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Tree Planting on College Green Celebrates Penn’s Tree Campus USA Designation From Arbor Day Foundation

University of Pennsylvania students and community volunteers will plant 45 trees on campus to celebrate the University’s earning the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus USA designation.

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HHS Secretary Sebelius to Address National Community Schools Forum; Penn’s Gutmann to Speak Also

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will deliver the keynote address to more than 1,000 guests from across the country at the Coalition for Community Schools 2010 National Forum April 6-9 at the Marriott-Downtown, 1201 Market St.

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Nanotechnologists at Penn and Columbia Reveal the Frictional Characteristics of Atomically Thin Sheets

The finding reveals a significant principle for these materials, which are widely used as solid lubricant films in critical engineering applications and are leading contenders for future nanoscale electronics.

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Penn Law Students Help Win Supreme Court Case Padilla v. Kentucky

University of Pennsylvania Law School students’ work on the Supreme Court case, Padilla v. Kentucky has resulted in the Court ruling in their favor.

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Virtual Driving Leads Penn Psychologists to the Cells That Sense Direction in the Brain: Path Cells

Psychologists led by the University of Pennsylvania have used implantable electrodes and a first-person driving game to identify the cells of the brain that indicate travel in a clockwise or counterclockwise motion, called “path cells.” The study will be published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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New Tissue-Hugging Implant Maps Heart Electrical Activity in Unprecedented Detail

A team of cardiologists, materials scientists, and bioengineers have created and tested a new type of implantable device for measuring the heart’s electrical output that they say is a vast improvement over current devices. The new device represents the first use of flexible silicon technology for a medical application.

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Moody’s Continues Penn’s Aa2 Long-Term Debt Rating

Penn’s strong student demand and yield, good progress on its Making History campaign, robust research funding, solid balance sheet and sustained operating performance earned it an Aa2 rating from Moody’s Investor Service.

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Penn School of Social Policy & Practice and DHS Create Joint-Scholarship Program

The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice has teamed with the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services to create the Penn/DHS Scholarship, a joint program designed to encourage full-time DHS staff to become part-time students pursuing master’s of social work degrees at Penn.

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Sayre Health Center in West Philadelphia to Be Named In Honor of Late Penn Physician Bernett L. Johnson Jr.

Dr. Johnson dedicated himself to the development of this primary health center that links the resources of the University and the school district with those of the West Philadelphia community. His vision gave the Health Center a unique mission: providing both education and high quality clinical care.

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Moody’s Continues Penn’s Aa2 Long-term Debt Rating

Penn’s strong student demand and yield, good progress on its Making History campaign, robust research funding, solid balance sheet and sustained operating performance earned it an Aa2 rating from Moody’s Investor Service.

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