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Over the past year, the Office of Alumni Relations has been leading a revamped effort to reach out to recent graduates through a series of innovative engagement events — most recently through two California alumni events that took place this past weekend.

With 762 registered students and 595 bids offered, this year’s fraternity rush numbers marked an all-time high at the University, according to Office of Student Affairs/Fraternity Sorority Life Director Scott Reikofski. INTERACTIVE: Fraternity bids 2005-2012


Ben Schneider ·

With 762 registered students and 595 bids offered, this year’s fraternity rush numbers marked an all-time high at the University, according to Office of Student Affairs/Fraternity Sorority Life Director Scott Reikofski. INTERACTIVE: Fraternity bids 2005-2012




Razzi Abuissa ·

Two years after it launched a campus-wide plan to promote environmental sustainability, Penn has provided an update on where many of its goals stand. INTERACTIVE: Penn’s environmental impact


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Zeke Emanuel, one of 13 Penn Integrates Knowledge professors and vice provost for global initiatives for 2012, spoke to an audience at Hillel Wednesday on his educational and Jewish background, as well as his work on the Affordable Care Act, 2010’s landmark health care reform legislation.


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Former Panamanian president Dr. Nicolás Ardito Barletta attracted nearly 200 students to a Huntsman Hall classroom last night. The current Director of the Executive Board of the Bank Superintendence of Panama briefed the students on the Panamanian economy and its role in the increasingly globalized world economy.





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Through the Open Data Initiative, students are requesting access to the University’s data to be able to use it to create applications that would benefit the community.






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Researchers are once again citing cell phone use as an obstacle to good health. But the new concern is not another type of cancer nor a fatal disease — it’s neck and back pain caused by texting and checking email on smart phones.