A woman was robbed on the 4000 block of Locust Street at about 9:40 p.m. on Thursday, according to Lt. John Walker of the Philadelphia Police.
It is often said that college students tend to be overwhelmingly liberal - and it seems this is true of college professors as well. A recent study conducted by Penn State University professor Matthew Woessner and Elizabethtown College professor April Kelly-Woessner found that people who identify themselves as conservatives are simply less likely to pursue a doctorate.
The common perception of Asian American students as the "silent minority" is being broken down by student responses to some questionable comments made by students at a conference held two weeks ago. After attending this year's East Coast Asian-American Student Union conference at Cornell University, students at Penn have started an e-mail campaign to raise awareness about remarks made about the Asian-American community by senior administrators at Cornell.
Hospital patients who experience cardiac arrests are more likely to die during nights and weekends compared with the daytime, according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This report raises questions about the differences between the care received in emergency rooms during regular working hours and the graveyard shifts.
Four thousand dollars per minute, or a total of $1.72 million over the course of seven hours- that's how much money the Undergraduate Assembly allocated to various student-government groups at its annual budget meeting this past Sunday evening. An increase of 6 percent from last year's budget, the $1.
Today's primaries in Ohio and Texas could very well determine the fate of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign - and the importance of Pennsylvania's April 22 primary.
Today's primaries in Ohio and Texas could very well determine the fate of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign - and the importance of Pennsylvania's April 22 primary.
It is often said that college students tend to be overwhelmingly liberal - and it seems this is true of college professors as well. A recent study conducted by Penn State University professor Matthew Woessner and Elizabethtown College professor April Kelly-Woessner found that people who identify themselves as conservatives are simply less likely to pursue a doctorate.
The common perception of Asian American students as the "silent minority" is being broken down by student responses to some questionable comments made by students at a conference held two weeks ago. After attending this year's East Coast Asian-American Student Union conference at Cornell University, students at Penn have started an e-mail campaign to raise awareness about remarks made about the Asian-American community by senior administrators at Cornell.
In preparation for next month's Pennsylvania primary, Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both set up Philadelphia campaign headquarters this weekend. Obama, an Illinois senator, opened his headquarters at 15th and Sansom streets on Saturday.
Attorneys for Irina Malinovskaya, the Wharton undergraduate accused of killing her ex-lover's girlfriend in 2004, have filed motions to have the case dismissed. Malinovskaya has faced three trials in the case, all of which have ended in hung juries. Delaware state prosecutors have not said if they will seek a fourth trial.
Even though Los Angeles is a long way from Philadelphia, Penn has a small claim to Hollywood fame in actor Kalpen Modi, who teaches as an adjunct professor in the Asian American Studies Department this semester. Last night, the Asian American Studies Department, the South Asia Center and the South Asia Society co-hosted a question and answer session with Modi called "A Conversation with Kal Penn" in Houston Hall.
The Philadelphia music community has a vital hub just a few blocks from campus, though many Penn students don't know about it. In the past three months, Counting Crows, Ingrid Michaelson, Feist, Rilo Kiley and Iron and Wine have performed or recorded in-studio interviews at WXPN radio, a professionally run, University-owned radio station located at 30th and Walnut streets.
In federal court Friday Engineering junior Ryan Goldstein pleaded guilty to helping a hacker crash the School of Engineering and Applied Science's server in February 2006. Goldstein pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting another person to gain unauthorized access to a protected computer, a federal misdemeanor.
Universities around the country are richer than ever, but the money is not necessarily coming out of alumni's pockets. Contributions to colleges have reached $29.75 billion in 2007 - the highest ever - but the amount of that contribution that comes from alumni has decreased by 1.
The Los Angeles Times may be able to take a tip or two from four Wharton seniors on how to increase its profits. The undergraduate Wharton team placed second at the University of Southern California's annual Marshall International Case Competition, in which participating teams have to solve a real world business problem in 24 hours.
The gloomy days are over for graduate students who are single and ready to mingle. They can find their true love - at speed dating. The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly organized its first speed-dating event on Friday evening at the Graduate Student Center.
Hundreds of seniors gathered at Smokey Joe's Friday night to mark the end of the annual month-long celebration that is Feb Club. A chance for seniors to attend events on campus and throughout Philadelphia together, Feb Club has expanded since it took on its current form in 2004 of having multiple events during the month, Wharton senior and class president Puneet Singh said.
No surprise here - Penn students still love their booze. But despite sometimes costly bar tabs, students remain unfazed and uninhibited. Between financial assistance from parents, rationing of summer job money and school-year employment, students have found ways to keep their finances in check.
For the past week Irvine Auditorium has boasted a number of notable political figures including Karl Rove, Bill Clinton and after last night, Penn alumnus and former Congressman Harold Ford Jr (D-Tenn.). For more than 600 visiting high-school students, Ford's visit marked the beginning of Penn Model Congress - a program that offers them a chance to jumpstart their political futures.
Whether you're looking to "jazz it up" or simply to dispel the winter blues, the Philadelphia Flower Show with this year's "Jazz It Up" New Orleans theme offers classical jazz music, the largest indoor garden exhibit of its kind and a worthy cause. From this Sunday, March 2 to March 9, the Philadelphia Convention Center will host the 179th -annual Philadelphia Flower Show.
Engineering junior Ryan Goldstein admitted in federal court Feb. 29 that he helped hack into a computer network, causing the School of Engineering and Applied Science's server to crash in February 2006. Goldstein pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting another person to gain unauthorized access to a protected computer, a federal misdemeanor.
Dental students had something to smile about last month when Penn's School of Dental Medicine opened its new periodontal clinic. The new clinic for periodontics - the branch of dentistry dealing with gums and the supporting structures for teeth - was long overdue.
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