12/09/14 12:00am
There’s a standard saying about college — out of studying, socializing and sleeping, you choose two. In reality, our responsibilities are much more nuanced and we often neglect to completely fulfill certain aspects of our lives.
11/19/14 9:36pm
While none of us really need to learn how to build a fire or hut anymore, mirror neurons are still important in the modern world. As college students in an environment that will shape our lifelong opinions and beliefs, we should use these neurons to expand our knowledge of other people, times and places.
11/06/14 1:02pm
We have a responsibility to take control of our futures, and that means voting for what we believe in.
To vote, or not to vote, that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to vote with ignorance or not to vote at all.
This isn’t quite the dilemma that Hamlet had in mind, but as of this past Tuesday, it seems slightly more relevant.
10/23/14 2:42am
“What’s your name?” “Where are you from?” These two questions are nearly ubiquitous when we meet a new person.
10/07/14 10:46pm
This fuels a constant, underlying thread of competition in our interactions. If a peer says he has two midterms this week and got four hours of sleep last night, another will counter in a show of supposed empathy that she has two papers due tomorrow, pulled an all-nighter last night and is in the midst of Hell Week for an upcoming show.
09/25/14 1:20am
We have the rest of our lives to focus on our chosen field of work. Take advantage of Penn’s opportunities now.
09/10/14 11:23pm
I found myself relying on my friends majoring in international relations and political science — and various friends’ Facebook statuses — to learn about major world news. I was unaware of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 and the unfolding events of the Israel-Palestine conflict for hours or sometimes days after the fact.
08/27/14 6:01pm
Internet trends pop up all the time. There is an important line to draw between those that stop short of catalyzing a larger, more impactful movement — like changing one’s profile picture — and those that do.
05/21/14 8:17am
The Daily Pennsylvanian talked to the founders of Osmosis and ProfessorWord, two Philadelphia-based winners of a recent GSE competition, about their companies’ origins and future goals.
05/16/14 7:26pm
Philadelphia-based education innovations Osmosis and ProfessorWord both won awards at the 2014 Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition on May 14.
04/29/14 8:06pm
Penn Vet’s Working Dog Center
announced a new partnership with the Department of Homeland Security on Monday. The
center will continue the Transportation and Security Administration’s explosive
detection canine breeding program, which was shut down between the end of 2012
and the beginning of 2013 due to budget concerns.
04/28/14 7:50pm
The websites for the Penn Law School and FactCheck.org, an Annenberg Public Policy Center project, won Webby Awards on Monday.
04/24/14 9:31pm
On May 13 and 14, four Philadelphia-based education projects will compete with eight others in the 2014 Education Business Plan Competition, sponsored in part by the Graduate School of Education.
04/20/14 7:21pm
Justine Sefcik, a fourth-year doctoral student in the School of Nursing, was elected chair of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly on Wednesday.Sefcik will serve alongside 11 other officers on the executive board of GAPSA, the official student government body for Penn's 12 graduate schools.
04/16/14 6:10pm
The Penn Law School Website and FactCheck.org, an Annenberg Public Policy Center project,
were nominated for Webby Awards last Wednesday.
04/13/14 9:00pm
Students, alumni and friends of 2012 Engineering graduate Justin Broglie, who died on April 7, remembered him at an event on Sunday afternoon on College Green.
04/06/14 9:53pm
The Science Policy Group, an organization of Penn graduate students from a variety of fields, organized a trip to Capitol Hill on March 26 to lobby for the passage of a bill that would increase NIH funds from $30 billion to $32 billion for fiscal year 2015.
02/12/14 9:06pm
Last night, a journalist and Penn professor shared their perspectives on humor to a group gathered in Huntsman Hall.
01/26/14 6:17pm
Penn Abroad and Penn Summer Abroad collaborate to share students’ travel experiences
11/20/13 6:50pm
The PPA coffeehouse is one of many efforts among Penn students to raise money for those affected by the typhoon.
