On interfaith trip, students unite to volunteer
Muslim and Jewish students worked on community service projects in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward over spring break.
IFC approves new fraternity
The Interfraternity Council voted March 3 to allow a new fraternity chapter on campus and to change its expansion policy, according to IFC President and Wharton junior Christian Lunoe.
Penn plans diversity weekend
The University will invite Asian, black, Latino, American Indian and LGBT alumni and current students to the first-ever “Spectrum Weekend.”
SEPTA proposes new fare hikes
On Friday, SEPTA announced plans to raise fares by approximately six percent in its budget proposal for the next fiscal year, among other changes.
Wharton falls in rankings
The school fell to fourth place this year in BusinessWeek's 2010 Undergraduate Business School Rankings. It was ranked third last year after being in first for several years.
Former Penn admin named Drexel president
Penn’s former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Fry was named president of Drexel University on Wednesday, March 10.
Feb. crime rates up from last year
Overall crime in February rose by 17.4 percent as compared to last February, according to Division of Public Safety crime statistics.
'Strong rebound' for endowment
Endowment investments have returned 13.7 percent as of the close of the second quarter of FY2010 and are "ahead of the benchmark” according to Executive VP Craig Carnaroli.
University to host major Asian American conference
Approximately 1,400 students from all over the East Coast and as far as Nevada and California will travel to Penn for the 2010 East Coast Asian American Student Union conference.
Fresh Grocer closed preemptively
Documents in Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas confirm that Fresh Grocer negotiated the terms of the 40th Street store’s closure prior to its temporary shutdown on Feb. 17.
HUP reports possible error
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania may have committed an error in the treatment of a prostate cancer patient, according to a report the hospital filed on Feb. 25.