Academics
There’s always something new going on at Penn’s four undergraduate schools and 12 graduate schools. Look here for information on upcoming academic initiatives, new classes and research conducted by professors and students.
Penn geologists receive grant for research in Puerto Rico
Researchers from the University have recently been awarded a $4.35-million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Critical Zone Observatory in Puerto Rico.
New course draws students from four schools to one classroom
In a new integrative and discussion-based course — CIS-125 Technology and Policy — undergraduate and graduate students grapple with the legal issues that relate to the advancement of technology.Law School reaches out to disadvantaged students
The Penn Law Outreach Program is designed to help talented undergraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds apply to and succeed in law school.Faculty show wide gender gap
Though more women are going to college than ever before — 71.5 percent of 2008 U.S. high-school graduates, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — this doesn’t mean more women are becoming professors.Nursing students get credit for H1N1 clinics
This winter, Penn Nursing students were enlisted to carry out the process of inoculation for the H1N1 virus. At the same time, these students earned credit for the clinical portion of their community health courses.InTouch glitch, tardy professors cause grade delays
Along with some professors being unable to finish grading in time, Penn Computing, experienced a glitch on the morning of the deadline for faculty to post grades. The error prevented both students and professors from logging in to the system.
Wharton opens new office for leadership programs
Demonstrating the Wharton School’s growing emphasis on leadership, yesterday marked the opening of the newly renovated Wharton Leadership Program and the Center for Leadership and Change Management.Chaim Potok donates manuscripts to Van Pelt
Rabbi Chaim Potok, the author of the best-selling novel The Chosen, bequeathed his personal papers to Penn upon his death in 2002.Connecting the blogosphere with prehistory
Penn Museum Digital Media Director Amy Ellsworth recently created an in-depth blog about her experiences in the Laotian city of Luang Prabang — an area whose prehistory has never been examined by modern archaeology.