Science and Technology
U. to upgrade to new Blackboard version
The Penn Library System, which administers Penn’s Blackboard system, plans to unveil Blackboard Learn 9.0 to students and faculty after the spring semester, according to Penn Libraries Director of Public Services Marjorie Hassen.
Weighing the pros and cons of Facebook ads
With the ability to target audiences and track viewing results, Facebook has become an increasingly lucrative option for many advertisers — including courses at Penn.
Design student wins $10,000 for 'Urban Umbrellas'
Winner of the urbanSHED Competition, first-year Design student Young-Hwan Choi’s project, “Urban Umbrella,” presents a sleek, environmentally friendly alternative to urban sheds, structures that are legally mandated in New York City to keep pedestrians safe from falling debris in construction sites.
Penn e-mail account malfunction causes students to miss messages
A recent e-mail account mix-up for students enrolled in courses at multiple Penn schools has left some undergraduates without important messages appearing in their inboxes.
Penn study discovers increasing autism locally and nationally
In an ongoing study spearheaded by Penn Nursing in 2002 and run under the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities and the Pennsylvanian Autism and Developmental Surveillance Program, Penn researchers have discovered that Autism Spectrum Disorder has, in fact, increased from 2002 to 2006.
A third of Penn's campus is now vaccinated against H1N1
After seven H1N1 vaccine clinics across the university, the Student Health Service has immunized 8,313 students, according to SHS Public Health Nurse Sharon McMullen.
Jumping China's wall
Creative solutions to get content despite the “Great Firewall of China” are merely a fact of life for students who live or study abroad in the country, where many web sites that they have come to rely on in the United States are largely unavailable.
Apple keeps mum on Phila. store location
To the delight of Apple devotees, speculation over the opening of an Apple retail store in Philadelphia has been circulating through media outlets for months.
Penn professor's studies on antidepressants cause controversy
Two recent studies examining the effects of antidepressants have put Penn at the forefront of controversy over antidepressant efficacy and outcomes.
'Nook' ebook sells out at Penn bookstore
Barnes and Noble’s Nook eBook Reader made its public debut Oct. 20 last year, but it is sold out until February nationwide. The Nook is one of several available e-readers, including Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s Reader, that have gained recent popularity.