New course on birds takes flight
Penn Professor Mike McGraw’s new course, “Ornithology,” the study of birds, is combining Master of Environmental Studies students’ love for nature with a more acute set of knowledge to use in the great outdoors.
Penn Professor Mike McGraw’s new course, “Ornithology,” the study of birds, is combining Master of Environmental Studies students’ love for nature with a more acute set of knowledge to use in the great outdoors.
At first glance, it would seem impossible to obtain more diversity of thought than can be achieved by a student body representative of the American population. However, this is not always the case for selective schools.
Sophia Oak is a College senior from Honolulu. Her email is oakj@sas.upenn.edu.
It’s that time of the semester again. That point when for many students, our questioning of our validity and our futures is probably at its strongest.
At first glance, it would seem impossible to obtain more diversity of thought than can be achieved by a student body representative of the American population. However, this is not always the case for selective schools.
Sophia Oak is a College senior from Honolulu. Her email is oakj@sas.upenn.edu.
Their names might not be in the paper or in the record books, but their contributions to this school are no less mighty.
A dialogue about football’s future is brewing as we speak. Why shouldn’t the Ivy League take a part in leading that discussion?
The change comes after weeks of student protests on college campuses nationwide over racial discrimination.
Among freshmen traversing the Engineering Quad and hustling to introductory math classes, roughly four out of ten are women.
While Platt is not scheduled to begin teaching until the fall 2016 semester, he is interested in mentoring undergraduates and involving them in his research, as his laboratory is established.
This year, Eco-Reps are spreading their green mission beyond Penn's campus boundaries.
The country with the largest international population at Penn is revitalizing its mark on campus.
Freshmen criticize superficial campaign goals and politicking, but appreciated face-to-face time with classmates.
he new course, Theater Arts 215, will focus on everything from dance theory to practice, and will involve a substantial amount of in-class experiential learning through movement and sensory experience.
Just as there are unique Californian, Jersey and Philadelphia accents, there are regional differences in the way people use sign language across regions of the United States.
“Our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in Jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life,” Trump wrote in a statement.
Penn’s singing groups may be large in number, but one sound in particular has begun to separate itself from the noise.
The words “billion” and “million” may rhyme, but they’re very different values. Consider the following: if you started out with a billion dollars the day Christ was born, and spent $1,000 every day since, you’d still have $264 million left today.
This year was an historic one, both at Penn and across the country.