“This Is Not an Invitation to Rape Me” Art Exhibit Attacks False Perceptions

The multimedia exhibit explores female body types, intimacy, relationships, fashion, attitudes, psychology, behavior, vulnerability, alternative lifestyles and more through art. Featuring photographs, illustrations, paintings, film, sound and music, the exhibit will be at the Fox Art Gallery in Cohen Hall and The Forum at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Penn Outreach to Benefit From Statewide Broadband Network Funded With Federal Stimulus Dollars

The $99.6 million National Telecommunications and Information Administration Grant was awarded to the Keystone Initiative for Network-Based Education and Research, a coalition of colleges and universities, research and health-care organizations and economic-development entities in the state, of which Penn is a founding member. The grant, awarded as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will be supplemented with an additional $29 million in private investment.

Penn Marks First Anniversary of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act With $171 Million in Research Funding

Approximately 700 different positions at Penn are funded by ARRA, allowing Penn researchers to continue studies in nearly every aspect of basic science and public health.

Penn Nursing Presents: A Tuskegee Airman’s Story

WHAT: Lecture, open to the public, about the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of 994 African-American pilots who gained fame during World War II for their heroism, escorting American bombers in raids over Europe and North Africa. Their distinguished service is credited with influencing President Truman to desegregate the U. S. military.

ICA Receives AICA/USA Award for Best Show in a University Gallery

The artists included in Dirt on Delight: Impulses that Form Clay included: Ann Agee, Robert Arneson, Kathy Butterly, Nicole Cherubini, Lucio Fontana, Viola Frey, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Jane Irish, Jeffry Mitchell, Ron Nagle, George Ohr, Ken Price, Sterling Ruby, Adrian Saxe, Beverly Semmes , Arlene Shechet, Rudolf Staffel, Paul Swenbeck, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Peter Voulkos , Beatrice Wood and Betty Woodman.

Students tackle campus parking problem with green solutions

At Washington University in St. Louis, teams of business school students have tackled the parking dilemma with an eye on the environment as part of the first Olin Sustainability Case Competition (OSCC).

M. D. Anderson Enlists Public to Put Cancer Cures Within Our Grasp

"Forty-one percent of Americans will develop cancer, which means, with very few exceptions, every family will be touched by this disease. The need is urgent," said John Mendelsohn, M.D., president of M. D. Anderson. "But the time is optimal because we have more knowledge than ever before about cancer and we have new research tools that position M. D. Anderson to speed progress against this disease.

Researchers Discover Second Protective Role for Tumor-Suppressor

"This tumor-suppressor that works in the nucleus to prevent replication of defective cells also has a second life out in the cytoplasm, which was totally unexpected," said senior author Cheryl Walker, Ph.D., professor in The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Department of Carcinogenesis.

Urgent Need to Move Forward on Essential Reforms American College of Physicians Tells President Obama and Congress

“Health care in the United States is facing an unprecedented challenge of affordability and sustainability,” continued Dr. Stubbs. “Yet a highly-partisan and polarized debate over health care reform legislation regrettably has taken the country’s ‘eye off the ball’—from the urgency of implementing reforms.”

The Secrets of Rajkumar Hirani's Midas Touch Unveiled

This issue of Moneylife, a top-notch personal finance magazine, features a long interview with director and scriptwriter Rajkumar Hirani.

AkzoNobel publishes 2009 Report on interactive website

The dedicated website – which includes an E-reader download facility – contains full details of the company’s financial and sustainability performance. It also features a short welcome video by CEO Hans Wijers, who gives a brief overview of the 2009 performance and underlines the importance of sustainability to the company’s operations.

Centrica signs agreement to acquire equity interests in Trinidadian gas blocks, establishing first producing LNG position

This portfolio of gas assets comprises a 17.3 per cent stake in the North Coast Marine Area (NCMA-1) gas production area and equity interests in three blocks; Blocks 22, 1(a) and 1(b), for future development.



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