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Kelly Cleary was appointed to serve as the executive director for the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, a position vacated by Inge Herman in October and which has been temporarily filled by Associate Director Marco Alves in Herman's absence. Cleary's appointment will be effective on May 1.
With elections of Penn’s two branches of student government underway, two Penn track athletes are running for office with the hopes of utilizing what they have learned on the track to help them as student representatives.
UA presidential candidates: Robert J Klopf III, Samara Wyant, and Michael Krone
Aspiring student leaders took to the floor on Monday and Tuesday to debate hot-button issues ahead of the Undergraduate Assembly elections this week. In between discussing their platforms, student leaders raised a range of critiques on the current state of affairs, from University initiatives to school culture.
Philadelphia is the least healthy county in Pennsylvania, according to a recent ranking compiled by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
Ever since collaboration was legalized in many CIS courses, students are freer than ever before to discuss ideas, share solutions, and dismantle each other's shoddy proofs. Most have appreciated this new era of intellectual liberation, but for some students, it has created increased pressure to settle down with a nice collaboration group and pop out some assignments. If you're feeling insecure about whether your previous partner will help you on the next homework, here are some warning signs that your collaborator is seeing someone else:
Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke to a packed Irvine Auditorium on Thursday about topics ranging from gun control to his relationship with former President Barack Obama.
Eight Penn professors received the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, which is given by the University every year.
Professor Wax’s claim about black student grades is well founded. The Law School Admissions Council, which represents over 200 law schools, tabulated the first year grade average for the largest 144 law schools. Its Figure 5 indicated that for 2008-2010, black students grades averaged more than two standard deviations below white student grades. Thus, fewer than 5 percent of black students had grades that would put them in the upper half of all students; exactly what Professor Wax stated. The study also looked at the individual law schools (Figure 1c) and did find that black and white students at 3 schools have virtually the same first year average and another 17 had only modest differences. However, differences were quite substantial for the remaining 124 schools. Given that Dean Ruger has made claims about the grades of UPenn black students, he should make public the data that he submitted to the Law School Admissions Council.
I grew up surrounded by “Pasifika” culture. Soaking up the languages, celebrating Samoan dance at festivals, eating delicious Tongan food, and even watching satirical “brown TV.” The shows, food, and culture weren’t spectacles — they were simply a part of New Zealand life.
Over 9,000 students received the startling news earlier this month that their personal information, including their names and the last four digits of their social security numbers, had been sent to a Mask and Wig listserv by a Penn alumnus.
U.S. News and World Report has released the 2019 Best Graduate Schools, and despite earning top spots once again, many of Penn’s graduate schools have fallen in the rankings.
Students in the Penn's chapter of the Public Policy Consulting Group are traveling to Washington D.C. to advocate against the Trump administration's proposed budget cuts to the nation's food stamp program.
Penn’s Teach-In on the "production, dissemination, and use of knowledge" began on Monday at the Fitts Auditorium in the Penn Law School building with an interdisciplinary discussion and panel about knowledge and race with three Penn professors.
The abrupt exit of the longtime leader of the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, Inge Herman, has left students confused and raised questions about the circumstances surrounding her departure.
Thousands gathered at Penn on Tuesday to rally for the release of Philadelphia-native and notable rapper Meek Mill and to listen to a discussion about mass incarceration among celebrities, Mill's mother, Mill's attorney, Penn professors, and other leaders — and even Mill, who spoke briefly on the phone to the audience in Irvine Auditorium.
Philadelphia’s former chief lawyer will start working full time at Penn Law School this month.
Two Penn alumni have donated $3 million to Penn Law School to fund a significant expansion of their Public Service program, Penn News reported.
It goes without saying, but Penn men’s lacrosse will not be sneaking up on anybody anymore.
Solutions by The State News
