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Articles by Christina Mancheno
'People in the know' to offer College-specific admit info sessions
A creation of the Dean’s Advisory Board, Cognoscenti will provide prospective students with specific information about academic life in the College.
Admins not worried over lower nursing exam scores
Drexel University nursing students, among others, outscored Penn School of Nursing students on the National Council Licensure Examination, or NCLEX exams, for 2009.
Nursing School reaches out to Phila. shelters
Verizon recently awarded the Nursing School a grant, which it plans to use to shift the focus of the women’s shelter program to domestic violence, according to Pamela Mack-Brooks, nursing manager of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Newly invented circuit uses sunlight to self-charge
The circuit could be used in energy-saving devices and future technologies, potentially to power batteries in cell phones with energy from the sun and improve the efficiency of solar panels.
Nursing outlines five-year strategic plan
Penn Nursing Dean Afaf Meleis and the entire nursing faculty is working on its strategic plan — a set of goals that it hopes to address over the next five years.
Writers House becomes new home of 'Jacket'
Not only will Penn’s computer servers keep digital archives of the thousands of web pages that comprised the first forty issues of Jacket, but the Kelly Writers House will continue the magazine’s legacy with Jacket2, which will be released in 2011.
Expert offers job advice to computer science majors
Gayle Laakmann, current Wharton MBA student and former Google, Microsoft and Apple employee, gave a lecture Thursday to a crowd of Computer Science and Engineering students about how to successfully interview with software companies.
Off the Beat and Penn Masala hit high note
Off the Beat and Penn Masala, two a cappella groups on Penn's campus, were featured in the “Best of College A Cappella” CD for 2010.
New course draws students from four schools to one classroom
In a new integrative and discussion-based course — CIS-125 Technology and Policy — undergraduate and graduate students grapple with the legal issues that relate to the advancement of technology.
Nursing students get credit for H1N1 clinics
This winter, Penn Nursing students were enlisted to carry out the process of inoculation for the H1N1 virus. At the same time, these students earned credit for the clinical portion of their community health courses.