03/30/10 4:05am
Tactics like the on-the-spot interview or an unexpected brain teaser not only provide the employer with a sample of how a candidate performs under stress, but they also allow the candidate to present himself in an atmosphere more conducive to creativity.
03/02/10 5:41am
Having the option of submitting a one-minute YouTube video that “says something about you” could exacerbate the pressure of the college-applications process.
02/16/10 4:38am
Social-networking services need to be more vigilant about who can view their users’ personal information.
02/02/10 5:37am
This past Wednesday, Apple sent shockwaves throughout the education world after unveiling the highly anticipated iPad. In doing so, Steve Jobs sent a message to publishers and universities: media and technology may soon entirely shape our educational experience.
01/19/10 4:45am
We need some sort of notification system — via e-mail or text-message — that alerts students when a final grade has been posted on Penn InTouch.
12/14/09 1:26am
In partnership with the Undergraduate Assembly, the Van Pelt Library and Bon Appetit at Penn Dining have extended the business hours of Mark’s Cafe in Van Pelt.
12/09/09 1:19am
Famed celebrity chef Bobby Flay has sparked excitement on campus after hinting that Bobby’s Burger Palace will soon be serving patties and fries in University City.
12/07/09 12:59am
College sophomore Doug Miller was chosen to discuss his proposal for The Economist’s global contest at its Carbon Economy Summit.
12/02/09 1:02am
In June 2007, College sophomore Turja Chakrabarti, a Kolkata, India native, helped found Pratit, an international non-profit that works to create solutions to poverty in the slums of Kolkata and villages in West Bengal.
11/25/09 6:06am
Ross Silver, a 1984 College and Wharton alumnus and partner in the legal firm Fried Frank’s New York office, offered some words of wisdom for students looking at off-campus properties.
11/20/09 4:59am
When Wharton and College junior Rohan Grover begins his one-year term as the new chairman of the Asian Pacific Student Coalition on Dec. 18, he hopes to increase communication between APSC, other minority groups and the student body as a whole.
11/20/09 12:57am
The School of Social Policy and Practice’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy is helping philanthropists get the biggest bang for their buck.
11/13/09 8:03pm
If your application for The Real World was rejected, you may still have a shot at fame.
11/12/09 2:27am
The Undergraduate Assembly Student Life Committee’s Quakerpedia will serve as a one-stop resource guide to all facets of Penn.
11/11/09 12:45am
Through Rake-a-thon, the group’s annual fundraiser, Habitat members traveled to Philadelphia suburb Chestnut Hill to rake yards for donations.
11/06/09 3:32am
On a regular basis, over 300 students receive e-mails from a cohort of self-described atheists, agnostics, free-thinkers and skeptics.
11/05/09 1:40am
Members of Penn’s Bengali Students Association are working to break the language barrier for some West Philadelphia high school students.
11/01/09 10:29pm
Fox invited the Glee Club and Quaker Notes to sing outside Citizens Bank Ballpark before game three of the World Series Saturday night.
10/29/09 11:12pm
Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity brothers Reed Lerner, a Wharton and Engineering senior, and Ben Zachs, a College senior, have brought the moustache craze to Penn.
10/27/09 2:57am
Leaders at nonprofit organizations across the country are trying to replicate Teach For America’s successful recruitment efforts.
