02/13/13 11:38pm
The reality is that the division of power at the Vatican is at odds with the distribution of the 1.2 billion-strong Catholic population in the world: Europeans comprise only 25 percent of followers versus Latin America’s 42 percent, but more than half the cardinals who can vote are from Europe.
11/28/11 12:32am
Seeing Occupy’s value as powerful social mobilization is accepting the facts.
10/09/09 3:14am
Many Penn students will remember elementary school as an endless lists of rules, from wearing plaid uniforms at the right length to not fidgeting in class.
02/02/09 5:00am
If your boss invited you to help him paint his house on a Saturday afternoon, would you accept?
Studies show that more than 80 percent of Americans would decline, while only about 30 percent of Chinese citizens would say no.
This is one of the challenges that 1985 Wharton alumnus Simon MacKinnon, president of Corning, Inc.
11/21/08 5:00am
Tonight, Penn students will be strutting their stuff on campus, modeling the artistic creations of over 10 student designers.
Smaller than its spring edition, the annual Dzine2Show fall fashion show is a sample of the dedication and success of the University's premier fashion organization, which was founded in 2003.
11/13/08 5:00am
When it comes to getting a job in the current economy, many students around the country are giving up on themselves and their dreams too quickly. CBS president Nancy Tellem said students should think twice before selling themselves out to the highest bidder.
10/16/08 5:00am
With economic turmoil in the headlines, panelists at the Fiscal Wake-Up tour in Houston Hall on Tuesday told the tale of a potential greater crisis in the near future - one in which the entire American standard of living could be at stake.
Panelists included Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition; Stuart Butler, vice-president of domestic and economic policy studies at the Heritage Foundation; Alice Rivlin, director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution and David Walker, president and CEO of the Peter G.
09/22/08 5:00am
The College Houses and Academic Services system had a "sweet" 10th anniversary celebration this Friday on College Green. So sweet, in fact, that Penn President Amy Gutmann called the College House system the sugary frosting on top of Penn's cake.
Students of all schools and classes joined the 11 College Houses amid colorful balloons, food tents and informative exhibitions - including the Peers Helping Incoming New Students T-shirt tye-dye stand, the Penn Athletics giant football helmet and a life-sized representation of a Stouffer College House living room.
