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News Brief: Gutmann second in pay in Ivies for '05-'06
by ED MILLER | November 13, 2007 1:00AM
Penn President Amy Gutmann raked in $777,692 in total compensation in 2005-06, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education's annual survey released yesterday. The total placed Gutmann second among Ivy League leaders, only trailing Yale University's Richard Levin, who earned $869,026.
News Brief | Alleged cop killer caught in Miami
by ED MILLER | November 7, 2007 1:00AM
The accused murderer of Philadelphia Police Officer Chuck Cassidy was tracked down and arrested in Miami yesterday, ending a weeklong manhunt that involved hundreds of local and federal law enforcement officials. John Lewis, a 21-year-old with a record of drug offenses, was caught after a staff member at a Miami homeless shelter recognized him from his wanted picture.
News Brief: Penn team finalists in nat'l car contest
by ED MILLER | November 2, 2007 1:00AM
A team of students and faculty from Penn and Lehigh University will compete in California this weekend for the title of a national engineering vehicle contest as one of 11 finalists. "Little Ben," an autonomous vehicle created by the team, will have to drive safely through a 60-mile course in less than six hours and negotiate traffic without human aid to win the 2007 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Union Challenge.
News Brief: Police officer dies, shooter still at-large
by ED MILLER | November 2, 2007 1:00AM
The Philadelphia Police officer who was shot during a North Philadelphia robbery died early yesterday morning, and police have increased efforts to hunt down the killer. Chuck Cassidy, who was shot at point-blank range once in the head after walking into a robbery in progress at a Dunkin' Donuts at 6620 N.
Rae: A royal meal in a U. City castle
by ED MILLER | October 31, 2007 1:00AM
Since its construction, the Cira Centre has served as the shiniest welcome sign to University City Penn has ever seen. It has simultaneously served as a building that has confounded students with an array of questions: What exactly goes on there? Is it an office building? A conference center? And how exactly do people walk inside when it's shaped so weirdly? One question (is the food there good?) was answered at Rae, the building's first floor occupant, with a resounding yes.
News Brief: Prof wins NIH New Innovators' Award
by ED MILLER | October 9, 2007 1:00AM
James Shorter, a professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the School of Medicine, has been selected as one of the 29 scholars to receive the National Institutes of Health's New Innovator Award. The award - for which more than 2,100 people applied - totals $1.
Penn student a victim of local taxi robberies
by ED MILLER | October 8, 2007 1:00AM
Division of Public Safety officials have now confirmed that one Penn student was a victim in the recent string of taxi cab robberies, and police officials continue to search for two men alleged to have robbed four individuals at gunpoint since Sept. 2.
News Brief: CCP receives $10M donation, new name
by ED MILLER | October 3, 2007 1:00AM
The Center for Community Partnerships received a $10 million gift from alumnus Edward Netter, boosting to one of Penn's most acclaimed programs. The CCP has also been renamed the center the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships after Edward, a 1953 College graduate, and his wife.
News Brief: Pope may pay Philly a visit next spring
by ED MILLER | September 17, 2007 1:00AM
Pope Benedict XVI may come to Philadelphia next April, according to a report from the Catholic News Service. A Vatican spokesman had said earlier this year that the pope was planning a trip to the United Nations and New York City in 2008, likely in April.
Malinovskaya back in court for third murder trial
by ED MILLER | September 14, 2007 1:00AM
WILMINGTON, Del. - It was deja vu all over again as the third murder trial for Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya began yesterday at the New Castle Co. courthouse.
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