Graduate School of Education student Jennifer Duffy is the third principal of the Lea School in three years
Before Penn women’s soccer opens conference play under the bright lights of Rhodes Field next weekend, they have two away games to iron out the kinks.
When the Red and Blue (2-2) takes the field on Thursday night to face off against visiting No. 12 American, it will be the team’s third straight game against top-tier competition.
Still, some who recognize this fact think that prefacing something with a trigger warning somehow disrupts the intellectual experience of reading or viewing it. As the DP editorial put it, “It is sometimes deemed necessary for students to experience visceral reactions to the material with which they come into contact. The purpose of such material is to be taken by surprise, offended and even, at times, disturbed.”This statement shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the difference between being surprised or offended and being traumatized. Furthermore, it exposes the unsettling fact that many people out there genuinely care more about some assumed abstract “true academic experience” than the safety of students.
A year sounds like a long time, but it took me most of that time to find a working medical treatment. Then, I had to address my classes or risk not being able to declare my major. In order to receive medical clearance, I had to mediate between my clinician and the Counseling and Psychological Services staff, who evaluated my current health status. I spent a lot of time making repeated calls, emails and campus visits to ensure the various conditions set by Penn for my return were met, and frequently worried about my ability to come back.
What’s really telling is when you look at the compensation per $1 million in total expenditures for each institution. Gee was paid $1,332, Zimmer received $1,113 and Gutmann $376.
What’s really telling is when you look at the compensation per $1 million in total expenditures for each institution. Gee was paid $1,332, Zimmer received $1,113 and Gutmann $376.
Before Penn women’s soccer opens conference play under the bright lights of Rhodes Field next weekend, they have two away games to iron out the kinks.
When the Red and Blue (2-2) takes the field on Thursday night to face off against visiting No. 12 American, it will be the team’s third straight game against top-tier competition.
Penn sprint football is usually not the target of a national audience. But things will be different for the Quakers’ season opener.
Penn field hockey’s season has started off with some exciting play, but it promises to bring even more excitement as the team looks towards its first Ivy League game of the season.
The Quakers have one week until they open Ivy League play against Princeton, but this weekend, they face Villanova, La Salle and Temple in the Big 5 Volleyball Tournament at the Palestra.
Coming off a disappointing campaign in 2013, one in which a team loaded with veterans dropped its final four games by a combined 48 points, Penn hits the road this weekend to open its season against coach Kerwin Bell’s Jacksonville squad.
Danielle Bassett, a Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Innovation in the Department of Bioengineering, was named an MacArthur Foundation Fellow on Wednesday.
An eight-year-old girl died earlier today after falling out of an apartment building blocks away from campus, CBS Philly first reported Wednesday morning.
What are each of the other Ivy League football teams up to in 2014? We give you the Ivy outlook
UCD is studying urban revitalization methods in order to create a more welcoming environment on the streets leading into campus.
Zixuan Gao spent six weeks this past summer at the Department of Agriculture after conducting agricultural research on soil composition.
Wedge, an app launching exclusively on Penn’s campus in the upcoming weeks, aims to make the hectic schedules of clubs, classes and sports manageable with the swipe of a finger.
It's awards season when it comes to higher education and Penn has taken the throne in yet another category.
The Inter-Fraternity Council will welcome Delta Sigma Phi back to campus; they left Penn around 1960. Two representatives from the organizations national office came to do a site visit at Penn last week.
Starting last year, the Division of Public Safety began installing analytics cameras at major parking locations to help track people who steal bikes from racks.
The task forces, which will focus on four key issues — alcohol and drugs, hazing, sexual assault, and mental health — will establish their respective goals at their first meetings.
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