03/27/07 5:00am
Every Friday, as the rest of campus wraps up a week of classes, Muslims across Penn's campus head for the top floor of the ARCH building.
03/23/07 5:00am
This season, Eagles fans finally have cause for celebration.
Bald eagle fans, that is: After a 200 year hiatus, the bird has returned to Philadelphia.
Philadelphia bird watcher Debbie Beer discovered a bald eagle's nest early last month after following a tip from a local truck driver who was passing the site on his way home.
03/16/07 5:00am
For many of Penn's food carts, it's no trans fats, no problem.
In light of City Council's recent legislation banning trans fats citywide, restaurants have been scrambling to replace offending cooking oils and spreads before the bill goes into effect Sept.
03/14/07 5:00am
The prospect of green energy may just be dust in the wind.
Swarthmore College announced last month that it will purchase 35 percent of its energy from wind power, joining the ranks of Penn as one of the largest purchasers of wind energy in Pennsylvania.
Swarthmore's move also signifies a growing trend of universities looking to boost their wind energy programs in an attempt to cut emissions from fossil fuels.
03/01/07 5:00am
Don't put down that LSAT prep book just yet.
A study of over 200,000 graduate-school-bound students found that entrance exams like the MCAT and GRE are better predictors of future performance in graduate school than college transcripts.
The study was conducted by University of Minnesota psychology professor Nathan Kuncel and was published last week in Science.
03/01/07 5:00am
Rap artist Juelz Santana will likely be performing at Spectrum's spring concert.
02/26/07 5:00am
For Dennis Culhane, a student in India should be able to see every nook and cranny of Locust Walk, down to the very last uneven brick.
A professor in the Urban Studies Department, Culhane is in the midst of developing a three-dimensional computer model of campus that will show see every detail on and around Penn's campus - both present and future.
02/21/07 5:00am
Twenty years ago, The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program started with a simple premise - offer up-and-coming artists new canvas space, and they would transform the city's struggling neighborhoods.
Now, murals from South Philly to the Benjamin Franklin Bridge have been credited as a key part of the city's revival.
02/15/07 5:00am
Slick sidewalks, lots of slush and furious winds won't get in the way of Cupid's bow, at least as far as students are concerned.
02/14/07 5:00am
It was a University of Pennsylvania woman who made the first major stride for women presidents in academia, and now another Penn woman is making the next one.
Former Penn President Judith Rodin made history as the first female president of an Ivy League school, and, with the appointment of Drew Faust as Harvard's first female president last Sunday, professors, administrators and professionals are heralding her appointment as the next big step for women.
02/12/07 5:00am
Former Penn professor Drew Gilpin Faust was selected as Harvard University's next president yesterday, making her the first female president in the school's 371-year history.
Currently the dean of Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Faust was a History professor at Penn from 1975 to 2000, specializing in the Civil War.
02/08/07 5:00am
He calls it Campusdock, but potential users might begin to refer to it as "Greg's List."
Last month, Wharton junior Greg Morillo started Campusdock.com, a site that students can use to do everything from selling books and furniture to finding job and house listings.
02/06/07 5:00am
Before coming to Penn this semester, Nicolas Luna was worried about the "hard American life," as he calls it - working hard, studying hard, partying hard.
But Luna, an exchange student from Argentina, had one thing to ease his transition - a Penn student to show him the ropes of Philadelphia.
01/26/07 5:00am
A pair of Yale University activists is fighting for better financial aid - by telling students to apply to Princeton University.
Yale senior Phoebe Rounds and alumnus Peter Hasegawa recently called on high-school seniors at Phillips Exeter Academy and other top private schools to use aid offers from peer institutions - such as Princeton - to pressure Yale to up its aid.
01/24/07 5:00am
Pretty soon, the time you whittle away on computer games could help you whittle your way into a career.
University of Wisconsin professor David Shaffer is working on computer games that he says will teach players to succeed in today's job world by simulating real-life careers in urban development, political campaigning and journalism.
01/19/07 5:00am
Penn's rise to national prominence has been long and steady - but not always pretty.
As the University climbed toward the top of the U.S. News and World Report's rankings in the late 1990s, a recent string of faculty misconduct cases has thrust Penn into the national spotlight in a less desirable context, the latest being the arrest of Economics professor Rafael Robb last week in connection with the death of his wife.
01/17/07 5:00am
The avalanche of national media coverage surrounding the murder case of Economics professor Rafael Robb likely won't detract from Penn's admissions numbers - and, in fact, it could even help, one expert says.
01/12/07 5:00am
The Democrats' proposal to cut interest rates on federal need-based student loans will come to a vote next Wednesday in the House of Representatives.
01/08/07 5:00am
Despite calls for change, Penn isn't alone in its favor of early admissions.
Amid continued debate among colleges and universities over the program's merits, Yale University announced last week that it will not be ending its early-action program.
In an interview with Yale Alumni Magazine, President Richard Levin said the school will be keeping its early-action program because it believes that the best way to make schools more accessible is to improve financial-aid packages.
