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Penn partners with KIPP schools to expand college access

Penn is the tenth university to partner with the nationwide public charter school program, which encourages underprivileged youth to achieve their goals of attending college.
19 minutes ago

Local union protests city public education proposal

Many members of the Service Employees International Union view the School Reform Commission’s plan as privatization of the public school system in Philadelphia.
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Penn to provide tax offsets for employees in same-sex partnerships

The University announced in the May 22 edition of The Almanac that it will provide up to $125 a month or $1,500 per year to employees who pay taxes to the Internal Revenue Service for health benefits their partners receive.
7 minutes ago

Penn receives $2 million from National Science Foundation

The NSF-funded research includes a quantum chemistry project and a study of overheating mobile devices. 1 · 17 minutes ago

Geoffrey Canada encourages Penn graduates to 'join the losing team'

Addressing Penn’s graduating Class of 2012, founder of Harlem Children’s Zone Geoffrey Canada asked, “Do you care about those who won’t make it without real help?”
5 · 20 hours ago

Monks in real life

A group of 20 Penn students spent their spring semester “being surrounded by noise [while] trying to be silent.”
05/11/12 1:22am

Creating a new generation of the Unification Church

Founded in South Korea by Sun Myung Moon in 1954, the Unification Church spread to the United States in 1971.
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