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Get Healthy Philly initiative tackles poverty, tobacco use and obesity

For the past two years, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, in collaboration with numerous members of the Penn community, has been working to revitalize the city of Philadelphia, one photograph at a time.
05/24/12 8:11pm

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.
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Penn research team raises cardiac arrest awareness

A Penn research team is urging Philadelphians to take notice of the locations of life-saving electronic devices.
05/24/12 8:08pm

Penn receives $2 million from National Science Foundation

The NSF-funded research includes a quantum chemistry project and a study of overheating mobile devices. 2 · 05/24/12 7:59pm

Major wireless carriers 'blacklist' stolen cell phones

With the increasing rate of cell phone robberies nationwide, wireless carriers such as AT&T and Verizon have begun to cooperate in an effort to thwart mobile device theft.
05/24/12 8:05pm

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.
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