11/12/10 5:35am
The Penn Monologues, started by a group of students who felt like The Vagina Monologues needed an update, was performed in a smaller, "more intimate" setting and incorporated the male voice.
09/30/10 3:49am
Last year the sorority’s national officials said it had to triple in size or vote to close. The sisters voted to close, but sisterhood remains.
07/29/10 2:39am
Women may be better educated and more desirable in the workplace, but those traits don't translate to success in the professional world.
04/19/10 4:34am
From different slang to drinking culture, College junior Lara Seligman found studying abroad at the University of Cambridge meant a new way of learning — where lectures are optional, but supervisions are tougher than the average Penn class.
09/21/09 4:10am
Former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain spoke to an audience at Wharton last Thursday about his $1.2-million office renovation.
09/15/09 9:55pm
The body found yesterday in a research building at Yale University is that of missing graduate student Annie Le, New Haven police confirmed.
09/09/09 9:21pm
This summer, more than $650,000 of the money Penn has received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or the economic stimulus plan, was put toward funding 30 summer research experiences for high school teachers, as well as high school and college students.
09/09/09 12:39am
This summer, University President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price announced Karen Glanz and Shelley Berger as the ninth and 10th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professors, respectively.
09/09/09 12:38am
In an effort to harmonize the final product, the Critical Writing Program fine-tuned its writing seminars over the summer.
09/08/09 9:20pm
On an average day at Penn, there's not much to see at David Rittenhouse Laboratories except linoleum halls and a giant periodic table. But on Monday the building doubled as a set for the untitled James L. Brooks movie starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson.
09/04/09 1:38am
For freshmen, the week of New Student Orientation is a blur of activities, new faces and navigating Locust Walk. But in between the fraternity parties and finding our way from the Quadrangle to Hayden Hall, Penn students do find time to study.
09/04/09 1:34am
Whether you come from four generations of Sigma Alpha Epsilon brothers or are exploring the Greek system for the very first time, you can be sure that this year's batch of hopeful pledges have plenty to look forward to.
09/04/09 1:29am
Penn has accumulated a number of traditions over its 268 years. Some are dignified, others are more whimsical, but you can hardly consider yourself a true Quaker until you've booed the Princeton Tigers on Franklin Field during a football game or eaten fried Oreos during Spring Fling.
06/11/09 5:31pm
The offices of the President and the Provost announced earlier this week that Karen Glanz has been appointed as the ninth Penn Integrates Knowledge professor, the first in the School of Nursing.
06/11/09 5:00am
The offices of the President and the Provost announced earlier this week that Karen Glanz has been appointed as the ninth Penn Integrates Knowledge professor, the first in the School of Nursing.
Her appointment will be shared between the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing, and she will lead a new center focused on research and training in health behaviors, according to a University press release.
05/29/09 8:12pm
In an event marked by pop culture references, laughs from the audience and heartfelt moments, Google CEO Eric Schmidt led the 2009 commencement ceremony with a speech geared toward guiding new graduates in the current economic environment.
05/28/09 5:00am
"When the name of your company becomes a verb, you know you've done something special," said Interim Provost Vincent Price during his introduction of the 2009 commencement speaker May 18 on Franklin Field. "That's market penetration."
In an event marked by pop culture references, laughs from the audience and heartfelt moments, Google CEO Eric Schmidt led the 2009 commencement ceremony with a speech geared toward guiding new graduates in the current economic environment.
05/26/09 8:22pm
Google CEO Eric Schmidt led the 2009 commencement ceremony with a speech geared toward guiding new graduates in the current economic environment.
05/15/09 5:00am
"When the name of your company becomes a verb, you know you've done something special," said Interim Provost Vincent Price during his introduction of the 2009 commencement speaker this morning on Franklin Field. "That's market penetration."
In an event marked by pop culture references, laughs from the audience and heartfelt moments, Google CEO Eric Schmidt led the 2009 commencement ceremony with a speech geared toward guiding new graduates in the current difficult economic times.
04/27/09 5:00am
The Social Planning and Events Committee elected its new executive board for 2009-2010 last night.
College junior Dasha Barannik will lead SPEC as the body's new president. College junior Preston Hershorn will serve as the vice president, Wharton sophomore Adam Thompson will take over as treasurer and College junior Eileen McKeown will be secretary.
