CHORDS Service Weekend brings religious groups together
This weekend, 120 students spent time painting murals, clearing lots and pruning trees throughout West Philadelphia as part of the biannual CHORDS Service Weekend.
This weekend, 120 students spent time painting murals, clearing lots and pruning trees throughout West Philadelphia as part of the biannual CHORDS Service Weekend.
Since it launched in May 2010, the UPstart program at Penn has helped over 50 different faculty members turn their inventions into developing companies.
On Thursday, Student Financial Services launched its first-ever net-price calculator — an online device that aims to give students and families an estimate of financial aid awards, as well as an overall price tag for a Penn education.
Big Asian Campus concluded the 19th annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Week as ten contestants showcased their talents for a crowd of over 150 people. GALLERY: Photos of ‘Big Asian on Campus’
Since it launched in May 2010, the UPstart program at Penn has helped over 50 different faculty members turn their inventions into developing companies.
On Thursday, Student Financial Services launched its first-ever net-price calculator — an online device that aims to give students and families an estimate of financial aid awards, as well as an overall price tag for a Penn education.
Students, staff and other community members participated in a charity softball tournament. Sixteen teams competed throughout the day and the winner took home a $500 cash prize.
Penn’s new Quidditch team held its first practice on Hill Field, with about 20 students sporting athletic gear and brooms organizing themselves into a scrimmage. VIDEO: Penn Quidditch’s first scrimmage
In the aftermath of demonstrators storming campus after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor canceled his Friday appearance at Huntsman Hall, Penn students reflected on the protest hitting close to home. VIDEO: ‘Occupy Eric Cantor’ERIC CANTOR: Wharton remarks, as prepared for deliveryGALLERY: 62 photos of Cantor protest at Huntsman HallTOPICS: Occupy movement
Check out how people responded to the news online. RELATED: Eric Cantor cancels Huntsman Hall visit
After House Majority Leader Eric Cantor canceled his Wharton Leadership Lecture slated for Friday afternoon, protesters congregated on campus, chanting inside and outside Huntsman Hall and prompting increased security efforts. VIDEO: Protesters in Huntsman Hall GALLERY: Photos of protesters on campus REACTION: Online response to Cantor’s cancellation
Friday afternoon, an estimated 500-1,000 protesters will stand outside Huntsman Hall while House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) speaks to the Penn community about income inequality in his Wharton Leadership Lecture.
Earlier this month, Ben & Jerry’s board of directors declared its support for the Occupy Wall Street protests on its website. Closer to home, the Ben & Jerry’s on campus is trying to balance its support for the company and support from Penn students.
Law professor Yolanda Vazquez recently published a paper which found that the combination of criminal and immigration law, which Vazquez calls ‘crimmigration,’ has increasingly been used to exclude, discriminate and deport immigrants, specifically Latinos.
The show is a full two-hour performance in the club’s traditional brand of irreverent humor dating back to Wig’s origins in 1888. GALLERY: Behind the scenes with Mask & Wig
Around 50 people marched from the Liberty Bell at 5th and Market streets to the United States Courthouse. GALLERY: Philadelphia DREAM Act march
Students, faculty and Philadelphians gathered to hear nine “Dylanologists” — three faculty, a few of their friends, two alumni and one current student — comment on Bob Dylan’s songs.
A small but interested group of students came to hear George Hummel speak on Thursday.
Along with several undergraduate deans, Penn President Amy Gutmann said she has been pleased to see students participating in the Occupy Philadelphia protests — which began as an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street — and contributing to an ongoing dialogue on the future of the nation.
Tukufu Zuberi, professor and chairman of the Sociology Department at Penn, kicked off the Imagine Africa lecture series for the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s Imagine Africa initiative.