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Bike share programs take shape at Penn

PennCycles — a bike share initiative ­— is hoping to receive funding to launch its pilot in March.
09/12/11 1:05am

Skulls resumes fraternity life

On Monday, a three-month administrative warning barring Phi Kappa Sigma, or “Skulls,” brothers from fraternity activities was lifted.
03/30/11 12:00am

Skulls suspended after fatal fall

Phi Kappa Sigma’s charter has been suspended by its national headquarters, barring the fraternity from holding activities or recruiting new members this semester.
02/08/11 12:00am

Holy Fuck to headline Fall Fest

Canadian electronic band Holy Fuck will headline the Fall Fest concert on Sept. 24 on College Green. 09/14/11 11:47am

Investigation at Skulls continues

Skulls hopefuls may have to consider other options due to the fraternity’s exclusion from rush events, following the death of Matthew Crozier, who suffered fatal head injuries at the chapter house on New Year’s Eve.
01/13/10 12:00am

Skulls will not participate in rush

It is unclear whether the change is in response to the death of a 20-year-old who suffered fatal head injuries after a fall at the fraternity house on Dec. 31.
01/13/10 12:00am

Fall at Skulls under investigation

Penn is currently investigating the death of John Carroll University student Matthew Crozier, who suffered fatal head injuries after a fall at the Skulls fraternity house on New Year’s Eve.
01/11/10 12:00am

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Penn tops gay-friendly ranking

By Quan Nguyen 07/21/11 12:00am

Penn has once again topped Newsweek’s ranking of the best gay-friendly colleges in the United States.

Frosh to be offered co-ed rooms

By Courtney Reamer 06/23/11 12:00am

The Class of 2016 will be the first freshman class to have the option of gender-neutral housing. Penn has offered upperclassmen gender-neutral housing since 2004.

Latin and Ballroom Dance Team offers summer classes

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By Grace Ortelere 06/16/11 12:00am

Penn Latin and Ballroom Dance, the organization responsible for Dancing with the Professors in December, offered its first summer class open to the public last Sunday.

SPEC analyzes end-of-year survey results

By Courtney Reamer 06/16/11 12:00am

The survey, answered by 500 students, found that nearly three-fourths of the respondents attended the Spring Fling concert and that nearly 90 percent were in the Quadrangle for part of Spring Fling.

Library digitizes manuscripts

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By Pooja Ramesh 06/02/11 12:00am

The Rare Book and Manuscript Library received two grants, enabling the library to digitize over 1,800 manuscripts from the 11th to the 19th centuries.

Grad students design restaurant for ‘Nemo’

By Quan Nguyen 06/02/11 12:00am

Three PennDesign students are finalists Walt Disney Imagineering’s 20th ImagiNations design competition for their "Finding Nemo" theme restaurant.

Ranking lauds Penn for freedom of speech

By Grace Ortelere 06/02/11 12:00am

Penn was rated one of the seven best colleges nationwide for free speech by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

Denzel urges Class of 2011 to 'be open to life'

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By Grace Ortelere 05/16/11 12:00am

At Penn's 255th Commencement, actor Denzel Washington spoke of the risks he took in his life and the failures he experienced.

Pulitzer-winning alumna returns to campus

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By Bridget McGeehan 05/15/11 12:00am

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan and poet Sam Donsky read selections from their work Saturday.

First graduating class of Civic Scholars looks back on four years

By Elizabeth Horkley 05/13/11 12:00am

Four years after they were hand–selected from the admitted class of 2011, Penn’s pioneering class of Civic Scholars are preparing themselves for graduation.

New Multicultural Greek Council president shares vision

By Breanne Medford 05/13/11 12:00am

Recently, the Multicultural Greek Council announced newly elected members to its 2011-12 executive board. Jae Barchus, a College junior and member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. was elected president of the MGC.

PennDesign student’s short film wins 10k prize

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By Jessica Yu 05/13/11 12:00am

Second-year PennDesign student Michael Marfione’s thesis — an 11-minute remake of Fellini’s 8 1/2 harem scene — won this year’s $10,000 Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship prize, which is given to 10 students at 10 schools in the country.

Off-beat poet performs at the White House

By Rachel Finkel 05/13/11 12:00am

English lecturer Kenneth Goldsmith performed his poems with a unique twist at the White House on Wednesday as part of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Evening of Poetry.”