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• The University of Pennsylvania has received a $50 million gift from the founder of the Nine West women's shoe company, Jerome Fisher

  - 2008-07-10

  The UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA has received a $50 MILLION gift from the founder of the Nine West women's shoe company, Jerome Fisher. The Penn alumnus and his wife, Anne, donated the funds to help build a biomedical research facility on the university's campus in West Philadelphia.

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• Womens Studies Program at Cal U Sponsors 'The Other Side of Beauty: Impact on a Womans Sense of Self,' March 27th

  - 2008-03-20

  To: EDUCATION EDITORS Contact: Angela Burrows of California University of Pennsylvania, +1-724-938-1540, burrows@cup.edu 3rd Annual Audrey-Beth Fitch Conference Addresses Womens Experiences in Science, Fashion, Dance, Sports; Race, Gender and Sexuality; and the Social Construction of Identity CALIFORNIA, Pa., March 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Womens Studies Program of California University...

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• Safe to Stop the Flow?: Differing Attitudes Found Between Women and Doctors Concerning Menstrual Suppression

  - 2007-10-03

  To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Marc Kaplan ofUniversity of Pennsylvania Health System, +1-215-662-2560, Marc.Kaplan@uphs.upenn.edu Two Thirds of Women Interested in Stopping their Periods, But Unsure About Medical ImplicationsPHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than two thirds of women in a national survey say that they are interested in suppressing their menstrual periods...

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• Master's degrees: 2005-2006

  - 2007-07-12

  MASTER'S DEGREES 2005-2006 All Disciplines Combined AFRICAN-AMERICAN MASTER'S-HBCUs vs. TWIs 2006 Rank Institution State ...

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• Doctorate degrees: 2006-2007

  - 2007-07-12

  DOCTORATE DEGREES 2006-2007 All Disciplines Combined AFRICAN-AMERICAN DOCTORATE--HBCUs vs. TWIs 2006 Rank Institution State ...

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• First professional degrees: 2005-2006

  - 2007-07-12

  FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEGREES 2005-2006 All Disciplines Combined AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRST PROFESSIONAL--HBCUs vs. TWIs 2006 Rank Institution State ...

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• Local News in Brief

  - 2007-06-17

  Friends install gazebo in slain woman's memoryA gazebo in memory of Ellen Robb of Upper Merion has been installed in a garden outside Roberts Elementary School in Wayne by Friends of Ellen, a group formed by Robb's friends.More than 20 friends, neighbors and school officials gathered to help set up...

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• Elizabeth H. Gisburne | Volunteer, 91

  - 2007-04-20

  Elizabeth Haig Gisburne, 91, of Worcester, a community volunteer, died March 21 at Mercy Suburban Hospital in Norristown of a heart attack. Mrs. Gisburne volunteered at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for 12 years and was active with the women's group at the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Field in...

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• Jill Porter | Hurt in Kabul, healed in Philly

  - 2006-11-24

  FAHEEMA AHMADI had given up any hope that she would walk again. Her legs were severely injured when American bombs fell on her home near Kabul during the invasion of Afghanistan five years ago. Her parents were killed. She was evacuated - but medically neglected. By the time the 32-year-old...

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• 2005 Ad

  - 2006-07-13

  DOCTORATE DEGREES 2005-2006 ALL DISCIPLINES COMBINED AFRICAN-AMERICAN DOCTORATE--TWIs vs. HBCUs 2005 Rank Institution State...

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