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1. Advocating equal rights for all

Tobias Wolff is a leading legal advocate for equal justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, serving as legal advisor and LGBT policy chair during Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

2. Preserving the urban canopy

A team based out of the Morris Arboretum is helping to protect and enhance the Parkway's overhead greenery as street-level renovations move forward.

3. Penn announces Climate Action Plan

Penn President Amy Gutmann unveiled the University's groundbreaking Climate Action Plan before an enthusiastic gathering of faculty, students, staff and community partners on Wednesday, Sept. 16, urging them to embrace Penn's pledge to put the University at the vanguard of environmental sustainability.

4. Battling painful side effects from breast cancer treatment

A team of Penn researchers has found a way to identify breast cancer survivors who are most at risk for painful side effects from a cancer treatment drug.

5. E-books and the academy

E-books have yet to appear on Penn syllabi consistently, but that doesn't mean the changing nature of what a book actually is isn't already affecting scholarship, learning and the relationship with the written word.

6. Creating a new culinary footprint

New at Penn this semester is the Bon Appetit Management Company, which offers made-to-order fresh foods with an eye to sustainability.

7. Art Sanctuary founder Lorene Cary discusses her love of writing

This author, lecturer in Penn's creative writing program and founder of the Art Sanctuary says she's long been fascinated with the "timelessness" of writing.

8. Penn named one of the 'Best Neighbors' in the U.S.

Penn has been placed at the top of a new "Saviors of Our Cities" list, rating higher education institutions on their community engagement and good-neighbor policies.

9. Penn Law students participate in Supreme Court case

Eight Penn Law students and their professor were at the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 13, watching their work in action as the case Padilla v. Kentucky went before America's highest court.

10. An interview with Penn President Amy Gutmann

Five years into her tenure, Amy Gutmann says she continues to be inspired and challenged by her work leading the University.