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(11/01/23 2:41am)
We, as over 120 students and alumni of Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2), write to express our disappointment and outrage with the SP2 and Penn administrations’ response to the ongoing genocidal violence of the Israeli government against Palestinians in Gaza. We write as social workers, social policy scholars and researchers, clinicians in training, and nonprofit leaders. We write as Jews, Arabs, Muslims, and allies striving to live up to our own — and our profession’s — values of dignity, integrity, and social justice. We write because we believe SP2 and Penn can do better by its Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and Jewish community members and because they must.
(12/05/18 5:14am)
Acclaimed author and 1979 College graduate Stephen Fried will teach a new nonfiction English course on writing about mental health and addiction next semester. Fried's class will be one of the first undergraduate courses of its kind on mental health writing in the country.
(04/01/14 3:30am)
For the first month of her final semester at Penn, Carissa Lundquist wasn’t sure she was a student.
(09/13/13 4:16am)
Francis Sheldon Hackney, president of the University of Pennsylvania from 1981 to 1993, died of Lou Gehrig’s disease in his home in Martha’s Vineyard, according to an obituary in the Vineyard Gazette. He was 79.
(08/30/13 9:28pm)
Division of Public Safety Officer James “Jimmy” Morrison died at 2 p.m. Thursday as a result of a motorcycle accident in Culpeper, Va. He was 47.
(08/26/13 11:32pm)
Second-year Graduate School of Education student Wendy Shung, 24, died on August 19. Her death was ruled a suicide, said Philadelphia Health Department spokesperson Jeff Moran.
(08/15/13 1:13am)
Rising College sophomore Alex Moll died Tuesday night of cancer in a Charlotte, N.C. hospital. He was 19.
(02/18/13 3:22am)
A viewing for Nursing junior Arya Singh will be conducted on Wednesday, Feb. 20 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Jeffrey A. Naugle Funeral & Cremation Service, according to a representative from the funeral home. It is located at 135 W. Pumping Station Rd. in Quakertown, Pa.
(02/14/13 5:42am)
Members of the Penn community gathered together to celebrate the life of Nursing junior Arya Singh, who died last Friday.
(02/13/13 3:56am)
Nursing junior Arya Singh’s friends and family have planned a candlelight procession to commemorate Singh, who passed away Friday night at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. “A Celebration of the Life of Arya Singh” will begin at College Green at 6:30 p.m. and end at Houston Hall.
(02/11/13 12:53am)
Nursing junior Arya Singh died Feb. 8 after being taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University Communications confirmed.
(12/07/12 12:09am)
Two minutes into her last cab ride, College sophomore Darby Breslow faced a common inconvenience.
(11/03/08 10:00am)
This weekend, the eight on-campus sororities are holding Open Houses, a time for informal conversation between sisters and interested underclassmen. If you had asked me as a freshman whether I was attending this event, I would have responded with a look of disdain and an emphatic, "No." But I'll be at Delta Delta Delta on Sunday - as a member, encouraging other girls who are as doubtful as I was that a sorority really isn't against everything I stand for as a feminist.
(10/15/04 9:00am)
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved legislation last month that could mean even more trouble for file sharers caught on peer-to-peer networks.
(11/05/96 10:00am)
To the Editor: In fact, he told me he is surprised many conservatives have supported his work. At no point in his discussion or in my talks with DP writers was Windschuttle described as a "right-wing author." Because a man may critique a leftist or liberal interpretation of a certain topic does not mean he is necessarily a right-wing conservative, but rather an eager participant in the exchange of ideas. Not only was the description of Windschuttle as a "right-wing author" inaccurate, it is also completely irrelevant to your article. When Oliver Stone came to speak last year, did the headline describe him as a "left-wing filmmaker?" When the numerous minority studies, women's studies or gay studies speakers visit our campus, are they described in your headlines as "left-wing authors" because liberals happen to support their ideas? I have not ever witnessed such an incident, and I believe if it did occur, the sponsors of the event would write a similar letter to this. Perhaps in the future it would be wiser and more sound journalistically to refrain from labeling those who come to Penn with political terms that are wholly inconsequential to their visits, not to mention factually inaccurate. David Kalstein College '99 Free Speech Forum Chairman Their thoughts, too To the Editor: Sarah Giulian's column put a voice to an opinion I have held since I was in school more than 25 years ago ("Real learning? Not at Penn," DP, 10/29/96). As students, we were exhorted to regurgitate the material we read and heard in class, without any real thought. That seemed such a witless exercise, and so non-engaging. Students needed to learn the rules of the particular game each teacher was playing, and then seek to excel at that game, rather than learn. One professor might want you to disagree with the reading, as she or he would do in class. Alternatively, you might be expected to reiterate exactly what was espoused in the lectures; any deviation from this routine, and you were strictly on your own. It was usually safest to stay in complete agreement with the teacher, which is the least challenging path and needs no thought at all. By now, I thought this type of teaching would have been replaced by something better, more streamlined, with much less focus on rote memorization. Although technologies of teaching may have changed, I've been disappointed that techniques largely have not. I was encouraged that Giulian has found a course in which a more efficient technique is employed. She's correct that concentration needs to be on the learning, and college should be the forum for that, probably more than any other situation or place in life. It really should provide the best opportunity for focused study as opposed to cramming. For a long time I've wondered if maybe I was just wrong, and I've thought no one else felt as I did about the nature of teaching in general, so I thank Giulian for writing her viewpoint! Nick Sohier Telecommunications Service Asst. u To the Editor: Marissa Engel College '99 End the Dole-drums To the Editor: I would like to add something to Jamil Smith's comments on Bob Dole ("Why Dole won't win the presidency," DP, 10/29/96). Watching Dole blink and growl during the debates, I was reminded of a character in the movie Good Morning, Vietnam, namely the uptight army officer whom Robin Williams's character describes as "the white man most in need of a blow job." If it's no longer too late for Dole to take steps (including, ahem, the above-mentioned remedy) to improve his standing in the polls, another thing that might help him is, well, "to inhale." Just look at his body language and his speech patterns. The man is in dire need of the happy stuff. Henry Ma Economics Graduate Student On uninvolvement To the Editor: In response to your editorial aside "On the A-3 Assembly" (DP, 10/30/96), I would like to explain why support staff is not involved with the assembly or its elections. As an Administrative Assistant II with the School of Nursing, I solely supported 42 faculty members and five graduate nursing programs. In the past six months, the Nursing School's support staff has been greatly impacted by the administrative restructuring plan. Our hours were changed from 35 to 40, our responsibilites increased, new supervisors were hired from outside the school whom we were asked to train and our yearly raises were mediocre at best. The Nursing School's support staff was not involved in any of the decisions that affected our employment -- and neither was the A-3 Assembly. Although I can only speak of my own experiences, I believe all University support staff have similar problems, and because the assembly cannot impact them, no voters turn out for elections or run for available posts. As you stated, the assembly does not have real power but does act as a voice for the University's support staff. That voice did not help employees of The Book Store, the Nursing School or countless others across the University being affected by the restructuring process. A-3 Assembly members do not have time to worry about elections because they are worrying about their jobs. Many will do what I have already done and leave the University for employment elsewhere. As a part-time student and former employees, I know first-hand how important support staff is for the University to be successful in educating students. I hope the administration realizes this fact before it loses more dedicated employees. Andrea King College of General Studies '98
