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Occupy movement gains traction among college students
Whether through a broader, growing Occupy Colleges campaign or on their own, college students have increasingly been making their voices heard. They’ve held teach-ins, they’ve walked out of classes to stage protests and they’ve joined community members in solidarity. TOPICS: Occupy PhiladelphiaMAP: Occupy around the IviesCOLUMN: Occupying Occupy Wall StreetPenn endowment return similar to Ivy League peers
On the heels of Penn reporting an 18.6 percent endowment return for fiscal year 2011, which ended June 30, peer schools have announced similar numbers. Interactive: FY 2011 peer endowments
Gender balance could be broken with Brown president's resignation
Brown University President Ruth Simmons announced Sept. 15 that she will step down from her presidency at the close of the academic year. Her resignation may bring an end to the even male-to-female ratio of presidents in the Ivy League.Penn tops Ivy League in animal research violations
Penn is accused of a high number of repeat and severe violations of the Animal Welfare Act in a report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.Penn's endowment recovers from recession
After its investments fell 15.7 percent in Fiscal Year 2009, the University’s endowment has come back strong over the past two years.
Ivy Hoops Roundup: Feb. 22
Catch up on all the Ivy League men's basketball news you need to know with our weekly roundup.Ivy Hoops Roundup: Feb. 15
One would expect that the braggadocio with which the Ivy Hoops Roundup has chronicled the season so far would die hard this week. But where’s the fun in that?Internship fair targets sports fans
The Undergraduate Sports Business Club will look to hold a formal internship fair this Friday and will host the 6th annual Ivy Sports Symposium in the fall.
Penn Chess gets its ‘swag on’
Last weekend, the chess team traveled to Columbia and became Penn’s newest Ivy League titleholders, defeating Harvard, Yale and Cornell as ferociously as a bunch of linemen.
Bears nab big league upset
Around the Ivies this weekend, preseason favorite Harvard fell to Brown, 29-14, in the first-ever night game at Brown Stadium.Soisson | Penn-Princeton back in spotlight
In a deal between the Ivy League and Versus, at least three Ivy football games will be nationally televised this season — one of which is the 102nd all-time matchup with Princeton.Cornell's NCAA wins boost Ivies
While the Cornell community was celebrating the Big Red’s NCAA Tournament run earlier this month, folks at the Ivy League office in Princeton were doing the same.
Ivy Hoops Preview | Big Green struggle with life after Barnett
For a team that has finished in the lower half of the Ivy standings every year since 1999, improving on last year’s 7-7 record and 4th place finish (where they tied with Columbia) is a lot to ask, especially with a shake up at the top.Ball-Lin versus UConn
With senior Jeremy Lin’s record-tying performance, the Crimson ended up just six points short in a loss Sunday to No. 14 Connecticut, 79-73.Terps do MacMath, top Harvard
Instead of the No. 10 Crimson advancing to the round of eight it was unseeded Maryland which came out with the 2-0 victory in Boston Sunday.Firing of coach shocks Princeton players
Princeton head football coach Roger Hughes was “relieved of duties” Sunday after 10 seasons at the helm of the Tigers.
Cornell rolls over the Crimson Tide
Traveling to Tuscaloosa, Ala., Cornell pulled off a 71-67 upset of Alabama to start their 2009-10 season with a bang Saturday.