Maanvi Singh | Letting go of the superlative
(06/09/11 7:10am)
With each Convocation, Penn President Amy Gutmann welcomes the “best and brightest” freshman to Penn, the most finest of institutions of higher education.
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Kagan draws student interest
(07/08/10 7:35am)
On June 29 my roommate Tessa and I woke up at 6:00 a.m. to go, as we called it, Kaganing. For Tessa, a recent graduate of Western University in Washington, and for me, the prospect of witnessing part of Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings was almost too exciting to handle. Determined to score a ticket to the hearings, we planned to camp out in front of the Senate buildings.
USA's birthplace honors the Fourth of July
(07/08/10 7:26am)
For rising College junior Katie Berkowitz, it was July 3rd, not July 4th that inspired her patriotism.
Hearing date set for Roesler
(06/17/10 6:17am)
At his June 9 arraignment, Wharton alumnus Travis Roesler, arrested for the possession of over $1 million worth of marijuana on May 26, was officially indicted with five charges.
Health communication will go abroad to China
(06/10/10 8:55am)
A new program, led by Penn professors, will help a Beijing school understand why some fliers compel students to wash their hands, while others don’t quite persuade students to grab the nearest bottle of hand sanitizer.
Summer Enrollment Up
(06/10/10 8:54am)
Like many other students lingering at Penn beyond May 11, rising College senior Meredith Perry is keeping busy with class this summer. She is conducting research for her senior thesis and taking a required physics class. It’s “nice to get it over with in one month,” rather than take a three and a half month physics course during senior year, Perry said.
Radian to host farmer's market
(06/04/10 5:58pm)
Starting today at noon until 2pm, the Radian Plaza will host a farmer's market featuring healthy snacks and locally grown produce. The market will be held every Friday until July 30.
Mosaic art comes to Gregory College House
(04/15/10 8:03am)
As a part of Penn’s Arts and the City Year, Gregory brought in Zagar, a local muralist, to work with residents to create a mosaic covering the Gregory Class of 1925 Greenhouse. Twenty students worked on the mural over the weekend and Zagar put in the finishing touches early this week.
Students duke it out in human chess
(04/05/10 10:05am)
A group of students dressed in drag and bishop hats — together with a gallon of iced tea and a cardboard cut-out of Senator John McCain — faced off in the Philomathean Society’s second annual human chess game on Saturday.
Former Mexican President shares vision
(02/26/10 11:48am)
When former Mexican President Vicente Fox came to Penn, there was one major point of contention: he received his MBA at Harvard Business School.
Penn Haven protests poverty
(01/29/10 10:27am)
Amid a chorus of chanting, drumming and singing, Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign member Jeff Rousset said, “I might get arrested later.”
DeSeve: fixing the ‘jobless recovery’
(11/23/09 11:47am)
At this year’s Wharton Finance Conference, Edward DeSeve claimed, “I have no authority. I have no power.”
Wawa official gives students taste of company's business
(11/05/09 10:09am)
Gottahava Wawa? Wawa Director of Product Development Lynn Hochberg is happy to hear it.
Newsom discusses his personal political journey
(10/14/09 6:13am)
Despite his history of social activism and an upcoming California gubernatorial campaign, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom told a crowd of Penn students yesterday that he is “the most unlikely guy to be sitting here in front of you.”
University seeks to build more bridges with community partnerships
(10/08/09 6:30am)
While Penn’s relationship with the West Philadelphia community has been tumultuous in the past, last night a group of community leaders and educators discussed Penn’s recent focus on interacting positively with its neighbor.