2008 Woodie Awards
For future generations, toupees and brush-overs may become a thing of the past.
Dermatologists from Penn's School of Medicine announced last week that they were able to regenerate hair follicles in laboratory mice - leaving open the possibility that further research could one day remedy male-pattern baldness.
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Former Wharton professor emeritus Scott Ward was sentenced to 15 years in prison without parole and was also levied a $17,500 fine on May 11.
Held without bail since his Aug. 27 arrest, Ward pleaded guilty on Feb. 20 to producing child pornography for importation into the United States.
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Michael Nutter decisively won the Democratic Party's mayoral nomination on May 15, beating out four other candidates in a hotly contested four month-long election.
And because Philadelphia hasn't elected a Republican mayor in nearly 60 years, his win against Republican Al Taubenberger in November is seen by many as a foregone conclusion.
Moving on up to the East Side
Penn Health System plans on relocating some offices to Center City to free up hospital space
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In the race to expand eastward, Penn's Health System seems to be beating out the rest of the University.
The Health System recently signed a lease for 263,000 square feet in the Centre Square building, located in Center City at 1500 Market Street.
UPHS plans to move its ancillary services, like finance and communication operations, to the new location to free up more space in West Philadelphia for clinical services, said Susan Phillips, chief of staff for the Medical School dean's office.
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As the dust from last week's decisive mayoral primary settles, some are questioning the scruples surrounding the use of community service workers to man a pre-election event supporting second-place candidate Tom Knox.
Several Penn students among those completing court- or school-ordered community service hours at the time, said they were surprised when supervisors instructed them to set up food and amusements at a West Philadelphia park where Knox later gave a speech.
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They do it differently up on North Broad
Temple doesn't have a formal graduation speaker; Harvard gets Bill Gates for ceremony
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Turns out, you don't have to be a celebrity to give a university commencement address.
Penn generally brings in a famed speaker from the outside to send off its graduates: Bono, Kofi Annan, Jodie Foster, James Baker.
But Temple University in North Philadelphia doesn't have quite the same tradition and this year, seniors at Temple heard from Kathy Hirsh-Pasek.
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Draping red and blue banners soared alongside a larger-than-life toothbrush, congratulatory balloons and, of course, students' spirits at Penn's Commencement ceremonies - held on what University President Amy Gutmann repeatedly called "a perfect day."
The ceremonies, which mark the 251st in Penn's history, took place in Franklin Field on the morning of May 14.
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Obama appears at Electric Factory
The Democratic presidential hopeful made his first stop in Philadelphia this week at rally
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Singing "Happy Birthday" and demanding the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility were on the agenda for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama during his first campaign visit to Philadelphia on Tuesday.
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