at Penn’s Modular Robotics Laboratory, or MODLAB, has built the FoamBot, a set of smaller robots that are connected with layers of self-hardening foam. INTERACTIVE: How the FoamBot works