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Penn To Offer Tax Benefits To Employees In Same-Sex Relationships

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Same-Sex Benefits, Tax Offsets, Video, LGBT Issues, University of Pennsylvania, LGBT Rights, Penn Tax Offsets, Grossing Up, Health Care, Penn, Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Voices News

WASHINGTON -- The University of Pennsylvania is implementing a new policy that will offer benefits to faculty and staff in same-sex partnerships who a...

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Study Finds Gender Pay Gap On Wall Street

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Wall Street Brokerage Firms, Rachel Maddow, University of Pennsylvania, Why Females Make Less Than Men, Gender Pay Gap Finance, Female Stockbrokers Make Less, Wall Street Gender Pay Gap, Gender Pay Gap Finance Sector, Equal Pay Act 1963, Janice Fanning Madden, Gender Pay Gap Wall Street, Equal Pay Act, Video, Business News

Nearly 50 years after the United States passed the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the move toward achieving gender parity in the workplace is still incomplete...

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Where Did Fortune 500 CEOs Go To College?

Posted 05.17.2012

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If you want to be a Fortune 500 CEO, we have a couple pieces of advice. First, don't be like Scott Thompson, who lost his gig at Yahoo when it was rev...

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Poll: Scott Brown's Desperate Attacks Aren't Working

Roger Wolfson | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Scott Brown, Politics, Elizabeth Warren, University of Pennsylvania, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, John Kerry, US Senate, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Race, Ted Kennedy, Paul Wellstone, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Massachusetts Senate, Politics News

In the latest Rasmussen poll, Scott Brown is tied 45-45 with Elizabeth Warren. The voters don't seem to be buying Brown's brutal attacks on Warren, nor do they seem to be buying Brown himself.

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Climate Leadership From American Colleges and Universities

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Sustainability, Greenhouse Gases, American College & University Presidents? Climate Commitment, Low-Carbon Economy, Global Warming, Climate Change, Dickinson College, University of Montana, Cornell University, University of California San Diego, University of Pennsylvania, Georgia Tech, Santa Fe Community College, Wilson Community College, Green News

In 2007, a small group of visionary college and university presidents gathered to form the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). Five years later they have achieved some remarkable results.

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Honoring W.E.B. Du Bois 2012

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 04.24.2012

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The Board of Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania appointed Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois Honorary Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies on February 17th 2012. This short video captures the day's activities.

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Invisible Wounds: First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden Announce Nursing Initiative to Care for Veterans With PTSD

Charles Howard | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Michelle Obama First Lady, Michelle Obama, Mental Health, Veterans PTSD, Veterans Affairs, Impact News, Nurses, Joining Forces, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Military, Jill Biden, University of Pennsylvania, School of Rock, Ptsd, Health Care, Impact News

While every member of the health care team needs to be attuned to the possibility of PTSD and TBI, nurses must be particularly prepared to serve our military and their families with expert clinical care and innovative research on these most serious disorders.

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Americans Are Protesting, But What Stops Full-Scale Rioting?

Jake Blumgart | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Occupy Philly, Urban Living, Philadelphia, Michael-Katz, Flash Mobs, Urban Policy, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Urban Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Michael Katz, Books News

Michael Katz's Why Don't American Cities Burn? is both a crushing reminder of seemingly intractable problems that still face American cities and an exploration of why things aren't worse.

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The Winners Of College Presidential Service Award Are...

Posted 03.13.2012

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The five colleges that are leading the country in community service each received a presidential honor for their efforts Monday. Carson-Newman Coll...

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Aiming for the Bullseye: A Breast Cancer Vaccine

Fran Visco | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Breast Cancer Research, Whitehead Institute, Breast Cancer Vaccine, The Mayo Clinic, Artemis Project, University of Pennsylvania, CIty of Hope Beckman Research Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Women News

We could not have looked at this issue even five years ago. But now is the time to leverage those prior investments and get an answer.

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WATCH: Amazing Robo-Copters Rock Spy Theme

Posted 03.01.2012

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For such tiny devices, the autonomous drones known as "nano quadrotors" have made a very big splash. Not long ago we brought you video showing the tin...

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WATCH: Flying Robots Swarm Laboratory

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Searles | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Helicopters, Video, Grasp, Robots, Drones, University of Pennsylvania, Nano Quadrotors, Flying Machines, Flying Robot, Science News

This freaky footage of a gang of tiny flying robots looks like it's straight out of a sci-fi flick. But it's 100 percent real. On Wednesday, roboti...

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Top 10 Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Successes of 2011

Marybeth Gasman | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Prairie View a&M, Nelson Bowman III, Marybeth Gasman, HBCUs. Black Colleges, Fundraising, University of Pennsylvania, College News

In honor of the New Year approaching, we thought we would put together a list of the Top 10 Black College Successes of the past year. There have been many, but these stand out in terms of innovation, boldness, and impact.

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A New Kind of New Year's Resolution

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 02.20.2012

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Why not bring in the new year by not only having fun, but also making a difference in the lives of others?

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A German Town Mourns Its Holocaust Past: The DP Camp Story, Part 2

Bernard Starr | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Rwanda, Shoah, Church, Holocaust, Judaism, Harry Truman, Hebrew, Ulm Germany, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nazis, University of Pennsylvania, Jewish, Holocaust Museum, Genocide, Zionism, World War II, DP Camps, Displaced Persons, Lutheran, Culture News

A commissioned stained-glass window dedicated to the Holocaust portrays a gas chamber scene and bears a Star of David. To all who enter the church, it's a stark reminder of past atrocities

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WATCH: Finally, A Microwave That Plays Puppy Videos

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Video, Viral Videos, University of Pennsylvania, Microwave, Uwave, Life Hacks, Youtube, Urlesque, Youtube Microwave, Comedy News

As if we weren't already being constantly entertained by glowing screens throughout 90% of the day, a few students from the University of Pennsylvania...

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Are Women More LIkely To Have 'Broken Heart Syndrome?'

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 01.16.2012

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A woman's heart breaks more easily than a man's. Females are seven to nine times more likely to suffer "broken heart syndrome,"...

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Angela Davis: Power to the Imagination

Charles Howard | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Herbert Marcus, Occupy Philly, Occupy Philadelphia, Activism, University of Pennsylvania, Angela Davis, Occupy Wall Street, Video, Black Voices News

After delivering a keynote address at a UPenn conference, Angela Davis marched with hundreds of others to Occupy Philly. Angela Davis taught us that the marching which covers the most ground is that which involves both the feet and the mind but most importantly the heart.

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Eric Cantor's Speech On Income Inequality Canceled After University Opens It To The Public

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.21.2011

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has canceled a speech he planned to give at the University of Pennsylvania on income inequality, due to the fact that many people who currently earn unequal incomes decided to attend.

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Undocumented And Unapologetic

Undocumented and unapologetic | Tania Chairez | Posted 12.12.2011

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My name is Tania Chairez; I am undocumented, unafraid and unapologetic. I was born in northern Mexico, where poverty is the norm, education is scar...

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Penn Forgets To Tell Students That Their Prof Died

Under the Button | Posted 11.19.2011

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The school year got off to a rocky start for one class at the University of Pennsylvania. According to Under the Button, Professor Henry Teune's po...

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At Penn, Remembering Lost Alumni

thedp.com | Rachel Finkel, | Posted 11.09.2011

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On any given day, hundreds of Penn students may pass it by while giving little or no notice. But tucked away in front of Van Pelt Library it has sa...

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Tom Kovic, Victory Collegiate Consulting: 27 Million And Counting

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Lauren Drell | Posted 07.28.2011

Read More: Alvin Greene College Advice, Video, College Sports, Starting a Business, Ncaa, Victory Collegiate Consulting, College Coaches, College Process, Small Business Video, College Recruiting, Getting Into College, College Tips, College Athletics, University of Pennsylvania, Unique Business Ideas, Tom Kovic, 27 Million and Counting, Penn, Small Business News

Starting your own business is a noble -- not to mention exciting, rewarding and often crazy -- undertaking. The experience is an adventure, to say the...

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How Ivy League Schools Pay Off

Posted 09.24.2011

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According to salary data website PayScale, Princeton University graduates have the highest mid-career salaries (it's also the overall ...

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10 Colleges With The Fewest Cars On Campus

Posted 08.05.2011

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Do you go to Georgetown? Odds are, you probably are not driving a car to class, according to US News and World Report's list of colleges with the few...

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