12/14/09 1:14am
In order to implement the upgrades, the PennCard center has chosen early January to make the changes, putting transactions that require a PennCard swipe on hold from Jan. 5 to 7.
12/04/09 5:13am
On Tuesday evening, Penn Haven — an on-campus student activist group dedicated solidarity with low-income individuals — led a panel discussion with the Kensington Welfare Rights Union.
11/24/09 4:36am
The University of Pennsylvania was among seven healthcare systems sued yesterday on allegations that the hospital did not properly compensate nurses and other employees who worked during meal breaks.
11/17/09 3:34am
Even as a seasoned veteran in the Medical Intensive Care unit at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Professor of pulmonary and critical care Horace DeLisser still “struggles with the death of patients.”
11/09/09 5:17am
Schottenstein withdrew from the school alleging she was not given disability accommodations
10/15/09 12:21am
As H1N1 runs its course and becomes increasingly widespread, colleges campuses across the country are moving toward a standard method for tracking possible cases — namely, having students call health services or or visit in person.
10/07/09 2:13am
The start of the medical malpractice trial concerning Anne Ryan, a College sophomore who died of bacterial meningitis on Sept. 9, 2007, has been postponed again.
09/30/09 3:55am
Former Marketing professor Scott Ward was sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday for four counts of child pornography and one count of lying to the U.S. State Department.
09/29/09 10:44pm
Former Marketing professor Scott Ward will be sentenced today after having pleaded guilty to child-pornography charges last November.
09/22/09 1:54am
At most European universities, students receive their undergraduate degrees in three years — and Graduate School of Education professor Robert Zemsky thinks American should do the same.
09/21/09 1:08am
As the H1N1 influenza sweeps through college campuses across the country, schools are implementing plans to deal with the day-to-day realities of coping with a contagious illness. On the front lines of those affected will be professors, who may see large numbers of empty seats in their classrooms.
09/18/09 6:27pm
As the H1N1 influenza sweeps through college campuses across the country, schools are implementing plans to deal with the day-to-day realities of coping with a contagious illness. On the front lines of those affected will be professors, who may see large numbers of empty seats in their classrooms.
09/09/09 1:20am
Amid the sea of freshmen and returning students, transfer students find it especially difficult to secure on-campus housing.
06/05/09 2:11am
Ward pled guilty to five child pornography related charges last November. He could receive a sentence up to life in prison.
06/04/09 5:00am
The sentencing of former Wharton Marketing professor Scott Ward, which was scheduled for today, has been postponed.
Ward pled guilty to five child pornography related charges last November. He could receive a sentence up to life in prison.
He is currently serving a 15-year sentence at a low-security Western Pennsylvania correctional facility for other child pornography related convictions, to which he was sentenced in May 2007.
05/30/09 2:56am
Penn alumnus and governor of Utah Jon Huntsman Jr., was nominated by Obama as the United States ambassador to China, and Penn Law professor William Burke-White has been appointed to a policy position in the U.S. Department of State.
05/28/09 5:00am
Two more members of the Penn community received political appointments from President Barack Obama and will try to make their mark in international affairs.
Penn alumnus and governor of Utah Jon Huntsman Jr., was nominated by Obama as the United States ambassador to China, and Penn Law professor William Burke-White has been appointed to a policy position in the U.
04/23/09 5:00am
According to convicted felon Robert Hillary King, slavery still exists in America - and it calls itself prison.
A crowd of nearly 100 gathered last night to see the 66-year-old King, who was formerly imprisoned in Angola State Penitentiary, speak in Claudia Cohen Hall on the injustices of the American judicial system.
04/17/09 5:00am
Next Year, the Undergraduate Assembly and the Civic House Associates Coalition are making New Student Orientation more civic-minded.
The UA's Civic and Community Engagement committee is introducing five new proseminars - courses taken by incoming freshmen during NSO for no credit - that will focus on community service and civic involvement.
03/26/09 5:00am
In an increasingly competitive job market, young professionals are turning to the resources of networking, and Career Services is showing them how to do it.
Yesterday afternoon, a small crowd gathered in the living room of Civic House in order to discuss the art of networking, in an event sponsored by Career Services entitled "Networking - Launching a Career in the Public Interest Sector.
