Articles by Amy Berger

03/22/11 12:06am

Hoax email sent to Engineering School

A fake email sent to the Engineering community by a faculty member Monday morning announced that classes before noon in the Moore Building were canceled due to an electrical failure.
03/21/11 12:02am

Nurses raise funds for Haitian clinics

The School of Nursing sponsored a 5K walk Sunday to raise funds for filtration systems and clean water access to a national nursing school and affiliated clinics in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
02/18/11 5:38am
The $80 million center — located at 32nd and Walnut streets — will be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and provide students with a base for nanotechnology research.
02/16/11 4:42am

Nursing prof. alters post-rape exam

Nursing professor Marilyn Sommers is hoping to change the number of underreported sexual assaults by developing a more effective post-rape exam.
02/03/11 3:16am

Profs, students discuss grade inflation

Documents leaked from Columbia listed 482 students in Columbia College and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science who earned perfect grade point averages, raising the question of grade inflation.
01/27/11 4:30am
The wider variety of international programs give nursing students the opportunity to engage in a hands-on approach to health care while experiencing a new culture.
01/25/11 3:19am

SEAS adds new 'principal lecturer' position

The position of principal lecturer will be a more advanced role beyond that of senior lecturer, intended to recognize the best teachers in SEAS.
01/24/11 5:08am

Former SEAS student faces harassment charges

Former student Saad Masood, 30, allegedly harassed administrators and staff in an attempt to be re-admitted to SEAS. His arraignment is Wednesday.
12/07/10 4:09am
In order to address confusion over health care, on Monday the Colleges Against Cancer and Relay for Life hosted Healthcare Reform and Your Future: Policy and Ethics Perspective, featuring a discussion with leading experts.
11/17/10 3:37am

Penn and Project Runway alum talks fashion, reality TV

Despite a television stint, fashion designer and Project Runway contestant Kristin Haskins Simms has not forgotten her roots. The Penn alumna returned to campus Tuesday as part of an event hosted by the Penn Alumni Multicultural Outreach.
10/19/10 4:23am
Monday, the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations hosted China Town Hall, a national day of programming highlighting the problems in U.S.-China relations and featuring a webcast with U.S. Ambassador to China and Penn alumnus Jon Huntsman, Jr.
10/04/10 2:40am

Sestak counts down to Election Day

In an attempt to increase voter turnout, Congressman Joe Sestak participated in the Philadelphia 30- Day Countdown, a stage for Sestak to state his opinions on various issues thirty days before Election Day on Nov. 2.
09/29/10 6:36am
Penn’s Asian American Studies Program and South Asia Center hosted “Nine Years Later: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in Post-9/11 America.”
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