College plans community service, internship requirement
The School of Arts and Sciences Strategic Plan's proposes to include community service, internships or research as part of graduation requirements.
The School of Arts and Sciences Strategic Plan's proposes to include community service, internships or research as part of graduation requirements.
Penn received a $500,000 grant in 2013 from the Association of American Universities to implement the SAIL teaching method, which encourages self-teaching, but many students have found their courses to be lacking.
Despite criticism to next year's theme, "The Year of Discovery" will not be void of discussions about race relations.
With dozens of courses fulfilling each requirement, the College of Arts and Sciences' sectors are not particularly constraining — but administrators still want to ensure that each one does its job.
Penn received a $500,000 grant in 2013 from the Association of American Universities to implement the SAIL teaching method, which encourages self-teaching, but many students have found their courses to be lacking.
Despite criticism to next year's theme, "The Year of Discovery" will not be void of discussions about race relations.
Penn Graduate School of Education Professors John Puckett and Michael Johanek are co-teaching the first Massive Open Online Course to come out of the GSE.
Economics professor Gizem Saka teaches classes ranging from consumer behavior to labor economics at Penn.
Last semester, two engineering students produced a project meant to enlighten the public about the lack of recognition for females in the engineering field.
One Perelman School of Medicine researcher and faculty member is coordinating two studies investigating the effects of marijuana on post-traumatic stress disorder, made possible by a recent $7.6 million grant from the state of Colorado.
When a group of Stanford students publicized a method of obtaining one's admissions file, Penn's admissions office saw an explosion of requests for access to their files.
Sure, ghosts might not exist, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t haunted our footsteps.
This weekend, hackers converged on Penn for the biannual PennApps hackathon. Here were the top ten projects of over 200 submissions developed this weekend.
Thousands of students from around the globe will meet on January 16 for a weekend long coding marathon to work towards solving real-world problems.
Corpses, picture books and the meaning of life are on some students' agendas this semester. The Daily Pennsylvanian looked at ten classes hiding in the pages of Penn InTouch.
The Office of Student Conduct aims to move forward in its efforts to be more transparent and available to the Penn community.
When Chris Hedges was uninvited to the IAA's peace conference, he wrote a subsequent denunciation of the student group. But the conflict could potentially be explained by deficient communication.
Other Ivies accommodated law students on a case-by-case basis
Next time, when you can’t get a seat at the Starbucks under 1920 Commons, try a different place to study.