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WASHINGTON — At a school where graduates tend to flock to New York, Penn in Washington is looking to spark student interest in working in the nation’s capital.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, piracy, sex trafficking and counter-terrorism were some of the topics that high school students around the world attempted to resolve this weekend at the Ivy League Model United Nations Conference hosted by Penn’s International Affairs Association.
Competition for a place in Penn’s class of 2015 is on the rise.
Since 2007, Penn students have witnessed an impressive expansion of academic opportunities in the College of Arts and Sciences, owing in part to the efforts of the College Dean’s Advisory Board. Notable additions include the International Development minor and the Journalistic Writing minor, housed by the Political Science Department and English Department, respectively. Through these and other similar projects, the DAB has continued to work directly with the Dean of the College Dennis DeTurck to design new initiatives each semester that meet the needs of the College undergraduate community.
On a typical afternoon walk down Locust, you can expect to be bombarded by fliers. This was the scene about a month before Election Day as well. The only difference was that the goal of many flier-bearers was to register people to vote. Not a single day went by that I wasn’t asked, “Did you register to vote yet?” But despite seeing our peers standing out in the cold everyday, passionately trying to get us to take part in one of the most important civic responsibilities, Penn’s voter turnout wasn’t as high as it could have been.
With the 2010 midterm elections now over, many students living illegally in the United States look toward the lame-duck congressional period as a time when their dreams might come true.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ryan Wittman’s dad has been making him run all his life.
While international applications submitted to American graduate schools have risen noticeably this year, Penn graduate programs have seen consistent numbers.
In the spirit of the Olympics, I present a tale of nationalism, competition and the triumph of an underdog. This story’s protagonist, however, is not a ragtag hockey team or a group of Jamaican bobsledders. My story centers on the Philadelphia design firm Kieran Timberlake that recently beat out three of the world’s most prominent architects in a juried competition for the new U.S. embassy in London. The other finalists included Pei Cobb Freed & Partners (of Louvre Pyramid fame), Morphosis Architects and Richard Meirer & Partners — all of which regularly make the shortlist for international competitions.
According to Loic Wacquant, America is no longer the home of equal opportunity.
Philanthropist Anne Heyman spoke last night about a new international development project — a youth village called Agahozo Shalom, created to help rebuild the lives of Rwandan teenagers who have been affected by the 2004 genocide.
Demography professor Samuel Preston said he supports healthcare reform — but unfortunately, his research doesn’t.
unior Ben Berg has been waiting for his chance to become Penn soccer's starting goaltender.
As Penn students head back to class and college students across the nation return to campus, additional information on the spread of H1N1 and further assessments of Penn's preparations have become available.
There are many faces of Peter Kuperman.
Last Thursday, President Obama hosted a small town hall in which he fielded a variety of questions submitted and voted on by an online audience. One of the most popular questions posed was whether decriminalizing marijuana might help the economy by creating a new source of tax revenue. Obama was quick to shrug off the question, joking, "I don't know what this says about the online audience."
On March 13, three Penn students associated with the Student Labor Action Project returned early from spring break to attend their much-anticipated meeting with Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli and an executive from HEI, a hotel-management corporation with ties to the University.
On Wednesday morning, the entire editorial staff of the Daily Emerald-the student-produced newspaper at the University of Oregon-went on strike in protest of the attempts of its board of directors to install a publisher with unprecedented control over the newsroom.
When seniors receive their $160,000 diplomas and SEO-based advice from our commencement speaker this May, five other notables will get honorary Penn degrees -- doctorates! -- for free. And we thought academia was the one place where "real world experience" didn't matter.
Seven years ago, the Penn International Business Volunteers organized three summer consulting trips to work with Non-Governmental Organizations in developing countries.
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