Becki Steinberg
Recent articles
Beating the Adderall curve
While some receive prescriptions to take Adderall, they are among the Penn students with more legitimate means of acquiring the drug.
For some, graduation is not goodbye
In the past three years, about 18 percent of Penn's new hires were alumni, with about five percent earning degrees while employed by the University.
Obama taps former Penn President Rodin for advisory board
Judith Rodin, who served as Penn's president from 1994 to 2004, was appointed to the White House Council for Community Solutions on Monday.
Penn students, doctors support local health center
While some Penn students help Sayre High School students improve SAT scores and GPAs, others engage in health-based community service through the Bernett L. Johnson Sayre Health Center, a full-service primary care facility located on site.
Grassroots AIDS activism at Penn
Though World AIDS Day this year did not feature any major Penn events, a handful of individuals continue to actively address the disease.
Student mentors offer hope to West Philadelphia high school students
Mentorship programs, which connect Penn to Sayre High School, prepare West Phila. high school students for college and beyond.
A lease is the key to good landlord-tenant relations
When students decide to move off campus, negotiating a lease may seem daunting. But this legal agreement is crucial to residents' quality of life.
Over 10,000 hold Penn credit cards
Over 10,000 people hold Penn affinity cards — more than any other Ivy League School. These credit cards display the University's logo to express affiliation with the University.
With loss of faculty, French Studies 'short staffed'
French Studies, a subsection of Penn's Department of Romance Languages, will have fewer course offerings and faculty members next year.
Trustees discuss Penn's budget and student life
In one of three annual conferences, the University’s Board of Trustees met last week at the Inn at Penn to address the budget, current construction projects, academic initiatives and student life.
Graphic: Homecoming by the numbers
Homecoming weekend has expanded beyond just the football game, now featuring academic, performing arts, and cultural opportunities for past and present Quakers
Amy Gutmann, Kathleen Hall Jamieson receive award from governor
Penn President Amy Gutmann and Communications professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson have been honored as Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania.
Law dean's term extended to 2015
Dean of the Law School Michael Fitts will continue in his position until June 30, 2015, Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vince Price announced in an e-mail Monday.
SAS Dean Rebecca Bushnell to extend tenure
School of Arts and Sciences Dean Rebecca Bushnell’s decision to extend her tenure until June 2013 will allow her to finish leading Penn’s Making History Campaign for the School of Arts and Sciences. The goal is to raise $500 million by June 2012.
E-mail on the University’s Missing Student Procedures legally mandatory
All members of the Penn community received an e-mail on the University’s Missing Student Procedures from the Office of the Provost, the Division of Human Resources and the Office of University Communications last Friday.
South Asian Studies transitions from period of 'crisis'
The South Asia Studies department has shrunk to about one third of its former size due to the combination of the struggling economy and a period of departmental transition.
Faculty Senate bridges gap between faculty and administration
Composed of 58 faculty members across the 12 schools of the University, the Faculty Senate has long been serving as “the voice of the faculty,” according to Vice Provost for Faculty Lynn Hollen Lees. The body deals with tenure and diversity issues, among other topics.
Penn to purchase 23.1 acres across the Schuylkill
The University plans to purchase the DuPont Marshall Research Lab — a 23.1-acre property on Grays Ferry Avenue — for $13 million. This is the first instance in which Penn has bought land across the river for everyday purposes.
Penn avoids borrowing money
A slew of the nation’s wealthiest colleges like Harvard and Yale have recently borrowed large sums of money, but Amy Gutmann said Penn has not needed to engage in this strategy.
Penn Vet resilient despite losses
Despite severe financial losses, the School of Veterinary Medicine is working to achieve a “new normal,” according to Dean Joan Hendricks. Its budget was cut by $13 million in 2009.
