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Professor Mary France Berry gave a one minute lecture on “What Would the Founders Think: Political Polarization and the 2012 Election” as a part of the 60-Second lecture series.

Kothmann, a mechanical engineering and applied mechanics lecturer, wanted to show his students how mechanical engineering principles they learn in class can be observed in the design and structure of the bridges in Philadelphia.

Yesterday on Locust Walk across from Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, a bright yellow Amnesty International at Penn’s Human Rights banner displayed many student groups’ answers to the question, “What are human rights?”

The Penn Quaker marched off the football field and into Spruce Hill Christian School yesterday, pumping up the K-8 school’s Penn Fitness for Life mentor program.

This past Sunday, the Muslim Students Association hosted their ninth annual Family Fair. On a windy, temperate afternoon, more than 300 people from Philadelphia neighborhoods gathered on Rodin Field near 40th Street for a few hours of friends and entertainment.

Graduate students from nine Penn schools skirmished for the grand prize of $10,000 to further their proposed public policy change in Philadelphia this Sunday. Out of the five semifinalists, the group Closing Schools, Opening Opportunities won the grand prize.

A seminar-sized audience of 30 listened as Reggie Love, former personal aide to the president, gave advice and provided humorous anecdotes about his experiences.