Quakers are ‘fighting,’ but not for admission
Almost 270 years after Penn’s founding, it remains difficult to estimate the percentage of students and faculty on campus who are Quaker.
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Almost 270 years after Penn’s founding, it remains difficult to estimate the percentage of students and faculty on campus who are Quaker.
Ask a Penn student about the connection between the Quakers and the University, and the reply will likely allude to the contradiction inherent in the “Fighting Quakers.” Many students — and even faculty members — go through years at Penn without realizing that the University is, in fact, not a Quaker institution, nor did it ever have any religious ties to Quakerism.
We all have our to-do lists, and incoming Provost Vincent Price is no different.
We all have our to-do lists, and incoming Provost Vincent Price is no different.
The search for Penn's next provost is over: Vincent Price will take the reins as the University's 29th provost beginning July 1, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced this afternoon.
The search for Penn's next provost is over: Vincent Price will take the reins as the University's 29th provost, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced this afternoon.
Though this year's crop of graduating seniors will never have the chance to experience the fruits of the Online Syllabi Initiative, students remaining at Penn now have more information at their fingertips to help them select classes.
College senior Hannah Marcus knew she had something when she stumbled across 2,200 pages of a medieval manuscript in Bologna, Italy, that nobody had ever really written about or even read. So she decided to.
As the fiscal year wraps up and next year's budget guidelines are finalized, Penn salaries will take a hit from the economy, though not one as severe as the blow some peer schools face.
Of the 32 U.S. universities in the middle of capital campaigns of at least $1 billion, Penn gained the most in February with $26.1 million in new gifts and pledges.
A recent proposal is weighing the value of pot in more than just grams.
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As the economy worsens, many schools committed to disregarding candidates' financial conditions when considering their applications are using creative methods to admit more students who can afford tuition while still adhering to their need-blind policies.
*This article appeared in the 2009 joke issue.
Students can take a little longer to clean out their rooms after finals next month.
While other groups on campus have seen recent pullbacks in spending and drops in funding, Penn's Big Brothers Big Sisters program is growing more robustly than ever.
Though work-study jobs at Penn are facing a potential budget decrease next year, funds from President Obama's stimulus package are expected to help keep the number of available jobs steady.
Alternative rock band Guster will open for Akon at this year's Spring Fling concert on April 17 in Franklin Field, the Social Planning and Events Committee announced today.
The families of Penn students seem to be financially stable relative to this year's unpredictable economy.
Despite shifts in the economy, Penn continues to push ahead with its capital campaign, to date raising $2.3 billion - or 66 percent - of its $3.5 billion, seven-year Making History campaign goal.