Behind the glass, a contested history
(03/02/14 7:10am)
The exhibition hall at the Penn Museum was packed.
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National LGBTQA science and tech group launches at Penn
(02/28/14 2:02am)
While the country’s courts and legislature continued to grapple with gay rights this week, a new LGBT group launched on campus.
Drexel to purchase University City High School
(02/27/14 11:37pm)
University City High School, which enrolled 655 students last school year, closed last June along with 22 other Philadelphia schools.
New app pays users for having advertisements on their android
(02/27/14 12:01am)
A new app, designed by Whartonites, lets users earn money by looking at advertisements on their Android phone.
Penn alum named fifth Presidential Term Professor
(02/26/14 10:52pm)
Penn’s fifth Presidential Term Professorship will bring a former faculty member and student back to Penn’s campus.
After 12 years, a new look at mental health policy
(02/25/14 4:25am)
Twelve years before Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price announced the creation of a task force to study mental health on campus, a similar committee presented its findings to the University’s provost in June 2002.
Faculty Senate Executive Committee unanimously support tobacco divestment
(02/18/14 10:40pm)
The Faculty Senate Executive Committee unanimously voted in support of a proposal for tobacco divestment, yesterday’s Faculty SEC Actions report announced.
Snow cancels Thursday classes
(02/13/14 1:54am)
Classes and all University operations are canceled tomorrow, according to the Division of Public Safety website.
Sam Sherman | Building Culture out of Chaos
(02/12/14 10:57pm)
F or two decades, Som alia has been war torn. Lawlessness has permeated the country, where the AK-47 determines who has power and who doesn’t. The country has been a chronic victim of unbridled decentralization, a disease so toxic that it has replaced society with chaos. At the risk of sounding melodramatic, I believe that Penn suffers from a similar disease. It is decentralized to an extreme, with each academic department and social organization living in its very own universe, each vying for attention at the expense of the others, rendering the school essentially cultureless.
New learning initiative to focus on active problem solving
(02/09/14 6:33pm)
Imagine if for three days a week, instead of sitting silently in your math lecture, you could use that class time to work with other students on problems, with the professor and TAs right there to answer any questions.
How other colleges respond to death
(02/07/14 4:11am)
In light of recent undergraduate deaths on Penn’s campus, The Daily Pennsylvanian examined how students, administrators and communities at two other universities have reacted to student deaths on their campuses.
Penn Alum in Film: "Someone Marry Barry"
(02/06/14 11:11pm)
Everyone has a Barry in his life – that ruthlessly crude friend who lacks any semblance of a filter.
World-renowned oceanographer talks Titanic
(02/06/14 3:47am)
The Titanic was discovered by accident.
Two grad school health programs to leave Penn
(02/06/14 12:42am)
Two prestigious health programs at Penn have scheduled their departures.
UA discusses possible new pre-orientation program
(02/03/14 10:30pm)
At its meeting on Sunday, the Undergraduate Assembly discussed the proposition of a new pre-orientation program dedicated to research.
A Presidential 'promise' to improve West Philadelphia
(02/02/14 8:31pm)
Working in Mantua, West Philadelphia — which is just a mile north of Penn’s campus — isn’t easy. Dorothy Dicks, a church administrator, has been approached by many women in need of help, be it poverty, drug abuse or physical abuse.
Jonathan Iwry | Social Media and the New Modernity
(01/26/14 9:42pm)
Driving back from a party over break, I witnessed a friend experience something between an epiphany and a mental breakdown. He felt as though technology was engulfing his life and asked whether our generation had sold its soul to social media. “This isn’t what I signed up for,” he confessed, “and I don’t think I want it anymore.”
Presidential Commission addresses elections
(01/22/14 11:35pm)
The Presidential Commission on Election Administration, co-chaired by 1974 College graduate Benjamin Ginsberg, released a report on Wednesday about how to increase the efficiency of elections across the country.
Sara Schonfeld | Don't ask, don't tell
(01/15/14 10:48pm)
This last winter break was my last as an undergraduate. This means that I spent approximately half of my time obsessively checking for those lovely CITsender emails and the rest of it crying into my laptop while bookmarking LinkedIn, Glassdoor and Bookjobs.com.
Penn wrestling struggles vs. No. 8 Nebraska, loses, 30-9
(01/13/14 2:21am)
Patience is running low for the Quakers.
