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EXPERIENCE THE IMPACT
ROUDLY PENN
2014–2015
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EXPERIENCE THE IMPACT ROUDLY PENN 2014–2015
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ABOUT THIS BOOK HOLD THE PHONE THIS YEAR’
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Experience the Impact
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FROM THE PRESIDENT Why We’re Here
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FROM JULIE BEREN PLATT Penn-ed Pals
10 Campus and Beyond If you’re looking for ev
EXPERIENCE THE IMPACT BRING PENN2LIFE To learn
A Toast to Penn Traditions RAISE A
PENN ATTITUDES The James Brister Society Tur
Home Away from Home SOMETHING GREAT IS HAPPENING
LIVE AND LEARN Da
INNOVATION TRANSFORMATION PENN’S NEWEST TRANSFORM
PENN LANDSCAPES Campus Canopy WHILE “MIGHTY
What’s Old Is New Again 18 JUST SOUT
PENN LANDSCAPES
20 Small Is Big THE KRISHNA P. SINGH CENTER FOR
GROWING BEYOND THE POWER OF PROXIMITY A NEW HO
22 Philadelphia and Our Community Penn’s main
EXPERIENCE THE IMPACT BRING PENN2LIFE To learn
New Life for Old Schools PHILADELPHI
PHYSICAL CHANGES Fairmount Park Revisited FOR
Letting Art Save Lives MORE THAN 350
CARING FOR OUR OWN A Reason to Smile PENN DEN
The Real Deal PENN NURSING’S new curriculum—and t
PROTECTING OUR OWN BRING PENN2LIFE Want an i
TURNING THE PAGE WHEN ANCIL GEORGE,
SHARING OUR RESOURCES
STEMming the Tide WE’VE ALL HEARD the dire predic
PAST TO FUTURE ANCIENT ADVENTURES A CUSTOM-WRAPP
34 Our Nation and Our World Penn’s impact isn
EXPERIENCE THE IMPACT BRING PENN2LIFE To learn
Knowledge Unbound AS IT EDUCATES the
EMPOWERING PEOPLE Being in Beijing STEP OFF t
FOAL CAM WHEN ONE OF New Bolton Center’s mares, M
FUTURE GENERATIONS BRING PENN2LIFE You weren
Bridging Gaps in Care
H E A LT H & W E L L N E S S
QUAKERS DO GOOD IF YOU STEPPED into Houston Hall
THE COMPETITIVE EDGE
GOING GLOBAL RIGHT ON CAMPUS PENN W
BEING IN THE WORLD Around the World with Penn
46 The Future “Are we there yet?” At Penn, th
EXPERIENCE THE IMPACT BRING PENN2LIFE To learn
48 GREEN VACCINES LETTUCE PLANTS may, in fact, h
T H E F U T U R E O F H E A LT H Modern Medic
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CLEAR SAILing MASAO SAKO, PhD, Associate Professo
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A BRAVE NEW WORLD Class Act FOR THE VERY ESS
Art/The Finer Things Altering Perce
THE FUTURE OF ART
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HOMECOMING Quakers Come Home! IT HAPPENS ever
Stay Engaged PENN ALUMNI OFFICE www.alumni.upenn
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