03/03/15 10:01pm
In her column, “Inviting Quaker pride,” two weeks ago, Dani Blum argued that Penn should continue to admit high percentages of the freshman class through the Early Decision program.
04/24/12 11:39pm
Unemployment may be due to structural problems in Philadelphia’s education system.
04/19/12 12:02am
Last year, 43 percent of surveyed companies increased their staff sizes, a 26.5-percent increase from 2010, the report added.
04/15/12 10:14pm
Employers nationwide are expected to hire 10.2 percent more new college graduates this academic year than during 2010-2011. This trend is partially manifested at Penn, but Career Services expects high numbers of offers..
04/11/12 8:00pm
Rather than a golden ticket to a comfortable career, a law degree may no longer help some students land jobs upon graduation.
04/08/12 11:56pm
More than half of the class of 2012 obtained full-time paid internships last summer. Overall, more internship offers came during March, April and May for students in the College, Nursing and Engineering schools. Nearly half of Wharton students received offers during January and February.
INTERACTIVE: Summer 2011 Internship Trends
04/03/12 12:40am
Six groups of Wharton undergraduates and MBA students from Harvard Business School worked together to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation — a nonprofit organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.
03/27/12 9:43pm
‘SLANGuage,’ a free ESL class hosted by The Christian Association at Penn, aims to educate students about idioms and slang language that they might not learn in a more formal English language course.
03/22/12 9:10pm
While seniors scramble to secure jobs before the recruiting season ends, one particular group of students faces more difficulties than everyone else.
03/20/12 12:37am
According to Career Services’ recently released Summer Internship Survey Reports for students in the College of Arts and Sciences, 19 percent of rising seniors took unpaid work last summer.
03/13/12 9:37pm
A study released by Bullhorn Reach, a division of the recruiting software company Bullhorn Inc., reveals that social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are set to become important recruitment tools for employers.
02/16/12 10:02pm
InternMatch, an internships website co-founded in 2005 by a Penn graduate, will debut at Penn later this month.
02/13/12 9:32pm
PennLink was offline from the evening of Feb. 9 until the morning of Feb. 13 due to technology malfunctions.
02/09/12 1:21am
The Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program allows students and faculty to learn from each other outside of the classroom.
02/08/12 9:16pm
Jimmy Tobias, a 2010 College graduate, recently launched Honest Appalachia, a watchdog website that offers whistleblowers an anonymous platform to release sensitive information on government and corporate wrongdoing.
01/31/12 11:12pm
The MyHeartMap Challenge, which will run until Mar. 13, aims to draw awareness to automatic external defibrillators in the Philadelphia county. Through a scavenger hunt open to the public, the contest offers monetary prizes to groups that can locate the most defibrillators — machines that release electric shocks to the heart to restore normal heart rhythms after cardiac arrest.
01/29/12 10:17pm
Defying the job-cutting trends across many industries, technology companies are offering attractive career prospects to college students.
01/24/12 10:48pm
2011 College of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering and Applied Science graduates saw significant salary increases over their 2010 peers of 7 percent and 12 percent, respectively.
01/18/12 10:41pm
After taking a one-way flight to London, Lam travelled through Europe, stopping in France, Portugal and Spain before crossing the Mediterranean into Africa.
01/18/12 7:07pm
Penn students are increasingly considering the option of graduating a semester early, as the typical four-year degree gives way to a variety of alternatives.
