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Monks in real life

A group of 20 Penn students spent their spring semester “being surrounded by noise [while] trying to be silent.”
05/11/12 1:22am

Creating a new generation of the Unification Church

Founded in South Korea by Sun Myung Moon in 1954, the Unification Church spread to the United States in 1971.
16 · 05/11/12 12:10am

College grads donate $25 million to open new cancer research center

Mindy and Jonathan Gray, both 1992 College graduates, have donated $25 million to create the Basser Research Center, a new cancer research center focused on researching BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.
1 · 05/11/12 1:22am

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Geoffrey Canada encourages Penn graduates to 'join the losing team'

Addressing Penn’s graduating Class of 2012, founder of Harlem Children’s Zone Geoffrey Canada asked, “Do you care about those who won’t make it without real help?” 2 · 05/15/12 1:24pm

Venture capitalists contribute to entrepreneurship at Penn

A handful of actively engaged venture capitalists have helped strengthen Penn’s connection to the world of startups and entrepreneurship on several levels of university life, from the Engineering School to Penn’s endowment.
05/10/12 9:46pm

Penn's overall yield remains constant for fifth consecutive year

The yield for both the regular and early decision admits was 63.3 percent this year, similar to the yield rate of 62.7 percent for the Class of 2015.
16 · 05/10/12 11:29pm

ServiceSpace founder Nipun Mehta will deliver baccalaureate address

Mehta was chosen in hopes that his experience will impart to students “different forms of spirituality, different expressions of the moral life,” Chaplain Chaz Howard said.
05/10/12 11:12pm