by Victor Gamez | February 22, 2010 11:47AM
Smoke, ladders and fire trucks were reported Monday morning at the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity house at 39th and Spruce streets. At about 11 a.m., the smoke appeared to have stopped.
by Samantha Sharf | February 19, 2010 11:04AM
A 41-year old male postgraduate student was assaulted at about 9 a.m. Friday. The University issued a UPennAlert in response to the "unprovoked attack"
by Samantha Sharf | November 25, 2009 2:14AM
I live with two roommates whom I chose, but we were randomly placed with a fourth — and she doesn't go to Penn.
by Samantha Sharf | June 18, 2009 1:00AM
This week, Computer World ranked Penn fourth in their national list of the 100 Best Places to Work in Information Technology. The University is also ranked first in the Mid-Atlantic region. "Our ranking is an indication of both the strong benefits that Penn provides to employees and of the vibrancy of the Penn IT community," ISC Vice President Robin Beck wrote in a statement, citing production of administrative and student products and services as one example.
by Samantha Sharf | June 11, 2009 1:56PM
Last Saturday, the Casino-Free Philadelphia Twitter feed read, “Today, we brought our communities to their casino. We beat the house. And we’ll be back.”
by Samantha Sharf | June 11, 2009 1:00AM
Last Saturday, the Casino-Free Philadelphia Twitter feed read, "Today, we brought our communities to their casino. We beat the house. And we'll be back." The tweet marked the end of an event called Beat the House, during which 100 trained anti-casino protesters sat inside and around Harrah's Chester Casino in Chester, Pa.
by Samantha Sharf | June 4, 2009 10:13PM
Katherine Nathanson, an assistant professor at Penn’s School of Medicine, describes testicular cancer as “an interesting cancer” because of its increasing incidence, its heritability and its overwhelming prevalence within a single age and race.
by Samantha Sharf | June 4, 2009 1:00AM
Katherine Nathanson, an assistant professor at Penn's School of Medicine, describes testicular cancer as "an interesting cancer" because of its increasing incidence, its heritability and its overwhelming prevalence within a single age and race. Although potential funders have questioned the rationale of studying a relatively rare disease that has a cure, Nathanson has stood by her research.
by Samantha Sharf | February 18, 2009 1:00AM
Maya Angelou, prominent author, poet and activist, said she doesn't "trust people who do not laugh." To Angelou's expressed satisfaction, Irvine Auditorium was filled with laughter last night when she delivered the Woman's Week keynote address to a sold-out crowd.
by Samantha Sharf | November 14, 2008 1:00AM
The name Harry Potter often sparks nostalgia among students. Many recall waiting by the mailboxes on their 11th birthday anxiously awaiting an acceptance to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but on Sunday the disappointed masses have an opportunity to live out their childhood fantasies.
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