Perspective: A new vision
(10/11/05 4:00am)
Five years ago, design firm Sasaki Associates was asked to to help develop Philadelphia's Schuylkill waterfront and surrounding areas.
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Stretched too thin
(09/26/05 9:00am)
What do a statue of the Roman god Vulcan in Alabama ($1,500,000), a tattoo-removal program in a small California county ($50,000) and a campaign to combat teenage "Goth culture" in Blue Springs, Mo. ($273,000) all have in common?
Relays feature local, international flavor
(05/13/05 9:00am)
Fans and athletes came from as far away as Jamaica and southern California, and from as near as West Catholic High School at 45th and Chestnut Streets. Once again, they all enjoyed the usual array of great food and high-quality relay races at the Penn Relays -- the oldest and largest annual track and field meet in the world.
Majority protected against meningitis
(04/20/05 9:00am)
Though a Penn student contracted what is thought to be bacterial meningitis last weekend, officials said most students are well-protected, as the University's immunization requirements are some of the strictest in the country.
A deadly message
(04/14/05 9:00am)
Kevin Dowling, a South African Catholic bishop, is hoping that the new pope will be different from the old one in at least one key way. That's because, according to the Baltimore Sun, someone dies of AIDS every other day in the hospice next to Dowling's home. In fact, in sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS is the leading cause of death: Over 15 million people have died of AIDS there, including 2.3 million last year, the United Nations says. Another 25 million are infected.
A new frontier
(04/14/05 9:00am)
As the steroid controversy continues to rage through the sports world, a Penn professor is researching a new type of gene therapy that could potentially represent the next wave of performance-enhancing treatments.
Law students earn credit in Cuba
(03/30/05 10:00am)
Forget about Cancun and the sunny beaches of California.
American Odyssey
(02/23/05 10:00am)
Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious heroine who traveled far and wide through Center City after she left the famous campus of the University of Pennsylvania. Many shops did she visit, and many were the shops with whose manners and customs she was acquainted; moreover she meandered down to the sea, but do what she might she could not find a ferry to Camden.
Professors defend value of liberal arts study
(02/03/05 10:00am)
For those who believe that the liberal arts are merely the fluff of education, think again.
Early admissions rate holds steady
(01/18/05 10:00am)
Of the record 3,420 students who applied early to Penn in 2004, 1,170 received good news in the mail over winter break.
Street to advocate ban on smoking
(01/11/05 10:00am)
Mayor John Street recently announced that one of his main legislative goals for 2005 is the implementation of a smoking ban in Philadelphia's restaurants, bars and other public spaces.
Election Briefs
(11/03/04 10:00am)
Obama wins resounding victory for Senate seat
Holocaust survivor's life detailed in documentary
(11/02/04 10:00am)
Holocaust survivor and civil rights activist Judy Meisel is one of only a few hundred thousand remaining Jews who escaped Hitler's persecution.
Facing the language barrier in medicine
(11/01/04 10:00am)
The language of medicine can prove terribly difficult for patients, particularly those considering complex surgical procedures or elaborate treatment protocols. A doctor's occasional slip into technical jargon may quickly leave patients confused about their diagnoses or uneasy about what happens next.
Penn gets $11.4M for nanotech grant
(09/27/04 9:00am)
The National Science Foundation announced awards totaling $69 million to Penn and five other institutions toward the creation of six new Nanoscale Science and Engineering centers, in addition to the eight that have been established since 2001, the foundation announced Tuesday.
The Governator's achievements are for real
(09/27/04 9:00am)
Californians and Texans don't stop talking about how great their states are, perhaps even to the point where they identify themselves more by membership to their state than their country. Of course, the difference is that one state can actually back it up -- Hollywood, the Raiders, Dodgers, Ronald Reagan, beaches, women, wine, cheese, fruit, weather, great public schools, extreme diversity ... but it's rarely mentioned that California is also the most socially progressive and politically fair state in the country. That reputation has, unfairly, taken a huge hit with the election of the Governator.
Nursing prof greatly impacts nurse-to-patient ratio standards
(09/23/04 9:00am)
As a child, when Nursing and Sociology professor Linda Aiken read Helen Wells and Julie Tatham's Cherry Ames -- the nursing version of the Nancy Drew series -- she probably never dreamed that, in time, she too would become a sort of nurse-investigator extraordinaire.
MBA apps. down for programs across U.S.
(09/10/04 9:00am)
The Wharton School may be rated among the top business schools in the country, but applications to its graduate program are declining.
Injury, 'A' standard shatter Chaput's Olympic dreams
(09/02/04 9:00am)
For Brian Chaput, this summer hurt in more ways than one.
Convention events in Boston encourage women, hip hop generation to vote
(07/29/04 9:00am)
With the most recent polls showing Senator John Kerry and President George W. Bush in a near dead heat, the Democratic National Convention in Boston this week has taken on a sense of urgency.
