Fewer students turn to reading in their spare time
(02/01/05 10:00am)
With hundreds of textbook pages to be read each semester, fewer students seem to be reading for fun in their spare time.
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Debt plagues students, recent graduates
(01/27/05 10:00am)
The nearly 40 percent of undergraduates that borrow money for their Penn education will each owe an average of $20,000 upon graduation.
The new era of downloading
(01/25/05 10:00am)
Software exploits iTunes' sharing capability
The new era of downloading
(01/25/05 5:00am)
Software exploits iTunes' sharing capability
Penn helps students find jobs
(01/20/05 10:00am)
For Penn seniors on the lookout for a good job upon graduation, the University provides a free service to help them connect with employers.
Internet Explorer use poses security risk
(01/19/05 10:00am)
The world's largest software company, has been trying to fix security issues with its Internet Explorer Web browser for the past three years.
Cure in a capsule?
(01/14/05 10:00am)
On a typical Sunday morning, the line for Bui's food truck extends down 38th Street, as Penn students desperately search for relief from headaches, fatigue, dehydration and unsettled stomachs -- classic symptoms of a hangover.
Google launches academic search
(01/12/05 10:00am)
If Google follows through on one of their latest proposals, students may soon be able to read entire books from their personal computers.
Bushnell will assume SAS helm as dean
(11/30/04 10:00am)
College Dean Rebecca Bushnell will be moving up the administrative ladder beginning Jan. 1, when she will replace Samuel Preston as School of Arts and Sciences dean.
With varying concerns, faculty await next SAS dean
(11/10/04 10:00am)
Despite nearly eight months of official searching, a replacement dean for the School of Arts and Sciences still has not been selected.
Verizon technician discusses testing local cell phone networks
(11/04/04 10:00am)
The increase of cellular phone usage nationwide over the last few years has pushed communications companies to continually upgrade the range and quality of their cellular services in order to serve their growing customer bases.
Course Review returns after crash
(11/03/04 10:00am)
The turbulent history of Penn Course Review is currently on the upswing, with the site recently returning from a nearly two-month absence.
Investment in startups generates money for U.
(10/01/04 9:00am)
At the August completion of the largest technology initial public offering in history, Stanford University came away $15.7 million richer from its sale of stock in search engine giant Google Inc.
Wireless would be a boon for Philly
(09/24/04 9:00am)
Last winter break, I had the fortune of vacationing with my family in Venice. I rode through the Grand Canal and walked through the famed Piazza San Marco. While I was taken aback by the city, I noticed something striking. Venice had deteriorated into nothing more than a picturesque tourist stop. The city functions as nothing more than an Italian Disney World with stores that only sell overpriced glass tchotchkes. Ironically, because of the canals that once made the city the commercial center of the old world, Venetians are resigned to travel only by inefficient, lumbering boats. It's a city that is dying, refusing to move forward.
Slew of administrative vacancies still await presidential attention
(09/09/04 9:00am)
With one significant administrative post now filled, University President Amy Gutmann still must address a handful of important vacancies, including University provost and vice president for development and alumni relations.
Anne Henochowicz: No privacy in world of online journals
(05/20/04 9:00am)
One night a few years ago when I was in high school, I received an anxious call at home. A fellow editor at our student newspaper had come across a reporter's online journal - her Web log, or blog for short. Its entries contemplated suicide and detailed her past instances of cutting herself. I left messages with her school guidance counselor and the newspaper's executive director. To my surprise, the next day, both the director and reporter scolded my colleague and me for "turning her in." She was already undergoing therapy, I was told; and besides, her web log was "private."
Google plans scholarly search tool
(04/21/04 9:00am)
Google, along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 16 other universities, is developing a way to search scholarly papers via the Google Web site, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported last week.
Seniors secure jobs at higher rates than recent classes
(04/20/04 9:00am)
Despite talk of recession and unemployment problems throughout the country, graduating seniors have found the job market more open than it has been in the past couple of years.
U. search under way for next SAS dean
(04/09/04 9:00am)
The search to find a replacement for current School of Arts and Sciences Dean Samuel Preston is now under way after his March announcement that he will step down in December.
Malware, spyware often slow computer network connections
(04/08/04 9:00am)
When Information Technology Support Specialist Ian Kelley hears students complain about slow computer performance, he often suspects that it is a consequence of spyware.
